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Jul 27th 2010

Many congratulations to everyone who entered the UK Rock Challenge 2010 "Spirit of Rock Challenge" Competition !

After much deliberation, we have 1st to 3rd places plus four "Commended": they are...

1st - "Monsters in the Blacks" by Joseph Dagnall, King Alfred's Sports College
2nd - "Dali Invasion" by Trudy Bell, Alameda Middle School and Redbourne Upper School
3rd - "Dressing Room Meeting" by Joseph Dagnall, King Alfred's Sports College

and in order of school name

Commended - Untitled entry by Sara Kelly, Bucksburn Academy
Commended - "Epic Air Guitar" by Joseph Dagnall, King Alfred's Community Sports College
Commended - Untitled entry by Mrs McNicholas, St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Commended - "Wavell" by Katie Hedger, The Wavell School

Huge congratulations to the photographers - here's looking forward to 2011 !

Tim Macfarlane (UK Rock Challenge Event Manager)

Jul 25th 2010

It's been nearly 2 months since our performance and i'm really really looking forward to the auditions : hopefully our next performance is a great hit.
Can't wait to do rock challenge again. Thanks to all our teachers who all had their part to play in our performance!
Shannon (Walton High School)

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Jul 23rd 2010

Great to see the coverage gained by St. Bede's Catholic Science College UK Rock Challenge Team in their local newspaper the "Boston Standard" - well done, everyone !
John (editing)

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Terrigal High School (click 33°26'31.41"S 151°25'44.34"E into Google Earth to find it :) is putting on a show that promises to "take you on a walk down memory lane through the corridors of the past and into the present. The current cast and crew will present a performance like never before."

"We will take you back ..... way back to 1993 ..."

There's more. A lot more - you can read the rest of it about half-way down Terrigal's latest Newsletter dated July 23rd and to be found here as a Word.doc file. If you prefer, it's also available as an article in the online edition of the CENTRAL COAST "Express Advocate" newspaper.

The show's on August 25th and 26th, tickets are on sale from the school starting on Monday July 26th. 600 costumes, 400 costume changes ... memories of each and every year since Terrigal started on their multi-award-winning Rock Eisteddfod involvement. If you're within a hundred miles of Terrigal on those dates, you've just GOT to be there ?!! :)

John (editing)

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Jul 21st 2010

Any news on when the videos will be put up/ grctv being fixed?
Katrina (Little Flower Girls' School, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
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Sorry, Katrina, but "No". It's very frustrating, isn't it...
John (editing)

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Was good to see a few familiar "Rock Challenge" faces when Wendy and I attended Cathedral School's stunning "CAPA" performance of "Jesus Christ, Superstar" this evening :)
John (editing)

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Jul 20th 2010

Hi everybody,

We’ve extended the deadline for the photo competition to tomorrow. If you took a great photo at Rock Challenge® and want to put it forward for the photo competition, please attach it to an email and send it to tim@rockchallenge.co.uk by 4pm tomorrow :)

Tim Macfarlane (Event Manager, UK Rock Challenge)

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Jul 13th 2010

This online page in yesterday's "St ALBANS & HARPENDEN Review" newspaper carries news of Nicholas Breakspear School's UK Rock Challenge National Awards!
John (editing)

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Jul 10th 2010

Well, folks, that's the 2010 UK Rock Challenge Tour officially at an end - everyone ready with their plans for 2011?
Just back from an amazing 2 days in Carlisle. I have to admit I wasn't sure what to expect from a junior show but I was not disappointed - quite a few of the performances would not have looked out of place at a senior show!
I had a great time judging on Thursday and volunteering backstage on Friday (and a big shout-out to the Netherhall guys who were backstage - thoroughly enjoyed our dance breaks!)
Miss M (Peterhead Academy, Scotland)

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Jul 9th 2010

This online page of Cumbria's "Times and Star" newspaper has brief details of the themes seen at last night's Junior Rock Challenge (Day 1) at Carlisle! The following teams from the Workington area get mentions: Ashfield Juniors, Beckstone Primary, Victoria Juniors, St, Gregory's Primary, and Victoria INFANTS. (There are also 32 photos :)
But wait - there's MORE !! The "Times and Star" has also covered Netherhall School's UK Rock Challenge National Award! Go here to read that article and see even more photos :)
John (editing)

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Jul 8th 2010

Good Luck Mayfield and Hensingham for Friday's performance. More importantly, have lots of fun!
Alison Marsland (Mayfield Special School and Hensingham Primary School, Cumbria)

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Good to see the Carlisle Junior Rock Challenge getting coverage in today's online edition of the "The Whitehaven News" newspaper ! Good Luck, everyone :)
Old John ... editing with a bad back at home in Yorkshire instead of being there at the Sands Centre in Carlisle :(

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Jul 6th 2010

The list of winners of the 2010 UK ROCK CHALLENGE NATIONAL AWARDS has just gone live on the website: click here to see who they are !
John (editing)

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Congratulations, Archie, on winning the National Open Awards for Best Drama Skills and Concept Interpretation! Also well done on your nominations in the other areas!
Well done to all the other award winners too! :)
Miss Rock Challenge xx (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Huge congratulations to our Upper Sixth girls who have won the National Award for Student Leadership! What an incredible achievement!!!
Well done, girls! You really have deserved it after all your hard work this year! You believed in the daydream, and worked together as one to make a difference...
You made it right!! Keep dancing and believe!! ;-)
Miss Willis (Belfast Model School for Girls, Northern Ireland)

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Jul 4th 2010

Good Luck to Moresby School for their Rocka Challenge! Hope you have as great a day as we did at ours :)
Looking forward to your performance.
Karen Mackay (St Benedict's Catholic High School, Whitehaven, Cumbria)
ps Will be on the look out for you, John x
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See you there, Karen !

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Jun 30th 2010

Two National Award Nominations for our student-led team!! Woohoo!
Congratulations, girls! Very well deserved! You are now officially over-achievers! ;-)
Well done!
Miss Willis (Liaison Teacher, Belfast Model School for Girls)

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Jun 29th 2010

Dear all,

We're delighted once again to announce the nominations for this year's National Open and Premier Division Awards!

Please find below a list of all the National Awards and the nominated schools in each category - have a look and see if you've been nominated this year! Please note that the National Awards are judged by a different panel of judges from those at the live events and are judged not only on the live performance, but also the performances as seen on the mixed-angle DVDs. A massive congratulations to all these schools as just getting a nomination is an incredible achievement in itself!

The winners in each category listed, along with the winners of the national awards for Student Leadership, Achievement in Drug Awareness, Media Management, Healthy Lifestyle, School Community Support, Press Coverage, and Positive Inclusion will be announced via the website and email on Monday, July 5th.

Congratulations and good luck to all those nominated!
All the best - Tim (Event Manager - UK Rock Challenge®)

2010 UK ROCK CHALLENGE NATIONAL OPEN AND PREMIER AWARDS

CHOREOGRAPHY:
National Open Award - Belfast Model School, Kings Langley School, Mayfield School, Portsmouth, Millais School, Sandringham School, St Thomas à Becket Catholic College, Totton College, Wolfreton School
National Premier Award - Bullers Wood School, Hornsea School and Language College, The Lindsey School and Community Arts College, South Downs College, Thornton Grammar School

PERFORMANCE SKILL:
National Open Award - Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Belfast Model School, The Cathedral School Wakefield's School for the Arts, Kings Langley School, The Lakes School, Park Community School, Woodlands Community College, Yateley School Open Team
National Premier Award - Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Mountbatten School, Ravens Wood School, Sandown High School, South Downs College

SOUNDTRACK:
National Open Award - Andrew Marvell Business and Enterprise College, Chichester College, Northcott School, Portsmouth College, Rickmansworth School, St Bede's Catholic Science College, Stainburn School and Science College, Totton College, Webster's High School
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, Hornsea School and Language College, Ravens Wood School, Ryde High School, Southfield Technology College, The Wavell School

HAIR DESIGN:
National Open Award - Cambridge House Grammar School, Cockermouth School, Netherhall School Specialist Sports College, Portsmouth College, Rickmansworth School, Westhill Academy, Yateley School Open Team
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Lytchett Minster School, Mountbatten School, Peterhead Academy, Southfield Technology College

MAKE-UP DESIGN:
National Open Award - Howden School and Technology College, Netherhall School Specialist Sports College, Newsome High School and Sports College, Park Community School, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Rickmansworth School, Royds School Specialist Language College, Totton College
National Premier Award - Cox Green School, Hornsea School and Language College, Lytchett Minster School, Mountbatten School, Ravens Wood School, Thornton Grammar School

COSTUME DESIGN:
National Open Award - Airedale High School the Arts College, Ballee Community High School, Mayville High School, Stainburn School and Science College, St Peter's Catholic School Team One, Woodlands Community College, Yateley School Open Team
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, Mountbatten School, Thornton Grammar School, The Wavell School, Yateley School Premier Team

SET DESIGN:
National Open Award - Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Ballee Community High School, Bridgemary Community Sports College, King Richard School, Matthew Humberstone School, Mayfield School, Mayville High School, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Hornsea School and Language College, Ravens Wood School, Thornton Grammar School, The Wavell School

STAGING:
National Open Award - Airedale High School the Arts College, Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Denbigh School, Mayville High School, Royds School Specialist Language College, Stainburn School and Science College, Yateley School Open Team
National Premier Award - Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Cox Green School, Mountbatten School, Ravens Wood School, Sandown High School, The Wavell School

DRAMA SKILLS:
National Open Award - , Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Cockermouth School, Denbigh School, Durrington High School, Friesland School Specialist Performing Arts School, King Richard School, Newsome High School and Sports College, Richard Rose Academy, St Mary's College
National Premier Award - Cox Green School, Ravens Wood School, South Downs College, Southfield Technology College, Yateley School Premier Team

CONCEPT INTERPRETATION:
National Open Award - Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Carisbrooke High School, The Cathedral School Wakefield's School for the Arts, Lambeth Academy, Matthew Humberstone School, Queen Elizabeth's School, West Sussex, Winton School, Wolfreton School
National Premier Award - Bullers Wood School, Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Cox Green School, Sandown High School, Southfield Technology College

CONCEPT ORIGINALITY:
National Open Award - Christ the King College Team Two, Hamble Community Sports College, Lister Community School, Matthew Humberstone School, Nelson Thomlinson School, Nicholas Breakspear School, Wildern School Team One, Shelley College
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, The Lindsey School and Community Arts College, Peterhead Academy, Ryde High School, Withernsea High School

ENTERTAINMENT:
National Open Award - Crookhorn College of Technology, The Holy Trinity C of E School, Matthew Humberstone School, Park Community School, Richard Rose Academy, St Columba's Catholic Boys' School, Winifred Holtby Technology College, Wolfreton School, Woodlands Community College
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, Bullers Wood School, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, Ravens Wood School, The Wavell School, Withernsea High School

VIDEO PERFORMANCE:
National Open Award - Chichester College, Denbigh School, Filsham Valley School, Nicholas Breakspear School, Portsmouth College, Shelley College, St Bede's Catholic Science College
National Premier Award - Peterhead Academy, Rawlett Community Sports College, Ryde High School, South Holderness Technology College, The Wavell School, Yateley School Premier Team

LIGHTING DESIGN:
National Open Award - The Cathedral School Wakefield's School for the Arts, The Grammar School at Leeds, John Spendluffe Technology College, King Edward VI Humanities College, Mayfield School, Hampshire, Mayville High School, The Priory Academy LSST, St Peter's Catholic School Team Two, Worthing College
National Premier Award - Ashfield Girls' High School, Cox Green School, The Lindsey School and Community Arts College, Sandown High School, The Wavell School

STAGE CREW:
National Award for Best Stage Crew - Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Bridgemary Community Sports College, Cox Green School, Hornsea School and Language College, Matthew Humberstone School, Park Community School, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Shelley College, Stainburn School and Science College, Testbourne Community School, Thornton Grammar School, The Wavell School

Jun 28th 2010

A very big well done to all the schools and people that took part in the rock challenge performances! It was a fantastic night and our school absolutely loved it!!
A big thank-you to all the schools that helped us on the night, to all the crew for helping us get sorted, and also a big thank-you to all our helpers: you all truly made our night special!!
Courtney G. (St. John's Primary School, Gosport, Hampshire)

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Hihi! xx
I have already written a message in but i would like to say another well done to everyone: it was amazing !!!!!! Every school that took part was awesome: it was a fun night (and the school that won deserved to win - well, that's what i think anyway :)
Thanks again for giving St John's a brilliant night ... thanks xx
Sophz (St John's)

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Jun 27th 2010

Now that rock challenge 2010 is done for us there is an empty space in my life ... can't wait til next year!! WWWWWOOOOHHHHOOOO!!!
Lee B. (Charter Academy, Southsea, Hampshire)

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Jun 25th 2010

Hey!
I'm interested in getting my school involved in the Carlisle Junior Event 2011 ... when would the entry forms need to be completed by?
Thanks - Stace :)
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Entries for the 2010 Tour opened at 7am on Sept 9th 2009, Stace, when the "We Intend To Enter" forms were placed - with a few seconds of 7am - on several websites, the locations of which were announced in advance.
Places in the 2010 Tour were allocated strictly in the order in which completed "We Intend To Enter" forms were received back at UKRC HQ: most places were filled by the end of that day.
I've not yet received notice of the entry date for 2011 but let's assume early September 2010 and 7am~ish (though I confess I still prefer the idea of midnight :)
Hope that helps ?!
Old John (editing)

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Jun 24th 2010

We are all off on holiday tomorrow and looking forward to starting our new Rock Challenge in six weeks time. Can't wait!
Firpark School, Motherwell, Scotland

