The afternoon started with some sizzling Latin music with a Salsa class taught by one of Oxford's premier salsa instructor duos - the approximately 200 students attending were instructed in the basic steps and patterns, and had a fun, social time with their friends.
There were a multitude of events in the evening. 200 students were able to enjoy a fabulous night of Shakespeare with Antony & Cleopatra at an outside venue in Oxford's Said Business School. Creation Theatre (link here) specialise in performing in venues that are not traditional theatres, and this evening did not disappoint, with students enthralled by the passion, warfare, and tragedy of this brilliant production.
Those more interested in classical music were treated to a performance by the Adderbury Ensemble, an ensemble formed in 1986 by a number of Britain's finest young musicians that has since grown from performances organised in the idyllic village of Adderbury in North Oxfordshire to concerts in the atmospheric Sheldonian Theatre. They performed Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin, Corelli's Concerto Grosso, Handel's Concerto Grosso, and Marcello's Oboe Concerto, with solist Alun Darbyshire.
All of the OxTrad Quest winners received their prizes tonight - the first prize winners travelled to London to watch the West End production, Jersey Boys, and were also treated to an Italian dinner in Soho. The second prize winners were taught how to punt at the Cherwell Boat House, an iconic Oxford punt station and restaurant on the banks of the River Cherwell. Established in 1904, the family-run Boathouse now has over 80 handmade punts in the water, and is a picturesque spot for an alfresco dinner, to which the students were treated after punting. The third prize winners were also taken out for dinner, to the restaurant of prominent and award-winning English chef, Jamie Oliver - Jamie's Italian. All in all, a fantastic evening of food and entertainment for the students who got the highest marks in the Quest from the first weekend of the programme.
Students at Cherwell Boathouse, Copyright OxTrad
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