Neatherd High School: Music Department Christmas Concert: Ho Ho Ho it’s Chrissssssstmas Wednesday night’s Christmas concert was a mixture of new and old faces and voices. Musicians included the amazing blues band with their energetic rendition of the Madness classic, “One Step Beyond”. This brought back a few memories for many parents and teachers and almost had Mr Devonish dancing in the aisles! Talented singers and assorted instrumentalists sang and played in a range of styles; blues, classical, pop, rock and Christmas songs. A festive highlight of the evening was the ukulele orchestra with the addition of Liam Hubbard on washboard who performed a Christmassy version of Vance Joy’s Riptide, rewritten by Oscar Futter as Yuletide! Sadly, the Christmas concert will be the last one for our Year 11 students. Fortunately though, the talent displayed by singers and musicians in lower year groups will ensure that music will continue to go from strength to strength at Neatherd. Many thanks go to all of the teachers and parents who helped organize the concert and especially to our peripatetic teachers, Mandy Slater and Nia Howe for their musical input. Very special thanks go to Tash, Reenie and Lilimae Nicholson for providing an array of homemade cakes for the interval. Huge thanks go too, as usual to the technical crew who ensured that the evening went with very few technical hitches. Mrs Sanderson, Head of The Arts