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Jun 23rd 2010

Hey john!
Just to inform you that OLDIES'S COMING BACK 2011! However, we need to know how to get an entry form and also when it has to be in by - could you help us? :D xx
Becky (Oldmachar Academy, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland)
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Hi, Becky !! Brilliant to hear you guys will be back - looking forward to Abdy 2011 even more already :)
Now then ... if you'd been a member of the newsy-emails list from the website (send a blank email to ukrc-subscribe@topica.com if not :) you'd already know all about it but ... oh heck: can't keep you in suspense a moment longer ... Go to this page for help - get back to me for more if you need it.
Old John (editing on a warm night in Yorkshire :)

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Jun 22nd 2010

Why Doesn't The Global Videos Website Work ?
Josh P. (Winifred Holtby School, Hull)
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Go to this website page for the answer, Josh.
John (editing :)

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Jun 19th 2010

Hihi! xx
A big "Well done!" to our teacher, Mrs Beadell !!! She put a lot of work into our performance.
Well done to every child for their hard work, including Chloe A, Mia H and Courtney G and all the scenery people!!!!
We had a very exciting day and a very good experience: thank-you to everyone from Rock Challenge for making our day special.
Sophie W. (St. John's C of E Primary School, Gosport, Hampshire)

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Jun 17th 2010

Can't believe it - 3 times in a row!!! Wooo!
Well done RWS and all the other schools - you were all awesome :)
Billy T. (Ravens Wood School, Bromley, Kent)

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Jun 15th 2010

My final rock challenge! (At this school anyway)
I can't believe it's all over already! It's been so much fun and it's been such an amazing experience! Not just this year either: all three years I have been taking part in the competition.
I have enjoyed doing it for the last three years so much and am gutted that it is over... I have made so many new friends and being involved in this type of thing has even helped me decide what career path I wish to follow once I leave school.
Well, what can I say! "Thank-you!" to all the people - the production team and volunteers (and of course you, john!!) - who have helped to make this such an amazing and memorable experience, and I hope many more people can continue to enjoy rock challenge over the years as much as I have!!
Hopefully I can continue this once I go on to college: meanwhile I am just praying that my school change their minds and allow year 11s to take part in rock challenge next year...
Chris (Mouse - Woodlands Community College, Southampton)
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Hi, Chris :)
Check out section 4.7 on page 13 of last year's INDEPENDENT REPORT into UK Rock Challenge.
John (editing)

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Well done, everyone, and a huge thank-you to kelly, mrs pearce and charlotte :D for our amazing dance which got us into the finals and placed 3rd. I will miss not doing rock challenge next year but i wish to help :D x
Charlie (Woodlands)

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Jun 14th 2010

Would like to congratulate all the schools who competed at Portsmouth last Wednesday and Thursday. The standard was so high and you were all a credit to your school and a pleasure to work with. A special shout to Portsmouth College who were the essence of the Rock Challenge Spirit with your total support for every school!
John, great to see you and Wendy are still working so hard for the cause.
Looking forward to next year already.
Hope the Rock Crew have a great summer!
Keith (Rock Challenge Crew Member)

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To all who take part in Rock Challenge: wow, this year has been amazing, especially for Bridgemary, who won the Southern Grand Final on Thursday night - congrats!! Thank you so much for an enjoyable, if tiring, night's entertainment. A special thank-you from the Governors to Miss White and the rest of the crew for everything they have done for the team.
Congrats also to Ravenswood: I know that a few bonds have been formed this year between performers from both Schools.
Bob Bell (Parent Governor, Bridgemary Community Sports College, Gosport, Hampshire)

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Well done Ravens Wood. Winning 3 years on the trot!
All the students (Jake and Lee especially) and teachers involved are fantastic. Keep up the hard work: it's worth it!
Love - Carryn (Queen B / Parent, Ravens Wood)

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Hello, Ravens Wood :)
Your third Prem win in a row is a first for UK Rock Challenge: I am waiting to hear from Australia whether or not it's a first for Global Rock Challenge worldwide...
Sincerely - old John from the stage-left wings who's now back to website editing from at home in Yorkshire :)
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It's not a worldwide first, Ravens Wood. Randwick did it from 2001-2003 and St Columba's have also had 3 winning entries in a row. There might be others, but those are two to my knowledge =)
All the best - Tim (UKRC Event Manager)

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Jun 13th 2010

Well, what can i say?! Rock Challenge is amazing!!! It brings people together from different age groups and it was amazing :)
Well done, woodlands - came 3rd: yay!!!! Thank-you to kelly, mrs pearce and everyone else :D
Alice (Woodlands)

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Well done to everyone who performed on the 11th of June! you were all so supportive (especially Woodlands!).
Everyone who got placed was really, really good and overall rock challenge was a great experience.
Shannon (Walton High, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

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We had an awesome day on Friday 11 June. What a brilliant experience for everyone involved.
Only our 2nd year and we'd made the Finals! So proud of all my team: you were a credit to our school.
So pleased with the "Spirit" award. That meant so much to us: thank you.
All the schools were brilliant: what a tough decision for the judges.
Well done to everyone who took part. I can't wait until next year!
Emma B. (Walton High)

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Congratulations to Ravens Wood school who won the southern Premier finals for the third year in a row! Your theme was amazing and I loved the penguin costumes!
Sandown High School, your performance made me cry! :D
Saturday was an amazing day and I can't wait till next year to see what everyone does! xxx
Ashleigh K. (The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire)

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Well done Mountbatten: first year as PREMIER and we came 3rd !!
So proud of all our kids! You are a great bunch! :)
Miss Hunt (The Mountbatten School, Romsey, Hampshire)

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Premier Rock Challenge was AMAZING last night (12th June 2010). We all had so much fun and to top it off we placed 3rd!!! It was an amazing experience! x
Freya (The Mountbatten School, Romsey, Hampshire)

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Jun 12th 2010

Well done to all the schools from friday 11th june! You were amazing :)
Well done woodlands! We came third - woo!!
Not just from me but from everyone from woodlands - we would like to to say a massive thank-you to kelly for our amazing dance and thank-you to everyone else who helped make fun house an amazing piece :D
Jasmine (Woodlands Community College, Southampton)

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I loved doing global rock! It was really fun :)
Hope we win next year!
Emily (Christ the King College, Newport, Isle of Wight)

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Rock Challenge was the best day of my life!
A big shout-out to all the people in rock challenge on the 9th of June 2010: well done to the winners and all the helpers ... it was fantastic
Thank you lots xxxxxxxx
Abbie (St. John's CE Primary School, Gosport, Hampshire)

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Great fun! Pity we didn't win but hopefully there will be more opportunities next year: this year wasn't as good as last's for us!
Thanks very much to the rock challenge crew (and faye was great with us!)
Lauren C. (Christ the King College, Newport, Isle of Wight)

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Jun 11th 2010

Just wanted to say to Kings Langley how proud I was last night watching you all perform. You actually owned that stage and couldn't possibly have done any more!!
You are a special group of kids, Kings, and it is why I love working at this school! WE ROCKED ROCKA and we are already plotting for next year! Hee hee! xxxxxxxxxx
Miss D. (Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire)

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A huge "Well Done!" to all the schools who took part in Portsmouth's Junior events this week, and a personal "Thanks!" to the Guildhall stage crew who got us through our technical difficulties and to Dave who was a great comfort when things were going pear-shaped during our rehearsal: at least we remembered the routine on the night!
Thanks again to everyone - we all had a fab day out :)
Di M. (Bedenham Primary School)

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Rock Challenge 2010 was amazing! Well done to everyone who took part: i thought all the schools were really goood!
I lovve youu, jonathann (the man whoo does the webssitee :) x
Georgia (Winton School)
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Oh Georgia! You are SO KIND ! :)
Do we meet again in 2011 ??!
Old John (editing the website :)

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Well done, Bridgemary! Saw you at your heat: it was amazing then and I knew you'd do well.
Can't wait for the Premiers tomorrow :)
Duncan (Ravens Wood)

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Well done to all the schools in the June 10th finals!
I also want to say thank-you to all our teachers that put all their hard work into it. Love you miss white, miss hogan and miss taylor: you're all the best dance teachers we have ever had xxxxxxxx
Emily-Mae R. (Bridgemary Community Sports College, Gosport, Hampshire)

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This is a bit of a surprise! It's under Beta Test at the moment so don't entrust valuable work to it, but there's an online Microsoft Office suite at office.live.com/summary.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0& - you need a Windows Live account to access it, though :)
John (editing)

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Jun 10th 2010

Good luck to everyone at portsmouth tomorrow!! Can't wait! :D
Chloe (Woodlands Community College, Southampton)

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Rock Challenge tomorrow!!! Can't wait!!
Good luck to all the other schools at the finals tomorrow! I'm sure your pieces will be fantastic!
More importantly, good luck woodlands! Our dance looks amazing in rehearsals - now just to pull it off on the night!!!
ps this will probably be my last year of rock challenge so I'm going to make the most of it!!
Mouse (Woodlands)

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Good luck to everyone at Mayfield School tomorrow! Soo excited :) We can do it !! ;D xxxxxxxxx
Devon (Mayfield School, Portsmouth)

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Good luck to everyone on the 11th June at Portsmouth!
Adam (Woodlands :)

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Hi John!
Please say "Hi!" to the students of kings langley for me! As always, my team are sending their best wishes to the greatest team (after Man Utd, that is :) - the Kings Langley Rock Challenge Team! Good luck this evening: we are all thinking of you all and hope it all goes our way tonight. Do your best !
Graham, Roger and Duncan (the Kings Langley Premises Team xxx)

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Another great night at Rock Challenge! The young people I met on stage at both Tuesday's and Wednesday's Junior Rock Challenge shows were a credit to their parents and schools, each and every one of them cheering when other schools were presented with their awards.
My only disappointment is that some 'grown-ups' still don't seem to understand the reason behind Rock Challenge. They appear to see it as a straight-forward competition, to be won in all circumstances! Can I ask those people to read what the aims of Rock Challenge are, read some of the messages posted on this web-site, and understand that the idea is most definitely 'not the winning but the taking part' and hopefully realise that teaching their young people that having fun on a drug and alcohol-free high IS far more important than where they come in the results!
Lindsey (Sew n So Fabrics)

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Good luck to everyone in Portsmouth! Can't waitt!!!
Jake and Alex! :) (Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire)
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Good Morning, Jake and Alex! Well, we're here in the Guildhall - where are you ??!
Old John (editing :)

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Jun 9th 2010

Heyhey all :]
Good luck for tomorrow to EVERYONE who's competing! Hope you all do well :]
C'mon, kings - we can do thissss :)
Jessica M. (Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire)

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I am just so excited for tomorrow and just cannot wait You're all going to be stunning, Kings Langley, because you're all superstars! Go out on that stage and have the time of your life!
Love you all loads - Mrs B xxxx (Kings Langley)

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Portsmouth tomorrow! :D Everyone at kings langley school is very excited!
Good luck to all the schools competing! Looking forward to seeing everyone :)
Also thank-you to our amazing teachers and dance captains + choreographers! We'd have nothing to perform tomorrow if it wasn't for you!
COME ON KINGS LANGLEY!
Love - Becca B. (Kings Langley)

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The day has finally come and I know we're all VERY excited!
A huge thank-you to everyone involved in Kings Rocka: everyone has worked their hearts out!
Also a huuuuuge MISS YOU to Karen ... I've loved getting to know you as well as i do now and I'm sure it will be a day you'll never forget!
Bring it, team ... love you all xxxxx
Lucy D. (Dance Captain, Kings Langley)

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Tomorrow is going to be SO amazing! I know kings langley are all so excited and we can't wait to see everybody there! Good Luck to everyone performing!!:)
Come on, kings ! xxx
Charlotte R. xx (Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire)

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Eeeeeeeekkk ... tomorrow!!!
Kings Langley, we can do this!
Well done to all the other schools that have competed and gone through to Portsmouth! :)
Becki W. (Kings Langley)

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Good luck to all the schools :-)
Come on kings langley!!
Claudiaa (Kings Langley)

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Well done SFJS for winning on Monday evening: you made us parents very very proud!!!
Well done also to ALL the schools that took part - all the acts were amazing and entertaining and it was a fantastic job by all.
Sarah N xxx (South Farnborough Junior School)

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Jun 8th 2010

Good luck to all the schools on thursday - we'll look forward to seeing you there! I'm sure you'll all be amazing !
Come on kingss! Let's rock this thing! :)
Lots of love - Chloe G. xxxx (Kings Langley)

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PLEASE GET THE GLOBAL ROCK CHALLENGE WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING! GUTTED THAT IT'S NOT!
South Hunsley are in need of inspiration for students to take part and support us but we can't get any videos up to show anyone!
Anonymous (South Hunsley School, East Yorkshire)

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Congratulations to South Farnborough Junior School for winning Junior Rock Challenge 2010 last night at the Portsmouth Guild Hall !
All of the team had put a huge amount of time, effort and hard work and performed a spectacular routine. You did Farnborough Proud.
We all look forward to next year!
Tim, Denise and Ashley H. (South Farnborough Junior School)

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Well done to all the schools that performed at portsmouth on monday 7th. especially the winning school!
So glad to have won 3 medals for our school, especially choreography! Hope you all enjoyed it!
This is my last year in global rock at the orchards, and I just ewant to say a BIG THANK-YOU TO MISS MCCUE, MISS DRAPER, MRS GURNEY AND MR GURNEY, AND MISS MCCUE AND MISS DRAPER - YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB! Thank-you once again x
Maisie (The Orchards Middle School)

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"HOME and Away star Esther Anderson returned to her roots yesterday as she toured Belmont High School" says this article in today's "Geelong Advertiser" newspaper. Ms Anderson recalled her time as a performer in Belmont High School's Rock Eisteddfod Team :)

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Jun 7th 2010

The bestest of luck to Kings Langley on thursday! I am actually heart-broken that i'm not going to be there doing it with you all!
Dance and act your hearts out like i know you can! We can do this, guys! I'll be on the end of the phone all day getting all the gossip!
I would also like to wish all the other schools the best of luck and hope you all do well!
I love love love love all of you from Kings! Go out there and bring it! xxxxxx
Alice N. (Kings Langley)

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Hello everyone, and good luck to you all on thursday at portsmouth! I can imagine you'll all be amazing!!
A special good luck to kings langley: thank-you to all the teachers, dance captains and choreographers for making this year amazing. Come on, kings langley, we can do this!
Good luck again to everyone else: bring on thursday :)
Charlotte N. (Kings Langley)

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Go Kings Go! Will be in the audience on Thursday with everything crossed for you. "Break a leg!" to one and all :)
Amanda B. (Amy B's mum, Kings Langley)

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Can't wait till thursday, I am so excited =]
Good luck to all the schools competing - I an sure it will be a very tough competition.
Good luck to everyone at Kings Langley School - see you all on Thursday =]
Jack N. (Kings Langley)

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Jun 6th 2010

ROCK CHALLENGE JAPAN 2010 = GO !

