Music Extravaganza

2022 Music Extravaganza

On Wednesday 13 September we held the Music Extravaganza in The Medbury Centre. We had the honour of having Mr McGirr as our Adjudicator. We had so many talented boys and speakers for the Music Extravaganza.

Before the show, the Medbury Orchestra played. They performed all the songs they had been practising throughout the year. Then we had the wonderful Kapa Haka Group, who performed He Honore, which tied into the Medbury School Haka. It was an absolutely wonderful performance. Next up we had ‘The People’ (The Year 8 Rock Band). They performed the song ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ by The Beatles. It was such an amazing performance with the harmonies of the backing vocals.

Soon afterwards, we had Clyde House, performing ‘I Ain’t Worried’ by One Republic from the movie ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, with Louis Hiatt conducting. Then we had ‘Proud Of Your Boy’ by Alan Menken, which I performed. I was glad to see that everyone really enjoyed it. Following that we had Creyke House, singing ‘I Just Can’t Wait To Be King’ By Elton John from the hit movie ‘The Lion King’. It was such a great performance. Then we had the amazing Andy Li playing ‘Suite Antique’ on his flute. The playing was just angelic. Then we would have had Seb Double playing ‘Sweet Child ‘O Mine’ by Guns N’ Roses, but, sadly, he fell ill.

Next we had Hamilton House singing ‘You’ve Got A Friend In Me’ by Randy Newman from the awesome movie ‘Toy Story’. Hamilton House did extremely well and they should be very proud. Next we had, yet again, Andy Li. He serenaded us with ‘Chopin Etude Opus 10. Number 12 in C Major’ on the piano. Then we had Louis Hiatt and I singing ‘Pie Jesu’ by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Louis gave such an amazing performance and I was proud to sing with him. To finish the Houses off we had the incredible Ilam House singing ‘Slice Of Heaven’ by Sir Dave Dobbyn. Such an incredible performance and a win that was definitely deserved.

To finish the night off we had the entire School sing ‘This Is Me’ from the awesome movie ‘The Greatest Showman’. I was of proud of the whole School for participating in this competition and everyone had a wonderful time.

Cole Moffatt Head Of Music

Results

Vocal Solo: Cole Moffatt

Vocal Group: Cole Moffatt and Louis Hiatt

Piano Solo: Andy Li Strings: Kourosh Langley Brass/Woodwind: Andy Li Percussion: Seb Double

Instrumental Group: Year 8 Rock Band — Cole Moffatt, Matthew Burton-Lyall, Matthew Rawstron, Kourosh Langley and Tom Eyre-Walker RJM Buchanan Trophy: Best Overall Vocal Performance: Cole Moffatt and Louis Hiatt

Mrs FE Norman Cup: Best Overall Instrumental Performance: Kourosh Langley Piano Solo Trophy: Winner of Piano Section: Andy Li