Taryn Breen and Jono Poswillo, front, with the 2020 Marlborough Boys’ and Marlborough Girls’ College formal committee. An extension of alert level 2 has “gutted” year 13 students in Marlborough, after having to cancel their school formal four days out from the event. With a date set down for September 19, restrictions of 100 people per event meant the combined Marlborough Girls’ and Marlborough Boys’ College formal could not go ahead. Formal committee co-chair and Marlborough Boys’ College student Jono Poswillo said he and fellow co-chair Taryn Breen, of Marlborough Girls’ College, started organising the event during New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown earlier this year. Taryn said meeting with the formal committee each week had been a big commitment.

Source: Stuff September 15, 2020 03:33 UTC