Here at EIC we have ‘traditions’ (events that happened last year as well as this!) ‘established traditions’ (events that have happened for at least three years running!) ‘long established traditions’ (five years or more!) then there is the Sixth Form Show which has been staged every year since 1988, before most of you students were born.

Each year a new pool of talent enters the Sixth Form and rarely does anyone appear in more than two shows, so the show itself is always fresh and new. This year we also had a new director, the latest in a much shorter line of only three or four names. We waited with anticipation to see how the new show would look.

Anyone who was the slightest bit worried need have had no fear, the show was excellent! Some new ideas blended well with the traditional to produce a refreshing new twist on the established theme. The comedy was first class, the dancing was beautiful, the music and singing superb, the writing of the ‘home grown’ stuff was brilliant and the boys looked good in all those girlie outfits. I don’t want to single out individuals for praise amongst so much that was excellent, although Emerson’s legs deserve a special mention. I hear one or two of the girls are quite jealous.

It is gratifying to see that ‘the show’ which is one of the highlights of the year is, once again, in very capable hands and I, for one, hope that Lucy Hughes stays around to direct many more of them.

Geoff Lawrence