This year's eagerly anticipated "Bethany's Got Talent" show took place on 18th November. Twelve acts took part, four from each House, representing Kiplings, Speakers or Roberts.

We were pleased to welcome back Caroline Turvey, a trained soprano, who made a superb head judge.  Caroline was joined this year by local stage director, Bob Murray, who has recently finished a run as director of "Beauty and the Beast", and his wife, Carolyn, who has also directed stage productions.  Both were excellent judges for the contest. Bob's knowledge of performance skills and musical understanding inspired many useful comments for the participants  Caroline and Carolyn were both generous in their praise of the entrants and gave key tips on how to get that little extra from each performance

There was a wide variety of acts including soloists, two groups, duets, a guitar solo, a Year 7 who was an absolute wiz on the diablo and a singer/ukulele duet .  Photos of the contestants can be seen in the gallery below.

 

Once all the acts had performed there was a short interval followed by two highly entertaining staff acts.  The brave teachers pictured here sung a version of "If I Were Not A ...." which received rapturous applause.

They were followed by Mr Kilbride, our new Deputy Head, playing the trombone, accompanied by Mr Stubberfield on drums and Mr Briggs on the piano.

 

 

 

 

 

It was now time for the comperes, Brandon Begg and Patrick Culliney, to invite all the acts back on to the stage for the results to be announced.

In third place was the band "Jacks 'n Cages", five Year 9 students representing Speakers who sang a distinctive version of "Feeling' Good".

 

In second place was guitarist Dorian Vetrila representing Roberts who gave a superb performance of "Besame Mucho".

The delighted winner was Ruth Semmens from Year 11 representing Kiplings who sang "When I Look at You".  Ruth was presented with her prize and rounded the evening off with a further performance of her winning number.

Many thanks to the judges for giving their time and thanks too to Mrs Digby who had once again organised an excellent inter-house event.  Final thanks to all the contestants who provided a great evening's entertainment.

Image Gallery: Click any of the thumbnails below to see the full version.