Last Friday saw our annual House Music Finals, held all afternoon in the PA Hall and involving the whole of Prep and Senior School. With the finalists' concert first, followed by the House Song competition and then a performance from our guest judge Adam Martin, it was an afternoon filled with music, laughter and joyful group singing! With over 110 entries into the solo and group competition, it was a tricky process to whittle the entrants down to just a handful per category, and Adam found it incredibly hard to judge between the finalists. However, there has to be a winner, so congratulations to Layla B who won the beginner's category, Herb M who won the intermediate category, and to James B who won the advanced category. Congratulations also to Jess I, who won the composition category with a fabulous song, and to Max S and Harvey R who performed beautifully to win the groups' competition.

The House Songs this year were the most involved and advanced we have seen, but Buzzard just pipped it, with strong singing and musicianship on display in their version of Pricetag. The overall winners of the solo and group competition were also Buzzard. Huge congratulations to all the winners!

Adam himself was a delight all day, with a wonderful Q&A with our GCSE pupils in the morning, excellent feedback to the entrants in the afternoon and a rocking performance at the end of the day, in which he got the whole school singing along to a superb rendition of evergreen favourite Johnny B. Goode.