It was a superb week for the talented boys of Bedford Prep School, who competed in this year’s Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama. The boys scooped a remarkable 127 top-three placings between them and, impressively, Christopher Gentry (Y7), Cayo Sinclair (Y7) and Christian Heimstra (Y8) were selected to perform in the Gala Concert, a great honour and a remarkable achievement.Â
“I am so proud of all the boys – our best festival yet! Well done, everyone.”
| Name | Place | Year | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar McCartie | 2nd | 6 | 19th Century Piano - age 10 and under |
| Christian Hiemstra | 1st | 8 | 19th Century Piano - age 11-15 Keeble Memorial Cup |
| Fikayo Okusanya | 2nd | 8 | A Song in any living language other than Latin - Year 11 & under |
| George Steed | 2nd | 6 | Any bowed instrument - Grade 1 |
| Finn Bantock | 2nd | 8 | Any bowed instrument - Grade 6-7 |
| Harvey Gill | 1st | 4 | Any bowed instrument - Pre-Grade 1 |
| William Saunders | 2nd | 4 | Any bowed instrument - Pre-Grade 1 |
| Aled Wright | 2nd | 8 | Brass Solo - Beginner to Grade 3 |
| Fergus Jenkins | 2nd | 8 | Brass Solo - Beginner to Grade 3 |
| Jack Nash | 3rd | 5 | Brass Solo - Beginner to Grade 3 |
| Sammy Hughes | 1st | 8 | Brass Solo - Grade 4 or 5 |
| Hugo Morgan | 2nd | 7 | Brass Solo - Grade 4 or 5 |
| Abhay Raghunath | 3rd | 7 | Brass Solo - Grade 4 or 5 |
| Mondrian Trio Christian Heimstra, Finn Bantock, Isaac West | 1st | 8 | Chamber Music Ensembles - any age |
| Harrison Ayres | 1st | 7 | Dramatic Scene - Year 5-7 |
| Kush Ganatra | 1st | 7 | Dramatic Scene - Year 5-7 |
| Monty Adams | 1st | 7 | Dramatic Scene - Year 5-7 |
| Leo Clavier | 2nd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Noe Simplicio | 2nd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Rhys Newman | 2nd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Sebastian Searle | 2nd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Toby Hudson | 2nd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Alastair Tierney | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Daniel Sutton | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Dhruv Patel | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Ethan Wrightson | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Gabriel Teiola-Kouriss | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| George Garosi | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Isaac Vincent-Emery | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Mohammed (Raihaan) Adil | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Oluwa(semilore) Apesin | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Oscar Price | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Sebastian Warner | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Thomas Whiting | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 |
| Major Grewal | 2nd | 5 | Dramatic Solo - Year 5-6 |
| Isaac Vincent-Emery | 2nd | 8 | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 |
| Daniel Joaille-Burge | 2nd AGENT | 7 | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 |
| Oliver Barbour | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 |
| Samuel Hughes | 3rd | 8 | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 |
| Cayo Sinclair | 1st | 7 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Christopher Gentry | 1st | 7 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Edward Keggin | 2nd | 8 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Samuel Keating Anderson | 2nd | 8 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Abhay Raghunath | 3rd | 7 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Adam Purdie | 3rd | 7 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Agastya Lahkar | 3rd | 8 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| James Angus | 3rd | 8 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Jun Oakes | 3rd | 8 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Samuel Hughes | 3rd | 8 | Duologues - Year 7-8 |
| Arjun Nirvane | 2nd | 4 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| Freddie Folbigg | 2nd | 4 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| William Basden | 2nd | 4 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| Alfred Meredith | 3rd | 3 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| Edward Lewis | 3rd | 3 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| Rohan Dasgupta | 3rd | 3 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| Sridhar Manianda Prabhu | 3rd | 3 | Group Poem - year 4 & Under |
| Aaron Evans | 3rd | 6 | Group Poem - Year 5-6 |
| Austin Reddy | 3rd | 6 | Group Poem - Year 5-6 |
| Monty Pool | 3rd | 6 | Group Poem - Year 5-6 |
