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ARTS EVENING<br />
The <strong>Queen</strong> <strong>Katherine</strong> <strong>School</strong>’s Annual Arts Evening, a<br />
celebration of the work that students of the school undertake<br />
in the Arts, took place on Sunday 11th March at The Brewery<br />
Arts Centre, Kendal.<br />
The Art Department mounted an exhibition of GCSE and ‘A’<br />
level work in the Malt Room, which the audience could view<br />
whilst being serenaded by the school’s Stage Band under the<br />
leadership of Paul Froggart.<br />
In the main theatre year 13 student<br />
Heather Longstaff compered an evening of<br />
excellent performances from Dance,<br />
Drama and Music students. The music<br />
programme consisted of a wide variety of<br />
pieces. The first piece of music was<br />
the first movement of Beethoven’s<br />
Fifth Symphony, played as a piano<br />
duet by James and Will Stokes. A<br />
new ’cello group played Bizet and<br />
the Beatles, the Chamber Choir<br />
sang songs by Billy Joel and Leon<br />
Dabinsky, the Junior Choir sang folk<br />
and gospel and we also saw the unusual<br />
Hartley and the Jam Jars – a group<br />
consisting of folk fiddle, jazz bass and<br />
funk guitar. The final musical item was<br />
Roseanna Skikkun singing a Schubert song.<br />
Dancers from all through the <strong>School</strong> age groups entertained, once<br />
again with a varied programme exploring a wide variety of themes –<br />
Japanese drums, the<br />
weather, the cycle of life<br />
and Mary Shelley’s<br />
Frankenstein.<br />
Drama students of all<br />
ages produced extracts<br />
from MacBeth, the Diary<br />
of Adrian Mole and Too<br />
Much Punch for Judy, a piece<br />
exploring the effects of a drink<br />
driving accident on a family,<br />
and a skit on TV reality shows.<br />
The evening finished with an<br />
amusing extract from Mike<br />
Leigh’s Abigail’s Party.<br />
In spite of the wide variety of<br />
entertainment and art on offer,<br />
the standard was consistently<br />
high, and reflects great credit not<br />
only on QKS staff and students,<br />
but also on peripatetic staff and<br />
Helen Moffit and Lucy Everitt<br />
from the Brewery, who prepared dance routines.<br />
The <strong>School</strong> musical, The King and I was performed at The Brewery<br />
from 11th to 14th July. Review and photos in our next issue!<br />
LRC update<br />
The LRC has a new sign outside the<br />
student entrance designed by 6th<br />
Former Martyn Turner.<br />
The sign is made of metal, and<br />
cleverly incorporates the <strong>School</strong> colours.<br />
Bastille Day, the<br />
French National day,<br />
was celebrated on 14th<br />
July with<br />
q u i z z e s ,<br />
French story books, and the<br />
serving of hot and cold<br />
French food. This was all<br />
accompanied by a rousing<br />
rendition of the French<br />
national Anthem, the<br />
Marseillaise.<br />
The LRC has acquired<br />
a wonderful new Heinemann system.<br />
Dance: LUDUS<br />
Year 10 Dance GCSE student, Anna Gregg<br />
took part in the Ludus residential, and has<br />
written the following report on the day:<br />
On Tuesday April 24th I was part of a<br />
group of 16 girls from years 7, 8 and 10 who<br />
took part in an intensive day’s Dance<br />
Workshop with Ludus Dance Company.<br />
Ludus are based in Lancaster and are an<br />
internationally renowned Dance and<br />
Education Company, so<br />
it was a brilliant opportunity<br />
for us to work with<br />
professional dancers.<br />
Our workshop leaders<br />
for the day were Anna<br />
and Jonny. We all knew<br />
that it was a special day<br />
as the new dance mat was rolled out<br />
especially for the occasion. From our 9<br />
o’clock start until our 4 o’clock finish, we<br />
were certainly put through our paces, as we<br />
had one day to create a dance that we were<br />
then to perform as a curtain raiser to<br />
Ludus’s own show ‘Trapped’ at The Brewery<br />
Arts Centre on Thursday 26th April.<br />
Throughout the day, we did a mixture of<br />
contemporary dance and theatrical work, as<br />
many of us needed to perfect our angry faces<br />
to coincide with both<br />
‘Trapped’ and our own<br />
dance’s aggressive<br />
theme. Luckily, it all<br />
came together in time,<br />
with a great deal of<br />
hard work, but I think I<br />
speak for all of us when<br />
I say it was pretty<br />
difficult to walk the next day. However, we<br />
pulled it all together to finish our fantastic<br />
experience with a great performance using<br />
Ludus’ professional set and lighting, which<br />
was then put to great use as we watched<br />
Ludus perform their quirky but brilliant<br />
dance piece ‘Trapped’. It was certainly an<br />
unforgettable experience.<br />
The LRC provided an exciting trip to<br />
the Spellbinding Cumbrian <strong>School</strong>s<br />
Book Awards at Penrith featuring some<br />
of QKS students’ favourite books –<br />
Framed, Inigo, I Coriander, Secrets of<br />
the Fearless, Snatched and Angel Stone.<br />
The new extended opening hours of<br />
the LRC seem to be a success. More and<br />
more students are availing themselves of<br />
the longer hours to use the ICRT<br />
facilities, have assistance with their<br />
homework, read quietly or join a range<br />
of activities such as discussion groups<br />
and War Hammer games. The opening<br />
hours of the library are now 8:30 to 6:00<br />
Monday to Thursday and 8:30 to 5:00 on<br />
Friday.<br />
Art and Design<br />
evening<br />
The Art Department held an Open Evening<br />
to celebrate the work of GCSE, A/S and A2<br />
over the year on 26th June.
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