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From all of us at Enfield Grammar School, we wish all our students, families, our community and each other, a very happy and healthy summer break. 😎
EGS Lower School: End of term back in 1967!!
Music Tour To Normandy
As the last tour for Ms Penfold and myself (Mr Ness), and after some delay, it was great to get the original music team back together for one last concert tour; Mr Ness, Mr Monk, Mr Escott, Mr Tate-Lovery, Ms Penfold.
The students were impeccable from beginning to end and played their hearts out to the people of France. The French responded by giving us every ounce of energy back – although we wish we could bottle the energy and use it now as we are all shattered!
Thank you to the wonderful students that attended this tour and all the many tours prior. As you will find, long after the last note has rung out and the equipment is packed away leaving a bare stage, the resonance of the memory of these amazing tours will continue to bring joy for the rest of our lives.
I am so pleased that Mr Escott will be in charge of the music department next year as this will keep the long traditions of the department alive and flourishing.
From Ms Penfold and myself though, it’s bon voyage et merci pour la musique et les souvenirs. 🎵
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Don’t forget to purchase your tickets for our summer concert on Friday!
It is particularly special this year as we say goodbye to Mr Ness and Mrs Penfold, who are both leaving the school and so it will be their last concert at EGS. Please do come along and join us in supporting and celebrating our EGS musical students and staff.
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This promises to be a wonderful evening celebrating the achievements of all our music students.
- We will be awarding prizes to students for musical achievement and commitment during the past year
- Friends of Enfield Grammar (FEGS) will be running a licensed bar plus soft drinks and snacks
- There will be a raffle with excellent prizes to be won
Our theme will be “Summertime” and the hall will be decorated with a sunflower theme. Please contribute to this summery, sunny mood by wearing something yellow if you can!
This concert will be the final one for Mr Ness and Mrs Penfold; Mrs Penfold is stepping down after 16+ years of service to our EGS music department Mr Ness is moving on in his career.
Please join us for this event to celebrate our music department (staff and students) and make it one for Mr Ness & Mrs Penfold to remember!!.
Tickets:
£5 per adult
£4 for children/concessions
£2 for non-performing EGS students (attending with a ticket holding adult).
To purchase tickets, please go to ParentPay where this event is now listed or contact Cathy [email protected]
Whole tables can also be booked for up to 8 people.
Our EGS Choir had a very successful and happy performance at the Caribbean Luncheon Club in Edmonton on Friday, 20th May. Having performed there in December 2021, we were very happy to be invited to return for what was another very positive experience for all concerned.
The Choir performed exceptionally well and we received a number of comments about how much they had improved between the two performances. Members of the audience and staff working at the club danced along with some of the numbers and the choir were asked to perform an encore!
A very special thanks to Miss Paula Thompson who runs the choir and whose enthusiasm and professionalism inspire our small choir to produce such a wonderful sound.
We are very proud of them.
The organiser, Ms Oveta McInnes said “I don’t think the boys really appreciate just how much joy they bring to the elders. This is a real example of an intergenerational activity and the benefits are two-way.”
Dulcie from the audience said “Just to let you know the Enfield Grammar School Choir were Wonderful! The chosen songs were mixed in style, which balanced a most professional delivery.”
A very enjoyable Jazz and Acoustic Evening was held on Friday, 6th May with many of our school bands taking part, our choir and also some great performances from staff.
Special thanks to Miss Paula Thompson who sang a Bossa Nova number and to Mr David Hammer who played his vibraphone – an instrument we have not heard at school for some years.
It was a very informal and relaxed evening with a great atmosphere in the Hall – thanks to Mr Ness for those lights!
Thanks also to FEGS for running the bar and – of course, to all the students who performed and their friends and families who came to support them.
Our next Concert will be our Summer Music Soiree on Friday 8th July.
Many of our school bands will be performing in this event including ensembles, soloists and the choir.
The music department has been so busy recently. In addition to holding the brilliant Battle of the Bands concert, they have also put on a Drumming Workshop, Groove Band held a concert in a local church and led a trip to the Bob Marley exhibition…..
Bob Marley Expo
A group of music students who play in our school bands had a really enjoyable and interesting morning at the Bob Marley One Love Experience Exhibition at the Saachi Gallery in Chelsea on Wednesday, 30 March. The exhibition had photographs, artwork and memorabilia on display but was also very much an interactive exhibition with a multi-sensory experience in the One Love Forest and live listening in the Soul Shakedown studio. Bob Marley’s passion for football was very much in evidence and the table football machines were certainly very popular with the boys!
The Battle of the Bands finally returned to the EGS stage on Friday, 25th March – the last Battle being fought in March 2019!
All our school bands performed brilliantly during the evening together with two student-led bands.
Awards were made for the best guitarist, drummer, bass player, singer and for featured instruments and the final winner was The Apprentice Band, who received the silver trophy at the end of the evening.
A huge thank you to Hannah Stratton who was our judge for this event, to our tutors who led the bands – Mr Tate-Lovery, Mr Escott and Mr Waters – to all our parents for supporting the bands so enthusiastically and, of course, to all the students who took part. You made us very proud.
The next music event is the Jazz and Acoustic evening on Friday, 6th May
