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Toad MediaMEDIA RELEASEWed 9 August 2006“Stop the Toad” dance sees Kununurra Primary School in Competition Grand Final“Stop the Toad” a compelling tale of WA’s community triumph over the cane toad, is a dance story that has St. Joseph’s School primary school from Kununurra selected as a state finalist, from a field of 45 entrants. They will now compete at the Perth Concert Hall on 20th of September 2006 for the WA state title. If they win they will go on then to compete for the National prize. Fifty students from St. Joseph’s School Kununurra performed their story dance in front of an audience of over 1500 at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco on Thursday night August 3rd for the Wakakirri National Story Festival. The Festival encourages young Australians to be open minded, confident and active through the process of creating and sharing stories. The Kununurra children’s ages ranged from 6 to 13 years, both Indigenous and white. ‘Stop the Toad’ is the brainchild of Tanya Stafford and school Principal Carol Geurts and was choreographed by Judy Hendrickse. It tells the story of the cane toad’s imminent arrival in Kununurra, being defeated by the community. The audience clapped in time and cheered throughout the performance, with the judges awarding them 3 gold awards for; story, costumes, sets and props and three silver awards for; story dance, music, presentation and entertainment. The judges commented “Your costumes and props were sensational as they helped set the scene. We understand how big this problem is and thank you for bringing about a deeper awareness. We are so glad to have you on board this year. Congratulations St Josephs School.” The Stop the Toad also won the 2006 ECO-ZONE award for most creative use of aluminium cans and plastic bottles for 2 amazing Boab trees made from recycled chicken wire, canvas and cans and bottles. The travel to Perth was sponsored by many local businesses, whose names were on the back of the children’s bright red shirts which they wore everywhere whilst in Perth. Stop the Toad Foundation bumper stickers were distributed. Donations and sponsorship are invited to now give the children the opportunity to tell their story to the rest of Australia. All help will be welcome, please contact Tanya at the school. Ph: 9168 1079. Media Contact
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