Head's Newsletter 9 July 2021

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

On Tuesday 29 th June, thirty-five different acts, bands and soloists, performed in the Battle of the Bands competition. Our audience enjoyed a wide range of covers presented by the bands, from Uptown Funk and Sultans of Swing, through Eleanor Rigby and Old Town Road to So Done and All of Me, as well as original songs such as Summer Perfume Girl. Following the preliminary round, twenty acts were chosen to go through to the final. Our finals adjudicator, Old Tiffinian Zac Pajak, a musician who has worked with bands as diverse as McFly and Major Lazer, and whose music has been performed at Glastonbury and on the show Love Island, gave special mentions to some performers. These included Y13 band fronted by Ryan (13LG) and Gaia (13LMO) performing Superstition, as well as the Y9 band fronted by Jasper (9TW) performing Sunday Best. Nonetheless, only three acts could win the coveted prizes of Best Year 9 Band, Best Soloist and Best Band of the competition. These were respectively Arya’s (9CB) band, performing Best Part, Daniel (11JXE) performing his original song Summer Perfume Girl, and Groovant, featuring Hamza (10PD), Kavin (10PD), Jack (10KH), Elliot (10MJG) and Amadeus (10PD).