A spectacular performance took place at Wellington School last week.
Over 400 children from 21 schools around the region turned out for an afternoon of workshops and rehearsals, before performing a dazzling array of Songs from the Shows to a thrilled audience of over 800!
Classic shows such as the Sound of Music, Les Miserables, Grease, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rubbed shoulders with newcomers Matilda and Billy Elliott to create a kaleidoscope of rousing choruses and exquisite harmonies. All schools came for rehearsals and a sing-off to find our star soloists for the performance. In the evening, hundreds of parents, grandparent, friends and relatives poured into the packed Sports Hall to hear the most phenomenal concert, complete with a professional band and three conductors!
“All the pupils had learned the songs in their schools with the help of their music teachers, and my colleagues and I have been into all the schools to work with them. When they finally came together on Friday, the sound was electrifiying – such an exciting moment,” commented Ros Shaw, from Wellington School, who masterminded the whole event.
“Each school had auditioned a Billy (from Billy Elliott) and a Matilda and Miss Honey (from Matilda), so there was a tremendously exciting “X-Factor” style sing-off for each role, which was made even more tense as the judges couldn’t choose, so they ran a blind follow-up audition, like “The Voice”. The winners performed the roles in the concert that evening.”
“It was tremendously exciting to have such an array of fantastic singers from so many schools coming along – there is some serious talent around and we feel privileged to have been able to showcase some of it last week. My thanks must go to all the primary music teachers who have worked to hard with their children to make this happen” concluded Ros Shaw.
The schools taking part were; All Saints C of E First School, Ashbroooke House Prep School, Ashill Community Primary School, Beech Grove Primary School, Blackbrook Primary School, The Castle Primary School, Curry Mallet VC Primary School, Enmore Primary School, Hambridge Primary School, Hemyock Primary School, Holy Trinity Primary School, Kingston St Mary Primary School, Nether Stowey CEVC Primary School, Norton Fitzwarren Primary School, Parkfield Primary School, Rockwell Green Primary School, Staplegrove C of E Primary School, St John’s Primary School, Thurlbear Primary School, Wellesley Park Primary School, and Wellington Prep School.