Drones and DJs descend on NSW school for stage spectacular

Sherryn Groch

By Sherryn Groch
Published August 1, 2016

The sky above St Andrews College Marayong was lit red, blue and gold on June 28th for the tenth anniversary of its annual Creative Arts Night (CAN). In its “biggest year yet”, fireworks capped off a festival of “industry-standard” music and dance performed by students from Year 7 to 12.

The annual Creative Arts Night wows the crowd each year with an industry-standard show

With food trucks ringing the oval, huge vision-mixing screens on stage and drones hovering overhead capturing video of the crowd ...

This story appeared in the August 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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