Bedford Prep boys joined pupils across the county last week to compete in the Bedfordshire Festival of Music, Speech and Drama.
The festival, which has been running since 1921, is always a wonderful celebration of pupils’ musical and dramatic talent and reflects the town’s vibrant, creative culture.
Our boys enthusiastically performed in the friendly competition, some for the first time. We are proud of every one of them for taking to the stage.
Congratulations to Daniel Lee (Y6) and Kian Walia (Y7), who were also invited to perform in the prestigious Gala Concert at the end of the week.
‘The high standard of the boys this year was extraordinary and a testament to their hard work, and was reflected in their outstanding results. The boys were complimented throughout the week on their professionalsim. Seeing the boys enjoyment is always a proud moment to behold. Congratulations to each and every one of you that took part!’
| Monty | Adams | Shakespeare Duologue - Years 8 to 10 | 1st |
| Harrison | Ayers | Shakespeare Duologue - Years 8 to 10 | 1st |
| Thomas | Barker | Write and Read a Story - Year 5-6 | 1st |
| Sebastian | Bodfield | Prose Reading Duet - Year 7-8 | 1st |
| Alex | Brooksbank | Song of Worship - Year 9 and under | 1st |
| Alex | Brooksbank | Woodwind Solo Grade 3 | 1st |
| Jeremy | Dunn | Woodwind Solo Grade 2 | 1st |
| Kush | Ganatra | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 1st |
| Richard | Guan | Any Bowed Instrument Pre Grade 1 | 1st |
| Daniel | Joaille-Burge | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 | 1st |
| Siddhu | Lankipalli | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 | 1st |
| Daniel | Lee | Musical Theatre - Year 6-7 - Solo or Duet | 1st |
| Daniel | Lee | Solo Singing Year 6 and 7 | 1st |
| Oscar | McCartie | Prose Reading Duet - Year 7-8 | 1st |
| Shreyan | Patel | Speech and Drama TBC | 1st |
| Shreyan | Patel | Speech and Drama TBC | 1st |
| William | Paull | Dramatic Scene - Year 5-7 | 1st |
| Gurshaan | Powar | Dramatic Scene - Year 5-7 | 1st |
| Oliver | Smart | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 | 1st |
| Oliver | Stopford | Write and Read a Story - Year 3-4 | 1st |
| Aarnav | Varaganti | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 1st |
| Kian | Walia | Song from an animated film including Disney - Solo | 1st |
| Daniel | Zuotong | Dramatic Scene - Year 5-7 | 1st |
| Monty | Adams | Write and Read a Story - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Gene | Baker | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Alex | Brooksbank | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Aaron | Evans | Group Poem - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Rocco | Fattorini | Any Bowed Instrument Pre Grade 1 | 2nd |
| Archie | Fleming | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Freddie | Folbigg | Prose Reading Duet - Year 6 & under | 2nd |
| Kush | Ganatra | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Kush | Ganatra | Presentation - Year 5-8 | 2nd |
| Henry | Gandesha | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Christopher | Gentry | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Christopher | Gentry | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Lucas | Hill | Prepared Reading - Year 8 | 2nd |
| Jacob | Jemmett-Gabrys | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Daniel | Joaille-Burge | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Daniel | Joaille-Burge | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Daniel | Lee | Pop Song | 2nd |
| Edward | Lewis | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 4-6 | 2nd |
| Joseph | Lucas | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Angelo | Milioto | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Arjun | Niravane | Prose Reading Duet - Year 6 & under | 2nd |
| Bora | Ozbay | Woodwind Solo - grade 5 | 2nd |
| Orson | Pettengell | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 | 2nd |
| Monty | Pool | Group Poem - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Adam | Purdie | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Adam | Purdie | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Austin | Reddy | Group Poem - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| William | Saunders | Any Bowed Instrument Grade 1 | 2nd |
| Samarth | Serish | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 | 2nd |
| Cayo | Sinclair | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Cayo | Sinclair | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Oliver | Stopford | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 4 | 2nd |
| Elliot | Thwaite | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 | 2nd |
| Zachary | Wong | Dramatic Scene - Year 8-10 | 2nd |
| Aiden | Beckham | Any Bowed Instrument - Pre-Grade 1 | 3rd |
| Sebastian | Bodfield | Any Bowed Instrument Grade 3 | 3rd |
| Alex | Brooksbank | Shakespeare Solo - Year 8-10 | 3rd |
| Dominic | Burton | Prepared Reading - Year 5 | 3rd |
| Arjun | Dey | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 7 | 3rd |
| Fiyinfoluwa | Fasehun | Reading from a Religious Text - Year 7 & under | 3rd |
| Oliver | Gauntlett | Any Bowed Instrument Grade 4 | 3rd |
| Christopher | Gentry | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 8 | 3rd |
| Alex | Gibson | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| Major | Grewal | Duologues - Year 5-6 | 3rd |
| Nathan | Hammond | Prepared Reading - Year 3 | 3rd |
| Sridhar | Manikanda Prabhu | Write and Read a Story - Year 3-4 | 3rd |
| Thomas | McDonald | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 6 | 3rd |
| Alfred | Meredith | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 4-6 | 3rd |
| Angelo | Milioto | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| Tristan | Price | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 | 3rd |
| Milan | Qureshi | Dramatic Solo - Year 5-6 | 3rd |
| Abhay | Raghunath | Write and Speak a Poem - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| Gabriel | Roberts | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 6 | 3rd |
| Natey | Roberts | Write and Read a Story - Year 3-4 | 3rd |
| Cayo | Sinclair | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 8 | 3rd |
| Oliver | Smart | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| Martin | Sun | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| Elliot | Thwaite | Verse Speaking Duet - Year 7 | 3rd |
| Kian | Walia | Duologues - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| Kian | Walia | Dramatic Solo - Year 7-8 | 3rd |
| James | Workman | Duologues - Year 5-6 | 3rd |
| Ted | Yeung | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 8 | 3rd |
| Daniel | Zuotong | Verse Speaking Solo - Year 5 | 3rd |
