Congratulations to all the student performers who were involved in the Band Concert and Performance Evening last Thursday night. All those that were fortunate enough to attend were treated to an absolutely outstanding evening of entertainment. The standard of performance, the variety of repertoire and the teamwork shown by the band members created our best Band Performance Evening ever. I am sure that all present felt both privileged and proud to be part of the evening and to hear the rich full sound of our Concert Bands. Thank you to all the families who turned out to support our musicians. It was a very well attended event and it was delightful to see the continued growth of the program and the wonderful support of families for this initiative. There were performances by our Secondary Concert Band, Primary Concert Band and the Year 4 Band. Once again, I wish to congratulate Mr Adam Holmes for all his fantastic work preparing and developing our band students. I also wish to thank Mr Justin Cleverley and our music tutors Mr Alfredo Lopez, Mrs Sonya Lopez and Mr Matthew Wiltshire for all their efforts in guiding and preparing the students in the program. I know the students really enjoyed performing to such a large audience.

Further to the success of our Band Program, the EAC Secondary Concert Band, has been formally invited to attend the 10^th International Goodwill Charity Joint Concert, to be held in Kochi, Japan next March. The band workshop and concert program is coordinated by our Sister School, Meitoku Gijuku. School bands from Asia, Canada and Australia have been invited to attend the concert which takes place every three years, the first being held in 1992.

Secondary students were able to take advantage of the newly constructed multi-purpose courts last Wednesday, following the handover of the new facility by the builders. To mark the special occasion, Mr Joel Jukes organised a Year 12 vs Staff Basketball match. It was an entertaining match, with the staff victorious. The multi-purpose courts can be used as either two basketball, two netball, two tennis or three volleyball courts. They will used for sport, PE lessons and recreation outside of class time. I am sure they will prove to be a highly used and most valued facility.

With only three weeks to go this term, the College is currently in the process of writing reports for students from Kindergarten through to Year 11 in preparation for their distribution during the term break.  Reports will be distributed during the term break and parent teacher interviews will take place early in Term 3.  Parents will be able to book interviews via the Parent Lounge once reports have been distributed.

Mr Robert Tobias
Principal