INTRO
Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Envy, Wrath. Sins? Or Life Experiences? Certainties? Or choices? Good? Or Evil? Life has many choices. Sometimes we take the wrong ones. But is it how we find our way back that identifies as an individual? Does a poor choice make you a sinner? Or does how you recitify it define who you are?
Northmead High School Proudly Presents:
Sins: Vice or Virtue

SOUNDTRACK
1. The Pink Room - Single Gun Theory
2. Bradley - Coal Chamber
3. Sabrina - Einsturzende Neubauten
4. Numb - Portishead
5. 18th & Crenshaw - Fatboy Slim
6. Too Far - Kylie Minogue

WARM UP DANCE
"Filthy/Gorgeous"

TV FINALS
NSW STATE FINALIST
NSW STATE WINNER
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1ST PLACE

FINALS AWARDS
1ST PLACE CHAMPIONS
AWARD FOR COSTUMING: CHARACTER
AWARD FOR VISUAL ENHANCEMENT

HEATS AWARDS
AWARD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY
AWARD FOR STAGE USE
AWARD FOR PERFORMANCE SKILL
AWARD FOR CONCEPT
AWARD FOR DRAMA
AWARD FOR SOUNDTRACK
AWARD FOR COSTUMING: CHARACTER
AWARD FOR SET DESIGN & FUNCTION
AWARD FOR VISUAL ENHANCEMENT
AWARD FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD FOR LIGHTING DESIGN
AWARD FOR STAGE CREW
AWARD FOR FRIENDLIEST SCHOOL

ALL MESSAGES ARE FROM 2005 AND OUT OF DATE. THEY ARE SAVED FOR PAST REFERENCES.

21-12-05
SCHOOL CALENDAR
School Calendar's are now available at the school office for 2006. They contain several pictues from 2005 Rock Eisteddfod Challenge "Sins: Vice or Virtue". Why not grab one for the new year!! $15 each.

12-12-05
BOLLYWOOD VIDEO SHOOT
There will be no shoot on Friday as previously said.

01-12-05
BOLLYWOOD VIDEO SHOOT
This upcoming Sunday the 16th of December will be the video shoot for the Bollywood video. This is open to all cast and crew from this years show if you wish to be involved. It will be a fantastic experience for all, especially anyone looking to move into a theatrical background.

TIMES ARE AS SUCH:
Shoot 1: Sunday 11th December - 3:00pm till around 9:30pm (Backstage start at 2:00pm)

01-12-05
STUDENT LEADERS CAMP
In 2006 Rock Eisteddfod will be holding its 3rd Student Leaders Camp. Basically it's a 3 day event that runs from a Friday to a Sunday during Term 1. Dates are yet to be verified. You pay for the camp and stay two nights and three days participating in different workshops. It aims to teach kids how to construct rockas of their own or just how to help in being a student leader. It's also a great way to meet people from other Sydney schools and make friends.

For more details or if you would like to take part in this camp, follow this link to rockas website and fill out an interest form.
Student Leaders Camp

This upcoming Monday the 5th is the Presentation Ceremony for winning the National TV Special. Rocka themselves will be coming down to present awards and congratulate us. If you were ever thinking of being sick, this would not be the day for it!!!

07-11-05
IT'S OVER
Sins: Vice or Virtue, is now done. The Parramatta performance marked the end for the fantastic performance, and what a way to end. Congrats to everyone involved on this fantastic production.

Stay tuned for any new information about the Bollywood video shoot, if you put your name down to be involved.

Also be listening out for a message concerning a presentation ceremony for rocka. The official Rocka crew are intending on visiting Northmead in Decemeber to present the performers with awards for winning Nationals! Keep listening out for it.

29-10-05
RANDOM FACT
This year Northmead took out a TRIFECTA. That is, they won all three of the main events. Their local Grand Final, the State TV Final, and the National TV Final. The last two times this was done was
2003: St Columba's College "Cabaret Australia"
2000: Bomaderry High School "The Willow Pattern"

Both of these schools are held in high regard within rocka and both performances are considered by many to be the best rocka show ever. So to now be a part of that history is a great achievement.

Don't forget you have a rehearsal TOMORROW at 12:30pm at the school hall to prepare for the Parramatta Spring Festival performance.

09-10-05
PARRAMATTA PERFORMANCE
VERY IMPORTANT
There is a rehearsal coming up to prepare fr our last ever performance of "Sins: Vice or Virtue" at Prince Alfred Park in Parramatta as part of their Spring Festival. The rehearsal is

SUNDAY OCTOBER 30TH: 12:30-4:00pm

All cast and crew are to be in attendance. Please make sure you pass this message on to anyone else you know in rocka.

09-10-05
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS TWO YEARS RUNNING!
Can you believe it?!! Yesterday Northmead High School went on to become the first ever school to win the National TV Finals two years in a row! Congratulations to all!
Out of 10 State schools Northmead was crowned the NSW State TV Champions and then went on to compete against the other six State representatives across Australia and Three Wilcard entries. Our congrats also go out to all schools who made the TV Specials cos they looked awesome!
WOOOOOOOOO CELEBRATING TIME!!!!

