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FIRSTS FOR THIS TERMThis term witnessed a rare musical moment: a worldfamousOld Cranleighan organist, for whom Cranleigh’scurrent Organist-in-Residence once turned the pagesas a chorister, returning to play at Cranleigh, includinga piece by a contemporary Old Cranleighan friend ofhis, who also taught at Cranleigh…. The OC in questionis, of course, Christopher Herrick, who performed apiece by Derek Bourgeious in this term’s Organ ConcertSeries: a truly poignant occasion. The fact thatChristopher Herrick has been described as “among thevery greatest of living organists” only added to thesense of occasion.Demonstrating tremendous skill on the race track, threepupils - Will Palmer (UV, North), Mark Czajkowski (LVI,East) and Mylo Boyd (UV, North) – have made it throughto the Southern Regional Final of the coveted BritishSchools Karting Championship (BSKC) 2013, to be heldon Saturday 23 rd March.Despite losing his trainers in the quagmire at the start,Joe Quinn (LVI, North) completed the course – and inthe process raised £725 for Tildy’s Trust, in memoryof his close friend Tildy Curran. If you would like tohelp Joe achieve his target of £2000, please donateat: http://www.bmycharity.com/quinntoughguy2013.An item from last year’s A-Level Product Design workwas featured in the international New Design Magazine100 th edition (the only school-based piece of work).The editorial panel of New Design selected a beautifuloutdoor seat entitled ‘Loop’, designed and manufacturedby Sam Camsey (North, 2012).After last term’s extraordinary achievement of threeteams reaching the South Regional Hockey Finals, forthe first time two Girls’ Hockey sides reached theNational Hockey Finals – and one of these went on toclaim the title. See the Personal Best section for details.Billed as the toughest race on earth ‘Tough Guy’ is stagedover a brutal 15km obstacle course in which contestantsface electric shocks, ditches, jumps, freezing water poolsand fire pits. Up to one third of entrants drop out due todehydration, hypothermia, acrophobia and claustrophobia.Cranleigh teacher Stuart Block swapped suit and tiefor cycle helmet and Lycra when he cycled 15,000 kmfrom Johannesburg to London. He arrived just in timefor the 2012 Olympics and raised more than £105,000for educational and development charities and projectsin Africa. While travelling through 19 countries, healso wrote a blog on economic development. He hasnow been nominated for Justgiving’s EnduranceFundraiser of the Year Awards 2013.Mozart’s Requiem Concert held at G Live: Sunday 17 thMarch saw pupils performing for the first time atGuildford’s spectacular new G Live venue. This majorChoral and Orchestral concert featured over 230 singersfrom Cranleigh School, Cranleigh Prep and CranleighChoral Society, performing Mozart’s mighty ‘Requiem’and John Rutter’s beautiful ‘Mass of the Children’. Fordetails, please see Marcus Pashley’s front-pageinterview, PJL’s Performing Arts review and the Cranleighwebsite.SAVE THE DATESWEDNESDAY 15 th MAYFOUNDATION TENNIS TOURNAMENTAll Cranleigh Prep and Senior School mothers are warmly invited to play inthe Ladies’ Tennis Tournament in aid of the Cranleigh Foundation onWednesday 15th May. Money raised will be used to provide FoundationerBursary places to local children whose extreme family circumstances wouldsuggest that they require a boarding school education. Entry to the tournamentcosts £25, which includes a delicious lunch. If you and your friends wouldlike to play, please contact Belinda Graham-Rack on 07760 282246/emailbelindagrahamrack@btinternet.com or Lulu Hampson on 07889 966118/email a.hampson1@btinternet.com. All applications need to be returnedby Friday 10 th May.SUNDAY 30 th JUNESPEECH DAY & OC DAYThe annual gathering of current pupils, parents and OCs, complete with Speeches,pupil exhibitions, exciting sports matches and family fun throughout the afternoon,with a complimentary hog roast or picnics (as preferred) around the School v OCcricket match on Jubilee.3For weekly updates of all of Cranleigh’s news and events, please visit the website at www.cranleigh.org

The Term inPICTURESA selection of highlights fromall that has gone on at Cranleighthis Lent Term, intended to give justa taste of Cranleigh life…Please refer to the website/TheCranleighan for a more detailedreview of all news and events.4Pictures, from left to right, working across:History and Politics trip to WashingtonHelen Wareham Strings Competition winner,Zoe DixonHarlequins Academy Selections - Sam Arnold,Ben Gasson, KK Ndewere and Charlie PiperFrench trip over Long LeaveFootball team in actionFashion ShowEconomics Lecture: Dr Richard Reid, “Globalgrowth back to the future”Duke of Edinburgh Awards Gold Expedition tothe Atlas Mountains in MoroccoDuke of Edinburgh Awards Silver PracticeExepditionDevizes-Westminster training on the River WeyDance ShowClassics Lecture: Mr Guy Westwood, MagdalenCollege Oxford, ‘The Iliad’Cricket Tour game, South AfricaCranleigh Voices singing