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News Report Page 6 of 18
Publication Date:- 2018-17-03
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The need for speed! Hundreds of School children to celebrate world speed record hero

OVER 400 local Schoolchildren from Sefton and Knowsley have come together to perform an unforgettable celebration of music, song and dance. Sefton and Knowsley Youth (SKY) Music Hub have host a special musical event, on Friday, 16 March 2018, to celebrate Sir Henry Segrave's world land speed record, which took place in Southport, Merseyside.

In March 1926, racing driver Sir Henry captured the land speed record, on Ainsdale beach, Southport. In his Sunbeam Tiger car, Sir Henry reached a speed of more than 152 mph; seizing the world land speed record from his rival.

The former fighter pilot was the 1st person to hold both a land speed and water speed record simultaneously, and was the 1st person to travel at 200 mph in a land vehicle.

His extraordinary achievements have been celebrated through the medium of song, dance and art, as 400 School children, from 8 local Schools, join together to perform:- 'A Musical Celebration.'

The event took place on 16 March 2018, at The Auditorium, within the Liverpool ACC, with children performing a number of songs inspired by:- speed, movement and different rhythms.

The event also featured:- instrumental music, original songs, dance performances and the premier massed performance of 'Speed' by Stuart Overington.

SKY Music Hub was launched in July 2016 as a joint venture between Sefton Council and Knowsley Council Music Hubs, to create:- "a thriving music education hub of inspirational musical activity for all children and young people.This lead to the vocal team began formed, with the aim of leading the project inspired by the 90th Anniversary of Sir Henry's land speed record. Over the past 2 years the SKY Music Hub vocal team has been working with Schools across the Region, with the project coming to an its exciting finale at this event. 

The participating in this climatic event where the following Schools:- Westvale Primary (Kirkby), St Luke's Catholic Primary School (Prescot), St Aidan's Catholic Primary School (Huyton), St John's CE Primary (Waterloo), St Nicholas CE Primary (Blundellsands), Our Lady of Compassion (Formby), Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (Southport) and Melling Primary School (Melling) and Green Park Primary School (Maghull).

Dancers from the Merseyside Youth Association (MYA) took centre stage alongside talented instrumentalists, while artwork created by students from Presfield High School and Specialist College will also be presented on the night.

Composer, arranger and musical director Andy Smith has also created a grand finale which will involve all 400 participants.

Chris Lennie, lead of SKY Music Hub said:- "We are all looking forward to this event, which will bring together the young people of Knowsley and Sefton to celebrate their musical achievements. It's also a fantastic way to celebrate motor racing record breaker Sir Henry Segrave!  It has been great to work in collaboration with all our partners which has inspired so many children to pick up an instrument, sing, dance and create art.  The talented group of young people have embraced the theme and absolutely love all the music; their energy will be infectious on the night! Everyone at SKY Music Hub, including our partners are passionate about giving youngsters the chance to be creative and have the opportunity to perform on stage. We can't wait to showcase the phenomenal talent in our local area."

Becky Woods, Headteacher at St Nicholas CE Primary, who is bringing along 28 children to perform at the event, said the Year 5 class and teaching staff are:- "are thrilled to be taking part in the performance."

She added:- "The vocal tuition provided by Sky Music Hub has been excellent and the children have thoroughly enjoyed all the rehearsals. Our School has a great tradition of high quality singing and we are always looking out for events which allow our children to perform as it is so good for their confidence and self discipline. This is a fantastic opportunity for the children to perform in a professional venue and we cannot thank the Hub staff enough for all their hard work, skill and enthusiasm."

 
      
 
   
 
 
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