TELEVISION RESULTS
1st Place: Northmead High School
2nd Place: Cranebrook High School
3rd Place: Fairhills High School

Stay on alert for news about the Parramatta performance on November 5th. It's coming up soon and should be very exciting. There is likely to be a rehearsal on October 30th so be listening out for news on that!
This will be the last time you get to perform what is now considered one of the best Rock Eisteddfod shows in the history of the event!!!

01-10-05
TV SPECIALS ON TOADY!
Be watching Channel 9 at 3:00pm today to see the Ready2Rock TV Special Documentary. We are most likely not going to be on this one because they did not film at our school, but if we're lucky we may get a glimpse of our vid or even footage of us on the Grand Final day so tune in.
Plus you'll get a chance to see lots of other schools in rocka, plus we heard there may be some stuff on Kelso High, the school who suffered the fire right before Grand Final.

Make sure you watch next weeks State and National Grand Final TV Special at 2:00pm. This is a seperate competition where shows are judged on who has the best combination of a good show and a good video for television. Last year we won this competition . There is no guarentees we will make it on because only 10 schools from NSW make it to State, only one of those will win and make Nationals, and there are only 3 wildcards. But keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best!

14-09-05
TV SPECIALS ON SOON!
In two weeks the rock eisteddfod TV Specials called "Ready2Rock" will be aired on Channel 9. The specials have changed from past years. In previous years the first special was State TV Finals where 10 schools videos would make the special and one would win and progress to Nationals. Then the follow week would be the Nationals grand final showcasing each States winner and 5 wildcard entries.

This year the format changes. The first TV Special is a documentary that was filmed at other schools across Australia. We will very likely not be in this special however this is a great chance to see how other schools build their show and will apparently show Kelso's rebuilding after their fire. This will be aired Saturday 1st October at 3:00pm.

The second TV Special is a combined special. For NSW rocka's the first half will show 10 schools from their state that have made the State TV Finals. One will then be crowned winner. The 2nd half of the show will be the National final and show the other winners from across the country. There will only be 3 Wildcards this year. At the end of the show one school will be crowned the National winner for 2005.

To make it even more exciting instead of having trained professional judges like usual, they have celebrity judges including Toni Pearson (Funniest Home Videos) and Dave Whithill (So Fresh). This TV Special will air on Saturday 8th October at 2:00pm. Times may change so check your TV Guide.

Congrats go out to everyone for the performance for Kerri-Anne. Rocka emailed us to say how impressed they were with how professional everyone was on the day. The performance was a great success and a fantastic experience.

When school starts again make sure you are listening out for any news on the Parramatta Festival performance. There is still a possibilty that it may not happen but make sure your are listenind for any notices in roll call or on assembly!

The even better news however is that we have been asked to perform the entire show one last time as part of the Parramatta Festival happening in November. This means everyone will get one final chance to perform their winning performance for the last time. Stay tunded for more information on that.

14-09-05
We've added the judging marks from both heats and grand finals up on the our results page. Check it out. Transcripts of the judges comments are also now posted.
Results

11-09-05
Check out our new photo album on Yahoo for the new Finals section with photos taken from the day now added.

NEW PHOTO ALBUM

11-09-05
WINKIPOP PHOTOS
Check it our, our official photos are now on show at Winkipop Media. They are copyrighted so you cannot copy and paste them but you can view them and order them if you wish. Just follow this link, go to the Rock Eisteddfod section, enter the password: kylie and go in 05 Sydney Grand Final to view pics from all 15 Premier Schools.

Follow this link;

WINKIPOP PHOTOS

10-09-05
FINAL SUNDAY EVER!!!!!!
Tomorrow from 12:00pm til 2:00pm there will be th final Sunday for Northmead Rocka 2005. This day will be spent sharing stories, looking at pictures, chatting, celebrating, and of course, watching the video.
This is the last time we'll have together as a team. Friends and family are invited. It just be a nice little ending to what has been an AMAZING year.

09-09-05
FIRST PLACE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!
WE WON!!!!!!!!!! OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!!!
Well done to everything. The show was AMAZING! Everyone deserved a piece of that win. Well done to all.

Here's the results of the night;
1st Place: Northmead High School
2nd Place: Randwick Boys/Girls High Schools
3rd Place: Smith's Hill High School
4th Place: Terrigal High School
5th Place: Mackellar Girls High School

Here's how the awards went;
CHOREOGRAPHY: Terrigal
STAGE USE: Terrigal
PERFORMANCE SKILL: Terrigal
CONCEPT: Barrenjoey
DRAMA: Randwick
SOUNDTRACK: Randwick
SET DESIGN & FUNCTION: Randwick
COSTUMING: Northmead
VISUAL ENHANCEMENT: Northmead
STUDENT ACHEIVEMENT: St. Andrews
DRUG AWARENESS: Sutherland PCYC
SCHOOL COMMUNITY: Mackellar
ENVIRONMETAL/SOCIAL AWARNESS: Sutherland PCYC
STAGE CREW: Mackellar
LIGHTING: Smith's Hill
FRIENDLIEST: St. Andrews
ENTERTAINMENT: Smith's Hill

08-09-05
IT'S TOMORROW!
GOOOOOOOOOO NORTHMEAD!!!
Good luck to all involved!!!

