Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 119
CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS
The Year 10 Band had the audience 昀椀rmly
by Basti P and accompanied by Finn P.
dancing in their chairs with Chaka Khan’s
The Ukulele Band treated the audience
‘Ain’t Nobody’, shortly after which Archie
to a triple bill of ‘Tainted Love’ (joined
L and his band mates brought the 80s
by Arlo whose stage presence certainly
rock vibe well and truly to the stage with
did Marc Almond justice), Duran Duran’s
‘Dead or Alive’ by Bon Jovi and Prince’s
‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ and Kirsty McColl’s
‘Purple Rain’.
‘They Don’t Know’. The band’s versatility
was truly impressive, seamlessly
The tempo was taken right down with a
transitioning between genres and
beautiful duet of Angel of the Morning
capturing the unique styles that de昀椀ned
from Emily B and Lucía S-L, after which
the decade.
Charlie H demonstrated his vocal talents
with his version of Just the Two of Us.
A highlight of the night was a stirring
rendition of ‘Sweet Dreams’ (Are
After a rousing set by DJ Sav M,
Made of This) by Eurythmics, led by the
entertaining the audience in the interval,
charismatic Year 9 duo Isla S and Harriet
the Year 13 BTEC Band brought The Cure
B. This synth-based theme of the 80s was
to the stage with ‘Love Cats’ (and again
highlighted again though Charlie H’s,
later with another Cure song, ‘Just Like
George A’s and Harry G’s performance of
Heaven’) before an energy transition
Harold Faltermeyer’s classic Beverly Hills
shifted the mood to the more mellow and
Cop soundtrack, Axel.F.
softer side of the 80s.
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