2002 School Magazine

student perspect' es true blue night

The Year 9 Blue Night It was nearing six o'clock and Katie Anderson IYear 121 and a collection of Year 9 girls hadjust finished the decorations when the f at enthusiastic partygoers of the Year 9 Blue Night arrived. it had taken the House Group Captains, their Year 12 helpers from the Executive and a few volunteers an hour to fix the blue and silver stars, balloons and streamers to the walls of the Auditorium and everyone was hoping for a good reaction! As the room filled it became clear that 14-year-old girls do have good imaginations, judging by the vast array of zany blue costumes! The fun began with the limbo and the chocolate game, followed by Knights, Mounts and Cavaliers. Then an interesting interpretation of a breakdancing circle began before even more competitions, some high-spirited karaoke and an eccentric fashion parade made from newspaper! The atmosphere was very "hyped" respecially since most of the game prizes contained excessive amounts of sugar. ..) and it looked as though even the supervising teachers, who included Mrs MCConaghy, Mr Dale. Ms Bellbin and Ms Hatton, were having fun as the night progressed! it seemed every girl had an unlimited supply of energy that could keep her dancing all night long. Then the Kookaburra Cafe pizza arrived and everyone swarmed outside to refuel. By the time the feasting had finished there was only twenty minutes of party time left to fill, hardly enough to fit in the other games that had been planned. However everyone seemed quite content with dancing "wildly" with their friends in the few diminishing minutes that were left

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BY 8:30, the last song had been played, the Auditorium was bare of its blue adornments and most of the crowd had slipped away. it was disappointing to see the end of such a great night. Everyone appeared to have had a good time, so maybe next Year there will be another party. with just as many girls dancing, singing. playing wild games, having crazy competitions and generally having fun as a group. And in the end, just the concept of doing something together as a Yea level really seemed to help Year Nine bond a little more and feel closer, because it was their support in turning up that really made the night a success!

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