Rock Challenge will stage its 4th event in Japan this year: it's on 23rd November, rehearsals run 9am till 5pm and the evening show at the Yokohama Kannai Hall will probably start at 6pm.

The Delhi Private School (winners of the 2010 Dubai Rock Challenge) plan to visit and perform, and we are also pleased to connect with the Camp Zama US Army Base too. Additionally, the British Council, British Embassy and British Chamber of Commerce organisations in Japan are all most supportive in the growth of the Rock Challenge - Japan project.

Best wishes - Michael Di Stasio (on behalf of the Japan Rock Challenge Team - Suzi Yamaguchi, Nahoko Swan and Will Thompson)

PS to The Wavell School, UK:- you will be missed in 2010 after 3 years of performances for us, but we are looking forward to your return in 2011 !!!

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Jun 6th 2010

So excited about thursday - going to be fabby fantastic :D
Good Luck to everyone - see you all there! xxx :)
Good Luck KINGS!!! :D
Fiona A. (Kings Langley)

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Four days till the final! Soo excited!
Good luck to everyone taking part :)
Come on kings!
Charlotte (Kings Lamgley)

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Jun 5th 2010

Good Luck to all those competing soon, especially in the finals! There's lots of great competition. Can't wait till ours on thursday!
Hope it all goes well for everyone!
Ross H. (Production Manager, Kings Langley)

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We are nearly there, Kings Langley, and you are working so hard. It is really tough to keep the momentum going from Feb until June, but somehow you are managing.
I would like to take this moment to say a fond farewell to Karen (dance captain) for whom this is her last year in Rocka before she goes off to drama school in Sept. Karen, it has been wonderful to work with you over the last few years and I know you will be amazing in all you do :)
To everyone involved in Rock Challenge next week in the Southern finals, GOOD LUCK! Go out there and bring it like you know you can!
Come on, Kings! Bring it!!!!
Miss D xxx (Kings Langley)

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Portsmouth final's only 5 days away now!! So excited!!
This is my final year of Rock Challenge and i just wanna say a massive thank-you to Miss Dolan, Miss Butt, Lucy and Steph (my two other dance captains), the choreographers and everyone at Kings Langley who is involved. You have made me very proud to be your dance captain in my last year and hopefully we can go out on thursday and rock it like we know we can!!!
Good luck to all the schools competing - it's gonna be great to see all the dances.
C'mon, kings: let's bring it!!
Karen B. (Dance Captain, Kings Langley)

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Less than a week to go and Kings Langley will be giving it their all: keep that energy up and let's bring the blitz spirit to Pompey!
Keep smiling :)
Mrs N xx (Kings Langley)

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Jun 4th 2010

See u next year!
Little Flower are ready to WIN, babbeee!
Caroline xx (Little Flower Girls' School, Belfast, Northern Ireland)

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It's great to see this online page in the "Hull Daily Mail" newspaper covering the part played by the Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire teams in the Northern Finals :)
John (editing)

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Jun 3rd 2010

Congratulations to the Cambridge House Grammar School Rock Challenge Team for getting this comprehensive piece of reporting on last Thursday's Northern Rock Challenge Final into the "Ballymena Times" newspaper in Northern Ireland: well done, guys!
John (editing)

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Jun 2nd 2010

To all my babies, especially the ones I have to say a very fond farewell to!!! You have done me so proud, guys, and the heart-broken sobs from those of you leaving this year is a true testament to what this competition means to us!!
Congrats to all the teams taking part this year (the standard was truly amazing!!) and a massive thank-you to ME MAM!! Massive thank-yous also to JAMES (eat, sleeps and breathes rocka - couldn't have done it without you, hun!!) and also ADAM, SUE, ELISE, SHARON, ZOE, CLAIRE, KAREN, RUHINA, TIM, ANDY, RACHEL, LYNNE and ANDREA!!
Another year over! BRING ON 2011!!
Kay x (Choreographer, Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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Good to see both The Lindsey School and Matthew Humberstone School getting coverage in this online article from the "Grimsby Telegraph" newspaper for their appearances at the UK Rock Challenge Northern Finals !
John (editing)

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Well, girls ... we made it to grimsby and took 3rd place! How amazing :)
I'm so proud to say i came from the student leadership team as it taught us all so much. Proud of every girl that danced and all the stage crew: what an amazing experience :)
Must say that the best school won by far - Cathedral, ur school was outstanding. Never seen anything quite like it. Think i've watched it about 4 times over so far! Well done :)
Last year in rock challenge for me but nevertheless i'll be there supporting next year :)
Well done, model!
Samantha (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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Jun 1st 2010

I can't believe rock challenge is over for another year!
Well done to cathedral! I told you that you would come first! You deserve to - you were awesomeness! I'm gonna miss you all!
I want to thank all the 6th-formers from girls model: without you guys we would not have gone to grimsby or met all the amazing people we did! :)
To all english schools: 'bout ye! :D
I love you all, cathedral! Keith J, Lucas, Sasha, Keisha, Marley, Mattiiii, Joe and everyone else! Danielle, Darren, JIM!
Patch (Belfast Model)

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Hello, John!
It's good to see the messages from team members thanking Rock Challenge for their "Finals" experience. The effort that goes into making these days as good as possible is massive, not only from the paid staff but also from our fantastic volunteers. For instance, we had 3 trained Assistant Stage Managers (Ant, Jonny and Stoddy) working for nothing but the love of the event and we couldn't do it without them. In short, without people willing to lift, lug and sweep with no reward except me shouting for them to work harder and faster, we wouldn't have the pinnacle of our work which is the finals.
I'm not too good at using the message boards but if you want to post any of this, I think it would be great if people knew the selfless effort which goes into making these events all they can be.
Oliver Ashman (ASM, UK Rock Challenge)
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And so, since Ollie said "but if you want to post any of this", I did, and there it is :)
John (editing)

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One week and two days ... 9 days ... 216 hours ...12960 minutes ... 777600000 Milliseconds ... 777600000000000 Nanoseconds ... and counting!!
Come on, Kings Langley: let's show them what Hertfordshire has to offer!!
I am proud of every single one of you.
Miss D x (Liaison Teacher, Kings Langley)

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May 31st 2010

HUGE congratulations to every single team that took part in the Northern Premier Finals. The standard was so high, and I wouldn't have fancied the judges job of placing everyone: it must've been very very close!
Also a shout-out to Southfield Technology College from Cumbria: although you didn't place, your theme was fantastic and definitely raised awareness. Well done, guys!
Anonymous (South Holderness Technology College, East Yorkshire)

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I am so happy that we got 3rd place in the UK Open Finals. Best choreography and student-led too: I couldn't be happier!
6th-years: thank you so much for everything. You made this happen! We couldn't have done it without you :)
I had such an amazing day and met so many lovely people, especially from Cathedral, Hornsea and Matthew Humberstone. I didn't want it to end!
Well done to all the schools who took part in Rock Challenge and a big congratulations to Cathedral! You really deserved your 1st place - good luck for the premier league next year!
I can't believe Rock Challenge is over for another year :(
Zoe (Belfast Model)

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Wow! What a Northern Premier Final! I've never seen so much talent EVER in 8 years of doing Rock Challenge, all under 1 roof!! Everyone was amazing!!
BBEC, you looked totally stunning when those curtains opened and i am so very proud of you!!! Our 3rd year as a premier team, and placing every time is a massive achievement!! We are so pleased to be amongst the best of the North of England! :-)
Congratulations to Thornton for coming 1st! Another Bradford heat school taking the crown!! I have to say with 4 Bradford heat schools placing at Finals this year and two (Cathedral and Thornton) taking the crowns, BRADFORD is the BEST! :-)
James D (BBEC)

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Well done to everybody who took part in the Northern Open and Prem finals but especially well done to Peterhead and Stuart (my apprentice who I think was trying to outshine the ultra-colourful Ashfield girlies in his gold shorts and cloak :) and as 'Head Choreographer' in more ways than 1 for Peterhead, he was especially pleased with the hair award. (I think every member of the Peterhead team had different coloured hairspray on their hair.)
Congratulations also on travelling the furthest distance and still managing to have volunteers in the auditorium at 8 o'clock in the morning and the whole team there shortly after: you all deserved Spirit!
Vanessa Geib (Liaison Teacher, Firpark School, Motherwell, Scotland)

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Well done to everyone! All the schools were amazing. I hope everyone enjoyed their time at grimsby as much as we did.
Katie (Hornsea)

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Wow... what a year this one has been! This year's piece was amazing! Thanks to Luke and his crew, Hylton, Mrs Webb, the other choreographers: all put in so much hard work and dedication.
This was my last year of rock challenge - and a year premature - however, it was a bloomin' good one to go out with!
A massive well done to all the dancers in the team: i'm so proud of what you all achieved. Best Rock Challenge Hornsea have done in a long time!
Well done to Thornton: your piece was amazing! Another huge well done to Ashfield and all the other schools competing: everyone was fantastic!
WE LOVE YOU, HORNSEA WE DO! xxx :)
Emily (Hornsea)

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Just to say a huge well done to everyone who was involved in Hornsea's entry, and an even bigger well done to our stage crew for their well deserved award: you were fantastic, as always.
Congratulations to Thornton: you deserved to win!
I'll miss the Year 11s and 13s who are leaving this year: hope we did you all proud! Rocka definitely won't be the same without you!
Well done to the choreographers and everyone who helped with make up for their awards too.
Roll on next year!
Chloe (Hornsea)

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OMG. Well done, cathedral! Can't believe we won! We were really shocked!
Now we are in the premier division next year! Eeeep! So exciteddd!
All the other schools were great and we made some great friends from westhill academy and belfast model school for girls! It was one amazing day!
Thank-you to all the teachers and Ben who made our dance what it was! xxx
Abbi D. (Cathedral School Wakefield School of The Arts)

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Well done 2 all the kids who took part in rock challenge and the northern premier final competition, and a big well done 2 Ashfield Girls on their great result xx
Agnes G. (Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast, Northern Ireland)

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Well, what can I say?!
Thanks, Rock Challenge, for another fantastic Northern Premier Final.
Well done to Thornton for coming first and all the other schools who took part.
Massive congratulations to Hornsea: you all did yourselves proud with an awesome performance, not only on the night but throughout the day.
A huge thanks to my crew who worked so hard for me and the school - our award was well deserved - and many thanks to the guys who helped me build the set: it wasn't easy but we got there. Thanks Dad, Simon, Pete and Clive :)
I'm proud of every member of our team and will miss the guys who are leaving this year. Once again thanks and well done to everyone involved.
Luke (Stage Manager, Hornsea School and Language College, East Yorkshire)

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I can't believe we came third - it's amazing!!!!
I had soooo much fun at grimsby: made a lot of new friends from cathedral, matthew humberstone and howden school - u r great people :)
Well done to cathedral - u deserved first !!!!!
I'm sooo proud for the sixth years who worked so hard to get this far - i will never forget u !!! xxxxx :D
Stacie xx (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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May 30th 2010

Woo hoo! Furthest-travelled finalists!!!
Had a great time this weekend...but far too tired now. Will post a better message later
Miss M. (Liaison Teacher, Peterhead Academy, Scotland)

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Well done to all the teams that took part in the premier final in Grimsby yesterday! Every single team was truly outstanding!!
Peterhead had an extremely long journey but we were pleased to have won the spirit of rock challenge!!
I LOVED the English accents and found it soo funny when you guys tried to say 'fit lyke' - hahah!
Well done, everyone!! ;D xxxx
Lauren (Peterhead)

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PETERHEED - I AM SOOOOO PROUD OF UZE ALL!! Uze were amazin... uze couldn't have done that any better if u tried ... it looked fantastic :)
Thank you so much to everyone involved in peterhead's performance: no matter how big or small a part u played, it all counts in gettin that performance onto the stage!! We couldn't do it without the help of everyone involved!! We have a great community-supported team :)
I'm not only proud of uze for the performance but also the way uze conducted yourselves throughout the day.... being friendly to everyone, cheering on the other schools, gettin into the right rock challenge spirit, and i think the spirit of rock challenge award was well deserved!!
Thank-you to all the other schools as well for makin the northern premier final the best one in a long time... to be competing at that level is a privilege - we feel like winners just being there with such great teams!! We are just a little school from a little town in the far north-east corner of scotland who travel all the way down to grimsby to have fun, enjoy the day, make new friends and rock that stage (and we sure did that!!)
I couldn't be happier just now... 5 awards and also avoiding relegation to stay in the premier final for another year as scotland's only representatives :)
Must mention my 2 favourite teams apart from my own... thornton and hornsea!! Uze are both amazin teams and it's always a pleasure to watch u perform and share our rock challenge experience with u guys!! Well done on 1st and 3rd!!! Always good to get a chat with karen and danika too :)
And danika... YOU DID IT!! Told u that u cud.. and u deserve it!! Enjoy that star trophy that i dream of one day holding for real :)
Must also mention ashfield girls. You are the most colourful school ever... Ur performances are dazzling and have a good message behind them... Well done on your 2nd place ! :)
Buttershaw.. your performance was outstanding... spot on and so sharp!! People need to realise how good it is to get 4th in the premier final especially when it is of that high a standard!! It is an amazin achievement - i would go absolutely crazy to even just get 5th!! It's not always about the winning (and our team were ecstatic with 5 awards and staying up in the prems!! :)
One last thing... BEST HAIR!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!! Did any1 see my reaction to that award? Hahah :)
Stuart (Peterheed... head choreographer and award-winning hairdresser!)

