Leitoria's 2016 Reporting Blog

Name: Leitoria Elaine Talataina Camera Ready!! Lights Ready!! Hmm, I think there something missing Oh I know the audience!! Ok, now we’re ready. Where is that awful smell coming from? It smells like no one has taken a shower in years. Come on guys we better get ready we're on stage in 5 minutes GO!GO!GO!. The smell of perfume is as sweet as a flower. I’m feeling butterflies in my tummy churning like I’m gonna spew up. As soon as I take one step up on the stage I feel excited and impressive. BOOM!! BANG!! Goes the drum beat. Here we go just pretend that no one is there like during practice time. I was about to cry because I remembered my ancestor did these ones. People shouting out my name as loud as an elephant’s trumpets. I’m smiling hard out like my face is going to crack. It was so fun being on stage hopefully, I can do it next year at college.

This Is My Corinna School Experience. "Why fit in, when you were born to stand out" I am a very confident person because when I first started Corinna School I was shy but now that I’m a year 8 I’ve built my confidence even more by stepping up as a leader. I am a leader in the Samoan Polyfest group because I was the one who taught the dances to the girls and I was also chosen to be the Taupou. If you don’t know what is a Taupou is here is the meaning of it,  A Taupou i s a ceremonial hostess selected by a high chief of a Samoan village from the young girls of his household, elevated to a high rank, and charged with the formal reception and entertainment of visitors. I am a leader in the Excel Singing Group because I have been chosen to be I always get chosen to be on stage to do this and that because that’s how I get my confidence by standing on the stage and to speak loud like I did at the Samoan Speech Competition. I am good at listening to other peop...