Each school choir attends one of the Area Rehearsals with other school choirs to help with the rehearsal process, to provide feedback about progress and to provide some objectives for school choir directors to work towards.
Area Rehearsals
Each school indicates its preference for an Area Rehearsal date and time as part of their Festival application; then schools are allocated to a rehearsal to ensure that numbers attending are kept within the venue capacity.
2024 Area Rehearsals
Please make sure that you:
- Book your transport early
- Try to arrive well before the start time – getting everyone in on time will require your assistance and good will
- 9.45am or 12.45pm is the START time of the rehearsal
- Ensure that your choir members bring their own copy of the Festival Song Book to the Area Rehearsal
Representative Choir members: Please bring your Senior and Junior Representative Choir students to the Area Rehearsals. They will sit separately from your school for the rehearsal: Senior Choir – front row left, Junior Choir – front row right.
Breaks/Food: Because of time constraints, there are no breaks taken during Area Rehearsals. You and your choir are welcome to come early or stay behind afterwards and enjoy a snack on the grass next to the venue.
Supervisors: Please provide a suitable number of supervisors for your choir, trained teachers where possible. The number of supervisors will depend of the size of your choir. As a guide:
Number of supervisors required
Up to 25 children: 1, preferably 2 supervisors
26 – 50 children: 2 supervisors
51 – 75 children: 3 supervisors
76 – 100 children: 4 supervisors
101+ children: 5 – 6 supervisors
Please note: If you are running late or need to contact us on the day, please call or text Miranda on 021 457 333.
Special information for schools attending a rehearsal at Haeata Community Campus
The college has given us strict instructions on which entrance to use. Do NOT use the Breezes Road entrance under any circumstances. The best place to drop off students is on Shortland Street (not at the school entrance but a little further along). Look out for staff wearing high vis. For Google Maps enter the address: 77 Shortland Street, and it will take you to the right place.
2024 Area Rehearsal allocations
Monday, 9 September, Avonhead School Hall
9.45am – 11.45am
Amberley School
Breens Intermediate
Clearview Primary
Cotswold Mātāhae School
Prebbleton School
Sacred Heart School
Sheffield Contributing School
Springston School
St Bernadette’s School
St Peter’s School
Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School
Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School
Te Rōhutu Whio
Tuia Burnside Primary School
Wairakei School
Waitākiri School
West Melton School
Westburn Te Kura o Hereora
Yaldhurst Tōtara Tūkaha School
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Monday 9 September, Avonhead School Hall
12.45 – 2.45pm
Ararira Springs Primary – Te Puna o Ararira
Avonhead School
Christ The King School
Lemonwood Grove School
Our Lady of Victories
St Joseph’s ki Māhutonga (Papanui)
Te Ara Maurea Roydvale School
Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School
Te Matauru Primary
Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School
Tūora Fendalton School
Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate
Weedons School
Wigram Primary School – Te Piki Kāhu
Tuesday, 10 September, Haeata Community Campus Auditorium
9.45am – 11.45am
Addington Te Kura Taumatua
Harewood School
He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate School
Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka
Kirkwood Intermediate
Leeston School
Medbury School
Middleton Grange School
Our Lady of the Assumption School
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Southbridge School
St Mark’s School
Tai Tapu School
Waihi School
Waimairi School
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Tuesday, 10 September, Haeata Community Campus Auditorium
12.45 – 2.45pm
Cheviot Area School
Darfield School
Greymouth Combined
Hurunui College
Knights Stream School – Mingimingi Hautoa
Mairehau School
Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara
New Brighton Catholic School
Parkview Pārua
Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka
Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo
St Albans School
St Andrew’s College Preparatory School
St Margaret’s College
St Mary’s School
Te Koromiko Swannanoa School
West Eyreton School
Wednesday, 11 September, Haeata Community Campus Auditorium
9.45am – 11.45am
Chisnallwood Intermediate
Diamond Harbour School
Emmanuel Christian School
Fernside School
Haeata Community Campus
Heathcote Valley School
Hillview Christian School
Mt Pleasant School
Paparoa Street School
Pareawa Banks Ave
Pegasus Bay School
Rudolf Steiner School
South New Brighton School
St Francis of Assisi Catholic School
St Joseph’s School (Rangiora)
St Martins School
St Patrick’s School (Kaiapoi)
Sumner School
Te Ahi Kaikōmako Rolleston School
Te Kura O Ōpāwaho – Opawa School
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Wednesday, 11 September, Haeata Community Campus Auditorium
12.45 – 2.45pm
Amuri Area School
Ashley Rakahuri School
Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto
Belfast School
Canterbury Home Education
Cathedral Grammar School
Elmwood Normal School
Ilam School
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka
Rangiora New Life School
Rāwhiti School
St Joseph’s School Kaikōura
Shirley Primary School
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington
Whītau School