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School stage show a sell-out success

Peter de Graaf
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22 Sep, 2015 12:30 AMQuick Read

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Kylie van den Broek as Little Red Riding Hood and Cordell Grace as the Wicked Wolf in the junior school's play Walking through the Woods.

Kylie van den Broek as Little Red Riding Hood and Cordell Grace as the Wicked Wolf in the junior school's play Walking through the Woods.

Almost the entire 134-strong roll of Kaeo Primary took to the stage to perform in the biennial school production.

Topp Twins are played by 9-year-olds Danielle Savill-Wagener (left) and Destiny Tango.
Topp Twins are played by 9-year-olds Danielle Savill-Wagener (left) and Destiny Tango.

Held at Whangaroa Community Hall to sell-out audiences on Wednesday and Thursday, it featured plays by the junior, middle and senior schools.

Cordell Grace, 7, as the Wicked Wolf and Kairarawa Williams, 6, as a mouse.
Cordell Grace, 7, as the Wicked Wolf and Kairarawa Williams, 6, as a mouse.

The junior item was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the middle school pupils went time-travelling on Burt Munro's Indian motorcycle to visit New Zealanders such as Maui, Kupe, Fred Dagg, Billy T James, the Topp Twins and Sir Edmund Hillary.

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Shaneil Batters as Clarity O'Thought (left) and Gordon Campbell as evil developer Biz Nesschick.
Shaneil Batters as Clarity O'Thought (left) and Gordon Campbell as evil developer Biz Nesschick.

The seniors performed a play in which a bloke called Pinecone - aided by a mob of sheep, a talking dog and other animals - saves Kaeo Valley from an evil developer planning to turn it into an urban wasteland.

Dim-witted shepherd Dags (Tui Lenden) with sheep Sophie Holmes and Aranui Hansen.
Dim-witted shepherd Dags (Tui Lenden) with sheep Sophie Holmes and Aranui Hansen.

Photos by Peter de Graaf.

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