Marist men dominated the McLeod Cup prepared speech contested today. Three of the four competitors were Maristians: Richard Law, Nethran Pathmanathan and James Scoon.
Richard won the competition and James placed second: another example of the abilities and commitment of our Marist lads.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Answering Mary's Call - House Singing Champions!
Friday the 4th of July saw Marist House awaiting eagerly to take the stage in the House Singing competition.
We had just come through a bunch of frustrating 2nd places to Trinity House... second in weekly notes for term 2... second in House Indoor Football...
Marist needed to win to take out the term and finally overtake Chanel House in its death throes.
Marist had prepared thoughouly to win both the small group performance and the hymn competition.
The group would perform 'Apologise', origonally performed by Timbalanf ft. One Republic. Practices had been going well and the group, with the House behind them every step of the way, felt confident.
The House as a whole would perform 'Mary's Call', which is an adjusted version of 'Ireland's Call'. Mr Jarvis changed a few of the words and lines in the song to make it relevant toMarist House and Silverstream. A very detailed 'plan of attack' was drawn up as to how we would move onto the stage to sing the song. Marist, breaking the trend followed by the other, less inspired houses, decided to use the back door of the auditorium and apprach the stage from the side entrance by the music rooms. Led by Marist seniors Matthew Williams, Michael Williams, Kyle Htchman, Anthonie Clement, Ethan Merritt, Jason Woodward, Jamie Robinson and Dale Pavis-Hall, the house arranged into a staggered formation, with junior Marist Men seated or kneeling, and seniors standing on the stage and on bleachers behind them. This would create some sort of sound shell. The plan pulled off flawlessly. The groups performed their respective events and watched the other houses carefully. We all knew it would be a close contest, as all the houses exhibited sound (excuse the pun) performances in all their events.
The judges were left to deliberate.
First up was the group performance. Patrick House was marked down strongly for the way several of their members conducted themselves on stage, but Marist was nervous as to how Trinty had performed in the eyes of the judges. Mr Cole amde a comment about how Trinity suffered from using singers that "looked like they didn't really want to be there..."
But how had Marist done?
The results for the group performance were:
3rd= Chanel & Trinity
2nd Patrick
1st Marist
Cheers erupted from Marist, we had won one of two, but the House Song remained to be seen.
The judges made comments about entrance onto the stage, how far back singers were standing, and how they were looking for a house that actually sung, rather than chanted. Marist was absolutely silent, waiting for the announcements.
The results were as follows:
4th Patrick
3rd Chanel
2nd Marist
1st Trinity
However, due to Trinity's relatively poor performance the group section, Marist was first overall! Now, by a very narrow margin, Marist is in the lead of the House Competition; we had won term 2! This is an accomplishemt that every Marist Man can feel proud of and know that they were an indidspensable part.
We had just come through a bunch of frustrating 2nd places to Trinity House... second in weekly notes for term 2... second in House Indoor Football...
Marist needed to win to take out the term and finally overtake Chanel House in its death throes.
Marist had prepared thoughouly to win both the small group performance and the hymn competition.
The group would perform 'Apologise', origonally performed by Timbalanf ft. One Republic. Practices had been going well and the group, with the House behind them every step of the way, felt confident.
The House as a whole would perform 'Mary's Call', which is an adjusted version of 'Ireland's Call'. Mr Jarvis changed a few of the words and lines in the song to make it relevant toMarist House and Silverstream. A very detailed 'plan of attack' was drawn up as to how we would move onto the stage to sing the song. Marist, breaking the trend followed by the other, less inspired houses, decided to use the back door of the auditorium and apprach the stage from the side entrance by the music rooms. Led by Marist seniors Matthew Williams, Michael Williams, Kyle Htchman, Anthonie Clement, Ethan Merritt, Jason Woodward, Jamie Robinson and Dale Pavis-Hall, the house arranged into a staggered formation, with junior Marist Men seated or kneeling, and seniors standing on the stage and on bleachers behind them. This would create some sort of sound shell. The plan pulled off flawlessly. The groups performed their respective events and watched the other houses carefully. We all knew it would be a close contest, as all the houses exhibited sound (excuse the pun) performances in all their events.
The judges were left to deliberate.
First up was the group performance. Patrick House was marked down strongly for the way several of their members conducted themselves on stage, but Marist was nervous as to how Trinty had performed in the eyes of the judges. Mr Cole amde a comment about how Trinity suffered from using singers that "looked like they didn't really want to be there..."
But how had Marist done?
The results for the group performance were:
3rd= Chanel & Trinity
2nd Patrick
1st Marist
Cheers erupted from Marist, we had won one of two, but the House Song remained to be seen.
The judges made comments about entrance onto the stage, how far back singers were standing, and how they were looking for a house that actually sung, rather than chanted. Marist was absolutely silent, waiting for the announcements.
The results were as follows:
4th Patrick
3rd Chanel
2nd Marist
1st Trinity
However, due to Trinity's relatively poor performance the group section, Marist was first overall! Now, by a very narrow margin, Marist is in the lead of the House Competition; we had won term 2! This is an accomplishemt that every Marist Man can feel proud of and know that they were an indidspensable part.
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