During the Easter Holidays, it was a pleasure to welcome back the leavers of 2020 and 2021 for their long-awaited Leavers’ Balls. Due to Covid restrictions at the time, both year groups missed having a proper farewell.
The evenings began with drink receptions in the Café Bar before OBs and their guests moved into the Great Hall for a wonderful three course meal followed by a music set. Meanwhile, the parents stayed on to rekindle old friendships and reminisce about their sons time at the school. It was wonderful to welcome boys back to the school site after their own time with us ended in such unusual circumstances. The evenings saw boys reconnect and share stories from both school and what they have been doing since. With many approaching the end of their time at university, it was great to hear about their wide and varied interests and future plans.
We hope all who attended had a wonderful evening and enjoyed returning to Bedford, and were, in a sense, finally able to complete their time following the delay due to the pandemic. Our thanks to former Heads of School, Dan Smith (09-20) and Andy Wong (14-21) for their help, support and guidance in making the events such a success. Thank you also to the Parent’s Guild for donating £400 to each of the year groups which was used to pay for the DJ and lighting, and helped to make it a night to remember.