My Small Moment

Mere

I was excited when I heard I was going to perform at the Matariki.

Telling where and what

Cold, nervous bright.

Going To The Matariki

“Dancing in the freezing cold is the thing I don’t like”.

I was excited when I heard I was going to perform at the Matariki. There were people from my family that were there to support our performances. When I went to the Matariki I was nervous because I was cold to perform on the stage. When I first arrived there I ran to the lights with all my might.

I first went to the maze because I wanted to keep myself warm by running. Wow! there are lots of people now so I started getting nervous. First of all the amount of people that were there they were going round in circles. I went near the fire and put sticks inside it to make the fire go huge like mountains.

When the Cook Island Community Group just arrived at the Matariki we got changed in our costumes. We walked all the way to the stage feeling like we were ice. When I put my feet on the stage my face started turning red like spicy chilli. When the drummers started by hitting those drums it gave me a fright and my heart started beating fast. When I was dancing I couldn't control myself cause the stage was freezing and I couldn't handle it because my feet was numb.

I got so hot by those lights shining in my eyes so I started to turn red again. So I got even hotter and hotter without the fresh air blowing on me like the other girls. I was so nervous that people were thinking that I was a tomato with that kind of color face I had. Some of the people were cheering out loud like a haka was happening.

When we hopped off the stage I felt more fresher than how we were on the stage. We went back to the hall and got ourselves changed and then we all went home with a smile on our faces.