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Il ventiquattro luglio, students from Coolbinia Primary School walked to Mount Lawley Senior High School (il tempo era favoloso) and joined the Italian and SVAPA students in the Tricycle Theatre to watch the Crazy Bacon dudes from Melbourne perform in a Commedia Dell'Arte inspired production that saw an amalgamation of music, improvisational theatre and Italian language. The students were engaged by the clever antics of the zany Scaramouche (che ladro !) and Arlechino (his rendition of Poker Face and Don't Cha was hilarious!). We thank Dr Irving and Natalie Diggins for their collaboration and cooperation and Carmelina for her enthusiasm and organisation of the primary students. We would like to commend the Coolbinia students for their excellent behaviour and acknowledge that the MLSHS students were also wonderful role models in the way they welcomed our guests and made them feel comfortable in our "home". Grazie must also go to Signora Petale for her tireless efforts in planning and organising the event. We look forward to many more collaborative efforts, including possible future visits to the primary schools. It's pleasing to think that many of these events were merely ideas at our meetings earlier in the year which were run with assistance from Robin Hunt, Pina Zingales and Wendy Hewitt as well as a variety of primary language teachers, Language support staff and members of the administration. I must express my gratitude to the excellent Languages Team at our school which continues to inspire and motivate students to benefit from their Language Studies. Excursions, incursions and the like are the memories that will stay with our students long after they have completed their studies with us.