A group of students from Coffs Harbour Christian Community School (CCS) recently visited Narrabri High to perform two faith-centred presentations.
The out-of-town group consisted of students from years nine to 12, as well as one in year eight, and they performed at the high school hall in period one and then again in period two on Friday, June 18.
The show featured both theatre elements and musical components, as well as a number of video snippets on-screen alongside the performers.
Part of the CCS group acted out a play, while a separate selection of the students sang and played instruments including the keyboard, electric and acoustic guitars, drums and more.
The screen displayed a number of videos, most notable was a compilation of Narrabri High School students being interviewed.
CCS asked the students what they were scared of when they were younger, to which a lot of answers were simply ‘the dark’.
This linked back to ‘fear’, one of the issues addressed in the presentation, with other themes like self-doubt, loneliness, jealousy, rejection, insecurities and guilt also explored throughout.
The performance showed that such negative emotions are felt by everyone, including members of the cast and audience.
The CCS presentation jumped between the three performance types – drama, music and multimedia – tying together to deliver a single story.
It expressed ideas about Christianity, following the overall theme of ‘freedom’.
CCS’s director of Christian ministry, Dave Sochon, said it was a pleasure to be visiting the town again.
“We’ve been doing this for maybe five or six years now and our school’s have built a great connection to one another – we even come back for Narrabri’s MADD Night when we can,” he said.
“And we’re always so excited to come back, especially since the pandemic meant we couldn’t visit last year.”
Mr Sochon said these performances are about sharing religious resources with regional areas that might not have as many facilities as the metropolitan cities.
“We just want to share some teachings about Jesus and support faith-based learning here at Narrabri High School,” he said.
“Our aim is to let these students know that they can always go to the school’s Christian minister, Chris Silver, if they want to pursue religion.”
“These performances can encourage anyone who resonated with the messages we shared, if that’s the path they choose to go down.”
The CCS students are very passionate about their cause, with Mr Sochon saying they’ve been practising every week for three months in anticipation for the visit to Narrabri.
“And it’s about so much more than just ducking in, delivering the performance, then heading home,” he said.
“We stay at the local church, and we dine at the town pubs, because it’s an area we truly love visiting.”
“For our school, it’s not a case of fly in and fly out – we want to continue supporting Narrabri.”
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Narrabri High students watching the performance at the school hall.
