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tzr PICTURE SPECIAL Talent, tension


TALENTSHOW ock and roll high


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school kids Fret 64 brought the . ;■ ' house down to


■ -B- win the 2014 Grab title, the Ribble Valley’s inter­ schools talent show. - The five music-mad lads from Bowland High-who ‘ onlygot together as a five- • piece band last summer- : • wowed the sellout crowd at Clitheroe’s Grand Theatre with their polished cover of The Foo Fighters’ rock clas­ sic Times Like These, to land - the £800 first prize. Lead singer of Fret 64,


, 15-year-oIdTomBamber, ■ said: “This is a dream come


true for us, we can’t believe it.'" ■ ...I "'


■ ; “We are all massive fans of Dave Grohl and The Foo ■ Fighters, so to win Grab with. one of their songs was extra


• special. All the acts were incredible - but it hasn’t r


sunk in yet that we have won Grab.”


Bamber, John Taylor,


Matt Popham, Jonny Douglas and Jamie Crane, all in their final year at Bowland,'had only played a handful of .. gigs - including a special show for the Girl Guides at Clitheroe’s Waddow Hall. "


- »•»“We are aiming to stay together for the nextfewyears, and?;s maybe play profes-:: • sionally one day,”.«; added.Tom.


' : ' Grabjudge


Andy Bell, guitarist in Lon- . don pop group Malokai, told Fret 64, “You guys were ridic- ulouslygood-I’vejustseen the next Beatles.” He added: “Fret 64 have -


• a huge sound, and they also have a big future.”


Acoustic guitarist Beth


Ferguson, who’performed ■ her own song Fly Away, was . the Grab 2014 runner-up. The 14-year-old singer-


songwriter, also from Bow­ land High School, said: “I’ve been playing the guitar since. I was eight and I’m part of the Be My Band project at The Grand.”


\. Grab judge Emma Walker,


who was generous in her praise for Beth’s “special tal­ ent”, said: “Beth has a great . authority on stage - and it is like she was born to do it.” Ami Jorgensen, who sang


the theme tune from the • • James Bond movie Skyfall, carried off the third-placed prize. The is-year-old, who : attends Ribblesdale High ’


; School, said: “I’ve loved sing­


ing since I was a little girl and my dream is to perform on Broadway.” Singer Breanna Howard,


from St Augustine’s High School; Billington, was fourth. Last year’s cham-;' pion, pianist Lizzie Burgess, also proved a big hit with the packed auditorium as she re­ turned to The Grand to sing 12 months after lifting the bigprize. The audience also saw <


the first screening of a new documentary film, Rights of a Child, showing how the Grand’s Solomon Project - • charity is saving lives in Af­ rica.


■ ■ > - Steven Lancaster, The


Grand’s director, said: “Grab raises vital funds for the Solomon Project and helps feed thousands of children everyday.” ■ He added: “Every Grab act


was a worthy winner - they all had a special talent. It was inspiring to see so much per­ forming talent from the Rib­ ble Valley and every year the bar seems to be raised higher”. : Steered by


Bank Lodge is astunning detached three-bedroomed family home builtaround 1820 and on offer with Keenans at an asking price in the region of £500,000


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■ forum members, with support from venue and ^school’s staff; Grab 2014


jfewill see charities, The |British Heart Foundation, I Clitheroe Foodbank and


|The Solomon Project, all ‘/benefit frommoney raised


Ami Jorgensen -; sings‘Skyfair to ~ . earn third place!/' ’


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’ by.theevent.'Grabwas " sponsored by Family Care ‘Associates! .... >• “Grab” is short for V Grammar, Ribblesdale, ^Augustine’s and Bow­ land the four Ribble V 'Valley High Schools * which compete in v ' the annual talent ^contest staged by A ■’TheCrarid, CUt-S:/ :heroe|sstate-of- JtKe^art’“


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