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Schools Spectacular 2005 was a performance on the 25th and 26th of November 2005 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Dubbed "The Face of Australia", Schools Spectacular 2005 celebrated the Australian history, landscape, goal and lifestyle. A tribute to Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC, who had died in 2002, was in the production. Previous Schools Spectacular successes like John Foreman (who hosted Schools Spectacular 2005) and Human Nature
made appearances during the show.
For more recent Schools Spectacular performances, see the main Schools Spectacular
page.
The piece also included the NSW Senior Drama Company performing a theatre piece integrated throughout the Anzac segment.
Dubbed "The Face of Australia", Schools Spectacular 2005 celebrated the Australian history, landscape, goal and lifestyle. A tribute to Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC, who had died in 2002, was in the production. Previous Schools Spectacular successes like John Foreman (who hosted Schools Spectacular 2005) and Human Nature
Human Nature (band)
Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...
made appearances during the show.
For more recent Schools Spectacular performances, see the main Schools Spectacular
Schools Spectacular
The Schools Spectacular is an Australian variety show featuring more than 3000 young students and is performed annually at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Highlights of the Schools Spectacular are broadcast each year by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation....
page.
Schools Spectacular 2005 pieces
This is an attempt to list all the pieces in the order in which they were performed at the live performance, not as they were broadcast on television.Opening
- A poem, "My CountryMy Country"My Country" is an iconic patriotic poem about Australia, written by Dorothea Mackellar at the age of 19 while homesick in England. After travelling through Europe extensively with her father during her teenage years she started writing the poem in London in 1904 and re-wrote it several times...
", by Dorothea Mackeller - Past Life Melodies - Combined Schools Choir
- Great Southern Land - Solo, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- New World Symphony - Soprano Duo, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- Advance Australia FairAdvance Australia Fair"Advance Australia Fair" is the official national anthem of Australia. Created by the Scottish-born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, but did not gain its status as the official anthem until 1984. Until then, the song was sung in Australia as a patriotic song...
- Mixed artists, accompanied by orchestra and CSC - Introduction of John Foreman, Alan JonesAlan Jones (radio broadcaster)Alan Belford Jones AO is an Australian radio broadcaster, former rugby union and rugby league coach and administrator.Jones hosts Sydney's most popular breakfast radio program, on radio station 2GB...
of 2GB2GB2GB is a commercial radio station in Sydney, Australia broadcasting on 873 kHz, AM. It is one of Australia's most popular talk-back radio stations, and is the number one station in Sydney.-History:The station commenced broadcasting in August 1926...
Radio
Feature Presentation
- This Is The World We Live In - Mixed artists, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- I Believe - Solo, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- Hey Good Looking - accompanied by band
- Truly Madly DeeplyTruly Madly Deeply"Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden, released as a single in March 1997. Written by band-mates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before recording began on their debut album....
- A dance ensemble, accompanied by band - The Swimming Song ("Great Outdoors") - accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- Kate Kelly - solo, accompanied by band, Newtown High School of the Performing Arts and the NSW Public Schools State Senior Dance Company choreographed by Dr. John Mullins
- Long Way To The TopIt's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"It's a Long Way to the Top " is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first track of the group's album T.N.T., released in December 1975, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott...
- solo, accompanied by band and CSC - LocomotionThe Loco-Motion"The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The song is notable for appearing in the American Top 5 three times – each time in a different decade: for Little Eva in 1962 ; for Grand Funk Railroad in 1974 ; and for Kylie Minogue in 1988 "The...
- solo, accompanied by band and CSC - Computer Games - solo, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- Eagle RockEagle Rock (song)"Eagle Rock" is a classic Australian song, released by Daddy Cool in May 1971 on the Sparmac Record Label. It went on to become the best selling Australian single of the year, achieving gold status in eleven weeks, and remaining at #1 on the national charts for a record ten weeks. "Eagle Rock"...
- solo, accompanied by orchestra and CSC - Good TimesGood Times (Easybeats song)"Good Times" was a song by The Easybeats released as a single in Australia in December 1968. It was written by George Young and Harry Vanda....