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Well done to everyone! Thursday was amazing: everyone did really well, especially Andrew Marvell and Wolfreton. A well-deserved second place for wolfreton, and it was just nice to see you there, marvell!
Archie are in the prem! Thank-you to all the teachers, especially mrs b, caroline, miss o'neill, mr roberts for the brilliant set! Well done, team - it was amazing. Love you all and i'll see you next year xx
Hannah C. (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Hello, Karin from Hornsea!
You mentioned "Belfast and Peterhead" and the distances teams travel in order to take part in UK Rock Challenge Finals. I thought you might like to know the "Top Ten" in terms of approximate round-trip mileages ?! They are:

• Peterhead Academy (Scotland) - 906 miles
• Westhill Academy (Scotland) - 854 miles
• Montrose Academy (Scotland) - 772 miles
• Cambridge House Grammar (Northern Ireland) - 732 miles
• Ashfield Girls' High School (Northern Ireland) - 690 miles, and
• Belfast Model School for Girls - 687 miles

• St. Benedict's Catholic High School (Cumbria) - 422 miles
• Costessey High School (Norfolk - a finalist at Portsmouth) - 414 miles
• Southfield Technology College (Cumbria) - 412 miles, and
• Stainburn School and Science College (Cumbria) - 408 miles.

May 29th 2010

Well Done Stainburn ! As if we came second in the final :) !!
This was my last year as a dancer at rock challenge and what a way to leave. Will miss the Stainburn Rock Challenge family :( but will be back to help next year.
Well done to the other schools - what a great day it was !!
Georgina G. (Stainburn School, Cumbria)

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WhatCanISay? Ehhhh!
ThursdayWasAnUnbelievableeExperience :)
Commeee'OnArchiee!WeRockedThatPartyy!! WeCouldn'tHaveDoneItWithout;
MissBuchannn'Caroline'MissWalace'MissO'Neill'MrRoberts'MissAlinson'John'TheCrew'AnddAllOfTheCastt, ThankkYouuu!
LoveddTheeDay'AndWellDoneetoAllTheOtherTeamsThatCompeted :)
Sarah (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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We came 3rd in the uk open finals in grimsby last night! Let's go, model, let's go !!
Well done to Cathedral for coming 1st x and well done to all the other schools there too !
I have to say bye to all our sixth years (it was their last rock challenge) - we did it all for uze
xx gonna miss you all xx
Love - toni xxxx (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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Hi rock challenge!
Thanks for the Open Final yesterday - we all really enjoyed it!!! We met some new people from many other schools and we even became closer to the people in our own school!
We are disappointed that we didn't place but we'll be back for Carlisle next year!!!! (We have a really good theme in mind already! :)
I would also like to say a massive thanks to all the rock challenge staff at our school for making it the best Rock Challenge ever, and to thank Mrs Brook our head mistress for trying all she could to get us to the Finals, with lots of extra activities in our school that funded us to get to the final.
Finally, and on behalf of all the bennies rock challenge team, i would to thank all the rock challenge crew!! See you next year!!
Rock Challenge Rocks !!
Matty (St Benedict's Roman Catholic High School, Whitehaven, Cumbria)

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Thank-you to all of the rock challenge team for an amazing day :)
Well done to everyone who was a part of the uk finals 2010 ! I was blown away by the amount of talent :O
Hope to see you all next year...!
Good luck to ashfield girls :)
Sylvia E. (Cambridge House Grammar School, Northern Ireland)

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Yesterday at Grimsby was amazingg! The atmosphere and buzz was the best I've ever been to. The raves were amazing and soo were all the schools.
Very happy that we got placed 5th. It's a massive achievement for us as we've never been in the final before.
Well done to Cathedral School of the Arts: you were an amazingg school and you were the right winners.
Well done to all the other schools that performed on that day.
Thanks to the rock challenge crew for making it an amazingg day! See you next yearrr! :D (Y)
Marika (Howden School and Technology College, East Yorkshire)

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Well, what can i say?! This has being the most amazingest experience of my life so far and i cannot wait for the premier already!
We couldn't ask for a better rocka team: mrs buchan, thank-you so much for all the time and effort you have put into our dances! Couldn't be possible without you! Mrs O'Niel, thank-you so much for everything -all the shouting you did really stopped us messing about!;) Mr Roberts, what an AMAZING set! Caroline and Mrs Allinson, thank-you for the time you put in to our costumes ... all the washing and ironing the clothes(L)
I love you all so much - it's unbelievable!
Premier next year ! Come on, guys! Let's win this - we can do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jennifer E. (Archie)

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Good Luck to my old school ASHFIELD GIRLS' for tonight :)
LET'S GO ASHFIELD, LET'S GO!! XX
Sarah Williamson (Ashfield Girls' High School)

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Third place!!! Best Choreography!!! Student Leadership award!!! WOW!!!
Absolutely delighted and incredibly proud of our student-led team! What a year and what an end to an amazing rock challenge experience for our 6th years! Well done, girls! You did it!!!
Congratulations to cathedral school, who were quite simply the best I have ever seen! Outstanding performance and a very well deserved win!
See you all again next year! X
Miss Willis (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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May 28th 2010

Even though i should be tucked away in bed RIGHT NOW...just want to wish us luck tomorrow at Grimsby Northern Premier Finals!!!! We've all worked so hard this year and now it's all on tomorrow!!
Would like to add another big thank-you to Kay, James, Sheila for all the time and effort these guys has put in!! I guess the only way we can show our appreciation for these amazing people is to do what us Buttershaw lot do best and that's rock that stage tomorrow!!!!! We're gonna absolutely tear the place down :D
Also good luck to all the other schools !!
Well, must dash and get some shut-eye seeing as I have to be up and ready in 6 hours!!!! Eeeeeeeeeek!!
Charlotteee (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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Well done belfast model school for girls at grimsby ... done us proud !
Student-led and an amazing performance xxxx
Katie R. (BMSfG)

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All i can say is a big thank-you and well done to everyone who took part in rock challenge - you all did brilliant!!
This has been one of my best experiences ever! I am so glad i can leave school knowing we have achieved and won something as awesome as this!
I'm really gonna miss all the archie lot, but i'm coming back :D
I can't wait till next year! It was just... amazing! I still can't take it in ...
I'm sooo grateful to all the staff, crew, cast, stage crew, and Mrs B! Thank you for getting us where we are: i couldn't wish for any better...
And all the other schools - AMAZING! You was alll fab!!
Good luck to all the year 11s who took part...
I'll never forget this! ever! Thank you all! Now we just need to rock the prem! Woooo - come on archie :) xx
Kayleigh x (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Well, onee moree sleep !! Really carntt waitt noww!
I carn't beleave it's been nearli a whole school yr since we started doing Armageddon! It's amazing tbqhh,, andd HOPE we win !!!!!! Come on, BBEC - we cann doo ittt
Lots and lots of love
Charlotte xx (BBEC)

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Ten hours till we go to grimsby!!!!
Just getting my stuff ready now: think i've got everything i need!
Really looking forward to tomorrow: thanks to everyone -both at Hornsea and at Rock Challenge- that made it possible!
Good luck to all the other schools competing!
Chloe x (Hornsea School and Language College, East Yorkshire)

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Woooooooo ! :D Wellll done archie :):) All our hard work has paid off and i absolutely can't wait for the premiers next year.
Last night was truly amazing - every school there was absolutely amazing and had real talent. You should all be really proud of yourselves.
THANK-YOU SO MUCH TO: Ms.Buchan, Ms.O'Neil, Caroline, Mr.Roberts, and everyone else who helped !!
Thank-you to all the rock challenge staff for making it such a good day - can't wait to come back next year ! Woooooo :):):):)
Lauren L. (Archiee!)

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So excited for tomorrow :) Good luck to all the schools competing :D It's going to be such a good day ! :)
COME ON, WITHERNSEA: WE CAN DO IT :D
Amelia (Withernsea High School)

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A big good luck to Belfast Model School for Girls from Little Flowers Rocka Team !
Hope to see uze in Belfast next year !
Caroline (Little Flower Girls' School)

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WOOO! TOMORROW! :)
Got a fractured thumb so going to grimsby with a removable pot that i can take off and hopefully not ruin the whole piece :)
MASSIVE thank-you to Kay, James and Sheila for all your hard work: you are the best people in the nworld and have the biggest hearts x
BBEC, WE ARE GOING TO WORK IN THERE WITH OUR HEADS HELD HIGH COZ WE DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS: WE ARE THE BEST AND WE CAN WIN :)
Good luck to all the other schools !
Emma (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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I'd just like to say: "We love you hayley we do, we love you hayley we do, we love you hayley we do ohhh hayley we love youuu! :) Thank-youuu Mrs Buchan for all you have done! You are totally amazing and you always had faith in us from start to finish!
I'd also like to say a big thanks to marie, caroline, julie, tony, all the crew and teachers that helped us have this amazing experience and helped us to be the best! I know we had our ups and downs in rehearsals but it was all worth it! I love youu all! It has been one of the best experiences of my life!
I'd also like to say a big thank-you to all the rock challenge staff for making it such an amaaazing day! :)
Good luck to everyone who's performing tonight and tomoraa! Hope you all do well! :D
Romani-L, (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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I would just love to thank all of the people that made our success happen: the cast, the stage crew and the teachers, and not forgetting the incredible JOHN (he is amazing: so is every school that took part in rock challenge) It has been a really good experience for me and i can't wait to do it next year: thanks a lot, everyone :) xx
Sean G. (Archie)
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Sean - you're not taking about ME up there, are you? You're very kind, though heaven alone knows how I've been of any support !
Old John (editing in the gloom in the auditorium 'cos Shane has just turned off most of the main lights :)

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Amazing last night, archie!!! Let's rock the prem next year!!!
Love you all lots xxx
Tom xxx (Archie)

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Rock Challenge was propa amazing last night! I can't wait to do it again - you were all brilliant and love you all mwah xxx
All the schools were really good and i really enjoyed it!
See you again xx :)
Ryan S. (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Archie are Prem next year! :)
Sean G. (Archie)

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What can I say - you are all truly amazing !
Cast and crew - you believed, and when you believe - it happens. You think you had fun yesterday? You wait until you feel the buzz of Premier next year - it's awesome!!
Caroline, we all know that this could never ever happen if it wasn't for all you do every time.
Julie - again - the costumes were brilliant, and Kim - I really thought you were going to have that little Rocka star there and then!
Matt, Hayley, Chris and Steve - couldn't do the crew without you (and that stranger with the paintbrush - he can draw a bit too! :)
Hayley (or should I say BuCHan, as the Ozzie rockers like to call you ?) - you ARE a genius no matter what you say!
Fingers crossed for Wolfreton. Hope your second place scores last night are enough to get you through too. See you there!
Good luck to everyone tonight in the other Open Finals and tomorrow in the Premier. Have fun!
Marie (Archie)

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May 27th 2010

Thank-you to Mrs Hilton and all the choreographers for helping us with this year's hornsea rock challenge!
Come on, hornsea school! Hope we can do it :)
Good Luck to everybody at grimsby on saturday! Whoo - can't wait x
Sam (Hornsea)

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Good luck to all the bennies kids and staff for 2mrw. As most of you wished for, you "get to do it all over again" :)
Alison M. (St. Benedict's High School, Whitehaven, Cumbria)

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OMMGGG.... Can't believe Rock Challenge is in 3 days :O
What an amazing rehearsal yesterday :) We are all soooo excited for saturday to come and yet so emotional with it being our last ROCK CHALLENGE EVRRRRRRRRRR! :O Six years of amazing memories that will be with us for life! :)
Massive good luck to all of the other schools, So excited to see your pieces!
Oooohh, i'm all giddy! :D
See you all soon - Danni S. x (Hornsea School and Language College, East Yorkshire)

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It's a count down of messages until Saturday from me.
Sat in 6th form on a free lesson: could do with learning this essay BUT i am far too excited for rock challenge 2010!!! Can't stop reading all the other schools messages and of course looking on the nick scott websitee :)
SOOOOO EXCITED for the morning production meeting. The ROOF IS ON FIREEE!!!!
Hope that we arrive in style on the saturday morning in our BIG YELLOW BUSS!! Can't wait to hear all of the schools' chants and cheers: WHO'S THE LOUDEST SCHOOL?
I just wish there was someone in the common room to shareee my giddiness with but everyone's in a lesson :)
ALSOO... very VERY scared for parts of my routine to change on FRIDAY!! Or - even worse - SATURDAY :) Not much time to learn it but we're pulling through strongggg. Got the team behind us so we'll crack it!!
Could actually cry it's my last rock challenge!!
Met some new little friends this year. They're all great: so much energy in their little bodiesss :) Can only make our future rock challenges even better then what they are IF THAT'S POSSIBLE ;)
Offf to go sell some ball tickets noww :) BUSY BUSY. You'll hear from me very soon, dont you worrryyy :)
BBEC ALL THE WAYYYY BABEYYY :)
Dannielle (Ice Queen - Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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May 26th 2010

