Hillmorton High group represents our city in Songpa
Last month Deputy Mayor Carole Evans invited Hillmorton High School’s kapahaka group to perform at the Civic Offices prior to her formally farewelling them on their trip to South Korea and Japan where they will represent Christchurch. The group has been gearing up for the trip, practicing and fundraising for most of the year. This year is the 10th anniversary of Christchuch’s sister-city tie to the Seoul city of Songpa. The kapahaka group’s trip has been organised by the Christchurch Songpa-gu Sister City Committee, which is delighted to have these young people represent Christchurch at the famous Hanseong Baekjae Cultural Festival in Songpa. They will also perform at three Songpa schools which have sister-school relationships with Christchurch schools, at a dinner in Seoul organised by the New Zealand Army for defence attaches from 25 nations and senior South Korean military officials and at the Jeonju international festival, where there will also be groups performing from Xian in China, Florence and Kyoto and Nara in Japan. In Japan, they perform as part of an international friendship festival in Kurashiki, Christchurch’s Japanese sister city.
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