Ashburton Courier: January 14, 2021
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NEWS<br />
<strong>14</strong> <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>January</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Juniors on stage at rehearsals at the summer singing school.<br />
Love of singing draws 100<br />
Around 100 young singers have<br />
been putthrough their paces at<br />
the Mid Canterbury Summer<br />
Singing School.<br />
The week longsinging school,<br />
now in its21st year, ended with<br />
two impressivepublic concerts<br />
at the event centre.<br />
The iconic summer school<br />
drew singersfrom the<br />
Canterbury region and divided<br />
them into two sections junior<br />
andseniors.<br />
Singing school director Jo<br />
Castelow saidthoseattending<br />
had alove of singingand<br />
musicaltheatre.<br />
They had sangamix of<br />
familiarsongs and other less<br />
knownsongs from thelikes of<br />
SpringAwakening and Coco.<br />
Juniors had tackled complex<br />
songsfrom Frozen2,while<br />
seniors were tested withsome<br />
trickymedleys.<br />
Mrs Castelow said many of<br />
the 50 seniors had attended<br />
previoussingingschools.<br />
Themusical repertoire also<br />
includedpieces fromMoulin<br />
Rouge the Musical andHarriet<br />
Tubman, an impressivemedley<br />
of songs by Elton Johnand the<br />
classic LedZeppelin tune<br />
Stairway to Heaven.<br />
Mrs Castelow saidjuniors<br />
had impressed with twopart<br />
harmonies, while seniorshad<br />
pulled off four to sixpart<br />
harmonies.<br />
Singingschool alumni Julia<br />
Bell was the guest<br />
choreographerthis yearand<br />
shared her stagecraft and<br />
movement knowledgewith<br />
singers.<br />
Other alumniwill be invited<br />
to choreograph at future<br />
singing schools.<br />
Mrs Castelow said anumber<br />
of singing school alumni had<br />
gone on to furtherstudies and<br />
she enjoyedkeeping in touch<br />
withthem.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> cadet Sebastian Van Rooyen up high on the ropes<br />
course at Burnham.<br />
PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />
Cadets tackle ropes<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> CadetUnit<br />
membersenjoyed thethrills<br />
of tacklingthe highropes<br />
courseatBurnhamMilitary<br />
Campbefore their Christmas<br />
break.<br />
Some25cadets wereupfor<br />
the challengeand usedthe<br />
courseasanend ofyearteam<br />
building activityand<br />
confidence builder.<br />
Anumber of the group had<br />
issueswithheights and the<br />
activities were challenging<br />
for some, said <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
CadetUnitleader Major<br />
CezarneRodgers.<br />
All of the memberspushed<br />
themselves past their comfort<br />
zone andcompletedthings<br />
with the support and<br />
encouragement of other<br />
members.<br />
The lasttime unit members<br />
tackledthe testingcoursewas<br />
in 2015.<br />
Health<br />
&<br />
Wellbeing<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Chiropractic ...resolving spinal discomfort<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Chiropractic is achiropractic clinic based in the<br />
heartof<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Owner operatorDrDebraCurtin has been helping resolve<br />
pain and discomfortinMid Cantabrians formorethan 10<br />
years.<br />
‘‘Pain is the body’s basic alarmsystemand tells us that<br />
something is not working as well as it could,’’she says.<br />
Chiropractic is the fastest growing drugless healing profession<br />
in the worldwith people visiting achiropractorfor many<br />
differentreasons including neck pain, back pain, headaches/<br />
migraines,injuries (workplaceorsport), general health and<br />
wellbeing,improvesleep,pregnancyand babies and ageing.<br />
‘Aschiropractors we arelooking forparts of your spine and/<br />
or body wherethereisalack of proper movementand will<br />
adjust youthere–so don’t worryifitisnot whereyou feel the<br />
pain,’’ Debrasays.<br />
Chiropractic adjustments change the function in the partof<br />
the brain called the “prefrontal cortex.”<br />
It’s the partofyour brain thatisinvolved in pain perception<br />
and is wherepain is perceived as acuteorchronic pain<br />
episode.<br />
It’s about having ahealthyspine to allowfree-flowof<br />
Injury Prevention<br />
HolisticHealth<br />
• Relief from<br />
back/spinalpain<br />
• Improvedhealth and<br />
injury prevention<br />
• Move, heal,rest,<br />
digestbetter<br />
• ACC registered<br />
03 308 9516<br />
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />
First Floor Smith &Church Building<br />
Moore Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
nerve signals to the whole body and have the body free of<br />
subluxations which allowthe body to move with ease.<br />
Avertebral subluxation is the result of chemical,emotional<br />
and physical interferencethatdisrupts the messages to and<br />
from the brain.<br />
Chiropractor’sare trained in the detection and correction of<br />
vertebral subluxations by using specific adjustments to the<br />
spine.<br />
If youwanttoknowmore, or have afreechiropractic screen,<br />
phone 308-9516 or book online at<br />
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />
2345919<br />
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