PRogRAmme NoTeS TuESdAy 8 NOvEMbER ST elPHege'S ScHool iNFANT cHoiR
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St Elphege’s Infant Choir has approximately eighty members aged from four years old and they practice each week after school. Their varied programme comprises of movement and dance to accompany the songs as this is what the children enjoy most. The positive impact of singing together results in excellent personal and social development because of team work. The choir represents all the continents of the world and is ethnically diverse. They sing in different languages and thoroughly enjoy singing.
The Rip Roarers have been together as a Trad Jazz Band for the last three years. Four of the band’s players have now left school, Ripley St Thomas C of E Academy, and tonight's performance will probably be the last chance that they will all get to perform together in this line up. They have enjoyed gigging a lot locally and have travelled further afield with a memorable ten day tour to Cape Town earlier in the year.
The Littlehampton Academy is one of the largest schools in the UK. The steelband was formed in 2005 and currently has over seventy students performing with three steelbands at the Academy. This year the Academy’s steelbands have performed in Paris, Germany and Switzerland.
Inspired by Ex Cathedra’s Singing Playgrounds project, the choir’s programme of playground songs reflects its enjoyment of accompanying songs with movement and dance. The choir’s ability to sing in different languages enables it to use both Estonian and Polish in their medley. Singing with movement requires a range of skills that are reflected here: being able to recognise rhythm, pulse and timbre as well as excellent listening skills and cooperative partner work. During playtimes the choir teaches other children its singing games. Performers Damola Adeniyi, Titilope Adeniyi, Veronica Agyemang, Israel Ballou, Gabriella Bongo, Julian Briamah, Sean Brittain, Enrico Broglia, Clarissa Charles, Olivia Child, James Childs, Nicole Clachar, Matthew Conway, Edith Dann, Esme Dann, Isobel Dann, Owen Davis, Cissyle Devine, Brilliana Djamba, Jack Dowsett, Luke Doyle, Andrea Drummond, Kevin Duah, Omari Elliott, Stevie Fallon, Ronan Fallon, Sofia Fernando, Sarah Gayita, Zemyna Gocentaite, Kieran Hamilton-Lee, Serena Hamilton-Lee, Ilana Harris-Walters, Bovely Kiazolou, Kristen Konadu, Zuzanna Kulfan, Samantha Ledda, Lelana Legere, Annabel Luboyera, EJ Luteke, Nitisha Michael, Godwill N’Dah, Grace N’Dah, Benjamin Neal, Donnika Nelson, Chinedu Nwakwu, Mya-Marie Okawabi, Samantha Okawabi, Chi Chi Onwubiko, Uzo Onwubiko, Aisha Opio, Naahema Owusu, Joseph Papilson, James Pickthall, Michella Quansah, Roosevelt Quansah, Leslie-David Quashie, Laksejan Ragunathan, Sean Rathborne, Travis Rathborne, Joseph Ridley, Lakshmi Satheskumar, Sanya Sebastian, Serena Sebastian, Zara Shears, Tatiana Sourmarie, Frankie Toms, George Turney, Alejandro Valencia-Marmolejo, Alice Vincent, Grace Wallace, Kiyara Wijeratne
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The Rip Roarers specialise in the Dixie Jazz sound of New Orleans. Washington and Lee Swing and St James Infirmary give the players a chance to play in two quite contrasting styles, but with the emphasis on improvised instrumental solos. The authentic sound is contributed to by the inclusion of the tuba which replaces the string bass in this performance. The group have dispensed with the dots and like to stroll around the stage as the mood of the music dictates. Trombone Josh Cirtina Drums Joel Collins Tuba Harry Cunningham Tenor Saxophone Sophie Flint** Piano Robert Krug Alto Saxophone/Clarinet Daniel Mawson** Clarinet/Drums Simon Saunders** Trumpet Lily Whitfield**
This evening’s performance begins with I'm Yours, featuring a duet on the tenor pan between eight junior band members and the senior band. The next piece, Live and Let Die, is perhaps an unusual choice for a steelband but works very well and allows the band to demonstrate a wide dynamic range. The final piece, Band from Space, is a popular Soca song. In Trinidad (the home of steelpan) steelbands compete for the annual Panorama Championships where bands play arrangements of popular Soca and Calypso songs. Performers Luke Acott, Jake Bates, James Butler, Sam Chandler, Alex Clifton, Emma Collins, Owen Crawford, Belinda Funke, Emily Holden, Turner James, Matthew Johnson, Alicia Jolly, Daniel Jones, James Mahoney, Marlowe McCaffery, Toby Mills, Dana Lloyd, Will Osborne, Harry Pannell, Millie Perry, Louis Semlekan-Faith, Louise Smith, Chris Stanfield, Simon Stewart, Ellen Thomas, Lucy Unsted, Lee Wass, Alice White, Joe Winstone, Amber Yeoman, Harry Yeoman