I was so excited but nervous standing in my underwear singing and dancing to our Maori songs. The girls were at the front of the stage and the boys at the back and we were about to sing E TE ARIKI. Matidia yelled out 'WHAKAPURI' and Moana went in a group. It wasn't that pleasant because of people behind me yelling instead of being smooth with the song my brain forced me to look back.
When we finished the song the boys walked backward facing the audience. The reason why the boys went back was it would be disrespectful if our backs are facing the audience it means that ' and the girls went to the side and some went back. It was time to sing UTAINA.
It was a great song and I was really enjoying it while I was doing that, I pictured the crowd naked to make me feel less nervous. while we were singing the song the boys transitioned forward and the girls went back. We were still singing until it was time for our HAka.
Our first Haka was the Wainui Haka. Bay called some words and we started our first. I thought it was really fast but I just went with the flow, Some people were making it go faster but I didn't mind. Our last Haka was Kamate. Our leader yelled out 'TARINGA WHAKARONGO KIA RETE KIA RE KIAMO' and then we all yelled 'HI'.
The rest of the Kapa Haka was great we sang RONA 3 times and sang WAINUI E twice, the second time we sang WAINUI E twice, is the boys went off the stage and the girls went off in rows. We were still singing when we were off the stage it was amazing!
After Wai and Nui sang their songs the whole school sang our school song TU MAIRA. It was an amazing experience and one of the best Kapa Haka I've done.