07-09-05
TWO DAYS TO GO
WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Very exciting. Everybody pumped and ready to go? Remember that Friday is about having the time of your life. Regardless of the results everyone has worked so incredibly hard and the show is honestly amazing so your winners in our eyes no matter what happens.
Remember to get a good nights sleep on Thursday cos you've got an early start on Friday and we dont want sleepy cast and crew when it comes to showtime.
If you've got time over the next two days make some little presents to give out to other schools. They love recieving that sort of thing and we love to give them out. It's a good way to meet people and make new friends quickly on the day.
Basically get ready to have the time of your life. It's gonna be awesome.

Before it all ends on Friday why not take a stroll down memory lane. We have a new photo album in Yahoo with photos from this year and some from last year. Why not check it out in your spare time?!!!!!

NEW PHOTO ALBUM

For all guests coming to the show, it starts at 7pm. But if you are running a little bit late don't worry. because northmead drew first in the performing order last year that means that we cannot go first this year so we wont be at at 7pm but after that who knows when we'll be!

14-08-05
SUNDAY'S REHEARSAL
Next Sunday's Rehearsal times for Sunday the 21st August are 10:00pm to 5:00pm. All cast and crew are to be in attendence.

10-08-05
HEATS PHOTOS
Check it out guys. Rocka has posted up 9 photos of the show from our heat. Follow this link to see them.
Heats Show Photos

08-08-05
SUNDAY'S REHEARSAL
Next Sunday's Rehearsal times for Sunday the 14th August are 10:00pm to 5:00pm. All cast and crew are to be in attendence.

30-07-05
JUDGES COMMENTS
Judges comments are now up. You can see what it was they said about our show after we performed at the heats. Just go to
Results

Check out the new photos added. There's over 200 on our page set up on Yahoo Photos. Check it out. Just follow this link.
Heats Photos If you have any new photos you'd like to add please send them to nhsrocka@hotmail.com

30-07-05
HEATS PHOTOS
Due to lack of space on this webpage we are currently unable to post photos up on the site from the heat. However, click on this link
Heats Photos to access over 200 new photos from heats. If you have any new photos you'd like to add please send them to nhsrocka@hotmail.com

13 AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!! Can you beleive it?! We have NEVER EVER EVER recieved so many awards in our life. It is a Northmead first. Well done. And you deserved every single one. It was just an amazing show. Each and every person should be so proud. Go to
http://www.rockchallenge.com.au for the list of all the schools awards, or you can click on
Results to see the list of awards. We will post judges comments from their speeches up very soon.

You have this Sunday off. Enjoy the break. Hopefully we will pop into the school sometime so you can see the video so be paying attention, but for now feel very proud of yourself. It was so good. GRAND FINAL HERE WE COME!!!

ONE WEEK!!!!
It's one week to go. HOW SCARY. Just thought everyone should know that todays rehearsal was killer. You guys needed to pull it out and you did which is great. There's still more you can give, we know, but you have one last Sunday to do so.

Remember, there's a good chance three schools could not make the final. That might mean we never get to do this again and this Sunday may be our last. We don't want that to happen so work your absolute hardest all day and show Sheridan exactly how this show will look.

DON'T WEAR YOUR T-SHIRT!!!!!. EVER!!! You should only wear the shirt twice in the next 2 months. The heat day (WASH IT THEN) and Grand Final (IF WE MAKE IT!!!) Treasure it. It's what makes you a part of the Northmead team.

13-07-05
UNDER TWO WEEKS LEFT
It's getting close now. Everyone should be very excited. Keep practicing at home. Soundtracks are now on sale at the canteen if you want to take one home to rehearse to.

Our NEXT REHEARSAL is this Sunday.

REC Students can win the chance to be one of 4 Maybelline NY Roving Reporters at the REC Final Events in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, have their report feature in Girlfriend magazine AND take home a MNY cosmetic pack valued at $300. Sounds pretty cool huh? We thought so too which is why we are helping Maybelline New York bring us this awesome opportunity to get behind the scenes at our BIGGEST REC events, dish the goss on the schools involved and snap some pics to feature in December’s Girlfriend Mag.

To enter go to
http://www.rockchallenge.com.au before August 15th and answer the question Why would you would make an awesome MNY Roving Reporter?” . Using 50 words or less, it needs to be creative, fun and funky and you could be seen backstage at the Entertainment Centre wearing a Roving Reporter Backstage Pass!

NEXT Rehearsal is this Sunday 11:00am to 6:00pm. Remember it's our Dress Rehearsal. Invite your friends and family to come towards end of rehearsal with a gold coin donation to see the show for the first time before heats!!!

WORKING BEES are taking place on every Saturday from 1:00pm til an unspecified time. Students, parents, friends are all welcome to come down and help us build and make sets and props. We need your help!!!