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The School's Founder:  Dale Hartley-Brown B.A., L.T.C.L.

Hi, I'm Dale, and through my school I offer a wide range of Performing Arts classes, teaching Acting, Singing  and Dance skills including Jazz, Contemporary, Tap and Hip Hop to children as well as  adults in the Rangiora and North Canterbury area.  My school presents two major Children's Theatre Musical Stage shows each year and gives my students a fun, confidence building environment in which to follow their dreams.

I feel strongly about the skill set that performing arts gives it's students, both those who wish to perfom and those who wish to gain life skills.  In our new Modern Learning Environments, the ability to speak out, work well with others, and stand out from a crowd are all attributes that are increasingly valuable. 
I am glad to offer a place for people to find these strengths.

Our students can sit Drama, Speech & Singing exams through Trinity College, London. 
Our Dance students can sit Levels throught Dance NZ Made.

Browse this website to see what our classes can offer!

Junior Production

The Wind in the Willows

Students in the Junior school are all working very hard to bring you all our excellent show all about being a good friend and conservation.  It's a great topic and we have an excellent team in charge!

It's on Saturday 29 September at 11am & 2pm.

Tickets are $10 plus booking.

 Click this picture below to book yours online or you can buy them over the counter at Town Hall Cinemas

For 2018 we have classes in:

• Speech & Drama - Competitions & Trinity College Exams available
  
• Contemporary Lyrical Dance - Performance based group. DNZM Tests available
• Hip Hop Dance - Performance based group. DNZM Tests available
• Tap Dance - Performance based group. HSPA Medal Tests available
• Jazz Dance - Performance based group. DNZM Tests available
• Junior & Intermediate Glee Clubs - Performance based groups. Junior & Intermediate age groups.
  
• Senior Glee Singing - Glee Club Style challenging singing for High School aged singers
• Private Singing and Drama lessons - Solo and in pairs. Trinity Exams available
  
• Preschool Multi-Genre Dance classes

Go to our Classes page to see all of the options available.

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News

Speech & Drama Competitions Competitors and Winners

Well done to all competitors for the 2018 Christchurch Speech and Drama competitions.  It can be nerve racking so I applaud you all for your performances representing HSPA in Christchurch.

Please let us know if you have results, we would all like to congratulate you.

These are the results to hand so far:

• Azaria Westeneng – Most Outstanding Performer Cup
• Azaria Westeneng – 1^st Place for Dramatic Extract.  Olivia Wyatt- 1^st Place Poetry.
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• Cassidy Hartley-Brown – 3^rd for Poetry. 
• Emma Schaffer, Karina McLaren – Very Highly Commended
• Erin Bruce, Meg Kirwan, Braydn Siegenthaler, Rueben Bester, Anabel Bester, & Madison Hartley-Brown – Highly Commended

Well done to you all!!