10th February 2019
What a night! These boys simply never cease to amaze me! We had House Music on Thursday - we were awarded third place ensemble, with a brilliant rendition of Queens “We are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The boys had the audience on their feet, arms in the air. Outstanding boys, well done! This was followed by the solo section, Neil, Max and Johnson qualified. The very nervous three boys stepped up and quite simply made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck! All three were fantastic. No one could pick a winner, when the adjudicator returned we ended up with Max highly commended (3rd place) in the advanced section and Johnson Shi, an overall winner of the intermediate section. I am running out of superlatives here. I am sure you get the picture - Mr Fallows was blown away!
The CNY House event is always a favourite! This year was no difference. As you can see, we transformed our new common room to fit 100 boys plus staff, probably the best atmosphere I have known at a House event over the last seven years. Obviously the boys having the Chinese banquet was a hit, but the celebration and sheer delight at the boys receiving a red envelope to find a cash reward inside, and for those not lucky enough to find cash, they entered a prize draw raffle which was hilarious!
Gabriel, Teddy, Will and Alek had a bit of fun with the cans of pop, making an E and an EH. Amin and Hamish had their biggest birthday party possible, our House CNY event, a great sing song at the end…..
Our new popcorn machine arrived on Friday - Dmitry and Ivan quickly offered to get busy with the screwdriver…..And it is still standing!
More Year 10 birthday celebrations - Roma with a KFC for his mates this time……
Some of our boys delivered a great talk to the Pre-Prep on Chinese New Year this week. They were very nervous, but prepared well and enjoyed the experience.
I have often mentioned to Vasil that he reminds me of Stoyko (OB) who left in 2012, a fellow Bulgarian who was also a popular boy in the House.