Phase 2
The filling in of the swimming pool and conversion of the changing rooms into a creative arts area.
The Grand Opening
of the
Creative Arts Building
( Friday 13th June 2003)
As the temperatures soared into the twenties, the ribbons in blue and gold flapped in the warm breeze and the performers made a myriad of tuning up sounds. The parents arrived slowly in groups, some coming from the infants after picking up younger siblings and many laden with picnics and adorned with house colours in readiness for the house rounder tournament in the afternoon.
Mrs Flaxman opened the event and we began with some duets from many of the woodwind players, which included flutists clarinettists and tenor players. The brass added more colour to the air with booming base notes and dancing trumpet sounds with their quintet renditions of 'Uppedy' and 'Au Clair de la Lune'.
The guest speakers for the event were Hazel Gibbs and Jo Anstey, performers from the Lymington Players, who gave us an animated performance of Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man'. The children were reminded of their siblings when they saw the mewling babe and roared with laughter at the depiction of themselves as the football loving adolescents.
The recorders and guitars added to the enjoyment with some lively music, including some audience participation as the guitar players invited the parents and children to sing 'What shall we do with the drunken sailor?'
Under a bright blue, cloudless sky, class 4 waved
streamers and sang the hymn 'Father God', which was followed by a rap
written by Drama club about
the building especially for the event and clearly enjoyed every minute
of their performance. As the music poured into the air, Mrs Flaxman
thanked the special visitors, including Ray Phillips the architect,
who came to support the school and gave gifts to the Lymington players
and the visiting artist Jane Savill who orchestrated the tile making
that resulted in a beautiful school mural for everyone to share for
many years to come.
