Battle of the Bands is always a highlight of the school year, with our talented students perfecting their performances for weeks before competition day. As ever the range of musical styles was impressive with the audience enjoying covers of music by artists as varied as Frank Sinatra, John Newman, rock band Mudhoney and indie-soul songwriter Cosmo Pyke. ‘An Encounter’ performed their own song ‘What the painter saw’.
All the bands performed brilliantly and the judges, Mrs Faulkner, Mrs Jackson and Hugh Phillimore (founder of Cornbury Music Festival) had an unenviable task deciding on the winning act.  After some lengthy deliberation, during which the Staff Band comprising of Mr Brown, Mr Franklin, Mr Long, Mr Prentice and Ms Johnson entertained everyone with a lively rendition of Crocodile Rock, the judges announced that MARG(e) were the winners.
Band members Mark Estupa,  Alfred Tuckwell, Rory Mitchinson and George Osborne won the fantastic opportunity to perform at Cornbury Music Festival in the summer.
Thank you to the Concert Band for their fabulous performances, MCs JJ Simpson, Georgina Housby and Tamzin Lawrence, who did a brilliant job hosting the evening and the Performing Arts students for their valuable work managing the sound, lighting and staging.