Hey Guys!!!
ARRGHHH !! Excitement is taking over, however nerves are really KICKING IN!!! after our final rehearsal tonight (which i must say... was awesome!!!!) :-)
As a team you guys and girls have been pushed so hard this year.. and truly deserve to be on that stage as a Premier school.. CONGRATULATIONS to each and every one of you!! Go out there on Saturday and absolutely give it your soul!!! Remember... "You think a little love is all you need, But love is such a small thing, Can't ya see?!" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!! - (Sorry but that is one of my favourite bits of our soundtrack!) :-)
A massive good luck to Hornsea too ! (I see messages on here from you all the time, Which is Great!!) And, of course, good luck to all the other Premier Schools too!!! :-)
Enjoy it, and remember:- to all performers and stage crew involved in Rock Challenge 2010, those 8 minutes are all YOURS!!!!! See you Saturday!
Regards - James D (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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OMGGGGGG ... soo excited for saturday!
Last-ever rock challenge rehearsal for a lot of us today: it was very emotional but nowhere near as emotional as saturday will be :(
Good luck to everyone competing ! Can't wait to see what everyone has done :)
A massive good luck to us (HORNSEA !): the piece this year is stunning and has improved so so much! Everyone has worked so so hard and i just hope we get what we deserve :)
Big thank-you to every single person in the team whether on stage or behind the scenes ... everyone: thank-you so so much for making this piece what it is!!
Bekki.k. (HORNSEA xxxxxx)

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Good luck to Montrose Academy on Friday...it is the day you have all been waiting for!
You are all amazing, and all the mums will be cheering you on: Grimsby, here we come.....
Caroline (Montrose Academy, Scotland)

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Can't sleep at the minute - so excited for tomorrow! (May have to have a nap on the coach on the way to Grimsby...)
I cannot wait: I know it will be such an amazing day. I LOVE ROCK CHALLENGE!
Good luck to everyone competing and let's just have an amazing day :)
Go Archie! xxxxxxxxx
Hannah (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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It's that time already, the Northern Finals 2010 are upon us!! From the handful of events that I have been to I honestly think it is going to be one of the toughest years yet!
Good Luck to ALL the schools competing and a special (slightly biased) fingers crossed for Archie... do Hayley proud!!!
See you all there !
Tanya (Rocka Volunteer)

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Wooooo - SATURDAY'S the BIG day!!! We're gnaa bring it on strongg!!!
Last rehearsal ever todayyy :( Sad timesss! Last Rocka for me and some of the girlssss but BUTTERSHAWWW will livee on, fighting all the way :)
Saturday's gnaaa be the best day of THIS YEARR!!! Dancing, dancing and MORE dancingg. Meeting new people and seeing what other schoolss have been working on! Crazyyy crazyy day!
Massive good luck to Buttershawww Business and Enterprise Collegee and of course all the other premier schoolss!!!
Just want to say HUGEEE THANK-YOUU from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the BBEC team to Kay, James and of course Sheilaa for their hard work throughouttt!!! The costumes are amaziin and the choreography is just as amaziinnnn!!! Those three people don't need to do what they do but they do it for me and for us, the BBEC ROCKAA TEAM.
Alsooo thank-youuuu to all the guyss who came in during holidays to build ourr Fantastic Sett!!!
Another thank-you to Richardd and Charlotte's family who raised money for us and our piece!!!
Sooo to everyone on the day, enjoy yourselves and GOOD LUCKK !
Rest in Peace, Charlotte: this one's for you :)
COMMONNNN BUTTERSHAWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dannielle (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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GOOD LUCK BUTTERSHAW! HERE WE GOO! GOOD LUCK ALL FOR SATURDAY; CAN'T WAIT: HOPE WE GET 1ST PLACE!
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL. XXX
Sophie L. (BBEC)

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COME ON Buttershaw!!! You think a little love is all you need?!
Good luck to all the performers and Crew! Not forgetting the amazing Kay Holdsworth And James Dugmore for helping us out with rehearsals!
Also a big thanks to Kay's mother for the costumes! AMAZING!
Grimsby, here we come!! :P
Paul (BBEC)

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Thursday night's 2 more sleeps till grimsby...! Can't wait to see all your gorgeous faces!!
Y'ALL BETTAH WERRRRRKKK IT!!!
PeaOce! x
Irene (BBEC)

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Was The Last Rehearsal For Rock Challenge Today. Thanks, Kay and James, for Getting Us Through It All After All The Tantrums.
BBEC For First Place! C'mon, Guys: We've Got The Best Team In This Competition.
LET'S GO, BBEC, LET'S GO !!!!!!
Love - Bethh xx (BBEC)

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We love you, hornsea, we do!!
The rehearsal tonight was aceee! The team spirit and atmosphere was great! A massive thanks to everyone - the dancers, choreographers, stage crew etc and of course... Mrs H!!
I can't wait till saturday!! Good luck to all the other premier schools too :)
Heather C. (Hornsea School and Language College, East Yorkshire)

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C'monn Guys! Saturday is the day. We will bring it the best we can! Let's show what we're made of.
Thanks to everyone for all your hard work and (THE BOSS) Mrs H xxxx
Good luck to everyone competing!
We love you, hornsea... :)
Rachel (Hornsea School and Language College, East Yorkshire)

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Good luck for tomorrow, Archie!!! It's going to be an amazing day!
Best of luck to all the teams in the open final xxx (Looking forward to seeing everyone's performances !!!)
Tom xxx (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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WE LOVE YOU HORNSEA WE DO, OH HORNSEA WE LOVE YOU!!!! Tonight's rehearsal was just incredible and i've never felt such amazing team spirit before!
Can't wait for saturday. So excited to see the other schools' performances and to show ours!
Of course none of this would have been possible without our amazing team; dancers, choreographers, set design, luke and the stage crew, hair and make up design, cathy and the costumes, all of the performing arts faculty and of COURSE the boss herself, Mrs Hylton!
I know we're all going to do each other so proud on saturday: let's bring it! :)
Laura B. (Hornsea)

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Great rehearsal tonight at HORNSEA! All ready for saturday now: can't wait! :D
A huge thanks to everyone who is involved in making our piece amazing; dancers, choreographers, stagecrew + set design, hair + make up, costume, lighting, video, co-host, sound track, all the staff, not forgetting Luke, Mrs Hylton and everyone else! We couldn't have done it without you and we'll show you how much we appreciate everything you've done when we absolutely rock on saturday!
Good luck to all the other schools competing!
We love you hornsea, we do, we love you hornsea, we do, we love you hornsea, we do, oh hornsea we love you OI OI OI! :D
Chloe (Hornsea)

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Good luck tomorrow, everyone, butt ... come on MIGHTY SPENNY!!!
Love - Lizzie A. (Clown - John Spendluffe Technology College, Alford, Lincolnshire)

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Well, tomorrow's the day!
We have all worked megaa hard since winning in hull and so have miss buchan, caroline and all the other teachers too but c'mon - it's a small box (;Haaaa)
I'm so proud of us all. Rock Challenge has been the best experience of my life and it wouldn't have been possible without you! It's strange to think we have all come together, even people that would never normally speak to each other! It's been amazing: i love you all so much!
Gavin-Fruit Bowl :)
Bethany (Archie)

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ComeOnArchiee! LetsShowThemWhatWeHaveGot
AlsoGoodLuckToAlllTheOtherSchoolsCompeetingTomorrowwAtGrimsbyy!
Sarahh (Archie)

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WOW! 1 day left. We've heard the standards will be high and i'm sure they will be :)
Can't wait to perform and watch the other schools!
Thank-you to all the staff that have made our piece what it is - especially mrs buchan :)
Can't wait to see you all there!
Bethanie (Archie)

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It's a very long wednesday afternoon ... we're watching the clock and counting down to when we arrive at Grimsby! Archie are waiting in the wings, calm and ready to rock the party !!
A big good luck to all the other teams participating and hope you'll enjoy the day as much as us.
Mrs B and Miss O'Neil: WE KNOW. We hope to make you proud.
See you all there. Much love xxxx
Eunice, Corrina, Georgia and Shaunna (Archie)

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Hey! Lauren and I are sitting on a train on our way to grimsby to volunteer at the open finals b4 joinin the rest of the peterheed team on Sat for the prems!!!
We are sooooooo excited! We have been on the go since 5am this morning :O EARLY MUCH!!! but it's all worth it for rocka :)
Good luck to all the teams competing in grimsby at all 3 finals!! Peterheed have tix to see the friday nite final so we will be cheering uze all on (espesh the scottish teams :)
Peterheed, uze were amazin on monday at rehearsal!! Soooo proud of uze all - can't wait to see it on stage!! C uze all on friday nite in grimsby!!
Well, we have just had a break from our "bring it on" marathon... just finished 1... skippin 2 cuz it's rubbish, and goin away to watch 3 now :)
Good luck, everyone, and remember ... dont slack off ... JUST BRING IT!! Hahaha :)
Stuart and Lauren (Rocka Volunteers, Peterheed, Scotland)

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Archie horses are ready!!!
Can't wait to share a great day with everyone! Best of luck to everyone performing in all 3 finals this weekend !
Mrs B xx (Archie)

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"Well Done!" to the Friesland School Rock Challenge Team for getting coverage of their Assembly Rooms win into yesterday's online edition of the "Derby Evening Telegraph" newspaper ! We'll see you all at Grimsby tomorrow :)
Old John (editing)

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Good Luck to everyone performing in the Northern Finals but especially to Nelson Thomlinson School and St Bennie's - bring us some trophies home to Cumbria!!!!!
Shelley (Mayfield School, Whitehaven, Cumbria)

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Booking Office details:-
Grimsby Auditorium (Northern Finals): phone 01472 262561 / online;
Portsmouth Guildhall (Southern Finals): phone 023 9282 4355 / online.

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May 25th 2010

MASSIVE thank-you for the effort and hard work that went into that rehearsal today!! (There was some serious gas and air needed :)
Four days til we go, team, and saturday will deffo be special, mysterious, exciting, hard work and definitely enjoyable!!! Foootballl theme... Danni and i are gonna look awwssomeee!! (And i have something special in store for this saturday but NO I'M NOT FALLING OVER AGAIN! MY SCAR OF IMMATURITY IS QUITE THE MEMORY!!! :)
Good luck to all the other schools! I'm excited to see everyone's pieces :D
See ya soooon, guyyss!!!! x
Holly (Hornsea)

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OMGGGG ... goodd rehearsalll tonighttt, hornseaaaa !
Thnks to Mrs H for giving up her own time to be there (we love her to bits :) We will show everyone on saturday how much work we have actually done since showcaseeeee :)
WE LOVE YOU HORNSEA WE DO, WE LOVE YOU HORNSEA WE DOO, WE LOVE YOU HORNSEA WE DOO, OHHHH...HHHH HORNSEA WE LOVE YOU.
Thanks choreogaphers, miss h, mrs h, luke, stage crew, kathy, smithy, wilson, dancers for making this yearr so special :) xxxxx
Good luck to all the other schooollls competing on saturdayyyy !! xx
Baxterrrrrrr :) (Hornsea)

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Only 4 days till rock challenge! I think it will be a good day...
Good luck to all the other schools competing in the finals !
Reece (Hornsea)

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Come on Hornsea....!
Rehearsals are going really well - only one more rehearsal before the final :)
I'm really looking forward to this year's final, especially seeing as though it may be my last.
Every member of the team is doing amazing, as well as Hylton, Lukeee :), Cathy, stage crew, the dancers and the rest of the choreographers.
This year shall be a year to remember :)
I would also like to wish "Good Luck!" to all the other schools left to compete, especially those competing with us on saturday!
Come on, guysss....!
Emily xxx (Hornsea)

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Good Luck to all the other schools competing in Saturday's Northern Premier Finals at Grimsby! Hope you all have a great time !
C'MON, BBEC: WE CAN DO IT !! WOOOOO !!
Emma (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Bradford)

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Archiee are back !
We have just had our last rehearsal until the final day :)
None of can believe we have actually got into the finals, nor can any of us wait to get on that stage and show everyone what we've got either :)
This is my first time doing rock challange and i hope it's not my last!
GOODDDD LUCKKKKK to everyone still to compete, and enjoyy it !
Carrie (Archie)

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Hi John!
Thanks very much for everyone's help and suggestions in finding us accommodation! Thanks to that, we are booked into one of the Holiday Inns in Hull.
See you all on Friday!!
Natasha (St Benedict's Catholic High School, Whitehaven, Cumbria)

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It's our last rehearsal tomorrow at BBEC!
The team are all very excited to be showing everyone at the Northern Premier Final on Saturday what we have come up with this year and of course seeing everyone else's performances!!
To all schools on that day - let's have a total blast and finish the Northern Regional Heats and Finals of 2010 with one hell of a show!!! GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!
BBEC :-D

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Everyone at the Girls Model School would like to wish all the schools competing in each of the finals all the very best of luck! We are really looking forward to our trip to Grimsby and to seeing all the other performances on Friday!
I will be a very proud teacher once again when I see my student-led team take to the stage with their fantastic piece! I will also be very sad to see my incredibly talented 6th years dancing in their last ever Rock Challenge performance! It has been a joy to work with you over the years and I will miss you all very much! Thanks for making my job so great!
Let's Go, Model!!!
Miss Willis (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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May 24th 2010

Good luck to everybody in NTS who is in rock challenge!
I can't believe we got through to Grimsby and i also can't believe it is on thursday ..... starting to get nervous now :/
Good luck to everybody else in the other teams as well xxxxxxx :)
Samm B. (Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton, Cumbria)

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Hii guys!
Just wanted to say a massive thank-you to the RC team! Derby heat was amazing: can't wait for grimsby and many years to come :)
xx God Bless
Naomi P. (Magnus C of E School, Newark, Nottinghamshire)

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Dear all,

We have now completed our 2010 Rock Challenge® heats, with only five junior events and six finals remaining in the tour. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate all of this year's schools and participants on a really outstanding year of performances and Rock Challenge® spirit. 2010 has already been another fantastic year for Rock Challenge® and with some excellent events still to come there are more great times and performances about take place! We hope that everyone has really enjoyed the events so far and that you're all looking forward to taking part in what's sure to be another exciting tour next year.

