Oktubafest
In early October, Keegan Roy, Myles Quick, Anna Quick and Mrs. Jones embarked on a 10-hour journey to the International Music Camp.
They participated in the third annual Oktubafest, held at the International Peace Garden in North Dakota. Forty participants from Alberta and several US states joined Hapnot reps.
The weekend consisted of tuba warm-ups, master classes, repertoire sessions, a low brass repair clinic, mass choir rehearsals, band rehearsals and German-inspired cuisine.
Students were treated to and participated in six hours’ worth of tuba and euphonium concert music.
The High School All Star Ensemble, including our three Flin Flon students, played beautifully.
Soccer provincials
On Oct. 17, the Hapnot Kings and Kweens made the trip to Winkler to compete in the provincial soccer finals.
With only five minutes left in their third game, a goal slipped by the Kweens, allowing Beausejour to win the game. They then went on to beat out Morden to win the consolation final. It was a difficult ending to swallow for an otherwise undefeated Kweens.
The Kings lost their first game due to a missed offside goal. In their second game against Birtle, the Kings’ smooth operations paid off. In their next game against Rivers, the Kings unfortunately gave up two penalty kick goals but pushed hard and finished the game off with fabulous goals.
Finally, in the consolation final the Kings cruised to a win.
Grad
The grad committee has had its first meeting. Jayde Clendenning is president, Kaylee Pardoski is vice-president and Aimee Roy is secretary.
The turnout for the first meeting was impressive and we hope it will continue. The new grad committee is eager to get moving on some fundraising ideas; the catalogues are already out for selling and we just received our chocolates.
Next up, preparations for the Grad Tea on Dec. 13.
Jamming
Tuesday lunchtime jam sessions have started. This group is open to all Hapnot and Many Faces students.
We have several students signed up to play guitar, with two spaces open for anyone wanting to learn to play the fiddle. Lunch is provided for anyone signed up. If you are interested, please contact Leanne Phair at the Hapnot office.
We Day
Four staff and 21 students headed to Winnipeg on Oct. 28 and 29 to attend We Day at the MTS Centre, an inspiring experience for all!
We Day is put on by the Free the Children foundation, which encourages youth to be empowered and affect change in their communities and around the world.
There were a variety of musical performances and fantastic speakers, including Mary Robinson (former president of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights); Craig and Mark Kielburger (founders of Free the Children and We Day); and Kweku Mandela (social advocate and grandson of Nelson Mandela), among others.
A highlight for our students was Travis Price, co-founder of Pink Shirt Day to help eliminate bullying. He saw our group’s pink shirts all the way up in the upper bowl while he was speaking and took the time to come up and have a private chat with our students.
Fighting hunger
Hapnot’s student council teamed up with Ford during October to participate in the Free the Children We Scare Hunger campaign.
At the beginning of the month they set the goal of filling up a Ford F-150 truck with food bank donations by Halloween.
In the end they were able to meet their goal and estimate that over 1,000 pounds of food was delivered to the food bank on Nov. 4!
