28 February 2010

THE FINAL AWARDS!!!!

THE CHILDREN’S CHOICE AWARDS CEREMONY

PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL

OPENING DANCE SONG: I GOTTA FEELING

0. Christal Quartermaine

The Award for Most Family Friendly

And the award goes to: Lottery West Floating Films, Asterix and the Vikings

Asterix and the Vikings won because it's a family event- anyone can go to it, and it's free.

1. Christal Quartermaine

The Award for the Most Mischievous.

And the award goes to: Les Sept Plances de la Ruse.

Sept Planches won because it was really confusing- there were people fighting and then people running in circles.

2. Christal Quartermaine

The Award for Most Adult Show.

And the award goes to: 66A Church Road.

66A Church Road won because it was very interesting and had a lot of swearing.

3. Boyd Rogers

The Award for Most Coolest Moves

And the award goes to: it’s a tie Between Happy as Larry and Last Hope.

They both won because Last Hope and Happy as Larry were obviously two shows that had the best moves, so come on up, Last Hope and Happy as Larry.

4. Boyd Rogers

The Award for Most Dirty Language

And the award goes to: 66A Church Road.

66A Church Road won because it had a little bit of dirty language, but it was still funny, so come on up, 66A Church Road.

INTERVIEW BOYD: SWEARING @ 66A CHURCH RD

5. Kathleen Barlett

The Award for Craziest Instrument

And the award goes to: Amadou and Mariam.

Amadou and Mariam won because they had the most crazy solid gold guitar.

6. Kathleen Barlett
The Award for Most Old People Involved

And the award goes to: The Perth Writer’s Festival.

It won because they were old, but they have been doing what they want for years. They started when they were young. So put your hands together for The Perth Writer’s Festival.

7. Nyakuch Akuoch

The Award for Most Beautiful Dancer

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

The most beautiful dancer was when this African girl was dancing, and I liked all her acting, and how she danced. I think she is the best dancer there.

8. Nyakuch Akuoch

The Award for Best Shoes

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

Happy as Larry won because I liked the boy’s roller-skates, he kept falling down. And they all had cool shoes.

9. Courtney Burgess

The Award for the Person who Talked the Most in One Act

And the award goes to: 66A Church Road.

66A Church Road won this award because he was all by himself and he tried really hard, and it was interesting. He talked so much that I thought his head would fall off.

10. Courtney Burgess

The Award for the Most in the Middle Kid and Adult Show

And the award goes to: Jeppe Hein

Jeppe Hein won this award because I thought it was really good and wet and interesting. The waterfall was for kids, and inside the gallery was for adults.

11. Dylan Comery

The Award for Singer with the Best Pitch

And the award goes to: Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons won this award because Antony was singing like a girl and they were nice songs.

INTERVIEW: SLEEPING @ ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS

12. Gemma Outram

The Award for Most Intelligent so I had to Concentrate

And the award goes to: Jeppe Hein

I gave this show an award because I thought he did a great job at making the water walls and the mirrors.

13. Gemma Outram

The Award for Most Emotional

And the Award goes to: The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy

Cheeseboy won because I thought it was sad when Cheeseboy lost his parents and he landed on earth. It made me almost cry.

14. Edmond Ishiguchi

The Award for Most Environmental

And the award goes to: Cecile Williams

Cecile Williams won because she made great artwork with rubbish and scraps, and has recycled great amounts.

15. Angel Pickett

The Award for Most Weird

And the award goes to: The Society

The Society won this award because they were going mad over a tea bag and were crazy about it.

16. Angel Pickett

The Award for Craziest Hairstyle

And the award goes to: The Society

The Society won this award because their hair was very messy and they were sweating.

17. Angel Pickett

The Award for Most Gross

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

Happy as Larry won because his pants fell down and his rude part was showing.

INTERVIEW ANGEL: RUDE BITS @ HAPPY AS LARRY

18. Edmond Ishiguchi

The Award for Most Acrobatic Show

And the Award goes to: La Fura Dels Baus

La Fura won because it had wonderful flips and a great start off. The best part was when they jumped to one end to the other end while it was rolling. I thought I was going to get squashed.

19. AJ Herd-Brandstater

The Award for Most Shiny Dress

And the Award for Most Shiny Dress goes to: Les Sept Planches de la Ruse

Les Sept Planches won because the lady was singing strangely and because the dress was very shiny and wonderful.

