Sport for Jove

It’s not very often you get a great opportunity to use the cliché phrase “Blood, Sweat, and Tears”. That is of course, unless you’re at a Shakespeare Carnival.

Over the past 3 months around 20 students have been working tirelessly on scenes, dances, and songs to perform at the Sport for Jove Shakespeare Carnival. Two weeks ago, the regional final took place, with Oxley having much success in the Dance, Song, and Ensemble Scene categories, with each coming 1st in their category.

On June 1 and 2, the state final was held at the Sydney Seymour Centre, where 3 of our Oxley teams completed a workshop on Saturday, followed by the performance on Sunday. All 3 teams were lucky enough to place very well, with all entries from Oxley placing in the top 3.

The Ensemble Scene group, Sophie C, Olivia Q, Toby W, and Liam H, (Year 10), achieved state runners-up. Sophie and Olivia were also awarded ‘Moment of the Category’ for their incredible fight.

The Dance Group of 7, Clementine H (Year 11), Georgie A (Year 10), Imogen G (Year 10), Eliza-Grace B (Year 11), Leila D (Year 10), Tia B (Year 10), and Chiara S (Year 11), was the largest group to perform. They achieved 3rd place which is an incredible achievement.

Then finally, we had Joss W (Year 10) who performed her original song ‘Never Really Mine’ based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Joss came 3rd in the state and brought tears to most of the audience as well as the judges. As Shakespeare might say, “mine eyes smell onions.”

Overall Oxley was very well represented at the state final with brilliant results. This was a huge achievement for the Oxley students and wouldn’t have been possible without the constant work and support from Ms Pascoe. Thank you, Ms Pascoe. We hope to have more entries next year that are just as successful as this year. Until next year, as Will might say, “all’s well that ends well”.

Liam H, Year 10