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LES MISERABLE* BOWLAND HIGHSCHOOLATTHEGRAND


One of the joys of my life is the


opportunity to see so many live performances in the theatres of the North West andsometimes in London and Stratford and also ama­ teur shows in Clitheroe and Burnley.


I have taught students for more years than I care to ad­ mit and I delight in seeing young people perform. I was invited by some


friends to see Bowland High School’s production of Les Miserables. This is one of my favourite musicals. I have seen it on stage and film sev- eraltimesandllistenoftento its special songs. I was concerned about how


youngsters of 16 years and below would cope with such a difficult score. I was blown away, totally enthralled and overwhelmed with admira­ tion for the skill, the passion, the confidence of all these young people. Where to begin with my


praise? Thomas Bamber made a believably threaten-


how he would create the bar­ ricades. I went to the Palace


Theatre in Manchester where we had a very long interval be­


cause they could not get the


scenery right. No problem for Frank! Much credit must also


go to The Grand. 1 have been reading how Clitheroe is in the top 10 places to live. (How


could anyone doubt what a su­ per town we have!) One of our


greatest assets is our venueat The Grand.


It gives us all kinds of en­ n > f


tertainment but, perhaps, best of all it gives our young people an opportunity to put on amazing productions with incredible technical support. 1 cannot stress enough how important this is. I cannot finish without


declaring my admiration for Kane Taylor. His interpreta­


The magnfficentcastofBowlandHighSchool’sproductionof’LesMiserables’, professionally stagedatTheGrand.


ing Javert. Neve Dickinson as Fantine made me cry with her rendition of I dreamed a dream. Niall Doherty and Rosa Handscomb were won­ derfully comic as the wicked Thenardiers. Phoebe Moore (young Cosette) and Joshua


MP gives talk to aspiring politicos


Root (Gavroche) sang with a"


powerbeyondtheiryoungage. Emily Craine was a charming Eponine and Callum Shaw as Marius sang beautifully and gave a wonderful interpreta­ tion of one o f my favourites Empty Chairs and Empty


Tables. Freya Humberstone sang the role of the adult Co­ sette skilfully and overcame microphone difficulties like a professional. The chorus, especially the young student revolutionaries were wonder­ ful, led by Bob Enion as Enjol-


ras. The whole production was so well presented. Con­ gratulations to Hilary Kel- low,Andrea Yates andAndrew Fletcher for a great job. Spe­ cial praise has to go to Frank Taylorforthe wonderful scen­ ery construction. I wondered


tion, singing, emotion, every­ thing about his performance as Jean Valjean, impressed me. I do not think I will ever forget his Bring him home. I didn’t think I could feel so moved.


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Whalley-based Oakhill Col­ lege has formed its first pupil


.golfteam.. The team will make their debut at the Annual Oakhill


GolfDay which thisyear takes place on Friday June 6th at Clitheroe Golf Club. The four boys, Alfie Mar-


riot, Dominic Smith, Thomas Hughes and Daniel Rjding, have all been attending week- lygolfsessions. The sessions started in


S ir Edward Leigh with someof Stonyhurst’spolitics students, (s)


Conservative MP for Gains­ borough, Sir Edward Leigh, gave a talk to students ofpol- itics at Hurst Green’s Stony- hurst College. The former chairman of


the Public Accounts Com­ mittee (P.A.C.) talked about the role of the committee in British politics and about the work of Select Commit-: tees. -.. Sir Edward served as


chairman of the P.A.C, for nine years. In his talk he gave several examples of how public funds had been saved by the committee," whose members are able to


work together in the public interest without some of the natural restrictions of party allegiance. In the company of a knowledgeable and inter­ ested group of students, Sir Edward encouraged those who might be interested in a- career in politics to have the courage to stand upfortheir principles and to believe in the value of their own point ofview. He presented an image of


politics where many more people lead lives of dedicat­ ed service than the media, at times, would have people believe.


September 2013 at Whal- ley Golf Club when the boys where coached by Jamie Hunt, the resident PGA Profession­ al.


During the winter months


theboys moved to Samlesbury Hall Driving Range and then they all became junior mem­ bers at Whalley GolfClub from April and are now continuing weekly coaching sessions at Whalley. The boys have played in the


Junior Captain’s Drive In at Whalley Golf Club and are ea­ gerly awaiting their debut on June 6th representing Oakhill College at Clitheroe GolfClub. • InothernewsfromOakhill, the school has enjoyed success when Oakhill College Prepara­ tory School Speech and Drama group took part in the annual Blackburn Festival


of Speech, Music and Dance


which washeld at Westholme School in Blackburn. After performing well


and giving two poetry recit­ als in front of a large crowd, the group, consisting of Tay­ lor Beaumont, Eve Starkie, Ben Coupe, Florence Green! Abigail Lofthouse, Maeve Bentley, Alexander Brock- lehurst, James Shepherd, Sorcha Purves and Olivia Ashby, won and kept hold of the trophy which they had won the year before. Special thanks have been extended to Mrs Jean Willis who worked with the pupils. In other news from the


school, pupil Harriet Ash­ worth has been selected for the county’s hockey squad. The Year Eight pupil started training with Pendle Forest Hockey Club before, in 2012, being asked to attend the U12 Lancashire Hockey Develop­ ment squad at Lytham. In 2013


she was invited to attend the U13 development squad be- tore then being selected to


play for the Lancashire U13 squad. Harriet’s preferred position is in defence, but she


also plays on the left wing . Meanwhile, four of the


schools great mathematical minds from years eight and nine travelled to Lancaster


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Grammar School for the an­ nual Team Maths Challenge regional final. The challenge run by the


UK Mathematics Trust allows. teams of four pupils to com-


, pete against other schools in . the area in a variety of physi­ cal and mental maths activi­ ties ranging from team shuttle quizzes to sprinting relays, and this is the ninth year in which Oakhill has entered a team. Oakhill’s team this year


was made up of Sam Jacks and Jacob Lutwyche from Year Eight, and Jack Hodder and Daniel Riding from Year Nine. The boys put in an ex­ cellent performance, and al­ though they didn’t make the . top three they had a great time trying. ' And finally, during the


spring term pupils in years three and four have been stud­ ying the Victorian era. As part of the study pupils brought in resources and artefacts. Ben Coupe fascinated pupils with a talk all about his coin collection and in particular two very special coins, both dating from Victorian times.


One coin was extra special as it’s date was 1837-theyear that Victoria became queen and is


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