The last Friday of term saw the Year 13 boys and girls
pitting their musical talents against each other in a ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition.
Right from the outset it became clear that it was going to be a straight race
between the two outright favourites Prangatang and Ken’s Boyz.
Prangatang were first out of the blocks with a strong score
(24/30) from the adjudicating panel, Mr Joel ‘Louis’ Rowlinson, Mr Chris ‘Simon’
Ham and Ms Suzy ‘Cheryl’ Andrew; and were looking odds-on favourites for the
title right up until the final act.
Ken’s Boyz, however, took the spoils with the final performance
of the evening; demonstrating not only powerful vocals but also variety in
their choice of backing accompaniment. Amidst these two stand-out performances
there was one moment that brought the audience to tears and that was Harrison
Bird and Toby Brough dancing to their version of the Mean Girls, Jingle Bell
Rock!
Following on from the cabaret, Year 13 retired to College
House, where a selection of curries was served up by Shiplake’s superb catering
team. Re-energised by this sustenance, much singing and dancing ensued with the
climax of the evening coming at 10.30pm with the College House boys’ ‘Dance
Off’. Judge Mrs Rosie Curtis went around the room tapping shoulders one by one
until we were down to the last two.
Charles ‘Twinkle Toes’ Marsden was smashing out an eclectic
range of shapes throughout the contest but he was outgunned by Danny ‘Snake
Hips’ Digiulio who managed to maintain the momentum with his very own version
of a modern Irish Jig and Reel (he was feeling a little sore the morning
after).
1st Place - Ken's Boyz |
2nd Place - Prangatang |
Nick Burnage |
Matthew Horsfall |
Henry Cawthorne |
Toby Howe |
Jason Chan |
Charlie Hunt |
Yeem Chanthanawan |
Freddie Ireland |
Harry Chapples |
William Janes |
William Clarke |
Louis Jarvis |
Daniel Digiulio |
Beth Jones |
Thomas Emerson |
George Lawley |
Ken Eshima |
James Lewis |
Alex Exadactylos |
Thomas Lewis |
Danielle Scales |
Charles Marsden |
Eleanor Waite |
Katie Webster |