Kapa Haka Festival
We all bunched against the back wall of the stage.It was crammed and people were stepping on my toes. Someone whispered to me and said "I have butterflies in my stomach", but i didn't. I have done millions of these things before but with more makeup and more people and more lights! I saw my mum in the audience, I gave her a little wave and she waved back at me.
Them Hunter started to sing our first song Tu mai ra as a solo. We walked in a triangle pushing towards the front of the stage. Finally I wasn't too squished anymore. Then we all joined in singing Tu mai ra. At the end of the song the boys did a little haka bit.
Then it was time for Puri a nae. Matiria the kaea yelled "poi kamo".
We got our poi out and started to sing. After that we did a few more songs including the haka. We looked the part and we were the part. We sounded amazing, a bit fast, but we were good. Overall it was a pretty good day.