Sophia (12) and Jasmine (13) with the presenter Charlie
Our junior members Jasmine and Sophia got to appear in What Now (TV 2) on the 28th of February. Here are a few words from them on what they got up to:
Going to “What Now” was an interesting and unique experience. The funny thing is, when Julianna (somebody from the set of WN) called our house on Thursday evening, I and a friend of mine, Clementine, were just talking about the show. I wasn’t really nervous until the last second when my mother and I pulled through the gates (that led to the set) and parked. The other person who was going to be on the show with me was Sophia Smith, a very good friend of mine.
Unlike me, Sophia seemed to be not nervous. Ha. Go me. In front of the building there were a bunch of people, mostly kids from the ages eight to twelve. The set of “What Now” was crowded with people who were wearing red T-shirts with the word “CREW” on the back of them. There were flashing lights everywhere, even when they cut to commercial breaks. The crew members and the main hosts to the show were friendly.
But I have to point out one flaw that the main female host did, before Sophia and I went on camera, the host made a joke about how goats were usually called “kids” so it was kids milking kids. This is not right, only baby goats are called kids, adult goats are called bucks, does or wethers. Doe is for an adult female. Buck is for an adult male. Wethers are castrated bucks. And baby goats are called kids. It would be literally impossible for somebody to milk a kid, as they are not mature enough to mate and produce an udder.
Biscuit (4) and Samara (10)
The goats we had on the show were Samara who’s ten years old and Biscuit, a four year old. Over all it was very neat to be there on the set, with all the flashing lights and yelling of all the kids (human). I’m surprised that Samara, who was getting really jumpy, didn’t make a break for it out the door when all the children started chanting, “MILK, MILK MILK!”
30-second hand-milking competition!
It was a once in a life time experience, I’ll never do it again.
By Jasmine Gauland (13)
Jasmine (left) won Soda Stream at the Show
Jasmine Gauland and I were invited to appear on the kids’ programme “What Now” at 8:00 am on Sunday morning. I didn’t know what it was going to be like until we arrived at the studio. There were heaps of children there. Mrs. Gauland brought two of her goats, a Saanen and a Toggenburg. We were told that there was no time for a rehearsal. We stayed outside waiting for our turn for nearly an hour. The goats were a bit nervous. Then at last we took the goats into the studio. A guy came and asked us some questions, then we had a 30-second competition (milking the goats to see who could get the most).
The milk was then poured into jugs. Jasmine won. After that we tasted some feta cheese. Then we went out of the studio with the goats. It was all fun.
By Sophia Smith (12)
