Coordinating 600 students in three concerts across three nights is no mean feat.
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But Goulburn East Public School principal Charmian Cribb is in her element conducting a massed choir as part of Education Week.
"This is what I love," she said.
"I love working with kids and sharing music, song and dance."
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Mrs Cribb stresses she is just one cog in the wheel that stages the annual Goulburn Community of Public Schools (GCOPS) concert. The event was held at the Workers Club on Tuesday and Wednesday night and continues Thursday as part of Education Week.
Appropriately, the week carried the theme, 'Every Student, Every Voice.' The children sang it to the rooftops to a packed audience the past two nights, echoing the concert's aim.
"It's about inclusiveness, which is really representative of a public school education," Mrs Cribb said.
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Students from Goulburn and district primary schools combined with their secondary counterparts. The Hume Conservatorium, Hume Youth Orchestra and rock band came on board with school bands, backing the choir but also doing their own performances.
"(The concert's) been phenomenally successful over 16 years and it changes," Mrs Cribb said.
"There are more opportunities for the students to back the choir...and the lovely thing is that the primary school children see the high school kids backing them and want to do that too. It's inspirational for the younger ones to see what they can do with the music."
Just as uplifting was the Aboriginal dance group, involving primary and secondary students in a choreographed number.
Different combinations from the various schools performed over the three nights, sharing their culture, stories and connection for the first time at GCOPS.
Several songs also linked to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, including a Jessica Mauboy number.
The Crescent School, educating children with disabilities, also featured prominently in performance and in compering. Mrs Cribb said their involvement provided joyful moments that highlighted the event's inclusive nature.
The 380-member choir involved children from Years 3 to Six.
The Goulburn Workers Club throws open its auditorium for the concert each year. It also provides a wheelchair lift to the main stage for children with disabilities.
"The concerts are packed out and we do the best we can to accommodate everyone," Mrs Cribb said.
"We look at the best way we can do it over three or four nights. The Workers Club has been sensational in its support."
Rehearsals are a challenge but it's all part of the planning, which starts well in advance among the 18 participating schools.
"It brings together all children to share a love of music and song," Mrs Cribb said.
"It also does that for us (teachers) professionally and connects us with our colleagues at other schools."
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