Bad weather on Sunday forced the finals of the Robbie Rocks contest indoors, to the Toitu Otrago Settlers Museum, in Dunedin. Robbie Burns was a ''rock star' in 18th-century Scotland and his poems and songs are known around the world. Entrants in Robbie Rocks were asked to choose one of Burns’ songs and reinterpret it for a modern audience. White Buckets on the Roof (Finn McKinlay, Lucas Dubyk, Albert Baeumer, Colin Macandrew, Arnie Tregonning), from Logan Park High School, singing Auld Lang Syne. Cryptic (Lalu Hartmann, Hamish Phillips, Sam Spiers, Sam Bissenden), from Bayfield High School, singing My Luve is Like a Red Red Rose.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 24, 2017 01:55 UTC