Kapa Haka.

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Kapa Haka was crazy! After what seemed forever the bus arrived. On the bus I was slowly going insane. Everyone kept singing Kapa Haka songs. We sat on the wet grass and warmed up for our performance. Suddenly, Koka Rozie said that the 2nd row of boys can't wear shorts. I was confused because we saw a email saying, "1st and 2nd row black undies." But at the dress rehearsal the next day they said 1st row black undies and 2nd row black shorts with skirts. But fortunately I brought back-up black undies. 

We were close to our performance now. My feet hurt as I walked across the hard rocks to the stage. We sat on the cold concrete for a while. Sitting on concrete on a cold day is not a good idea. It makes you feel like a icicle. The loud noises of the entire Moana Syndicate climbing metal steps is not a lovely sound. I felt nervous standing in front of all those people. The performance began.

Bundled up in a huge group made our voices loud. We sang E Te Ariki. The noise of clapping travelled through our ears when the song ended. We sang Utaina loud and strong, when we got back into our positions. The boys started moving forward. A couple of songs later we were at the Haka. 

"TARINGA WHAKARONGO. TITIRO MAI KI AU!" Yelled the leader fiercely. Loud slaps against our arms filled the stage. Again, like every other song or Haka, once we finished it there was lots of clapping. Now it was time for the last Haka, Ka Mate. 

"TARINGA WHAKARONGO, KIA RITE KIA RITE, KIA MO! " Yelled the leader. After the rest of the performance. We left the stage and sat down. After what seemed forever, The Moana, Nui, and Wai Syndicate performed together. The loud singing filled the entire hall. We met outside again and rode the bus to school with red marks on our, chests, arms, and legs.