MEDIA RELEASE
Issued: March 8, 2016
PICTURE: A picture of Davenant's Got Talent winners Red Alert can be viewed and downloaded HERE
Rock band take Davenant’s Got Talent prize
Rock band Red Alert went one better this year and won Davenant Foundation School’s talent show.
Forty-one acts auditioned for Davenant’s Got Talent with 15 acts selected by the school’s PTA for Friday’s final.
Red Alert - Ben Hodgkinson (lead singer and rhythm guitar), Archie Turner (bass), Daniel King (drums) and Oscar Ball (lead guitar) - were the winners with Sixth Form student Mehdi Ajami (violin) runner-up and Year 7 student Lily Barker (pianist/singer) third.
The final three were judged by teacher Margaret Lamb, Parents' Association representative Stacey Goodman and last year’s winner Aoife O’Brien (pianist and singer).
Ben said: “We got together for the talent competition last year and were runners-up so we were over the moon to win this year. It was really good.â€
Parents' Association chairman Alison Hodgkinson said: “They formed six weeks before Davenant’s Got Talent last year. Now they are in Year 8. They got to know each other through their music lessons.
“They had a dream and came second last year and from there they have been together as a band and played at a Jam Night in the Crown pub in Romford and have their first gig in the pub on May 2.
Oscar said: “We look back at the videos and just try and improve.
“We’ve got this gig (May 2) and a recording session so we might look to write our own album and influence the music industry.â€
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