In 2016 a select number of WCC Music students from both Narre Warren South Campus and Wantirna South joined together to aid Boronia RSL in putting on the 2016 ANZAC Day Dawn Service.
Students arrived at school for a 5am departure and were sound checking by 5:30am. As 6am drew closer it was time to take the warm jackets off and brave the 10degree 6am morning chill and perform. Students performed the three requested anthems, Advance Australia Fair, God Defend New Zealand (Aotearoa) and God Save the Queen. Singers from Narre Warren South Campus led by Ms. Natalie Ruiz, did an amazing job to led the anthems, including the Maori version of Aotearoa, supported by a 12 piece band made up of students from both campuses.
Garrett Munyard along with Mr. Francis Piccin performed the Last Post and Reveille to bookend the minute silence.
WCC have already been praised for their efforts and emphatically invited back for 2017.
A big thank you to Mr. Francis Piccin from the Narre Warren South Campus for all his organisation, music arranging and equipment hire and wisdom for making this event possible as well as Nelson and Renee Piccin for the work on making the band sound great at the sound desk. Another thank you to Ms Natalie Ruiz for her brilliant vocal leading and thank you to Mr. Brian Hamilton, Mrs. Jill Whan, Mr. Craig Stekelenburg, Mr. Stephan Munyard, Mr. David Thompson and Mrs Karen Lloyd for their support of this event.
Students involved were:
Tiffany Chu WS
Danielle Piccin WS
Samuel Worsnop WS
Stanley Tsang WS
Jonathon Hatton WS
Garrett Munyard NWS
James Carrol NWS
Chloe Fung NWS
Ethan Suter NWS
Alyssa Stevenson NWS
Heidi Stevenson NWS
Courtney Mustapha NWS
Maddi Reincastle NWS
Neha Vellu NWS
Please thank the students and staff involved in taking part in this important community outreach initiative and we look forward to see you at the next ANZAC Day service in 2017
Mr. David George
Secondary Music Coordinator