On 7th December we saw the return of the St. Edmund’s Christmas Concert where a host of talented students from different clubs and groups got together to kick off the festive season with a bang! Orchestra set the bar for the evening with their wonderful medley of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Suite from the Polar Express. The audience then got their first chance to join in by singing along to The First Noel before the Folk Band played a rousing set of Celtic tunes with the audience clapping along. The newly formed Rock Band then took to the stage with two fantastic numbers;7 Years and Mercy.  Y7 pupil Nicole Fajimeye was cool and confident in her role as lead singer and the band was extremely professional. The audience got back in the festive spirit with the Woodwind Ensemble’s rendition of Wonderful Christmas Time before solo performance from Christina Clifton and Sinead Cullen-Barratt -one of our ‘Killer Queens’ from our upcoming production of We Will Rock You with S. Peter’s. Finally the St. Edmund’s Choir took to the stage with a range of festive pieces; John Rutter’s Angel’s Carol, an alternative arrangement of Away in a Manger and the groovy Calypso Carol. The evening ended with all the performers joining in with the audience for We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The evening was wonderfully festive and a fantastic opportunity for our musical talent to showcase what they’ve been working on this term. Miss Baskeyfield and Mrs Roberts want to say a huge thank you to all the staff, parents and students for making the Christmas Concert possible. St Edmund’s will soon be starting preparations for their summer tour to Belgium!