20. AJ Herd-Brandstater

The Award for most Flexible Person

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

Happy as Larry won this award because the people were doing back flips and jumping off the back of the wall.

21. Tekara Stewart

The Award for The Most Lovable (I Loved it the Most!)

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

I picked Happy as Larry for this award because of the movement in the dances and the music. Also the actors. It takes a long time to learn these moves, they look hard. I hope you like the award.


22. Tekara Stewart

The Award for Most minimal Show

The award goes to: Les Sept Planches de la Ruse

Les Sept Planches got this award because there weren’t that many lights and it kind of got boring at the end.

23. Blake Dineley

The Award for the Most Interactive

The Award goes to: Jeppe Hein

Jeppe Hein won because when it’s a really hot day, you can go inside the artwork and get soaked.

24. Blake Dineley

The Award for Best Collector

And the award goes to: Cecile Williams

Cecile won this award because she collected rubbish and made sculptures from it, and she found lots of dinosaurs.

INTERVIEW BLAKE: DINOSAURS @ CECILE WILLIAMS

25. Jordan Bramley

The Award for Best Piano Player

And the Award goes to: Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons won because he had the best piano and funny and cool songs. This was a really cool show, I would recommend this to everyone.

26. Jordan Bramley

The Award for Looks Like the Most Expensive

And the Award goes to… It’s a tie! Antony and the Johnsons and Happy as Larry.

Antony won because he had the crystal and all the different colours to change the crystal. Happy as Larry won because of the big chalk board and all of the chalk.

27. James Ly

The Award for Most Funniest Dancing

And the award goes to: The Society

The Society won this award because the show was very funny, and they were dancing like jellyfish and it was so hilarious.

28. James Ly

The Award for the Most Organized

And the award goes to…it’s a tie! Jeppe Hein, and Happy as Larry

I gave this award to Jeppe Hein and Happy as Larry because they were ready for the show.

29. Areej Suliman

The Award for Best Choreographer

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

I gave this award to Happy as Larry because there was a lot of drawing and dancing involved in the show and it looked hard to do.

30. Areej Suliman

The Award for Best Kiddish Show

And the award goes to: The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy

I gave this award to The Tragical life of Cheeseboy because I thought it was entertaining, but it was a very sad story. I liked the setting and how they made the boy fly across the room. I liked the costumes too.

31. Zac Hupping

The award for Happiest Show

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

I choose Happy as Larry for the happiest show because it was funny and had good dancers and it was about being happy. And it made me happy.

32. Zac Hupping

The award for the Least Violent Show

And the award goes to: Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons won because there was to talking about violence, just singing.

33. Amber Abbott

The award for the Prettiest Girl/Handsomest Boy

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

I liked when the girls kept dancing and they were the prettiest. And I liked the boy who took his shirt off.

34. Amber Abbott

The award for Best Music

And the award goes to: Happy as Larry

I liked the music when the boy on the roller-skates kept pretending to fall over. Overall the music was really good.

35. Jennice King

The award for Most Boring

And the award goes to: The Perth Writer’s Festival

This award goes to the writer’s festival because the speeches just went on forever.

INTERVIEW JENNICE: BELCHING @ THE WRITER’S FESTIVAL

36. Jennice King

The award for The Show that Made me Dance the Most

And the award goes to: Amadou & Mariam

These amazing people really deserve this award because the music at the show was just amazing and I’m sure that I couldn’t play an instrument that way to get the people dancing like that.

DARIOUS DANCES WITH JUSTIN AND ZAC

DANCE SONG: POKER FACE (Lady GaGa)

LIMBO DANCING!!!

DANCE SONG: COULIBALY (Amadou & Mariam)

37. Darious Hussein

The award for the Person who Tried the Hardest

And the award goes to: Amadou & Mariam

I choose Amadou & Mariam because they’re blind and they tried the hardest playing and singing.

38. Justin Bui

The Award for Most Realistic

And the award goes to: Last Hope

Last Hope won Most Realistic because the music was really good and the surfers did cool tricks. And they were real people.

39. Justin Bui

The Award for the Loudest Show

And the Award goes to: La Fura dels Baus

La Fura dels Baus won because it was cool and I liked it. There were lots of loud fireworks and big speakers.

40. Braden Ricketts

The award for Best Musician

And the award goes to: Amadou & Mariam

Amadou and Mariam won because their songs were good and the instruments sounded good all together.

