The South Auckland Performing Arts Competition Society Inc.
The South Auckland Performing Arts Competitions Festival (SAPACS) is a major event on the Region’s Arts Calendar. It is run under the umbrella of the Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand (PACANZ).
Below is our schedule of dates to assist with your planning. Please check back on this website for any further information as it becomes available. Adjudicator profiles will be available on the adjudicator’s link as they come to hand. Programme sections will be uploaded in section order approximately 4 to 5 weeks in advance of each section’s start dates. Your convenor will have a broad outline of class times prior to that for those needing to book accompanists etc.
Syllabus sections are now available on the 2023 festival information page. Please note that ballet will only be added if a convening team becomes available.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR SAPACS 2023
UPLIFT CENTRE (Pukekohe)
Speech & Drama
Monday & Tuesday 3 & 4 July (Wed 5 July)
Reserve day Wednesday 5 July
Possible evening session on Sunday 2 July
Junior Piano
Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 July (Wed 5 July)
Running of this section in full is dependent on assistance available, as there is no convenor.
Wednesday 5 July is reserve day for both Junior Piano and Speech & Drama
HAWKINS THEATRE (Papakura)
Senior Piano
Monday 10 and/or Tuesday 11 July
Tuesday could also be reserve afternoon/evening for Junior Vocal.
Junior Vocal
Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 July (Tues 11 – Sat 15)
Venue not available on Friday due to Matariki Holiday 14 July
Tuesday could also be reserve afternoon/evening for Junior Vocal.
Saturday morning could also be reserved for any overflow from Junior Vocal.
Note that groups are on Fri 4 August
Adult Vocal
Saturday and/or Sunday 15 & 16 July
Saturday morning could also be reserved for any overflow from Junior Vocal.
Note that groups are on Fri 4 August
Tap Section – Saturday
Troupes – Sunday
Saturday & Sunday 22 & 23 July
Instrumental Section including Groups
Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 July
Late afternoon/evening sessions on Thursday and Friday as they are school days
Friday – Vocal Groups
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 August
Saturday & Sunday – Ballet – to be confirmed due to no current convenor
2023 Music Sections Online Entries close: (Piano, Vocal, Instrumental)
Monday 1st May at 10pm or until the festival is full.
If the form is still online, then there is still space.
The late entry extra fee provision is no longer applicable.
The online entry forms for music will only be available for a short time – from some time in early April.
Dance Sections: Tap & Troupe entries will open at 8:30pm 21st April. Once full, there will be a waitlist formed.
Please direct all music enquiries to lynda@sapacs.nz
Tap queries should go to kaylee.sapacs@gmail.com
All other dance queries to rachelatkinson.dance@gmail.com
Our Supporters
FRIENDS OF SAPACS
BALLET
Victoria Jagusch
Lacey Ellis
Neve Bartholomew
Jessica Ding
Isabella Hu
Daisy Insley
Claire Zhang
Samara Greig
Chloe Liu
Olivia Pang
Ana Li
Nicola Reynolds
Grace Parker-Warner
Sophie Pan
Sophia Zilan Lin
Reuben Watkin-Ward
TROUPES
Brigid Carter-Chan
INSTRUMENTAL
Angel Wen Tao
Violet Theodore
Canice Fan
Dora Green
Rory Brunton
Eve Lu
Priscilla Teh
Michelle Tao
Renia Shang
Boaz Lee
Jade Lyles
Alice Zhao
Lisa Shi
Carmen Jiang
Yan Kiu (Skye) Tsang
Ethan Sun
Maojia Li
Ryan Zhou
Sophia Wang
Chloe Hengyu Wang
Carina Liu
Grace Jia Earn Chai
Romy Jiang
Dominique Wang
Nina Hou
Olivia Min
PIANO
Moira Moore
Yilin Liu
Shin-Hee Jun
Janet Andres
Jesse Taehyun Oh
Emma Zhu
Lisa Murata Gutierrez
Emily Shiyi Luo
Cecilia Ma
Chloe Qu
Chloe Kang
Xiaochao (Hank) Dai
Felix Bezuidenhout
Joshua Seo
Laura Zhao
Enrica Ku
Meiyue Mary Liu
Kathleen Fu
Miranda Meng
Elijah Walker
Stella Yang
TAP
Lacey Ellis
Presley McFarlane
Carys Lawes
Sasha Melville
Evarna Toma
Hayley Minturn
Jay Cochrane
VOCAL
Taylor Newbury
Temprance Hodgson
Lucia Sarang Yoon
Rupert Archer
Ukupella, Waiuku
Jemima Park
Lyvia Tianchen Sun
Danica Lanchtchikova
Cataleya Lau
ADVERTISERS FOR 2022
(Please support those businesses who support us!)
Carlielle Kitchens, Pukekohe
Easy Store, Pukekohe
Top Notch (Engraving & Book Exchange)
South Auckland Marine, Takanini
ABRSM, Auckland
IRMT (Registered Music Teachers)
Prestige Productions (Gina Sanders)
The Clevedon Valley Music Foundation Trust
McDonalds Family Restaurant, Pukekohe
Pukekohe South Doctors
MAJOR SPONSORS OF SAPACS
($50 or more in sponsorship and advertising)
Anonymous Supporter – Piano
Bruce & Jessie Pulman
Cherry Davis
Opera Factory Trust
The Croudis Bonniface family
Fiona Ferens
David & Mary McAlister
Alex Milligan
Melissa Tsoi
Moira Moore
Libby McMiken
Williams Family (the late Dorothy Wiseman)
Karen Yang & Judy Zhou
Gemma Lee
IRMT (Reg. Music Teachers, Auckland)
McDonald’s Family Restaurant Pukekohe
Phil & Delia Cook
Stockman Contractors
Marie Morrison
Janice Webb
The McDowall Family/Majors ‘n’ Minors
The Wathen Family, Ngatea
The Prowse Family
South Auckland Choral
The Bray Family
South Auckland Marine Takanini
Gowan Brae Valley Studios/Gina Sanders
Pukekohe South Doctors
Lyn Wilcox
Top Notch (Engraving & Book Exchange)
ABRSM
The Clevedon Valley Music Foundation Trust
Cassandra McCowan
Julie Laing & Family
The Briggs Family
Easy Store Pukekohe
Patricia Appleton
Jean Phillpotts
The Webster Family
Carlielle Kitchens Pukekohe
Mandy Knights
The Gardner Family
Ms OJ Meyer
P & R Jarrett
The O’Brien Family