It was a toe-tapping, hip-swinging, hand-clapping good time at Cowra High School on Wednesday afternoon as 80 students showed off the moves they learnt at Western Dance Camp.
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Students were placed into groups and performed three different dances, which they had been rehearsing in workshops for the past three days.
Western Dance Camp convener and Cowra High School dance teacher Alison Buckley said it was great to see all of the students’ hard work pay off.
“I couldn't have asked for anything more, I’m overwhelmed by everything,” she said.
Mrs Buckley said the camp came to Cowra after she was made convener of the event, with previous events held in Dubbo.
“For the last two years, I’ve been a supervising teacher at Western Dance Camp, it’s always been held in Dubbo,” she said.
“I put my hand up when asked to take over convening the Camp and I thought what better way to do it then in Cowra where I knew the venue, I knew that my school would be really supportive and I was hoping and praying we would get students who want to come to Cowra.
“We’ve had 80 students here over the last three days, it’s been incredible.”
The 80 students come from schools in Cobar, Nyngan, Lithgow, Yeoval, Bathurst, Orange, Blayney, Canowindra and Cowra.
Students were then put through workshops with professional dancers at the school and the PCYC.
“Over the last three days, the students have learnt choreography in musical theatre, contemporary and hip hop with our artists,” she said.
“They learn a routine over those three days, so it was over three hours pretty much on each style and then they got to showcase and display that today to our audience.
“We’ve got Hideboo who is hip hop, he’s from Japan, he’s based in Sydney at the moment and he is a wonderful, wonderful hip hop artist.
“Then we have Alice Robinson who has just been touring with the Dream Dance Company, so she’s contemporary in style and Travis Kahn from Melbourne, he’s just finished touring with Matilda.”
Mrs Buckley thanked the artists, supervisors, Cowra High visual arts teacher Lucy Vaughn for designing the t-shirts and Mr Embroidery for supplying the shirts for the students.
“Everyone who has been involved has been so supportive, it’s just been amazing and wonderful,” she said.
