Let there be light

Amora

The Amora show is about a man named Bruno who falls in love with a woman he sees in a window but she disappears and leaves him a feather. He goes on a mission to find her and win her heart and meets all these people who try to help him find her.

The people trying to help him were the actors in the show. They performed acts such as a woman standing on her head on a swinging trapeze, a man sitting on a pole horizontally and a man on a unicycle dancing with a woman. My favourite part was when there were two platforms with two men on it throwing women to each other. I recommend that you go to the show as it is very cool.

Daniel Vu Loehr Year 7Y.

And then there was light

Sylvana Debono

It truly was a magical evening. I am referring to the first ever event LET THERE BE LIGHT. This was the brainchild of Headmaster Mr Nollaig Mac An Bhaird who, when I arrived at the College on the first day, took me round the campus. The trees were glorious and Mr Mac was justifiably proud. “You know, Sylvana,” drawled that Irish accent, “I really wish we could dress this up for Christmas one day.” The months rolled by with many events coming and going but those words remained imprinted in my mind. As a self-proclaimed Christmas junkie, his dream became mine and this year I felt was the right time to go for it given that the Covid restrictions have become a thing of the past. So, sleeves were rolled and the work started in early September. It was hard to believe that, in the sweltering summer humidity, we were planning for winter, but that is just how fast the weeks roll by in a school. The hurdles were many. In the first place we could not have a Christmas Market—so many were cropping up all over that it would have lost its novelty. Given the limited resources we also had to play to our strengths: a safe and happy community and gorgeous grounds. And so LET THERE BE LIGHT was born, focusing mainly on good Christmas food, Christmas carols, Santa’s Grotto and, of course, the lighting of the Christmas tree. In the run up to the event, sleepless nights with hallucinations of an end-of-the-world storm were constant. People who sign out of commitments, others who need help, all these were part of the last week. Then there were those who, without fuss, came to give a helping hand: pricing books, making phone calls and generally helping out. Little elves who also gave their Christmas creations for use in Santa’s Grotto. Ah Santa! The indomitable Kieran Cassar Mullally took on the role of the bearded wrinkly and Julian Coppini was dance-master of the evening. Together with the other IB students, under the direction of Maxence whose mastery of the microphone was exemplary, the evening came to a close amid carols and dancing. Truly an evening to remember. A breather and on to the next one!

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