On Friday afternoon, the House Music Competition took place in the sports hall. I was delighted with the way that all pupils in the House entered in the right spirits and gave it their all. The compulsory song for all houses was 'Jonny B. Goode' and if a little hesitant at first the boys and girls soon lost any inhibitions in turning Skipwith in to 'Skip-quiff' for the performance. I must thank them but also particularly Mr. Bradley who had thrown himself in to the task of rehearsing for many hours in the previous two or three weeks - much blood, sweat and tears! Skipwith gained second place for this performance, perhaps feeling a little 'robbed' of the top spot. We will not mention the overall position when combined with individual performances and the second song of choice! The latter may have suffered from 'musicality' in the eyes and ears of the judges, with their colourful version of 'Wake me up before you go girl' but I would like to thank Henry, Chris, Michael and Charlie (Y13) for taking a lead, James, Alex and Charles (Y12) and James, George and Jonny (Y11). I would like the 'musicians' to put themselves forward for next year and in the future, but I am thankful that they had the confidence to 'step up to the plate' and perform for the House. They had obviously been working on their 'guns' before wearing the new sleeveless look for Spring 2011!
