St Paul’s Cathedral: Photo diary – Katie T + Bea C

St Paul’s Cathedral: Photo diary – Katie T + Bea C

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1. On the 14th of October, after a quick rehearsal during Tutor time, (and a 2 hour bus journey) we arrived at the Square outside St Pauls Cathedral.
2. Mr Key put Katie and Rachael in charge of getting the banner on and off the bus – maybe not the best decision he has made!
3. After arriving, we had 40 minutes of free time. Us Y12 girls enjoyed Starbucks (almost a tradition of ours) and a walk about the area.
4. After our free time, we were able to make our way through St Paul’s Cathedral, we passed the coffin that was originally intended to hold Cardinal Wolsey, but now holds Admiral Nelson. It was very cool!
5. We had the honour to rehearse with Pangbourne College and London Nautical City of London Academy for around 2 hours. It sounded AMAZING and the choirs sang exceptionally well!
6. Whilst we sung, no one could help admiring the incredible, vast architecture and art of the Cathedral ceiling. It blows us away every year!
7. After the rehearsal, we had an hour of free time in a shopping centre next to the Cathedral. A range of shops the choristers went to were: H&M, Zara, Boots, etc. Though, us Y12 girls decided to spend our life savings having lunch at Nandos and some sweet treats at M&S.
8. Finally, the Service. It is always an incredible experience for everyone to be involved in a Royal Seafaring Event. Jake and Bella (The Head of Schools) carried the school banner in and out with poise and elegance, and us choristers truly sang our hearts out during the anthems and hymns. It was quite an experience being 5m away from Princess Anne whilst she was reading in the service.

After we had all packed our robes and folders back into the coach, we headed home. The annual trip to McDonalds on the way home was a treat as usual, although everyone was very tired after a long and busy day rehearsing and shopping. We arrived back to school at 22:00, and I’m sure once everyone had been picked up or gone back to their boarding houses, they were missing St Paul’s Cathedral already.

As always, we need to especially thank all the members of staff involved. Mr Martineau, Mr Davy, Reverend Page, Mrs Turner, and of course… Mr Allen. Me and Bea look forward to the St Paul’s Cathedral trip every year, and it wouldn’t be able to take place without all the behind the scenes planning and activity that our teachers do day in and day out. Thank you for always making this trip so enjoyable!

(One more little thank you needs to go to the Bus driver. Thank you for all the fun facts on our ‘tour’ of the London Area of Canary Wharf. As annoying as it may have been, his facts were interesting and enjoyable to hear!) (And in addition thank you to Bea for the photos! )

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