Kaikohe Cultural Festival

This week the Kapa Haka Roopu have been performing at the Kaikohe Cultural Festival. It has been an exciting experience and this is the first time in 18 years that Paihia School has been there. As soon as we got there our Kapa Haka tutors told us what was going to happen as it was different from our dress rehearsal. Once we knew what we were doing, we went into a room to wait to be called on stage. After a while we were called on stage and our Kaia called commands. We then walked on and the crowd was cheering. It was really scary but after a while we got the hang of it and we did very well. I think I did well with my facials (pukana and smiling). But I think I could work on my actions and keeping in time with my group.

Kawakawa Cultural Festival

Last week on Friday, the Kapahaka Roopu performed at the Kawakawa Schools Cultural Festival. We watched other groups perform and played some games. Some people were selected to do a dance challenge. Vanya and Jade (2 people in our Kapahaka group) were 2 out of 4 contestants. The 4 contestants had to do a dance for 10 seconds. Most of them did funny dances like either Fortnite or Tik Tok dances. Then at the end, all of the participants got an ice block. After a while, we went outside to get ready for our performance. I was really nervous to perform because my nana and grandad were in the crowd. The different transitions and facial expressions probably  made it look cool. Everyone cheered after our performances and we all felt proud. After our performance I felt really happy and proud and my nana and grandad were proud of me too.

Kapahaka Roopu training

The Kapahaka Roopu have been practicing hard to perform at the cultural festival which is being held at Kawakawa Primary. This event is this Friday. I am very excited to go to this event since it’s my first time. We have been rehearsing every morning tea and lunch for these last 2 weeks. I really need to work on smiling on happy songs, holding my pukana and my action until we are given the next instruction by our leader.