The Name’s Bond…

Last week our Assembly Hall transformed into a movie set as our Music Department showcased their Bond event.

Pupils and staff have been rehearsing round the clock to perfect their performances and it showed. With stage lighting and sound checks complete the first half began with our pupils singing:

•  James Bond Theme – The Hutchie Bond Band
•  From Russia with Love (1963) – Daniel (S5)
•  Goldfinger (1964) – Bow (S5)
•  Thunderball (1965) – Lara (S4)
•  You Only Live Twice (1967) – Rachel (S3)
•  We Have All the Time in the World – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) – Andrew (S6)
•  Diamonds are Forever (1971) – Sally (S3)
•  Nobody Does it Better; The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) – Iona (S4)
•  For Your Eyes Only (1981) – Nina (S5)

We were delighted that Grange Aston Martin Edinburgh supported our Bond event by bringing their DBS Superleggera into the school grounds on Wednesday night – the model which featured in the last Bond film No Time To Die. For a £2 donation, guests had the chance to have their photo taken beside the supercar with all money going to our school charity Cure Leukaemia. Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser and to S3’s Logan for his time taking the incredible photos.

After the interval our performers sang:

•  The Living Daylights (1987) – Vincent (S5), Sarah (S3) Zainab (S5)
•  GoldenEye (1995) – Nikitha (S4)
•  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) – Ilaria (S3 – Wednesday night) and Leila (S3 – Thursday night)
•  You Know my Name; Casino Royale (2006) – Isaac (S5), Mariam (S3), Orla (S3), Rowan (S2)
•  Another Way to Die; Quantum of Solace (2008) – Scarlett (S2), Rachael (S2), Sheer (S2)
•  Skyfall (2012) – Annvita (S6)
•  The Writing’s on the Wall; Spectre (2015) – Kyle (S4)
•  No Time to Die (2021) – Laura (S5)

Supporting our singers were the Bond Band:

•  Violin 1 – Mr Ewart, Miss Green, Rohan (S6)
•  Violin 2 – Lucy (S5), Rebecca (S5), Sofia (S6)
•  Cello – Mrs Harrington, Mr Petrac, Sam (S6), Esther (S6)
•  Piano / Keys – Mr Corkey, Miss McGlynn, Maoyang (S6), Emily (S3), Ella (S3), Vincent (S5)
•  Guitar – Mr Sim, Jacob (S5), Ansh (S5), Finn (S5)
•  Bass Guitar – Charlie (S5), Blaire (S3), Isaac (S5), Charlie (S5), Sheer (S2), Miss McGlynn
•  Drums – Rushi (S5), Ansh (S5), Charlie (S5), Isaac (S5)
•  Percussion – Mr Furmedge
•  French Horn – Eilidh (S3)
•  Trumpet/Flugelhorn – Mr Rhodes
•  Trombone – Euan (S6)

Tim Rhodes, Director of Music & Performance said

“Our pupils have worked really hard, and we are really proud of what they have achieved in such a short space of time. Thank you to my colleagues in the Music Department who have worked tirelessly and with such a positive attitude. They have helped to make Bond a really special event, by coaching pupils, arranging music and helping in so many ways. I am sure you will agree how amazing everybody on and around the stage sounds. Great team effort everybody.”

Both nights our performers excelled and certainly raised the bar for the next event. It was an incredible evening to showcase Hutchie talent. Although Daniel Craig didn’t turn up, the event was still perfect. Congratulations to everyone involved especially the 00 Agents who were the unsung heroes of the night. Thank you to Rob Lindblade Photography for capturing these wonderful images.