CRANLEIGH PREPARATORY SCHOOL
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By the pupils. For the Community. LENT TERM 2014
MUSICIANS EXCEL IN HOUSE COMPETITION By Sophie D This term, all pupils have been participating in the House Music Competition heats. In their class music lessons, the pupils were given the chance to perform a piece of music, or sing to a music teacher and their friends. Mrs. Beddison, then selected those whom she would ‘take through’ to the Finals in Week Five. The Finalists had their eyes on three sought-after prizes: the Junior winner, Senior winner and Highly Commended - a new prize to be awarded to any performer who shows a lot of promise. In the Strings and Guitar section the winners were Evelyn M and Sophie Twith Henry R gaining the Highly Commended award. In the vocal section our worthy winners were Francesca D, Max D and Kate W. Later in the week, the competition was fierce in both the Wind, Brass and Percussion, and the Piano finals. Awards were made to Bella F and James T-W; Jasmine D gained a well-deserved commended placing. Interestingly the results of the Piano Final mirrored those of the Strings and Guitar Final except Kate W was highly commended. The von Spreckelsen award to a performer of promise was awarded in Chapel to Jemima P for her percussion performance.Well done to everyone for participating in this competition. The standard just gets better and better each year!
First production for the Form 4 Drama club By Katya N and Hermione H, 4J What includes tall red hats, an enormous screwdriver and talking cats? The Ideal Gnome Expedition does! On Tuesday 18th March, this production was performed by the Form Four Drama Club. This is the first year that pupils in Form Four have had the opportunity to join the Drama Club if they wanted to be in a performance rather than each class having to perform a play. As the curtains swung open and the lights shone so blindingly bright, the actors took their positions. The cast entertained two audiences; the school and the parents who came for the evening performance. Both audiences enjoyed the humour and reacted well to prompts for participation which gave the actors a boost of confidence. The story took place in an ordinary back yard where two families of gnomes lived. Their lives took an unexpected twist when the ‘big ones’ (the humans) threw some broken toys into the dustbin. They set off on a holiday expedition to an island and along the way they helped a family of stray cats, met some chained
dogs and encountered other enemies such as ‘whackers.’ They stuck to the ‘Code of the Gnomes’ during their many adventures. Eventually their weekend holiday ended and they returned home to their own backyard. At the end of the show the actors and audience gave three cheers to the team who helped to prepare this show; Mr Hitchen and Mrs Everett. We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we enjoyed performing for you.