Hawkes Bay BandQuest

Barney, Lachlan, Noah, Max and I entered the BandQuest competition on Thursday 4th September. The competition started at 2pm. My band Sound City (the Y7 Rock Band) left Havelock North Intermediate and were on our way to the Napier Municipal Theatre. Once the whole band got there we sat in the auditorium and then Jimmy (the MC) called us up band-by-band to go backstage, get the guitars tuned and wait to be called on stage. When it was our turn I was actually quite nervous, even though it was only the sound check. I knew I would be singing to many more people when it was our time to perform! At four thirty all the bands got a one and a half hour break for dinner. At 6pm we were back at the auditorium with one hour until the show started. The show begun...my nerves disappeared as soon as I sung the first words of our song. After we had finished we walked off stage and we all said to each other, "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!" After watching all the bands we were all nervous. Then the prize giving came...I was so excited when my song was awarded best original song lyrics prize! What a fun, new experience. Here are the lyrics:

'Meant To Be'

Verse 1

I can see you every day

Out of the corner of my eye

I like to hang around you but you try to stay away from me

Chorus

You love maths

You’re funny

You’re strong and you are fast

It’s almost like we were meant to be

Were meant to be

Verse 2

As soon as I saw you I knew that I had seen you before were meant to be, yea you and me. All of this time I knew

Chorus

You love maths

You’re funny

You’re strong and you are fast

It’s almost like we were meant to be

Were meant to be

SOLO

Chorus

You love maths

You’re funny

You’re strong and you are fast

It’s almost like we were meant to be

Were meant to be

Repeat Chorus

By Paige B