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PCYC participates
annually in the national Rock Eisteddfod Challenge,
the largest and most successful youth-culture
event in Australia.
In recent
years, a number of clubs have shown increasing
interest. Our most successful club, Sutherland,
gained entry to the Premier division in 2005.
Underpinning
the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge are key beliefs
in health, life-skills and creativity, in a drug-free
environment.
In 2006 over
400 schools and 40,000 students competed in 50
Rock Challenge shows in 17 regions across Australia.
Teams as small
as 10 or as large as 140 students create an eight
minute performance around a theme of their choice,
set to music.
In 2007, PCYC
has entries from:
PCYC
Sutherland (at Endeavour High School)
PCYC
Maitland
PCYC
Port Macquarie
PCYC
Penrith
PCYC
Blacktown
2006
- Penrith
2006
- Sutherland
2005
- Blacktown
2005
- Sutherland
2005
- Bathurst
All
- 2004
All
- 2003
BACKGROUND
In 1980 the
"Rock ‘n’ Roll Eisteddfod"
was born as a NSW Arts Council sponsored event,
featuring a handful of Sydney high schools at
the Hordern Pavilion. It was an idea developed
by Sydney radio station 2SM – then Sydney's
number-one rock radio station.
In 1988, the
NSW Health department was the first to see the
Rock Eisteddfod as an opportunity of delivering
their “Quit For Life” anti-smoking message
to secondary school students in New South Wales.
MORE
INFORMATION
http://www.rockchallenge.com.au/
