Manawatu Digi Awards Finals

On Monday, the 21st of November it was the Manawatu Digi Awards along. Our music video was chosen as a finalist along with a few other entries from GRi11 2.0 and College Street. We went to the Regent, all fancied up to await the results.

We were so nervous waiting for everyone else’s category. Our category was the last one so we had to wait for ages! We were really excited watching all the other entries on the big screen. Siu and Zahra’s ‘Anzac Day Book Launch’ won the Year 4-6 Graphic Design! Screams came from the crowd as we cheered them up on stage.

Now it was our turn...our hearts were racing now. As they were playing all the nominee’s videos, time seemed to slow down. Finally our one was playing… Now was the moment. “And the award goes to…Mean Music Video! Siu, Kristy and Maddi from College Street Normal School!” We couldn’t believe it! We started to fumble our way up the stage, handing out high fives as we went. We got our trophies and certificates and went back to our seats, buzzing from the excitement.

Next they announced that there would be Supreme Winners for each year group category. They took all the winners from the Year 4-6 age group and picked the ‘Supreme Winner’ overall. As they were showing all the entries that could win, we all looked at each other and were thinking that there was no way we were going to win.

“ And the Supreme Winner is… Mean-Music video! Siu, Kristy and Maddi from College Street Normal School.” We were shocked. We got up once again and we rushed to the stage to receive our awards. We got two more trophies and a chromebook for the school.  We couldn’t believe we won not only our category but the supreme award too! All our hard work had paid off; the careful scripting, the arguments, the scene ideas, the weather and making the story come to life!

It was such an amazing experience! Something that we will remember for years to come.

By: Siu, Kristy and Maddi

Check out our video here:

THE GRi11 2.0 Finalists

The Winners and their Awards!