Gala Night
Gala Night- An Evening of Song and Dance
Gala Night- An Evening of Song and Dance
On Tuesday 26th March The Rainbow MAT held a gala night to a sold out theatre of parents, staff, friends of the schools and members of the local community at the Regal Cinema in Redruth.
The evening started with a performance from the Trust’s samba band, led by local samba guru Andy Billam. The children played an infectious rhythm that had the audience clapping, tapping and drumming in their seats. From the youngest to the oldest, the children revealed their talent through exceptional rhythm and timekeeping and the proud smiles on their faces mirrored our own.
Each of the schools then performed songs and dances that represented the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
St Meriadoc Junior Academy, representing Earth were first on stage, performing One World Together by Matthew Crossey and Tom Kirkham with elegance and harmony. They then proceeded to animate the stage with a beautiful display of feeling and expression to Elton John’s Circle of Life.
Next to take the stage were Troon School, representing Air. The children in their choir, brought a tear to many an eye with their rendition of Let’s go Fly a Kite from the much loved Disney classic Mary Poppins. The children then wowed the audience with a street dance full of confidence and attitude to Lily Allen’s Air Balloon.
St Meriadoc Infant Academy brought Fire to the theatre (and more tears to our eyes) by sweetly singing and acting out the lyrics to Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary. They then lit up the stage with an explosive dance to Katy Perry’s Firework, stretching, twirling and smiling as they went.
Lastly were Penponds School, with the element of Water. The children began with Billy Joel’s River of the Night, with a super solo and amazing actions. The children continued to entertain with a playful and energetic dance to their own mix of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, DNCE’s Cake by the Ocean and the latest internet craze- Baby Shark!
At the end of the evening all of the children and some of the staff from The Rainbow schools filled the stage and, led by Kate Card from St Meriadoc Infants, performed True Colours by Cyndi Lauper and How Far I’ll Go by Auli’I Cravalho from Disney’s Moana.
The children performed with confidence and gusto. They were amazing!
A huge thank you to:
Dance teachers: Victoria Fisk, Vox Dance, Natalie Prowse (Lockwood-Urban School of Dance)
Singing teachers: Kirsty Bailey and Kate Card, Cheryl Brendish
Samba teacher: Andy Bilham
All the teachers and staff who have helped make this event an incredible success.
Andrew Wilson and Helena Tondryk-Wilde and the Regal staff team