Schools came together for a week of entertainment
HUNDREDS of children from schools across the area took to the stage in a four-day concert Celebrating Music.
The event started at Burton’s Brewhouse arts centre on a Monday evening in December 2003 with Thomas Russell Infants School from Barton-under-needwood, followed by Shobnall Primary School children performing hits from the 70s.
This was followed by All Saints Primary School in Alrewas singing hits from selected musicals.
The night was rounded off by Mosley School from Anslow.
The second night of the Burton Mail sponsored event was kicked off by Abbot Beyne School and was followed by performances from Holy Trinity C of E Primary School in Wetmore Road.
The evening was rounded off with songs from gifted youngsters from Tower View Primary School and Bend Oak Junior School, both of Winshill.
On the Wednesday night the line-up included Crown Special School in Stretton, Lansdowne Infants School in Goodman Street, William Hutson Junior School in Horninglow and Stretton Brook School.
Richard Wakefield Primary School, Eton Park Juniors and William Shrewsbury School also enthralled the crowds before students from de Ferrers Specialist Technology College brought the evening to a close.
The curtain came down on the 12th annual Celebrating Music spectacular with performances from seven schools.
Helen Woollett, from Paulet High School, opened the entertainment with a solo performance followed by infants from Violet Lane, who were in seasonal mood with their Christmas alphabet song.
Short Street Infants School took the audience down under with a rendition of a song called The 10 Days of an Australian Christmas before Waterside School juniors added their contribution, singing a lullaby and a Calypso carol.
Edge Hill Junior School’s string group performed the penultimate piece of music and the finale was started by the Paget High School Choir before Paulet High School closed the extravaganza.