‘Pop stars’ perform in Perse Charity Lip Sync Battle
A Perse twist on pop classics could only mean one thing – the annual fun-filled evening of music, dancing and laughter that is the Charity Lip Sync Battle.
Around £900 was raised for teenage mental health charity Stem4 courtesy of myriad mirth-making moves and hilarious attempts to replicate the biggest stars in the music world.
Amid the chaos, the comperes, Perse Assistant Head Richard Morgan and Mental Health Lead David Bennett, had the task of keeping the show on the road after Lipsync began in traditional style with Sixth Form tutors’ performance of Koukou Move.
From Pitbull to Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, Upper Sixth subject classes, sports teams and forms put together a unique and entertaining programme of sensational star turns.
In a bold move away from the ‘Lip Sync’ ethos, Wind Band even brought some actual instruments for their performance, as they juxtaposed their regular black concert dress with crazy coloured socks.
Wearing masks featuring the face of Perse Head of Hockey Ross Hayward, the girls’ hockey team had the audience in hysterics with their version of Carly Rae Jepson’s Call Me Maybe, while the badminton team were joined on stage by Head of Middle School Liam Woods and computer science teacher Iain Attenborough, who played an impromptu game before hitting shuttlecocks into the crowd.
Philosophy students pondered Madonna’s Material Girl and the rowing squad put in an oar-some performance of Ricky Martin hit Livin’ La Vida Loca, while the Senior Prefect reprised their marvellous music and dance medley up from the recent Charity Cabaret.
The ‘most entertaining’ award went to the netball team with their stunning display of gymnastic flips and tricks, while Lilian Blaxill’s maths class claimed the ‘most innovative’ prize with their ambitious movie mash-up featuring recreations of scenes from films as diverse as Love Actually, Shrek, Pulp Fiction and Kung Fu Panda!
However, the ‘most horrifying’ accolade was awarded to an Upper Sixth student who performed Let It Go from Frozen, dressed as the character Elsa while wearing a mask of Richard Chen in homage to the physics teacher’s rendition of the same song at last year’s Lip Sync Battle!
Dr Blaxill, who organised the event, was delighted that a record number of 15 acts had decided to let their hair down and have a go.
She said: “There were more participants than we’ve ever had before in terms of people on stage, which was lovely, and they all embraced the chaos of Lip Sync so well. If anything says you don’t need to be good at something for it to be worthwhile, then it’s Lip Sync.”