Kapa Haka 2019!

Kapa Haka Festival

2019

As we stormed onto the stage the parents cheered us on to make us more determined & to try our hardest. Hunter started us off with "Tu Mai Ra, Nga Tamariki..." while Koka Sue strummed her guitar to the rhythm. All the songs we sang were Tu Mai Ra, Haramai a Paoa, Ka Pioioi, Purianei, Utaina, Wainui Haka, Ka Mate, Wainui-e then He Honore. My favourite song is Utaina because once we've sung it the girls sing it again but the boys do the Haka version of it. It just sounds really good from both of the tunes mixing together.

We had to be in sync with our takahea otherwise it would make us sound really bad. Or if someone sings the wrong words or does the wrong actions it can mess up our whole performance. You stand out ALOT if your not doing anything. Even if your not doing a takahea you stand out because the audience can see under & through all of our legs. Also if your not singing or not doing the actions it's really obvious because some of the audience are on really high stands & can see all of us. 

 At the end I felt really happy but relieved I was happy because I love Kapa haka because it's just fun to sing & it brings out the happiness in mostly everyone. When I saw my mum at the right side of the hall I smiled at the camera but I think she was too focused on focusing the camera on the performance to see me. When I got home my mum said she was on the stands first but then she moved to the side & that's when I saw her. After when we were outside waiting for the buses our parents could come see us but my mum didn't know, she still had a meeting to go to. Of Course when I got home my mum asked me how it was & I said it was AWESOME! This is a photo of the boy's & girls singing & doing the actions to Purianei.