Good deed CD

A group of St Teresa's students are helping the people of East Africa through song, by making a CD and selling it to raise money.

The group of eight Year 6 to 8 students, who'd shown an interest in singing, volunteered to sing the two songs on the CD which was recorded in Featherston by Warren Maxwell at his Stone Feathers studio.

Drama teacher Carrie Watson said the girls "really enjoyed making it", and sales had been steady so far, with the CD available for $10.

"It's been slowly selling, but we've only just finished it, so it's doing pretty well in two weeks."

Year 8 student Sam Wiblin said the CD was originally raising money for the 40-hour famine, but they are continuing to sell it to raise money for the famine.

"It took lots of practising. We practised about three afternoons a week just before we went home after school, but it was really fun and we all liked recording it."

Moana Leota, a Year 8 student who is flying high in the music world after recording the song that accompanies the Interislander advertisement and winning third place in the Porirua Mall Talent Show, loves recording music and enjoyed recording the CD.

"My mum is friends with Warren and one day he asked me to record a song just for fun and then he got me to sing for the ad and I had to wait about a month before I knew I'd got it, but it was a really cool experience.

"Making the CD was a lot of practice but it was really fun."

The girls are excited about St Teresa's upcoming production, Any Dream Will Do, as all of them will be singing in it, with Moana taking on the lead singing role.