Dance Nation

Two days after his 9th birthday, Max had another celebration to undertake. He had volunteered to perform in a dance festival along with something like 400 kids from most, if not all, of Canberra's primary schools. This took place in an expansive auditorium in the city's convention centre and, apart from lengthy introductions from a variety of big-wigs consisted of a series of portrayals of Canberra's history and role over the last century. This year, 2013, is the centenary of the city's foundation.

The show was scheduled from 6.30 to 8.30, and we thought we'd have a long wait to see Max perform. Well, the show went an hour over schedule ending at 9.30, which is rather late for primary kids. But Max's school, Macgregor, performed first. I took some grainy photos, which are shown here, before the host announced that photography was banned! So I'm glad Max had his turn first. I also took the photos from a darkish auditorium into bright stage lights, which didn't make for clarity.

Max appears in the first three photos below.

And the final photo shows action from another school, which I took illegally!

All the kids did well and some of the dancing was quite professional. But most of the music was mostly of a raucous rap-dance type with the sound turned up full volume. Fortunately I still have some hearing left!

AS