32 students from Carisbrooke College, Medina College and The Island VI Form had the amazing opportunity of performing at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival!
Our students have rehearsed endlessly and shown incredible effort and enthusiasm in putting these performances together and gathering the confidence needed to stand up in front of a field full of people cheering them on. Students performed on the stage in the busy KidZone on Sunday afternoon and had the unique opportunity to see first hand how stage managers and sound technicians operate; learning all about set logistics, scheduling, soundchecks and life backstage.
Students from Carisbrooke College’s ‘School of Rock’ group opened our set with hits from 3 of this year’s festival headliners: George Ezra, Pulp and Blondie. Following this, The Island VI Form’s Olivia McC performed her own catchy original song ‘Take a Hint’, supported by fellow VI Form musicians. Our IWEF Stage Band (comprising students from all three sites) then wowed the crowd with REM’s ‘Shiny Happy People’ followed by Medina and Carisbrooke’s ‘Sing’ choirs uniting to perform ‘Royals’ by Lorde. The set was finished with a rousing rendition of Sunday headliner Robbie Williams’ iconic hit song ‘Angels’.
