Saturday night challenge

Blog post for the saturday night challenge:

Piped up on energy from a day of walking and conservation activities, it was time for a challenge. This one in particular had a single objective; 'entertain' the leaders. Initially we; the students, divided into separate groups to plan a way to meet the brief, however, as we all piled into the same room to rehearse, somebody had a brainwave (I can't remember exactly who amongst the excited chaos). This entaled producing a flash mob-esque performance, to surprise the leaders that we had actually all worked together. With our irregular orchestra together; Sarah armed with her guitar and voice and Luke with his bongo drum, we set off on a rehearsal. The idea was to have a mellow song to begin with (Budapest by George Ezra), and have a sudden surge of energy in a lively rendition of 'Shut up and dance' in a dark room with flashing torches. At the end of one rehearsal we turned on the lights to discover that two of the leaders had observed a special preview! After a hectic few minutes rehearsing half of us entered the living room to perform, beginning with a lovely verse from Daniel and Sophie, which progressed to a clap-along sing-along. The fun began when there was a knock on the door and the party entered, even the leaders were dancing along to our slightly off-key version of shut up and dance! I think we can all agree that the objective was achieved when the challenge turned into a sing along with everyone, and set us up for a nostalgic night around the bonfire

Emily