- solo, accompanied by orchestra and CSC - Redback On The Toilet Seat - group, accompanied by band
- Court of King Caractacus - group, accompanied by band
Guest Performance
- Reach Out I'll Be ThereReach Out I'll Be There"Reach Out I'll Be There" is a 1966 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s and is today considered The Tops' signature song...
- Human NatureHuman Nature (band)Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was... - What If I Break Her Heart - Pas de Deux choreographed by Judi Joy, solo, accompanied by orchestra
- Explosive - Schools Spectacular Ballet Ensemble 2005 - Choreographed by Peter Cook and Lisa Munns
- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - solo, accompanied by orchestra and Senior Choir
- Stella - solo, accompanied by orchestra and Senior Choir
- AidaAidaAida sometimes spelled Aïda, is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
- solo, accompanied by orchestra and Senior Choir
The Anzacs
Scout Band/ChoirThe piece also included the NSW Senior Drama Company performing a theatre piece integrated throughout the Anzac segment.
- It's a Long Way to TipperaryIt's a Long Way to TipperaryIt's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall...
- Marching Band - Pack Up Your Troubles - Marching Band
- Hang Out the Washing On the Siegfried Line - Marching Band
- Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant-Major - Marching Band
- Keep the Home Fires Burning - Marching Band
- Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye - Marching Band
- Mad World - solo, choreographed by dance group
- Guide Me Home - duo, choreographed by Peter Cook (featuring Tyler Hawkins and Liesel Zink)
- HallelujahHallelujah (song)"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, originally released on his studio album Various Positions . Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a cover by John Cale, which later formed the basis for a cover by Jeff Buckley...
- solo, choreographed by dance group, accompanied by orchestra and Senior Choir
The Rainforest
- The Animal SongThe Animal Song"The Animal Song" is a song by Savage Garden, released in February 1999. The song was written for the soundtrack of the film The Other Sister, but also appeared on their second studio album, Affirmation, as well as their compilation album, Truly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden...
- solo, choreographed by dance group, accompanied by orchestra and CSC - Nature - solo, choreographed by dance group, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- We Will Rock YouWe Will Rock You"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...
- solo, choreographed by dance group, accompanied by band and CSC - Don't StopDon't Stop (Fleetwood Mac song)"Don't Stop" is a song by the rock group Fleetwood Mac, written by vocalist and keyboard player Christine McVie. Sung by Christine McVie and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, it was a single taken from the band's 1977 hit album, Rumours. It is one of the band's most enduring hits, peaking at number...
- solo, choreographed by dance group and CSC, accompanied by band and CSC - Plain Tree Street - solo, choreographed by dance group, accompanied by orchestra
- Rock Band Group performance
Cultural songs and dances
- Australian Aboriginal- School involved in the cultural dance were, South Grafton and Ballina High School as well as Kempsey Primary
- New Zealand Maori
- China
- India
- Ballroom - SwaySway (song)"Sway" is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics are by Norman Gimbel...
- NSW Public Schools State Senior Dance Company - "If I Were A Rich Girl" (based on "If I Were A Rich Man") and Mambo ItalianoMambo Italiano (song)"Mambo Italiano" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1954 and recorded by Rosemary Clooney. Merrill actually wrote it on deadline, scribbled hastily on a paper napkin in an Italian restaurant in New York, United States using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the...
- Latin America - Whenever, WhereverWhenever, Wherever"Whenever, Wherever" is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira's first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in...
Closing
- I've Had The Time Of My Life - solo, choreographed by Peter Cook - NSW Public Schools State Dance Companies and Ensembles, accompanied by band
- Proud (teacher thank you) - solo, choreographed by Peter Cook, accompanied by orchestra and CSC
- Don't StopDon't Stop (Fleetwood Mac song)"Don't Stop" is a song by the rock group Fleetwood Mac, written by vocalist and keyboard player Christine McVie. Sung by Christine McVie and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, it was a single taken from the band's 1977 hit album, Rumours. It is one of the band's most enduring hits, peaking at number...
- entire cast