If you didn't qualify for the finals this year, please think about bringing a group along to watch one of them. Tickets are available from the Grimsby Auditorium and Portsmouth Guildhall Box Offices! =)

All the best - Tim (Event Manager, UK Rock Challenge®)

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May 23rd 2010

Good Luck to everyone competing this year!!
Have lots of fun, share the rocka spirit, and make friends and memories to keep for a lifetime!
Rhiannen (Recreation, Sports and Aquatic Club, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia)

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Only 7 days till rock challenge - whooooo! Can't wait - it's one of the best days of my life!
Good luck to all the other schools competing!
Reece (Hornsea School and Language College)

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Can't wait until the finals in a week's time :D
So excited to see what everyone has done and soo soo excited to show everyone what hornsea has done! (The piece this year is just fab!!!!)
Good luck to everyone competing!
Bekki (Hornsea :)

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May 22nd 2010

To Peterhead, Buttershaw and all the Northern Premier Teams - really looking forward to seeing everyone again next Saturday (and is it really that time already?! :). I am sure we are all going to have a great day, sharing some fab work and having loads of fun!
Travelling over to Grimsby for the Northern Open Finals next week too: good luck to all schools who have made it through, especially to the East Riding and Hull schools.
Regards - Karen Hylton (Liaison Teacher, Hornsea)

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To Miss M From Peterhead: we know exactly how you're feeling (my head is a shed!!! :)
OK, BBEC: we have TWO REHEARSALS LEFT BEFORE WE HEAD DOWN TO GRIMSBY! Let's make them the best yet!! And then ... lots of touching up to the set so it's all WHITE for the final!! :-)
Good Luck to all the schools preparing for the big day! To get this far is a massive achievement!!
Keep going, BBEC: we are almost there! :-D
James D (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College)

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May 21st 2010

Ahhh!!! Where has the time gone? This time next week we will be 3 hours down the road on our buses heading to Grimsby.
All the best to all the schools competing in the finals and special thoughts go out to all the liaison teachers and organising folk - I don't know about you but my nervous breakdown is just about kicking in!
Peterhead, you're looking great, I know you will do me proud - just pull out all the stops.
Miss M. (Peterhead Academy, Scotland)

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May 20th 2010

All the best to our daughter Morgan, going to the finals in grimsby: good luck from us and all your family and friends !
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Mum, Jackie and David xox (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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May 19th 2010

Well, after 9 years of Rock Challenge i am finally attending a final!
I am So Excited for Grimsby!! I want to wish all the schools the best of luck: I have met quite a few of you over the past few months and it will be good to see you all again in grimsby. Good Luck - see you there!
Lesley-Ann x (Rocka Volunteer, Aberdeen)

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Congratulations to everybody at Firpark for another fabulous performance at North Lanarkshire Summer Arts Festival! You all coped so well on such a tiny stage.

We had an e-mail to school from an audience member which said:

"I just had to e-mail the school to say how fabulous the Summer Arts Festival was last night. Your children were a credit to the school. I have never seen children so energetic and completely engaged in performing. You could give the stage shows in London a run for their money.
As a teacher I am aware of the tremendous amount of work which went on before the show took to the stage. A massive congratulations to all pupils, staff and parents. I was crying at the end: it was so moving.
I will certainly be checking out Rock Challenge as it looks like something that my school could get involved with."

Apr 29th 2010

Well, that wraps up our rehearsals before our showcase on Wednesday!!! We finished with a 4-hour dress rehearsal this evening and what can i say but WOWWWW!!! Guys, you all looked totally spectacular!! I know i keep saying that word, but it best describes the whole piece!! Choreography, Set, Costumes.. It looks stunning!!!
I just want to say how proud i am of each and every one of you!!! I know kay and i shout a lot but i know you all LOVE IT! (Haha! :)
A MASSIVE thank-you and huge well done to our stage crew, who this year have been challenged with one of the most MOVING sets we have had! Seriously, from all of the BBEC team, thank you so much!! And, of course, to Adam for building such a wicked set!
Can't wait to showcase and show everybody our work amd also support all the open schools on Bradford Day 1: Royds, Earlsheaton, Airedale, Boroughbridge, Newsome, Shelley and Thomas à Becket. (Hope i haven't forgotten anyone.) A MASSIVE gud luck to all of you!!! Go out there and do bradford proud (and we will too when we showcase! :-D)
See you all then!
Until then, BBEC, you're all STARS!
James Dugmore (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College)

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Well Done St Mary'ss!! WOOOOOOO!!
1,2,2 Moove Aside we're SMC and we're down with G.O.D and we're going to GRIMSBY!! Shabooya shaa shaa shaboooya roollcall! Shaboooya shaa shaa shaboooya roollcall! YOU WHAT! YOU WHAT? You What You WhatYou what!!!!! WOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!
GRIMSBYY HERE WE COMMME!!!!
Go Mary's Go Mary's!! Woooooh :) xx
LovveYouuAllSoMuchh!
Had an amazingg Dayy!!! xxxx
Laura A. (St. Mary's, Hull)

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Tuesday was the most awesome day ever!! Never have i felt so nervous in my life! I nearly had a heart attack (lol :) but it was worth it!
Well done to everyone who took part and big well done to Marvell for coming 3rd and good luck to st. mary's for when we go to grimsby! :)
Everyone did brill! And well done Archieee!! :D
Thanks to alll the teachers and mainly Miss B! You got us through this and you don't know how happy we all are. It was fantastic! And Well done to Gilshill Primary. (Well done Jack, my little cuz - i'm proud of you: love you dude, and all the archie crew :)
Grimsby, here we come - Archie Archie, Rock This Party! ;)
Kayleighh xx (Archbishop Sentamu)

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I can't believe that the girls' model are going to GRIMSBY to get another chance to compete!!!!!!!! I can't wait to have fun with all the english skools competing! (And Scottish, Stacie ? John - editing messages at 11:25pm in Chieveley Services at the A34/M4 junction on the way down to the Friday and Saturday Portsmouth Rock Challenges :)
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!!! XXXXXX
Stacie (Girls' Model, Belfast)

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Whaaaay! Well Done, Archie - You Won! Good Luck At Finals!!
ARCHIE (SHAUNNA) ALL THE WAY!! x ]
Kiera B. (Archie)

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Come on, Royds: we're doing so well and after today the effort was great xx everyone is pulling together now xx
Can't wait till wednesday, as last year was so fab xx
Gudd luck to everyone xx
Rachel A. (Royds School)

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Only 1 week 2 go until we all do the rock challenge at st george's hall and we practise on stage
It will look wicked, alright?!
Lots of love - Eleanor F. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Haycliffe Special School)

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Hey My Royds Rockas! What a week! (In fact, few weeks ... we'd just got everyone back (volcanic ash!) then they are gone again on a school trip to Germany!! :)
Anyway, this is my first post this year on here, but I thought it was time you guys got one. I can't tell you how proud I am of you all: you have worked so hard not only this week but since we started ... THANK-YOU!
To my team of leaders: where would we be without you ? (Nowhere so THANK-YOU!)
This year has proved to be a challenge for all sorts of reasons but you have risen to each and every one, coming out on top every time.
We are in our final few rehearsals so let's give it that last push and then - whatever happens next week - just go out, have fun, and perform your socks off :o)
See you all at rehearsal - Don't Stop Believing!
Miss S (Royds School)

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Can't wait til bradford! Not long now ... looking forward to it (gonna be ace).
We know that we can do it if we put effort into it. GO ROYDS!
Chloe xxxx (Royds School)

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Well done medina on coming second!

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Weheyyy! Well done Mayfield for coming first! Spirit, Choreography and then First. Finals, here we come!!
Oh mighty Mayfield, we love you!!
Peyton (Mayfield)

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Would Like To Thank Rock Challenge For An AMazing Day ANDD WE WON On Tuesday!
Good Luck To Us For The Finals :)
Elly M. xx (Park Community School)

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WE CAME FIRST :D :D WELL DONE! Spirit and Choreography! First-time win :D:D
Megan R. and Choe H. (Mayfield School)

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Archie! :) Well done, everyone!
Thank-you Mrs B and all the staff that helped us to create a great performance and get 1st place! We are all very grateful, can't explain how thankful we are and how excited we are to go to grimsy!
Mrs O'Neil - we now understand why you shout at us for little things because you helped us a lot and we wouldn't have you any other way so thank-youuu!
Mrs B - you are amazing! You have a wacky mind but it helped us win so we are so grateful!
Now it's time for more rehearsals, but we can't wait! Thanks!
Good luck to all the other teams going to the grimsby finals! :)
Romani and Lewis (Archbishop Sentamu)

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I LOVED ROCK CHALLENGE! ALL THE DANCERS AND PERFORMERS WERE EXCELLENT. I'M GLAD I'M NOT A JUDGE - I COULDN'T CHOOSE.
SPECIAL CONGRATZ TO MY FLUZE: WELL DONE, HUN XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Joanne W, (Mayfield)

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Well done, archie! 1st!!
Carn't wait till grimsby - it's goin to be even better !!!
Sophie B. xxx (Archie)

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Congratulations, Archie, for your fantastic performance and winning first place on Tuesday! You were all brilliant and should all be very proud of yourselves.
Well done to all the teachers involved too.
Nikki P. (Archie)

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One week to go and looking fantastic - bring it on and rock and roll!!!!!!!!!!
I carn't wait 2 meet and see everbody again. It's good!
The 6th May is just around the corner: see you all soon!
Lv - Luke xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Haycliffe School)

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Hi 2 u all! Everyone is very excited about the rock challenge! I'm looking forward to doing the performance on the stage at st george's hall - i can't wait to do it with all my friends from haycliffe and i hope i make some new ones too
See you all soon...
Lots of love - Alice xx (Haycliffe)

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Carn't wait 2 take part in the rock challenge! This is my 3rd year, i'm on the front and it's lookin cool.
Carn't wait 2 c al my old friends and make loads of new ones too. See you all on the 6th of May in Bradford.
Lv 2 u all - Michael xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Haycliffe)

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Roll on Thursday! A great big thanks to all the guys - you have worked really hard and have dealt with the school changes over the last few months. We haven't been together for a few weeks but your performance is looking fantastic and we are very proud! Well done, you're ace, sooooo brill, and a pleasure to work with :)
Anne and Sally (Haycliffe)

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We can't wait for the rock challenge! There is 1 week to go and it is my first time to do rock challenge and to make new friends and to c everybody! Rock and Roll, Haycliffe!
Georgia and Em !! (Haycliffe)

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Hi!
I am taking part in rock challenge.
Lots of love - Tessa xxxxxxxxx (Haycliffe)

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One week to go!
We r looking forward to performing and making new friends
Good luck to the other schools on both bradford days!
Love - kimberley and david xx (Haycliffe)

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Only 1 Week To Go Until we all Perform On Stage At St George's Hall!
It's So Cool This Year: We are Looking Good and Also getting all the Team Together and the stage set - it's ace!
Lots Of Love - Eleanor (Haycliffe)

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I can't wait for the rock challenge! We are working really hard and now it's only one week away!
We're all really excited about seeing all the performances - they are really good every year - and we can't wait to make new friends. It's gonna be a really fun day and also the evening will be awesome.
It's the real performance on the 6th - bring it on!
Lots of love - subla xxx (Haycliffe)

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Hi 2 u all!
1 week 2 go - carn't wait. It's soooooooooooooooooo gud / brill / fantastic.
I'm taking a main part this year (and it's my 1st time in doin it). Bring it on!
See uou all soon 4 a fab day and evening!
Lv - John xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Haycliffe)

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WHOOOOOOOP!
Come on, archie, we did great (tho it's a shame we don't see our own performance :)
Winnie, i thought you were great! (So too were all the other schools :)
Looking forward to seeing you in Grimsby, St. Mary's! I really hope we do as well there as we did in Hull :D GOOD LUCK to everybody involved!
We love you, Miss Buchan + teacherss! Thank you very much :D
Jodie x x x (Archie)

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Archie- i cannot believe we came first! We get back from being out of rocka for 3 years and come back in 1st place ;)
We had an amazing day, tried our best, and behaved like professionals.
Congratulations to Andrew Marvell and St Mary's for gaining second and third places. (Good luck to St Mary's at the friday grimsby finals!)
It was such an incredible day and now we're off to GRIMSBYY. See you there, Mary's :))
Well done to the other schools that took part too!!
Casey S. (Archieee!)

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Well done to all our cast and crew: we tried our hardest and succeeded - well done!
We cannot wait till grimsby.
Also thank you loads, miss b: you did it! (Well, we did, and guess what: we really DID rock this party! All them tears, we faced our fears; here we go, give it mo; well done archie, now let's party!
X :D Love all of you :P
Sonia B. xx (Archiiiii)

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Well done Archie! The dance was amazing and you all worked so hard, even taking up your weekends to work for this!! You were amaaaazingggg and we will all stand by you all, all the wayyy!!!!
Rosie (Archiee!)

