The sun came out!
Music definitely drove away the rain on Friday evening when Callington Cluster Schools came together for ‘A Right Ol’ Song and Dance’ at Sterts Theatre. Joined by Resonate Strings from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and featuring performances from Callington Community College, and Harrowbarrow, St Mellion, Pensilva, St Dominic, Stoke Climsland and Quethiock primaries, the evening was a memorable event.
Loosely themed on a Music Hall performance with a programme of Variety Acts including choirs, a junk band, dancing, circus and the legendary BoomWhaker, and entertained by a Master of Ceremonies and The House Band, this was no ordinary show!
The House Band
The evening began with the Sterts barbeque, and the audience were entertained and a lovely atmosphere created by the Callington Community String Orchestra and the Jazz Band. We were then welcomed by an energetic and rhythmic performance from the Callington Taiko drummers before performances from each of the primary schools, interspersed with The House Band made up of Callington young musicians and Resonate Strings from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Adrian Balletto, Head of Music at Callington Community College said, ‘It is so important for all the pupils to be able to work with professional musicians like Resonate Strings, and to come together to make music together.’
The young musicians from the college and local primary schools have been working with Andy Baker, Nationwide Community Musician from Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra over the last term to create this extravaganza which is part of the Arts Offer from Cornwall Learning delivered by KEAP and is the second strand of the BSO’s activity in Cornwall this year supported by Steel Charitable Trust and The Radcliffe Trust. The primaries produced such a range of performance from improvisation on glockenspiel to George Gershwin, to a flying circus, to Cornish songs in 2 part harmony.
Helen Reynolds from Kernow Education Arts Partnership said, ‘The schools should all be so proud of themselves, and the audience obviously loved the music- it was great when everyone joined in on ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ from St Mellion Choir playing tuned BoomWhackers!’
A slideshow of images from the show:
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