Evensong at SalisburyCathedralAnnual Careers Forum EveningCharlie Piper (LVI), selected for England U18rugby teamCranleigh hosting the Young Enterprise regionalfinalSenior Youth Speaks teamConcert Series: Andrew Fuller and Richard SaxelBrass Supper DanceCCF overnight expeditionSouth House play: ‘Old Lace and Arsenic’Riding: Arena Eventing Qualifier at Bury FarmSchool Play: ‘’Tis Pity’ower School drama eventPurvis Society: HH Judge Jeremy Richardson QCBoys’ hockey teamSouth Africa Cricket Tour teamHouse Cross-country competitionPurvis Society: Dr Nick Plant on ‘Toxicology’Tim Ayling, Winner, Helen Wareham VocalPerformanceSchool Play: ‘’Tis Pity’Junior Schools’ Challenge winners, CubittOC Tim Hastie-Smith at The ExchangeLVIth Artists in London’s SouthbankU16 girls’ hockey team celebrate becomingNational ChampionsKatie Batchelor, National Indoor LeagueDivision 1 Champion (with East GrinsteadLadies 1st team)The Biology Department welcomed ChiefExaminer Bill Indge to Study Skills DayNetball coachingG Live concert: Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ and Rutter’s‘Mass of the Children’Purvis Society: Lord Lucas on ‘Higher Education& A-level Reform’Rotary Public SpeakingU14 boys hockey team – Surrey ChampionsLoveday House play, ‘The Dog It Was That Died’LVth players going on hockey tour to Holland

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PERFORMING ARTS ROUND-UPThis term I will focus on two main events. First, the School company who constructed it is run by Old Cranleighanplay. The audience for the first night of Martin Allison’s George Orange. The lighting design by Mark Jenkins andadaptation of Ford’s 1629 play “’Tis Pity” was, I think, the Robbie Matthews complemented and created the atmospheremost rapt and focused I have ever been part of: we were of the scenes superbly. This was an evening that revealed,riveted by the compelling power of this rich and strange in Ford’s own words, that it is “the silent griefs that cut thedrama. Ollie Clark and Tilda Martin were superb, with Ollie heartstrings.”conveying his pathological jealousy, even in silence, asGiovanni, and Tilda, as his sister Annabella, showing us Grief (but far from silent) is the link to the Mozart Requiem.the painful change from deep love to passionate remorse. The Cranleigh Village Choral Society annually join ourBen Castle-Gibb rose to the challenge of Vasques’s Chapel Choir to perform big choral works with orchestra, butMachiavellian nature. Putana was the excellent Scarlett it is 17 years since their last concert at GLive (then theRudd and Adam van Civic Hall). Catherine Beddison, Head of Cranleigh PrepSchaik brought the evil School Music, explains: “We were keen to involve the 85Soranzo to life. Tommy talented voices of the Prep School Choir in this concert ofTaylor played two parts Rutter’s ‘Mass of the Children’ (which had its 2003 UKand had the final speech premiere in Guildford Cathedral) was the obvious choice aswith its infamous the composer makes the children’s choir central to theconclusion, “’Tis pity composition, rather than just an added extra”.she’s a whore”.The set design was cleverly adapted from a 2004 designby Peter McNiven and the excellent Clockwork SceneryMarcus Pashley, Director of Cranleigh Music, adds “I wasdelighted that Catherine agreed to conduct the Prep SchoolChoir in the Rutter to balance an accessible, popularby PJLcontemporary piece with Mozart’s much-loved ‘Requiem’.”The young vocal soloists were the Cornish soprano Helen-James Howells; the Irishcontralto Rachel Kelly; theEnglish bass Charles Rice andPortugese tenor Luis Gomes.Marcus Pashley explains,“We are very fortunate thatour Chapel Choir have singinglessons from some verydistinguished vocal coaches,including the internationalopera singer Kathryn Harries, and thanks to Kathryn’sDirectorship of the National Opera Studio, we are able tobook some the best young voices in the world”.The large audience showed warm appreciation at the endof both pieces in which the 230-strong choir wasaccompanied by Cranleigh’s Merriman Concert Orchestra,led by Kevin Weaver, which is comprised of the School’sinstrumental teachers and other professional musicianswith links to the School.ART AND DESIGNWith an unprecedented number of pupils nearing completion of theirpractical work at GCSE and A-Level, Cranleigh’s Art studios andDesign workshop have been incredibly busy. In both disciplines, therange of ideas and the degree of quality is truly mind-boggling –from stunning canvases to a life-size wooden horse sculpture in Art,and a folding skateboard to an ultra-violet knife cleaner in Design.Enjoy this snapshot of these fwwwwabulous works in progress: all ofthe pupils’ completed prototypes will be on display at the Art andDesign Exhibition, which opens on 23 rd May in both the Rhodes andEmms Centres, and continues until Speech Day. Don’t miss thechance to see some of these outstanding pieces close up!7For weekly updates of all of Cranleigh’s news and events, please visit the website at www.cranleigh.org