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Archiee, Archie rock this partyyy :)
Wel done! You were so great and worked really hard, no mattterr you deserved all thiss :)) People loved itt! :)) Wheeeeeeeeeeey!!
Paige x (Archiee!)

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OMGGGG!!! 6 days till our showcase at bradfordd!!
We have dress rehearsal tonight... can't wait to seee all our amazing costumess!!!
A very very very big thank-you to KAY, JAMES D, AND SHEILA for everything you've done!!!!! :)
Seeeeee you all in 6 days!!!
Vicki, Sam, Charlotte, Dannielle, and Jen! xxxxx (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College)

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WELL DONE MAYFIELD FOR COMING 1ST !!!!!!!!!!!!! :):)
Sophie (Mayfield)

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Good luck to everyone who is taking part in either team for Yateley School: do your very best!
Everyone is very proud of you. GO YATELEY!!!
Karen Y. (Yateley School)

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Apr 28th 2010

Archie - I cannot put into words how incredibly proud I am of you all. Your performance last night was truly magnificent... you behaved like true professionals. The icing on the cake was being awarded first place!
To all the Hull schools... what a high standard of work was displayed last night! Amazing performances. Congratulations particularly to Andrew Marvell and St Mary's for gaining second and third places. (Good luck to St Mary's at the friday grimsby finals!)
It was such an enjoyable day!
My archie babies.... you deserve so much for the hard work and commitment you have shown over the past few months. An amazing team who will perform their hearts out at the finals.
Remember... you know...
Love - Mrs B xxx (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Come on, royds: only 7 days to gooo :)
Everyone's been doing so well in rehearsals!
I can't wait for bradford :)
Comee onnnn, ROYDSSSSSSSS :)
Loveyouuuuu all :)
Ammellia xxxxxxx (Royds)

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A big thank-you to all the rock challenge crew at Portsmouth for making the Sir John Colfox School feel very welcome and to the judges for giving us the best music award.
I really enjoyed rock challenge and i'm definitely doing it next year!
Also well done to the winning team on Monday the 26th of April 2010!
Monisha xx (The Sir John Colfox School)

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Unlucky Winni. We tried our best ...
Thank-you to all the teachers and everyone!
Well done, archie! (Your Dance was amazing, To Be Honest :)
St. Mary's ... wow! That's all i have to say :)
Marvell ... same again: wow! :)
You all deserve to be in the top 3 :)
Good luck to st mary's and archie at grimsby!
And Just Remember - Next Year Winni WILL be back ;-) :D
Courtnie (Winifred Holtby)

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Every school was amazing! We all did good :)
Well done, Archie! We deserved it! We worked so hard and made an excellent piece!
Haven't been in rocka for 3 years and when we do come back, we win ;D
Well done everyone, though!
Jennifer E. (Archie)

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O-M-GEEE! Well done, everyone! We came 2nd lol!
Can't wait till we go to grimsby! Wish i woz dancing tho lolz (Oh well: leave it to da good 1s! Heheheh - luv ya all, you're so great!)
MWAH! X-X-X
Jodie R. (St. Mary's College, Hull)

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WellDoneToEverybodyElseInvolvedButABigWellDoneeArchieee'WeDeservedit!:D
ThankYouuToohAlltheTeachersInvolvedIncluding:
Missbuchan'MissO'niel'Caronline'MrRoberts'MissWallace'EveryOtherPersonWhoHelpedd!!
ComeeeOn!Grimsbyyyyyyyy'xx
Sarah (Archie)

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Archie, Archie we rocked that party! Hahaaa: well done, archie - 1st place! :)
Well done to the other schools too (you were amazing!) and thank-you to all the rock-challenge-crew who made the day so amazing! :)
Romani-L. (Archie)

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Just to add on to geibo's message... she should be very proud of her team at firpark: they all rallied round well to make sure the kids got to rock challenge to enjoy the best day of the year (as many of them described it to me and kimberley as we did their hair and make-up!!) You have a lovely team there and they are amazin: not only the performance they put on but their behaviour and attitude as well!! A joy to work with them and a well deserved 3rd place :)
As to the comment about new liaison teacher: if u ever want a break, geibo, get susan to step up into ur place! She was an absolute star and worked so hard.. she took on the role of temporary LT brilliantly and made sure everything ran smoothly!!
I had such a good week last week at the grimsby and carlisle rock challenges!! Was such a fun week: some amazin performances and great teams!!
I must mention hornsea!!! U never fail to impress me!! Every year better and better and this yr u just raised the bar again!! Everything about it was faultless !!
Now to my team.. PETERHEED!! 3 rehearsals left.. work hard and put everything into it to make this performance the best we have ever done!! Uze are all amazin: it's just that final push now!! I'm so proud of uze all for the months of hard work uze have put in!! Can't wait to get to the finals now!! Wotever happens on the day, just perform to the best of ure ability and i will have a smile on my face :)
Stuart (peterheed head choreographer)

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Well done to park for our well-deseved win on tuesday at portsmouth!
Off to the finals we go - WELL DONE, PARK!
Oliver (Park Community)

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1,2,3, MOVE ASIDE WE'RE SMC, AND WE'RE DOWN WITH G.O.D, AND WE'RE GOING TO GRIMSBYYYYYY!!
SHABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA
Sooooo excited! Cannot believe we came second and are going throughhhhhhhh!!!
Well done to everyone! Everyone was amazing :):):)
Jodie R. xxxxx (St Mary's Sports College, Hull)

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ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... 7 days to go!!! Keep up the great work, Buttershaw!!!! Two more rehearsals left!!!!! Let's make them the best YET! :-D
James Dugmore (BBEC)

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Apr 27th 2010

Just got back from the Ice Arena...
You did great, winnie, though unfortunately not good enough x
Big well done to archie who came 1st with an outstanding performance!
Thanks to all the rock challenge crew for a great day!
And now ... i have to try and get this make-up off :P
Jordan (Winifred Holtby)

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Well done, archie! We ARE now back!!!!
Brilliant performance: well done to you all (and most of all Hayley: you never fail - you're superb ^_^)
Well done to all the other schools: you were all fantastic !
Jamie (ex Archie Crew)

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Good luck for the 27th. Everyone has worked so hard, children and teachers alike. Go for it x
Mrs Dearlove (Maybury Primary School, Hull)

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Wow! Had an absolutely fantastic evening watching all the hard work for rock challenge 2010.
Well done King Richard School: you were all brilliant, were VERY convincing and should be very proud of yourselves. (Especially Jasmyne: well done, hunny - you're fab XXX)
Toni (King Richard School)

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Good luck to all the pupils doing Rock Challenge at Cleeve Primary School! Really proud of you all.
Just do your best tomorrow! Go, Cleeve, Go! You can do it.
Jeanette (Cleeve Primary School, Hull)

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The big day is tomorrow!
Good luck to all the schools and do your best :)
Also good luck to the other members of the team.
Connor and Alishia (Cleeve Primary School, Hull)

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Back from underneath my ash cloud and starting to learn what went on last week to get the Firpark team to the Sands at Carlisle. On Monday there was a massive water-main burst so school was closed on the day they were supposed to be having a full cast rehearsal. Nine Firpark staff did not make it back after the holidays (HUGE number for a small school) so the staff that did make it had their own 'operation cobra' to get everybody on board that was able to go to Rock Challenge and had the necessary checks to meet our authority's regulations.
They could not find the original CD copies of the music so they 'raided' Foundry Music Lab and interupted important recording sessions: the guys at Foundry are stars and sorted them out.
They then processed the mountain of paperwork that seems to go hand-in-hand with any trip out of school nowadays.
Well done, everybody! (Plenty of new Liaison Teachers for next year! :)
Vanessa Geib (Liaison Teacher, Firpark School, Motherwell, Scotland)

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Goo stainburn - first on the 23rd April!
Thank-you to everybody who supported us and a big thank-you to Mrs O'Hagan and Mrs Keaton because it wouldn't have been possible without u two.
Love you, rock challengerss!
Katy xxxxx (Stainburn School)

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A massive congratulations to King Richard School for winning yesterday at Portsmouth. I am so proud of each and every one of you for your hard work. You guys rocked that stage, and did Tommy proud :)
Finals, here we come !
Lots of love - Kat (Liaison Teacher KRS)

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One week to go now, guys! How time flies...!
Can't wait until Bradford: it's going to be a brilliant day and I have no doubt you will all be fantastic.
Good luck to all the schools competing this year!
Mrs Z (Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College)

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Thank-you to everyone who has made rock challenge possible!! I enjoyed every minute of it and i will definitely be coming back next year! :)
Molly (The Sir John Colfox School)
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Glad to hear we'll see you again in 2011, Molly!
John (editing)

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Wooo...Go Ryde High!
Good luck everyone! :D
Olivia (Ryde High School)

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A Very Well Done to ALL the other schools last night: they were very, very good!
I thought rock challenge this year would be a hard struggle for us but it worked out great... Well done KRS!!!
Callum (King Richard School)

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Apr 26th 2010

The big day is tomorrow :)
Thanks to all the team, crew and staff who have worked so hard to make this rock challenge amazing for us all at Archie and the performance great :)
Tomorrow is going to be so exciting: good luck to all the other schools! (We can't wait to see your performances :)
Justine xxx (Archbishop Sentamu Academy)

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Hoping all the Winnie crew are tucked up in bed getting lots of rest for a busy day ahead.
You guys have worked so hard for a long time now. Well done and enjoy the experience!!
I can't wait for another Rock Challenge day. You are all winners (you will be THE winners).
Good Luck to Winnie and all the other Hull schools!
Miss Mackenzie xxx (Winifred Holtby)

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You are all amazing and i'm proud to be a part of the Rock Challenge community. Well done for raising the money to go to Portsmouth - you are already stars!
Good luck :-)
Shippy (Kings Langley)

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Yikes, it's that time again...
Just wanted to wish everyone involved tomorrow all the best. We know the competition will be fantastic again.
Great to have Archie back, and newcomers Northcott. Good luck from Kingswood :0)
Mrs Savage (Kingswood)

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Tomorrow will be class, guys ;)
Fingers crossed we'll win again!!!!
Bring it on ;)
Love you all, my winnie family ;)
Aaron (Winifred Holtby)

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Haha! Winnie, we're gonna ROCK that stage!
Thanks so much to Mrs Clarke, Miss Jackson, Mr Pemble, Miss McKenzie and everyone else for making my First Rock Challenge the best thing I've ever done!
I love you all, and we're gonna be great tommorow :) :) :)
Natalie T (Winifred Holtby)

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Carn't Believe It's Tommorrow!
Come On, Winni: We Can Do This! Our Theme Is Ace And So Are We!! :D
Good Luck To All The Other Schools Tommorrow
Emma (Winifred Holtby)

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OMG! TOMORROW!! :D :D
We're sooooo excitedddddddddddd :)
GO WINNI GO WINNI GO!
Lauren and Jaymee! (Winifred Holtby)

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Good luck, winni! We can do it: make that stage rock !!!
Sharon (Winifred Holtby)

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Good luck to all the Hull Schools tommorrow!
Malet, you have certainly done me proud already: enjoy tomorrow and I know you will dance your hearts out.
Love - Miss Huzzard (get your capri suns at the ready :)
(Malet Lambert School, Hull)

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Good Luck to all the Hull schools involved tomorrow - can't wait to see the show!
Also a vey special GOOD LUCK to Archbishop Sentamu Academy - you will be great!!!
ARCHIE, ARCHIE - ROCK THIS PARTY!!
Becky W

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Carn't wait till tomoz - it's gonna be great!
Go winnie go winnie go! We're gonna go out there and win again x
Bethany (Winifred Holtby)

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ARCHIE, ARCHIE ROCK THIS PARTY!!!!
Tomorrow Is The Big Day! Cannot wait to show what we've got in store :)
Good Rehearsals today - ARCHIE'S BACK!!! :)
Chantelle xx (Archbishop Sentamu)

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("wistle","wistle" :)
No need to worry ... sooooo casual ... we are gonna storm it tomorrow
Thanks to all crew and performers 'cos i is not standin on stage on me own (although u wud all find it funny)
Gud luck to kingswood cos ur the closest school to us and i know u've worked
Thanks miss clark, miss miss jacko, mr pemble, miss mckenzie - ur great!
GUD LUCK :o)
Jordan x (Winifred Holtby)

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Come on, Winni: we're out to win it this year :)
Rehearsal tonight was truly amazing!
No matter what schools are in it, just concentrate on our own performance.
Let's make it the 3rd year .... go, winni, go wini goo!
Emily H (Winifred Holtby)

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Proud dad wishing all the BP Team the best for tonight at Portsmouth! Go, team, go.....
Steve (Barton Peveril)

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OMG it's tomorrow! Sooo excitedd! Early night for me, i think, seeing as we have to be at school early:))
Thanks to all the teachers who made the dances, costumes, set etc!
Good luck to all the other schools! Can't wait to see your performances. (Hope they're as good as ours :)
Come on, winni, we can do this:))
Saffron (Winifred Holtby, Hull)

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Well done to the students of MHS, Mr C, Mrs C and Miss Claire.
Mrs T. (Matthew Humberstone, Cleethorpes)

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Goood luck tomorrow, everyone! We're all going to have a brilliant day.
Can't wait to see you all perform and can't wait to perform myself!
Goood luck again, amd get plenty of rest :)
Hannah xxxxxxxxxxx (Archbishop Sentamu)

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Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait ;)
Today was good and a lot of fun!
Good luck, everyone: see you all there !
Bethanie (Archie)

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Suddenly realised it's all happening tomorrow and nerves hit me like an anvil, cartoon-style, like Road Runner and Wyle E Coyote!!!!
Early night tonight, guys (well, after Glee anyway!)
Good luck to all the other schools competing: I hope you all have as much fun as know we will :)
Let's Go, Winni!! Can I get a Whoop Whoop??
Miss Jacko xx (Winifred Holtby)
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Um ... yes: "Whoop Whoop" :)
John (editing)

