S.S Otaki Commeration Service

S.S Otaki Commoration Service


Today ( Monday the 9th of March) we had the Otaki commoration service, when 7 old men who were in the war came to our school to talk to us. The first thing we did was stand up and sing the national anthem, we had the song lyrics in our hands. After that the 7 old men talked to us about what happened in the war and what kind of frightening things they had to do and see. One of them said that the most people didn't believe him when he said that the waves were up 60 feet tall, and that the ship could either go in the water and sink or go on the rough waves.

We sang 2 songs (that I forgot the name of). There were a lot of people there like the German Ambassador, Vice President of the Rotary, captain of the Otaki shipping company and others. Some  music played and kids from the college came up with wreaths to give to the people that came and had something to do with the S.S Otaki commoration. After everything was finished a man who was playing the bag pipes lead the official party out the door. That was the end of the S.S Otaki Commoration service.