Reflections on the Berkhamsted School Talent Show March 2009

I am about to put together a review of last term's 'Talent Show', but need to summon my muse from Helicon or Parnassus (but, as you can see (left), she is a little busy at the moment) to do justice to an occasion which Principal, Mark Steed, rightly described as 'humbling'. It really is not a task that should be embarked upon lightly. These were some of my favourite moments. I've included Mark's closing comments because, as a newcomer to the school himself, his awestruck comments on what he had just witnessed were clearly sincere and struck exactly the right note on which to end the proceedings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS8EkD5NuQI (Espen's Marxist Tea Party)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2KrtVg1y44 (Jason 'Spanish Guitar Kid' Elvin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c7yWSS3GUM&feature=related (Xava Dancers)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xq780sEzNA&feature=related (The Black Lights)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm8saJ7oRsc (Velocitie: 'Take a Bow')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMO5N5AmExs (Two and a Half + 1: 'Broken Strings')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGT_SmrRRg&feature=related (Sid & Zac: 'Umbrella')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfBwuU91dc&feature=related (Ruhith & Felix: Two Drummers)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4W4IEV41XA&feature=related (Cameron Jones: 'Blood On Your Hands')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNOtUMiBLUI (Serendipity)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxnnuaOawY8 (Undecided (dance troupe): unfortunately the music has been disabled for copywrite reasons)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8ZXyVho4FI&feature=related (Snob Dylan (Peter Swaffield)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDJXR_J-AGQ (Talent Show 'Thank You': Principal)

Watch this space!