The Star: June 06, 2019

The Star Thursday June 6 2019
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NEWS
World championship
event for drummer
• By Jess Gibson
ST ANDREW’S College student
Monte Stamm has drummed up a
spot on the world stage.
The 15-year-old snare drummer
will travel to Glasgow, Scotland, in
October to compete at the World
Solo Drumming Championships.
“I am feeling really excited about
the world championships. This
year will be my first time going to
the world championships for solo
drumming,” Monte said.
Monte was crowned Australian
young snare drummer of the year
in a competition held at The Scots
School Albury, New South Wales,
on May 25.
Because it was the first year of
the Australian young drummer
competition, Monte is the first to
hold the title.
The prize was a A$1500 travel
voucher, which Monte will put
towards his trip to Glasgow.
Monte also aims to buy a new
andante drum before his trip
which he will use to compete.
He began playing the drum at
five-years-old at The Scots School
Albury and moved to Christchurch
in 2017 to improve his drumming
skills at St Andrew’s College,
where he was offered a scholarship.
Monte has received tutoring
from world champion pipe band
SKILLED: St Andrew’s College
student Monte Stamm is set
to compete as a solo snare
drummer at international
level.
snare drummer James Laughlin
and is the leading drummer of
the college pipe band, directed by
internationally-recognised piper
Richard Hawke.
Monte went to the World Pipe
Band Championships in Scotland
with the St Andrew’s College band
last year.
“The pipe band at St Andrew’s
College is awesome. We have
great tutors and committed and
hard-working band members. The
relationships and skills we learn
in the pipe band are like no other
team,” Monte said.
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Second summit for youth
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AVONSIDE GIRLS’ High
School student Kathrine Wiki
Arapeta will play a key part in
this year’s New Zealand China
Youth Leadership Summit.
It will be the year 13’s second
summit, after she travelled to
China for the event last year.
St Andrew’s College will host
the summit, which is set to run
from July 13 until July 23.
Kathrine will attend this
year’s event as a youth leader.
She said the best part of the
previous summit had been
discovering and sharing in a
new culture.
“I personally, got a whole
new outlook on the world, how
every country fits together, and
a vision for the future of bringing
countries closer together.
It definitely helped to prepare
us for our own future, how we
could be leaders of our own
country, and how we could
work together with people
from other countries.”
The event will celebrate the
YOUNG, SUCCESSFUL
& on the move
YOUNG LEADER: Year 13 Avonside Girls’ High School
student Kathrine Wiki Arapeta will take part in her
second New Zealand China Youth Leadership Summit
next month.
close relationship between sister
cities in New Zealand and
China by bringing together
about 100 student leaders from
the two nations.
Senior high school student
leaders, along with first-year
tertiary students, are invited to
apply to take part.
This summit aims to
empower students to be
effective, culturally aware,
socially responsible global
citizens.