Students star in spectacular

Suzanne Cory High School students: Keerthana, Elina, Dinda, Ojas, Vijval and Mandy are preparing for the Victorian State Schools Spectacular on September 9. (Damjan Janevski) 355458_01

Wyndham students are preparing to join more than 2000 students from across the state in performing at the 2023 Victorian State Schools Spectacular next month.

This years show ‘Happy Trails’ will be performed on Saturday, September 9 at John Cain Arena.

Among the cast, which features circus artists, puppeteers, singers, dancers and skaters, are students from Werribee’s Suzanne Cory High School.

Five Suzanne Cory students, Dinda, Vijval, Ojas, Elina and Mandy, will play in the show’s 51 piece orchestra, while Keerthana will sing in the VSSS choir and Frank will be joined by Taya from Hoppers Crossing Secondary College in the backstage crew.

Students from Tarneit P-9 College will feature in the 960-person mass choir and will be joined by Saltwater Secondary College students in 1100-person mass dance troupe.

The students will will be performing songs they themselves helped select, including Katy Perry’s Firework, Age of Reason by John Farnham, Sitting on Top of the World by Delta Goodrem, Calum Scott’s Around the World, Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer and Olivia Newton-John’s classic hit Xanadu.

The spectacular will be performed at 1pm and 6.30pm on September 9 and will be broadcast at a later date.

Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular

Cade Lucas