The WHS Winter Festival featured students from across all years of the school who delivered a combination of individual and group performances. These included solo instrumentals, guitar/vocal and piano/vocal duets, band performances and dance routines.

Among those taking part were members of the school’s production band who had taken a break from rehearsing for next March’s school production, ‘Popstars the 90s musical’, to contribute to the showcase.

Event organiser and teacher of music, Lewis Fryer, said: “Huge congratulations to everyone involved in the WHS Winter Festival. To see a packed-out hall of parents, friends and family made it a really special occasion. The students have been working tirelessly over the past few months, rehearsing and dedicating their time to producing a range of outstanding performances. I am immensely proud of all of those who took part and congratulate them on delivering such a successful concert.”

Jamie Hughes, Head of Creative Arts and teacher of dance, added: “It was great to see our dancers, musicians and singers in the Winter Festival. Mr Fryer first created a combined arts (Art, Dance, Drama and Music) showcase at Hull University’s Middleton Hall in summer 2023, with a follow-up event taking place there in June this year.

“This most recent event is an extension of those showcases and, in an exciting development, featured 50 of our dancers. For me, this was really special as some of our Key Stage 4 dancers had taken the lead in organising the routines and had acted as excellent role models to younger students as they embarked on the first performance of the year. Moreover, seeing our very own school hall filled with our students’ friends and families, alongside members of staff and guests from community, is always very special.”