The Commonweal School's first ever Inter-house Music Competition.

This exciting event culminated on the evening of Wednesday 29th June when finalists from the heats went forward to win a top prize of £50 of music/DVD vouchers, awarded to the best overall performance. Vouchers were also awarded to runners up. The Inter-house Music Competition Cup was given to the highest scoring House.

Any style, any format from soloist to ensembles the only criteria was that groups had to stay in the same House. The event was a great success and the young people were very supportive of all the acts irrespective of ability or House.

For some this was the first time they had performed in public and it was encouraging to see them taking up the challenge and enjoying themselves. Helen Pysanczyn, Head of Swindon Music Service, adjudicated and gave positive feedback and was very encouraging.

Winner of the House Cup was Whitehorse with 169 points, 2nd were Ridgeway with 146 points, 3rd were Stonehenge with 137 points and forth were Sarum with 127 points. Ist prize of £50 of HMV vouchers was won by James Daubney from Whitehorse for his fab classical guitar piece. Joint second, winning £10 vouchers each, were Ashley Memhi with his Indian drum solo, Matthew Harris, trumpet solo - what a star! And Robbie Houldy with his piano piece.

Finalists

Ridgeway
Katie Langan - solo vocalist
Shani Corder - solo vocalist
Patrick Campell-Blight,Mitch Brown
& Jake Exton - rock band
Robbie Houldey - piano soloist - Joint 2nd

Whitehorse
Matthew Harris - trumpet soloist - Joint 2nd
Chris Hawkins - electric guitar soloist
James Daubney - classical guitar soloist - 1st prize
Josh Lunn - piano soloist

Sarum
Becky O'Dea & Hannah Western - vocal duet
David Casey & Dom Kynaston - drums and electric guitar
Saeed Chaudry - drum soloist
Anita Hynes - solo vocalist

Stonehenge
Tom Costello - trumpet soloist
Sinead Cooper - solo vocalist
Ashley Mehmi - drum soloist - Joint 2nd
Emily McKinley, Jamie Warren & Alex Sargant - rock band