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HOUSE CONCERT REVIEW Reeves House Concert

The Reeves House Concert took place on Saturday, 5th of March. Parents, guardians, pupils and family were welcomed to drinks before sitting down in the JWA to watch the first Reeves

revue in years. The concer t began with an amazingly edited video introducing the compares of the night: Ben Beaton, Will Cutler and Nasim Bellagnaoui. The hilarious trio started off the night with a joke which earned them many laughs, kickstarting the first three acts of the night.

Year 9 showed off their slightly unbalanced ballet skills

The first act of the concert was the Year 9s and their rendition of S wan Lake, kitted out in neon tutus they showed off their slightly unbalanced ballet skills, with two of the boys even lifting another boy up as part of the dance. The next act was a drama piece performed by Billy Mannion and Noah Gould and displayed the Year 10s’ fantastic acting skills. Other individual performances included Zizie Ndlovu singing, Charlie Maidens also singing, Seb Pearson and Zizie wowing the audience with their saxophone performance, a Year 10 acapella group and a phobias sketch performed by a group of Year 10, 11 and 13. The Year 10 sketch was a highlight of the night with the boys performing a sketch of T ake M e Out. The boys all dressed up in dresses with Noah being the presenter. The act was simply hilarious with all of the Year 10s putting in a huge amount of effort.

The Year 11 video again showcased Zizie’s acting skills as he played the detective in a murder mystery of ‘Who Killed Mr McVeigh?’. There seemed to be a theme with the boys dressing up in dresses as the Year 12s came to the stage for their dance. It was split up into three groups with the first group doing a medley of tiktok songs. The second group was lead by Ben Van Noort who was dressed as Elton John, while the rest were dressed in silver shirts and flares. The final dance consisted of four Year 12s who started off with a slow dance, with two of the four dressed up in dresses. The lighting quickly changed, however, so they could make a quick change into neon clothes to do a slightly more upbeat dance.

An incredible £400 was raised for the Ukraine emergency appeal

The penultimate act was the Year 13 video which was titled ‘Who Stole Jay’s Moped?’. The editing of the video was incredibly well done which made the video even funnier. The final act of the night was the house song of ‘Slow Hands’ which was sung well by all the boys. A huge congratulations goes to Mr McVeigh for putting the whole thing together, and all of the boys, especially Ben, Will and Nas, for bringing the night together by comparing. Another well done is in order as an incredible £400 was raised for the Ukraine emergency appeal.

RECIPES Easter Egg Blondies

The Stag’s very own Recipe Queen, Tiggy Tutt, has found you the perfect Easter treat.

Ingredients:

225g unsalted butter, cut into cubes, plus extra for the tin

100g white chocolate, roughly chopped 250g light muscovado sugar 150g caster sugar 3 large eggs

1 tbsp vanilla bean paste 325g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 160g mini chocolate eggs

Method:

STEP 1

Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan. Butter a deep 20 x 20cm brownie tin, and line the base and sides with baking parchment. Melt the butter and white chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring now and then until smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 5 mins.

STEP 2

Tip the muscovado and caster sugars and the eggs into a large, clean bowl and whisk for 2 mins until the mixture is thick and foamy. Whisk a quarter of the mixture into the melted chocolate and butter mixture along with the vanilla. Carefully fold in the rest of the egg mixture until smooth, then fold in the flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt until everything is combined. Roughly chop 100g of the mini chocolate eggs, then fold into the batter. Pour the batter into the tin and gently shake to level the surface. Press half of the remaining whole mini chocolate eggs into the top.

STEP 3

Bake the blondies for 45-50 mins. Check they are cooked by giving the tin a gentle shake – they should be mostly set, with a slight wobble in the centre. Remove from the oven and immediately press the rest of the whole mini chocolate eggs into the top (these can be roughly crushed or halved first for a different texture, if you like). Leave to cool completely in the tin. Don't worry if the mixture sinks slightly. Once cooled, the blondies will be gooey, fudgy and moist, cut into squares and serve. Will keep in an airtight tin for up to four days.