Success at the Music and Drama Festival

We enjoyed great success at the 95th Taunton and Somerset Music and Drama Festival, underlining our strength in depth in these two areas of the perfoming arts.

A total of eight pupils won first place cups, with many other placings in the various competition categories. Seventeen pupils took part in the speech competitions, whilst thirty contested the music sections.

Becky Farthing came first out of forty two entries in the seven and under Verse Speaking; Lulu Goad won the eight and under Verse Speaking and Flora Keeling took the top spot in the eight and under Reading. Phoebe Stuckes also wowed the audience when taking first place in the twelve and under Verse Speaking, demonstrating superb delivery.

In the music categories Edmund Botes took first place in the Beginner Strings, Sebastian Fender won the ten and under Solo Woodwind and Olivia Murray was victorious in the twelve and under Solo Brass. Henry Marshall was a real star of the show, with a first place in the thirteen and under strings, also winning the Classical Guitar Trophy.

Some of our Festival winners