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Can't wait to see you tomorrow night, guys. Knock 'em dead and show them how fantastic you truly are. You look fantastic...enjoy every minute!!!
Mrs Coulman xxxxx (Archbishop Sentamu)

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OMG Rock Challenge is TOMORROW!!! (Excited much!) Can't Wait!!
You better Be Scared Coz Winni Is Back!!! GO WINNI GO WINNI GO!!!
Shannon (Winifred Holtby)

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XX OMGG CAN'T WAIT! IT'S TOMOZ! FINALLY THE DAY IS HERE!
GO WINNI GO WINNI GO! CAN'T WAIT!
OUR COSTUMES ARE AMAZIN.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS XX
Danielle (Winifred Holtby)

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OMGGGG! It's 2morro!!!! I'm So Excited (And Our T-shirts Are Amazing :))
Really Looking Forward To 2morro And Good Luck To All The Other Schools :))
Our Theme Is Rlly Good So You All Better Watch Out Cuz Winni Are Back! We Can Do This Again, Winni! Wooo :))
GO WINNI GO WINNI GO!!
Claire xxx (Winifred Holtby)

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Come on, winni - we can do this!
I can't believe rock challenge is tomorrow! I'm so excited: yesterday was ace wiv our costumes on ... eeeeep, i'm so excited !
Big hugs for the other schools and also good luck xx
Go winni go winni go: u can't stop us dancin, no !
Cindie (Winifred Holtby)

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Good luck everyone! I hope todayy is greatt
Good luck King Richards and the others :)
Jade x (King Richards School)

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Apr 25th 2010

Hey Everyone!
I can't believe the UKRC 2010 Tour is in its last weeks before the BIG finals!!! - however, i'm so excited as it means Buttershaw get to showcase in 10 days!!
As we enter our final week of rehearsals before the heat, just want to say guys - you have been challenged even more this year, and since September have worked so hard every week to produce a SPECTACULAR piece!! You should all be very proud!!
Rehearsals are Monday, Wednesday and DRESS REHEARSAL on Thursday!! Please make sure you are all there!
Good Luck to all the other schools due to compete. I can't wait for BRADFORD!!!!
James Dugmore (Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College)

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What schools are in grimsby for the friday in may??
Katheryn (Westhill)
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I don't know till UKRC publish the lists of finalists for each Open Finals day :)
John (editing)

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Heyy guys!
Come on, winni, we can do it! We looked awesome in our costumes and i loved it!
Dance your socks off, try your best,,, GOOD LUCK,, WE CAN DO IT! GO WINI GO WINI GO!!!!!!!!
Ben (Winifred Holtby)

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What a dayy today ! Our costumes are amazing :D Our t-shirts are awesome !
I'm so excited for Tuesdayy! I know we can win for a 3rd year if we try our very best :)
Go Winni Go Winni Go! You carn't stop us Dancing !
Good luck to all the schools on tuesday (you're gonna need it ;)
Sophie xxx (Winifred)

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We can do this! Go, chi high: we're in it to win it x
Good luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Becky (Chichester High School for Girls)

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Come on, Winifred - we have to win it this year! Come on!
First time this year i'm so excited! Can't wait till Tuesday ... 2 days to go ... omg!
Loving the dance and the outfits!!!!!! Hope we do Great !!!!
Good luck to the other schools too!!! =]
Megan (Winifred Holtby)

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I thought I'd take a break from all my college work and leave a little message to say a HUGE good luck to everyone competing on Tuesday!! CAN NOT WAIT to be back at hull with the team!
Which reminds me... a few words for the guys from Archie...
Go at it with everything you've got! You have a great team, a great performance and heck of a lot of talent. Don't just think about the movements - FEEL them and use every bit of your body to tell the story (even your eyes!! :)
I know you'll all do great because I've seen the performance and I've seen what you're all capable of, so dance like you've never danced before and enjoy every bit of it!!
"ARCHIE, ARCHIE, ROCK THIS PARTY!
And now back to my work I go :)
Rachael (ex-Archie)

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OMG it's tomorrow! I am very excited but nervous but i am sure we will do well...
Come on, chi: we can do it!!!! :D xx
Jade (Chichester High)

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How can you watch the rock challenge videos ? It won't let me go on the global site. xx
Brooke (Netherhall School)
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Click on the "GLOBAL ROCKA VIDEOS PROBLEM" link on the Home page of this website, Brooke, and all will be revealed...
Old John (editing :)

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TWO MORE DAYS! I can't wait :)
I have done Rock Challenge since Year 7 and this year is my final year :(
Rock Challenge is gonna be one of the few things i miss about school once i've left :D
I can't wait to share the experience with all the Year 7s in our team who are new to the whole experience: it is so amazing. I can guarantee they'll get as big a buzz from it as i have, and follow in my footsteps and do it for all their years at Winifred too :)
Thank-you to my teachers, friends, and all of the Rock Challenge crew for some of the best years of my life. Being part of Rock Challenge is something that will stay with me forever :)
Finally, GOOD LUCK WINNI! I know we can do it :)
GO WINNI GO WINNI GOOOOO!
Sophie (Winifred Holtby, Hull :)
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Maybe you'll come along as a Winifred Holtby Team helper next year, Sophie? If not, make sure you've checked out the volunteer form on this website :)
Old John (editing)

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Well, Guys, you all looked awesome in your costumes today and danced really well. I am soooo looking forward to seeing you all up there on Tuesday !
YOU CAN DO IT ... just dance your socks off and ENJOY IT !
GO WINNIE GO WINNIE GO!!
Mrs Clarke XX (Winifred Holtby)
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Well done to all the other schools at Belfast - you were all fantastic. I think everyone is a winner in our eyes.
Demi-Louise (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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Rock Challenge was FANTASTIC!!!!! I can't wait until next year (but it will be my last time taking part :(
Congratulations to mrs winstanley and her bump!!!!! You are the best: thank-you so much!!
Vicky (Lowton High School)
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Don't forget to download the volunteering form from this website after next year's performance, Vicky...
Old John (editing)

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MASSIVE congratulations to St Benedict's for coming second on thursday - plus 4 really amazing awards!!!
Thank-you to all the staff and helpers for pulling everything together. It's phenomenal what you created in a matter of weeks.
Well done to the stage crew: you were as much a part of the story as the performers...
And on to the performers ... you completely exceeded all my expectations. Cameron: you literally are a star for the future and i just hope you remember us all when you reach the big time ;) My little cybermen: you kept me smiling and absolutely rocked it on stage.
EVERYONE on that stage was amazing. You're all awesome kids and i hope i can be there with you all again next year.
Thanks for making my 10th Rock Challenge my best yet!!
Lots of hugs and high fives - Natasha B x x x (St Benedicts Catholic High School)

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A HUGE thank-you to everyone who performed, supported and helped us on Friday night for the showcase fundraiser! Kings Langley, Galley Hill, St Pauls: you really do rock!!
Good news is we now have the money to get to Portsmouth on June 10th and I am off to book the coaches!!
BRING ON POMPEY!!! Wooooooooo!
Miss D xx (Kings Langley)

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Apr 24th 2010

Thursday was awesome! Well done to everyone :)
Can't wait to do rock challenge again next year xx
Lisa (Lowton High)

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Last night I had my annual rock challenge costume nightmare! I dreamt school had got a new caretaker, he'd found my secret cupboard and thrown all the costumes in the skip!!!!
Nervous much? Yeah Man!
Excited much? LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!
Let's do this, Winni! Waaaaahooooooooooooo!!!
Miss Jacko xx (Winifred Holtby)

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Mrs O'Neill: today was great. Everything you talked about really helps: you are AMAZING.
Tuesday is going to be great!
Good luck to all the schools :) x
Lewis (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Winifred Holtby! Rock Challenge on tuesdayyyyyyy! Can't wait!
Thanks to all the teachers for helping out with the costumes and stuff for it! :)
I'm so excited! Good luck, everyone !!
Lauren xxx (Winifred Holtby)

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Come On Mally!!
Wooh - So Excited!
Thankss To Miss Huzzard For Everything You Have Done To Help Us - WE LOVE YOU!!
Come On, Mally - Live The Dream haha! xxx
Michaela (Malet Lambert)

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Justin Time... only a week 2 go till the big day at the Guildhall
I'm so excited!
Catherine (Miltoncross)

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Whooo!! I had the best day ever yesterday! So Amazing!!!!
Well done to all the schools that performed yesterday!
Cockermouth crew - should be proud of yourselves as we came 2ND which still rocks!!!
Thanks to all the teachers and crew for an amazing day!!
LET'S GO, COCKERMOUTH, LET'S GO!!!!!!!!
Lesley-Anne xxxxxx (Cockermouth)

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Hey!!! Can't wait! Stocky are doing their performance on the 28th of april! (Can't wait but a bit nervous tho...)
COME ON, STOCKY!!!!
Georgia (Stockwell Primary School)

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Well, Girls' Model, it looks like you are going to get another chance to rock the stage ... you have made it through to the final!!!
Well done, my incredibly talented student-leadership team!!! You just keep on making me prouder!
Congratulations, ladies! Let's go and rock it!
Miss Willis (Belfast Model School for Girls)

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It's official: Girls' Model are hitting Grimsby :)
It excites me: gettin those awards at the Waterfront, being placed 2nd, then gettin a place in the open final! It just keeps getting better, girls :)
I'm so proud of u all, and am so excited. I can't believe we as a leadership-team get to go to Grimsby one last time :)
Seeing everyone so excited and ready to go makes us all proud ... we can't wait to get there :)
Good luck to everyone and can't wait to see you all :)
Wooohoooo !!! No more lookin forward to Grimsby next YEAR 'cos girlies - it's next MONTH :)
Let's go, Model, let's go :)
Wooohooooo ... so exciteddd !
Samantha (Girls' Model Student-Leadership Team)

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Apr 23rd 2010

OMG - ROCK CHALLENGE IS AWESOME. I WANT TO REWIND THE WORLD TO YESTERDAY AND DO IT AGAIN...
Toni (St. Benedict's Catholic High School, Whitehaven, Cumbria)

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Not long to go now guys - 4 daysss! Rehearsal on Sunday is going to be great!
So excited now :D Can't wait to be up on the stage performing just as great as we always do :)
Good luck to the other schools there on tuesday too!
Charlotte (Winifred Holtby)

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GREAT rehearsal today, people, although i'm slightly tired.
Tuesday is gonna be great: cannot wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lewis (Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull)

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Archie had a rehearsal todaii and the piece is realii coming together. Well done, everyone - all looking good in our outfits !
Carn't wait till tuesday! Good luck to all the other schools !!
Archie archie, rock this partieeeee ! xxx
Sophie (Archie)

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Woop Woop!
Only 4 more days till we rock that arena!
Thanks to the amazing HUZZARD (she's a legend!) for making all this possible!
This year's going to be class: it's been so fun with everyone :)
MALLY MALLY, LIVE THE DREAM!
Good luck to all the other schools! I can't wait to see what you've come up with :)
Mikey B (Malet Lambert)

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A huge well done to the entire 'Hornsea Team' because your performance on Wednesday night at Grimsby Auditorium was amazing! To get 12 awards, including Performer's Choice, is an absolutely fantastic achievement! Well done to you all.
I am now looking forward to sharing our work on May 29th at the Premier Final !
Best Wishes - Karen Hylton (Liaison Teacher, Hornsea School)

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Well done to everyone who performed at Carlisle last night! Everyone was amazing!
Had an awesome day and it was great to be back: enjoyed it even more than last time.
A really big well done to all the staff and pupils at St Benedict's School: 2nd place and 4 awards ?! You were awesome.
Massive thanks to Mrs Skillen for the ideas and concept, Mr Skillen for his dedication and patience, Mr and Mrs Siddle for our fantastic set, and Sue and Christine for the gorgeous costumes.
Finally to the Rock Challenge crew: thanks for the best day of the year!
Mrs Mackay (Bennies)

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Cheers to all the rock challenge crew for yesterday! It was awesome!
I've only been away 12 hours and I miss it already...
2ND PLACE!!!!!
Matthew (Bennies)

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Can anyone tell me the name of the boy who was the main dancer in the St.Benedict's school performance for Rock Challenge on thursday?? Well done 2 you guys, btw!
GARN, NTS - 1ST PLACE!! XXX
Nicole ...xx (Nelson Thomlinson)

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Well done to everyone who performed at Grimsby on wednesday! Everyone's performance looked ace!!
Well done to Hornsea! I'm so proud to be part of our team. It was AMAZING!!
Thank-you to all the choreographers, Luke, stage crew and Mrs Hylton: we couldn't have done any of it without you :D
Heather (Hornsea School, East Yorkshire)

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4 Days Left! :D:D Excited noww .....
Thanks to all the Teachers and Everyone who has put in time and effort to help us get this far!
Good luck to everyone else ...
Come on, winni: we can do it ;-)
Courtnie (Winifred)

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Aahhhhhhhhhhhh, rock challenge on tuesday - i'm soo excitedd :)
We've worked so hard, guys, so let's give it our all on tuesday. We've won twice amd i'm sure we can make it a 3rd ;)
Come on, winni !!!
Caraaa (Winifred)

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Oooo ... another post yet again ;)
Exciteddd much! Come on, my winnie family... haha ;)
The day draws closer: need to keep being great :)
Tuesday is round the corner and that's when we'll...

• tremble with the pemble ;)
• spark with the clark ;)
• frenzy with mckenzie ;)
• get down with the brown ;)
• free fall with wrethall ;)
• and go wacko with jacko ;)