A group of Patea schoolgirls still laugh when they remember being asked to audition for the Star Dance Academy.
Kathryn Irving a teacher at Patea Area School set up the auditions in the science room, they said.
"You just had to dance something, you didn't have to know how to dance properly."
The girls laughed when they said they had such a great time dancing their own thing and were amazed when the teacher told them them they were not only in to the academy but were going away on a week-long camp in the South Island.
Mum Tina Weherua said the girls (and the parents) have had a wonderful time since joining up with the academy.