United in Drought and Dance

Last Friday, St Joseph’s Catholic School Blayney, along with many across the State, were involved with ‘Bust the Dust’, an initiative started by St John’s Primary in Trangie. The idea quite simply was to create a dance routine, to be performed on the Friday, with the aim to kick this dry spell to the curb.

The school community received quite a turn out as community members, parents, local dignitaries and servicemen/women, who in turn, joined in after a watch and learn demonstration.

Principal, Mrs Kerrie Basha said, “The energy at this school is just incredible, it’s second to none. I’m extremely proud of each and every student as this was a student initiative and they put a lot of work into the routine, because they were so excited about it, and they believed in the cause, it was no trouble for them to learn. They are very aware that they are doing it tough here, but they are also aware that we have people in other schools who are doing it more difficult than what we are. To them it’s serious... serious fun,” Kerrie laughed.

“What an amazing community this is, the generosity of this place is incredible. We are so thankful to those who came along to support our students and supporting positive mental wellbeing in young people, because it is so important.”

School Captain Zara Milligan explained, “It’s a good initiative for all of the kids and their parents that are suffering depression, because it is a really hard thing to go through and we are actually really lucky here because we aren’t too bad, where as other are doing it really tough. We just hope that we can get rain so that the drought can be broken.”

Poppie Irlam added, “It was pretty fun to be involved because you get out there and you do stuff that you wouldn’t normally do. I think all of our guests really enjoyed it, they all had a laugh after the dance and that’s what it’s about, having fun.”

Although the skies haven’t budged just yet, we know from the mammoth effort of schools across the state, they are well and truly on their way to delivering the good stuff... RAIN!

To watch the routine in full you can find it on the ‘St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blayney’ Facebook page.