CULTURE Arts Week 2017
The second annual celebration of creativity, imagination and culture was back on campus for Arts Week 2017, with a wide range of arts-inspired antics and activities providing entertainment for all comers.
arts technician Grant Bennett and Classics teacher Chloe Harland all had their say, entertaining a crowd of Year 12 and 13 students, before Nick was given the right to reply. Meanwhile, junior students could have a go at karaoke, taking to the stage in a lip-sync battle. Winning accolades for their effort were Flower’s House with their performance of “The Gumboot Song”, Harper with “The Chicken Song” and Jacobs House taking on “Let It Go”, from the perennially popular Disney hit Frozen . Thursday 18 May Film festival time! Over the course of the week, students from each House were invited to make a short
Monday 15 May First up, rock band Illegal Bass (Fearghus Bratten, Max Thomas, Kynan Salt, Eddie Priest, Tim Ward) tested their live act and performed two original songs in anticipation of their upcoming appearance at RockQuest. At lunchtime, the Houses battled it out on the Quad for the Wearable Arts crown. Corfe placed third, Harper second, and School House flew to the top of the pack with their winning birdman creation. And in a packed OBT Year 13 students Hugo Beale, Hugh Marshall, Nick Stevens and Finn Sziranyi demonstrated the strength of wit and wordplay in five Theatresports games. Tuesday 16 May On the Round Square Adventure Day, boys arrived at school wearing themed mufti – each House selected a country’s flag that could relate to their House colours and asked students to wear the same colours. Some of Condell’s students let their creativity fly, dressing up as members of a Colombian cartel. Money raised from the mufti day supported the charity Beyond Water. At lunchtime, three food trucks – 5-Foot Way, Transylvanian Delight and Tommy Taco – set up on the Upham Quad, serving delicious food to the hungry hordes. A rotation of College rock bands provided a backdrop of sound
to events taking place on Upper. In a nod to the street art style of Banksy, Spray Paint challenged teams from each House to create an original work of art designed to depict or reflect an aspect of their House, with Jacobs House coming first with their colourful rendition of their House emblem. At the same time, the Round Square Adventure Relay pitted teams from each House against each other in various challenges. Wednesday 17 May A celebrity roast teetered on the brink of becoming a fond farewell in anticipation of the departure of music teacher and all-round good guy, Nick Sutcliffe. Year 13 student Nick Stevens, performing
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