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Ngati Ranana held their annual Christmas concert on Saturday the 10th of December at the Salvation Army Hall near Oxford St. The concert itself was an opportunity for the various culture groups around London to come together and enjoy themselves while performing for a grateful public. Everyone had an absolute blast and it was a perfect way to "formally" end the year.
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Michelle making last minute changes to one of the backdrops used by Kohanga. |
Our tamariki waiting around for something to happen! |
Scott kept hassling Bea about coming from the Mayflower, when in fact she was in traditional Welsh dress for the Kohanga play :) |
Ngati Ranana |
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Ngati Ra warming up earlier in the day. |
Kimiora caught unawares on the balcony. |
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Some of the waihine waiting to perform. |
Ngati Ra performing. |
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Kohanga Reo o Ranana |
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This years Kohanga play was about where our families are from. We had an item from Poland, Wales, The Cook Islands, Samoa, Nigeria and New Zealand! The planning for this event started back in June and all our hard work paid off big time! The kids were absolute stars as they marched around the stage showing their pride in their heritage. |
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A lot of people put a heck of a lot of work in to making the play the success it was. In fact without the help of all the Kohanga Whanau the play would not have happened. We are already looking forward to next years effort :) |
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Kohanga after our performance! |
Maru and his rain deer! |
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Beats of Polynesia |
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Beats of Polynesia also performed at the concert and were awesome! |
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Some of the Kohanga tamariki have been practicing with Beats on Saturday after Kohanga finishes and today was their first public performance. They made it look so easy! :) |
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The Finale |
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The last waiata of the day had all of the groups taking part, singing Whakaria Mai. It was a great way to end a great day and our tamariki had a a lot of fun during the day. After the show ended we all headed down to the after match function and then eventually a group of Kohanga whanau ended up at an Italian restaurant for dinner (which was the perfect way to end a hectic day!) |
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