Celebrating Performing Arts
What a wonderful celebration of the performing arts we had at the Marsden Cultural Awards Evening on Thursday 20 October.
Our guest speaker was Lara Strong (Y13 2017) via Zoom, who shared her experiences studying musical theatre in New York City during the pandemic, and her recent role in a Broadway show. She talked about how her involvement in Marsden productions had shaped her career and about working hard and taking risks to follow your dreams.
Marsden Old Girl Lara Strong from New York City
We had performances from Kapa Haka, Altissime and Freya McKeich on the cello, as well as speeches from our Cultural Captain and Deputies.
Kapa Haka at 2022 Marsden Cultural Awards
Altissime perform at 2022 Cultural Awards
2022 Cultural Captain Tiffany Kenyon
Freya McKeich, Honours Bar 2022, NZ Secondary Schools Orchestra
Thank you to our special guests for presenting some of the top prizes and congratulations to all of our award winners below (listed in order of announcement):
| Award | Name |
| Junior Service to Music | Cynthia Liu |
| Junior Service to Cultural Activities | Akshara Ravi |
| Service to Music | Anoushka Ganesan Ella Robertson Mackenzie Wall Louisa Boyer Francesca Lynch |
| Service to Debating | Caroline Jones Eloise Lambrechtsen Chloe Sim Lauren Britton Lauren Foo Mila Smith |
| Service to Technical Production | Amy Harvey-Green Luca More Connie McLauchlan Arlo Keating Charlotte Cinque |
| Service to Cultural Activities | Mia Vachon |
| Service to Kapa Haka | Te Ataraukura Tapuke Raiha Kawiti |
| Commitment to an Auditioned Ensemble | Ella Robertson Anoushka Ganesan Francesca Lynch Eleanor Berry |
| Junior High Achievement in Dance | Carina Gunchenko Emily Yu |
| Junior High Achievement in Debating | Vanessa Ardern Lopa Mistry Elizabeth McLay Sophie Barry Tiantian Ren |
| Junior High Achievement in Technical Production | Jasper Rotolo |
| Junior High Achievement in Music | Emily Yu Jessica Caldwell Stephanie Wu |
| High Achievement in Music | Sage Pettus Luca More Grace Hotop |
| High Achievement in Drama | Louie Feltham Milly Gauld |
| High Achievement in Debating | Arushi Bhatnagar-Stewart Caroline Jones Chloe Sim Valerie Howe |
| Junior Colours in Music: Finale | Isabella Boyer Lucy Sai Carina Gunchenko Kate Urry Lilja Leppanen Kate Capie Ari Andrews Rose Peddie-Burch |
| Colours in Music: Finale | Anoushka Ganesan Ella Robertson Francesca Lynch Eleanor Berry Shenaya Rajasekera Eva Stein Freya McKeich Louisa Boyer Jemima Jackson Liliana O'Connell Arushi Bhatnagar-Stewart Eloise Lambrechtsen Georgia Burley Helen Yang Cece Chen Luca More Arlo Keating Ella Christie Sifan Huang Sage Pettus |
| Junior Colours in Music | Cynthia Liu Eugene Rhee Rose Peddie-Burch Milliann Lim Alyssa Bai Carina Gunchenko Karen Yui Lilja Leppanen |
| Junior Colours in Technical Production | Ivy Greenslade |
| Colours in Drama | Davida McKenzie |
| Colours in Music | Georgia Burley Valerie Howe Freya McKeich Joyce Chan |
| Service Colours | Natalie More |
| Honours Bar 2022: New Zealand Secondary Schools' Orchestra | Freya McKeich |
| The Year 11 Speech Cup 2022 | Cate Hughson |
| The Orr-McFaull Cup for Excellence in Debating 2022 |
Chloe Sim |
| The Sophie Evans Cup for Performing Arts 2022 (Presented by Jennifer Evans) |
Milly Gauld |
| The Harcourt McKenzie Cup for the Pursuit of a Career in the Stage and Screen Arts 2022 (Presented by Thomasin McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt) |
Yuki Man |
| The Thurlby Cup 2022 | Anita Lambrechtsen and Francesca Lynch |
| The Old Girls' Cup for Cultural Involvement 2022 | Ella Robertson |
| Volunteer Award 2022 | Emma Barron and Sarena Saunders |
| Coach of the Year 2022 | Maaike Christie-Beekman |
Year 11 Speech Cup winner, Cate Hughson with Principal Paula Wells
Chloe Sim, The Orr-McFaull Cup for Excellence in Debating 2022 (with Serena Saunders Sarena, senior debating coach))
Milly Gauld, The Sophie Evans Cup for Performing Arts 2022 (Presented by Jennifer Evans)
Yuki Man, The Harcourt McKenzie Cup for the Pursuit of a Career in the Stage and Screen Arts 2022 (Presented by Thomasin McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt)
The Thurlby Cup 2022 winners, Francesca Lynch and Anita Lambrechtsen
The Old Girls' Cup for Cultural Involvement 2022, Ella Robertson
Once again, thank you to everyone who has supported the performing arts at Marsden during the year, your contribution large or small has been much appreciated, we couldn't do it without you.
