Eastleigh College staff and students took to the stage yesterday to perform the Comic Relief 'Big Dance' in front of a packed out audience. For the first time, college lecturers and support staff worked with Dance students to perform a compilation mix of some all-time favourite songs, including 'Grease Lightning', 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson and MC Hammers 'You can't touch this'. The idea was inspired by this year's Comic Relief Danceathon fundraiser.
The routine took weeks of rehearsals and proved to pay off as it was thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd of college staff and students, who were cheering and
singing along! Efforts resulted in a total of £130 being raised in aid of Comic Relief.
Level 2 Dance student, Joey Finch, was one of the students performing on stage and talked about rehearsing with staff. Joey said:
"At first it was quite challenging as most of the staff had never been on stage or performed in front of an audience. I was really pleased with how it went and everyone loved it!"
Trevor Maskall, Computer Science lecturer, performed to the American country classic song 'Cotton-eyed Joe' and commented:
"It's been good fun. It's been interesting working with the students on the dance routines but it was a great laugh!"
John Mcmurray-Williams recently won a signed Southampton shirt and the chance to have a private backstage tour of Southampton Football club, including the home dressing room. John entered the competition after attending the Eastleigh College and St Mary’s Training Centre stand, who were running the competition, at Southampton Business EXPO at The Ageas Bowl.
Floristry student Rebecca Gillett has been awarded the renowned City and Guilds Medal for Excellence, making her one of sixty-one winners worldwide. Rebecca was recently presented her award by Councillor Bruce Tennent, The Mayor of Eastleigh, at the College’s Annual Awards Ceremony.