Churston
Ferrers Grammar School Funk Band
Churston Ferrers Grammar
School Funk Band plus individual winners Eloise and Katherine
were successful in the South West Music Festival at Palace Theatre,
Paignton held between 28th April and 7th May. The students competed
in their chosen classes.
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The Annual Music Festival awarded
trophies at a final gala concert for the best in class and best
overall trophies. Churston Ferrers Grammar School Funk Band
consists of students ranging from 12 to 18 years: Hugo, Laura,
Laura, Holly, Dragomir, Hannah, Kelly, Eloise, Louis, Luca,
Mercy and Laura together with Head of Music Nicola Guess and
Geography teacher/L2L Co-ordinator Dr Ben King; won two trophies,
the Sainsburys Shield for their instrumental class and the Freemen's
Cup for the best overall instrumental group of the entire two
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Katherine
won three trophies for her classes playing the saxophone and
Eloise won ten trophies for her classes on piano and flute,
including the best overall individual musician of the entire
competition.
The Funk band rehearses weekly and
this was the first year they competed. Both Eloise and Katherine
are members of many of the schools music groups including orchestra,
funk band, choir and flute choir.
Last year the school
orchestra won the Freemen overall cup and Eloise won individual
classes.
Miss Guess, Head of Music
said “I was extremely proud of all of the musical groups and
individual students who competed in the festival this year.
It was a great accolade for the funk band to be awarded best
overall instrumental group in their first year of competing
and it is great that we are able to keep the cup for another
year after winning the Freemen's cup with the school orchestra
last year. It was an amazing achievement for Eloise Kendall
to win the best overall musician and Katherine Amey shows great
promise by winning three classes at such a young age.”
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