Amazing Race provides welcome
Once again the Amazing Race (Mildura version) has proved a perfect way to introduce medical students to all that Mildura has to offer while they are living in the area.
Students were encouraged to form teams with one student from each of the three year levels. Two of the teams were bolstered by the inclusion of Head of School Professor Judi Walker and Mildura Director Fiona Wright.
Armed with a booklet of tasks, the teams set off to complete their duties safely. Some of the fun activities included picking grapes, finding a lost Monash teddy bear at the swimming beach, discovering parts of Mildura’s history and identifying sporting arenas.
A reward at the end was laid out at the ‘Pitstop’ in the clinical school. It was dinner, consisting of roast meats, potato bakes and salads, followed by ice-cream cones dipped in sprinkles.
But to earn their meal the teams had to complete a final task, one they took to with gusto!
The original plan called for each team to perform 15 seconds of the Chooky Dancers’ version of Zorba the Greek. But before long all students were mass dancing along with the video on the big screen.
Judi and Fiona opted at this point to adjudicate a number of awards, and also to judge the dancing.
They were asked to determine one dance winner; however, decided the fairest outcome would to award the best dancer from each of Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5.
When it came to the award for innovation, the judges were tempted by the team which recorded a NEGATIVE total mileage for the race (???!!); however they decided Year 5 student Cameron Sharp’s leadership and motivation of the other students was more deserving of recognition!
The Chooky Dancers version of Zorba the Greek has everyone on their feet.