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Speaker 1: Well, we just spoke to Costa from Activate Darwin about

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Speaker 1: well about the Christmas pageant that's coming up, and we

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Speaker 1: wanted to hear from some of the wonderful different groups

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Speaker 1: that are set to take part. And joining me on

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Speaker 1: the line right now from Rosebury Primary School. The principal

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Speaker 1: out at Rosebury Primary School, it is Tanya Colam.

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Speaker 2: It's a good morning to you, Tanya.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: Lovely to have.

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Speaker 1: You on the show and lovely to hear that you

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Speaker 1: guys are taking part in the Christmas pageant.

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Speaker 2: Are the kids pumped?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's the first time we've been in the pageant

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Speaker 3: and they are really pumped. I was just chatting to

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Speaker 3: some kids.

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Speaker 1: Now we seem to have lost Tanya. Hopefully I've got

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Speaker 1: it back on the line there. Can you hear me, Tanya?

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Speaker 3: Yeah I can.

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Speaker 1: Sorry, yep, you were just chatting to some kids. What

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Speaker 1: did they say?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Well they're really excited. They're dressing up this year

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Speaker 3: as elve and Elfett. It's a Rosebury Primary School dance

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Speaker 3: troupe who'll be participating. So they've been dancing together all year.

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Speaker 3: They've danced at the Beat, they've danced at the Sea

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Speaker 3: Breef Festival and this is their next big time turn

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Speaker 3: to dance, so they're really excited about it.

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Speaker 2: Oh how wonderful. So how many kids are we talking.

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Speaker 3: We've got thirty students in our dance troupe, but they'll

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Speaker 3: also be bringing along some of our younger students at

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Speaker 3: Rosebery and they'll be dressed up as little puddings, little

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Speaker 3: Christmas pudding.

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Speaker 2: I love that. That's going to be so cool. Did

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Speaker 2: that like?

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Speaker 1: Tell me in terms of the kids that are part

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Speaker 1: of the dance troupe, have they been practicing for quite

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Speaker 1: some time? It sounds as that they've all been dancing

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Speaker 1: together for the year.

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Speaker 3: They've been dancing together all year and this term that

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Speaker 3: focused on getting ready for the Christmas pageant. Our dance

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Speaker 3: teacher and assistant Prince Pulled, Danielle Banichik, takes them out

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Speaker 3: for some dance practice twice a week and it is

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Speaker 3: their favorite part of the week. I don't know who

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Speaker 3: the little will be yet, so that's going to be

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Speaker 3: a bit of a surprise.

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Speaker 2: Oh how fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me how much effort has to go into

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Speaker 1: to sort of setting up the you know, the float

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Speaker 1: as well?

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Speaker 3: So we are they walking through and dancing through.

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Speaker 2: Oh okay.

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Speaker 3: Here they've got a big team of people who actually

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Speaker 3: support Danielle. We've got a teacher who helps out with

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Speaker 3: costume and they've done an amazing job. The kids have

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Speaker 3: already had a bit of a trial run with the

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Speaker 3: costume and they are looking amazing. We have another teacher

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Speaker 3: who helps out with our media and gets all our

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Speaker 3: promotions done and gets us all organized. So there's quite

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Speaker 3: a big team of people who work in the background

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Speaker 3: to support the group of dancers as well.

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Speaker 2: And how big.

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Speaker 1: An impact does this have for the students as well

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Speaker 1: or how positive an impact does it have for them

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Speaker 1: in terms of you know, creating that real sort of

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Speaker 1: positive culture I guess amongst the school and being part

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Speaker 1: of something bigger than just the school.

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Speaker 3: This is something we are really proud about here at

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Speaker 3: Rosebery Primary School. The students work really hard at being

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Speaker 3: a good partner, being a good team member and it

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Speaker 3: really is a well being activity for the students. I know.

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Speaker 3: One of the highlights they'll say is they also get

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Speaker 3: to go on dance camps dance camps as well, so

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Speaker 3: as well as participating and performing, learning to be a

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Speaker 3: really good team member they really do like the time

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Speaker 3: they get to spend with each other out of school

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Speaker 3: as well.

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Speaker 2: I think it's fantastic, Tanya.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like it's going to be really wonderful and

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Speaker 1: no doubt the kids are going to be so very excited.

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Speaker 1: Are they part of making the costumes themselves or is

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Speaker 1: it the school or the parents that make the costumes Tanya.

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Speaker 3: We do have a staff member who works closely with Danielle,

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Speaker 3: dance teacher. She really visions all our costumes and we've

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Speaker 3: got quite a bank of costumes that kind of get

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Speaker 3: refashioned and reform each year. Because our dance troupe have

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Speaker 3: actually been part of our school since it opened way

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Speaker 3: back in twenty and eleven, so it's quite part of

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Speaker 3: our school culture. As it said, Oh, it's made up

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Speaker 3: of students in grade five and six and they audition

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Speaker 3: to get into the group, so it's a bit it's

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Speaker 3: not just anyone gets to join it. It's quite sought

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Speaker 3: after by the students.

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Speaker 2: It sounds like.

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Speaker 1: It's really special, something that you know that the kids

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Speaker 1: no doubt really love.

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Speaker 3: They sure do highlight of our school. Yeah, we love

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Speaker 3: watching them dance as well. They're pretty impressive.

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Speaker 2: How wonderful, Wiltanna.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning,

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Speaker 1: and I think it sounds fabulous. It sounds like there's

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Speaker 1: going to be so many great, great different groups part

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Speaker 1: of the Christmas pageant this year. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: a lot of fun for everybody, but a really nice

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Speaker 1: way to bring the whole community together.

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Speaker 3: It sure as we're hoping to have quite the Rosebery

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Speaker 3: turn out there cheering us along as we danced through.

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Speaker 2: The I reckon you will have oh well.

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Speaker 1: Rosebury Primary School Principal Tanya Kolomtzeb thank you so very

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Speaker 1: much for your time this morning. I really appreciate you

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Speaker 1: chatting with me and cannot wait to see the dance

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Speaker 1: troupe dancing through the streets of Darwin.

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Speaker 3: Thanks a lot, Katy, thank you,