LOVEDAY HOUSE NEWSLETTER LENT TERM 2013 HOUSEMASTERS COMMENTS It will come as no surprise to any of you that this has been an‐ other remarkably busy and successful term for Loveday. Plenty of endeavour has been shown by the boys in the house in all areas of school life but I would like to mention three events that were real highlights to me. The first two ran over the final weekend of term. Organised and driven by the House Captain, Nick Kelly, and the two Deputies Henry Graham‐Rack and Ali Clift, ‘Loveday’s Got Talent’ was a wonderful occasion with a great deal of laughter. I will not for‐ get the Upper Sixth’s dance routine for a long time and Milo Maxton’s innovative use of his arm pit (to music) will keep me awake at night for many weeks to come. In addition to these lighter performances, numerous members of Loveday showed that we do indeed have a great deal of talent: Charlie Forrest’s guitar playing won him first prize with Will Mundy and Freddy Austin’s duet coming second. The next day was the ‘Loveday Charity Chase’, our fundraising orienteering event. Though the weather did its best to make life difficult, we were thrilled by the wonderful support the event received, not only from the boys who threw themselves into it but more specifically by parents, friends and family who rolled up their sleeves, donned their wellies and took part. Thank you once again – a remarkable £1800 was raised. My final highlight is an event that most will not know about. The Sixth Form moab (kitchen/common room) is tucked away in a corner of the house and is an area that has perhaps ‘lacked a bit of love’ over the past few years. In response to this the Upper Sixth year group gave up a day and half of their half term and painted and decorated the whole room, complete with mural, red ‘feature wall’ and flat screen TV. DIY SOS would have been proud. All three of these events say a great deal about the Loveday house community and make me very proud. May I wish you a very happy Easter. Andy HOUSE DEBATING Loveday had a enjoyable experience in taking part in the house Debating Competition. Our first motion against South was “Horse Meat Should be Put on The Menu” , where Loveday was opposing. Our team Dan Evans, Nat Mcaleese‐Park, Nathan Thorp and myself (Dan Khalupsky) thanks to good fortune won the debate. However our following rivals Cubitt managed to beat us by an insignificant bit, in the motion “Is War Useless”. Overall we enjoyed participating and look forward to winning next year! MUSIC Even though Lent term is the shortest of the three terms, we actually fit a lot of things in. Starting with the Helen Wareham Brass competition on the 5th of February, Angus Young and I participated in the senior section with Angus playing admirably myself going through to the final. The Jack Cook Strings Compe‐ tition came a month later on the 1st of March where Harry
Moore participated in the junior section. Unfortunately he did not make the top three. I went through to the final in the senior section. George Berry took part in the Helen Wareham vocal competition a week later on the 8th of March in the junior sec‐ tion and unfortunately was also unable to go through to the final. The highlight of the end of term was an eventful perform‐ ance of Mozart’s Requiem as well as Rutter’s Mass of Children on the 17th of March participated by a few members of the house which was preceded by a most entertaining ‘Loveday’s Got Talent’ where a few musicians participates. Special mention goes to Charlie Forrest who won the talent show. Ian Lee LOVEDAY HOUSE PLAY Following on from the hilarious play ‘Up and under’, two years ago, the whole cast was really feeling the pressure as there were some big boots to fill. The play chosen by Mr Cop (director) was ‘The dog it Was That Died’. Originally written as a radio play, we acted out a creative piece and props to make sounds. The sound effects team were excellent with precise timing and en‐ thusiasm. The cast carried out the complex plot very convinc‐ ingly, even though not many of us knew what on earth was go‐ ing on. Max Hagger (Blair) was incredible and performed with amazing enthusiasm and vigour . Other great performances by Toby Kittow, Char‐ lie Forrest, Harry Jervis, h u g h Phelpes, Noah Hathaway, Jos Pin‐ ington, Will Jay and Tom Copper. It was a great three nights and we hope the audience enjoyed it. Harry Jervis HOUSE CHALLENGE The House Challenge was one of the first events of the term, and we got off to a good start in the competition by beating North comfortably. However we faced Cubitt in the second round and despite our valiant efforts, we lost to the better side. Next year we may stand a better chance against them as their main man, Matt Foster, will be in Lower Sixth and our of our way. Well done to all who participated and thanks to everyone who came along and supported. Henri Martin CHARITY DAY Many thanks to those that turned up on a particularly wet Sun‐ day to take part in our house charity day. The new orienteering format was extremely successful and we managed to raise over £2000 for charity.