41. Braden Ricketts

The award for the Wildest Show

And the Award goes to: La Fura Dels Baus

La Fura won because people were dancing on a crane in front of the fireworks.

42. Liannah Ingram

The award for the Funniest Ever in the Last Third

And the award goes to: The Perth Writer’s Festival

The Perth Writers Festival won because the beginning was boring but the last guy said funny and gross jokes that were the funniest I have ever heard.

43. Liannah Ingram

The award for Most Talented

And the award goes to, a TIE: Amadou & Mariam AND 66A Church Road

Amadou & Mariam won because they were blind musicians and they tried the hardest.

66A Church Road won because he had to remember all his lines in his memory.

44. Natalia Maynard

The award for the most Artistic and Creative

And the award goes to: Cecile Williams

The award goes to Cecile Williams because of the good organization and explanation. She made stories out of sculptures she made from little bits of garbage.

44A. Natalia Maynard

The Award for Most Culturally Historic

And the award goes to: Lottery West Floating Films: Asterix and the Vikings

Asterix and the Vikings won because the vikings were important in history.

45. Anton Riordan

The award for the Show with the most water/Most wettest/Most watery

And the award goes to: Jeppe Hein

Jeppe Hein won because there were fountains that were really fun and we could play around and get wet.

46. Anton Riordan

The Most Awkwardest Voice

And the award goes to: The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy

The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy won because his voice sounded like a cat dying.

47. Annalise Kearing

The award for Most Instruments

And the award goes to: Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons won because they had over twenty instruments including a harp. How cool is that.

48. Annalise Kearing

The award for Most Catchiest Tune

And the award goes to: Antony and the Johnsons

Antony won because he sang BeyoncĂ©’s ‘Crazy in Love’.

INTERVIEW ANNALISE: BEYONCE SONG @ ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS

DANCE SONG: CRAZY IN LOVE (Beyoncé)

THE FINAL THREE MOST SPECIAL AWARDS

49. Ben Cox

The award for Best Guitar Hero

And the award goes to: Amadou & Mariam

Amadou won because he played really good songs and really fast.

50. Natalia Maynard

The award for Best Role Model

And the award goes to: Antony and the Johnsons

I picked Antony and the Johnsons for the best role model because he followed his dreams and other people might want to be just like him in the future. He loves music, and you can tell by the way he plays the piano.

51. Blake Dineley

The award for The Best of The Best of the Best

And the award goes to: The Society

The Society won because people laughed a lot. Even though it was in a different language people thought it was funny. They had costumes underneath their costumes. They were even funny during the artist talk after.

SHIELA MAGADZA, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ACCEPTS THE BEST OF THE BEST

FINAL DANCE SONG: I’M WALKING ON SUNSHINE (Katrina and the Waves)


CCA JURY members unable to attend the award ceremony included:

Zenobia Mourish

William Nguyen

Mia Star Decke

Mahima Onerea

David Hedland

Harshi Goteti

Natasha Talbot

Sarah Patrick

Greg Garlett

26 February 2010

25 February 2010

The Perth Writer's Festival- OFFICIAL Jury Comments

Christal: “The author says that she doesn’t use a notebook, she uses one of those big exercise books and she doesn’t like writing neat drafts. She asked some kids to do a demonstration. Andy Griffiths was a comedy guy who makes comedy books as well as very good jokes. His sense of humour makes a lot of people laugh. He asked the audience if anyone could burp the alphabet. He’s really funny.”

Justin: “Too much talking. Boring. Last author was funny.”

Kathleen: “Dianne Wolfer. She gets her ideas from newspapers and magazines. She wrote ‘Lighthouse Girl’. Very descriptive, creative and intelligent. She’s very happy, enthusiastic and talks a lot. Lots of books around. It’s okay. Lots of questions from the audience. The chairs are not comfy and it’s hot in here. Getting bored, they talk too much. The second author had very good expression when she was reading her book in her hand. The third author got a lot of laughs from the audience. He’s gross, disgusting, and jokes a lot.”

Braden: “Lots of books, big stage, cool, a lot of talking, big books, lots of seats, lots of people, big windows, heaps of schools.”

Darious: “I was nervous at the start because we had to sit in the front row. The woman was talking about World War 2 and asking questions. I thought the third person was the best.”

Zenobia: “Dianne Wolfer got her idea from a newspaper article. Writers are boring. The two girl writers are so boring. Andy G. is a funny book writer.”












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22 February 2010