| Alex Gibson | 3rd | 7 | Group Poem - Year 7-8 |
| Lucas Hill | 3rd | 7 | Group Poem - Year 7-8 |
| Henry Davidson | 3rd | 8 | Group Poem - Year 7-8 |
| Kian Walia | 1st | 6 | Musical Theatre - Year 6-7 - Solo or Duet |
| Alex Brooksbank | 3rd | 7 | Musical Theatre - Year 6-7 - Solo or Duet |
| Christian Hiemstra | 1st | 8 | Piano Recital |
| Gabriel-Joel Holland | 1st | 6 | Piano Solo - Grade 3 & 4 |
| Lucas Hill | 2nd | 7 | Piano Solo - Grade 3 & 4 |
| Christian Hiemstra | 1st | 8 | Pre-1800 Piano |
| Alfred Meredith | 2nd | 3 | Prepared Reading - Year 3 |
| Gurshaan Powar | Commended | 4 | Prepared Reading - Year 4 |
| Adeiza Ogedengbe | 2nd | 5 | Prepared Reading - Year 5 |
| Major Grewal | 2nd | 5 | Prepared Reading - Year 5 |
| Alfred Burton | 2nd | 6 | Prepared Reading - Year 6 |
| James Holt | 2nd | 6 | Prepared Reading - Year 6 |
| Palaksh Batra | 2nd | 6 | Prepared Reading - Year 6 |
| Sebastian Bodfield | 3rd | 6 | Prepared Reading - Year 6 |
| Harrison Ayers | 1st | 7 | Prepared Reading - Year 7 |
| Ching Yu (Zachary) Wong | 2nd | 7 | Prepared Reading - Year 7 |
| Caelan Standen | 1st | 7 | Prose Reading Duet - Year 7-8 |
| Henry Gandesha | 1st | 7 | Prose Reading Duet - Year 7-8 |
| Conor Hayes | 2nd | 7 | Prose Reading Duet - Year 7-8 |
| Harry Spencer | 2nd | 7 | Prose Reading Duet - Year 7-8 |
| Lewis Pettengell | 1st | 8 | Reading from a Religious Text - Year 8 & Over |
| Samuel Keating Anderson | 2nd | 8 | Reading from a Religious Text - Year 8 & Over |
| Dylan Uppal | 1st | 8 | Shakespeare Solo - Year 8-10 |
| Daniel Lee | 1st | 5 | Solo Singing - Year 4 & 5 |
| Hugo O'Boyle | 3rd | 5 | Solo Singing - Year 4 & 5 |
| Henry Gandesha | 1st | 7 | Solo Singing - Year 6 & 7 |
| Kian Walia | 2nd | 6 | Solo Singing - Year 6 & 7 |
| Alex Brooksbank | 2nd | 7 | Solo Singing - Year 6 & 7 |
| Shreyan Patel | 3rd | 7 | Solo Singing - Year 6 & 7 |
| Finn Bantock | 1st | 8 | String Duets |
| Caspar Holness-Waud | 1st | 3 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 4 & Under |
| Hridaan Patel | 1st | 3 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 4 & Under |
| Orson Pettengell | 1st | 6 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 6 |
| Oscar McCartie | 1st | 6 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 6 |
| Joe Willard | 3rd | 6 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 6 |
| Veer Ramani | 3rd | 6 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 6 |
| Cayo Sinclair | 1st - GALA | 7 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 |
| Christopher Gentry | 1st - GALA | 7 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 |
| Joseph Lucas | 2nd | 7 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 |
| Joshua Worboys | 2nd | 7 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 |
| Alexander Woodhouse | 3rd | 7 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 |
| Archie Fleming | 3rd | 7 | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 |
| Oliver Stopford | 1st | 3 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 3 |
| Milan Qureshi | 1st | 4 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 4 |
| Gurshaan Powar | 3rd | 4 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 4 |
| Kian Fanning | 3rd | 4 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 4 |
| James Workman | 1st | 5 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 5 |
| Arjun Dey | 1st | 6 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 6 |
| Oscar McCartie | 3rd | 6 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 6 |
| Adam Purdie | 3rd | 7 | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 7 |
| Jeremy Dunn | 3rd | 5 | Woodwind Solo - Beginners to Grade 1 |
| Bora Ozbay | 3rd | 7 | Woodwind Solo - Grade 2 & 3 |
| Juvan Sivasenthan | 3rd | 7 | Woodwind Solo - Grade 2 & 3 |
| George Kotsidis | 3rd | 7 | Woodwind Solo - Grade 4 & 5 |
| Isaac West | 1st | 8 | Woodwind Solo - Grade 6 & 7 |
| Oliver Stopford | 2nd | 3 | Write and Read a Story - Year 3-4 |
| Nathaniel Roberts | 3rd | 3 | Write and Read a Story - Year 3-4 |
| Milan Qureshi | 3rd | 4 | Write and Read a Story - Year 3-4 |
| Oliver Barbour | 1st | 8 | Write and Read a Story - Year 7-8 |
| Abhay Raghunath | 3rd | 7 | Write and Read a Story - Year 7-8 |
| Edward Keggin | 3rd | 8 | Write and Read a Story - Year 7-8 |
| Austin Reddy | 1st | 6 | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 4-6 |
| Bora Ozbay | 1st | 7 | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 7-8 |
| Spencer O'Boyle | 2nd | 7 | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 7-8 |
| Alex Brooksbank | 3rd | 7 | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 7-8 |
More photos to follow next week . . .