Eurovision at St Oswald's in Guiseley

I had a very entertaining afternoon away from the hurly burly of campaigning last Friday when I judged a Eurovision song contest at St Oswald’s junior school in Guiseley.

The children were split into eight teams representing different countries and all performed superbly. The Swedish team’s singing was magnificent, Greece’s perfomance gave everyone a surprise while Portugal’s modern effort was also a hit. There was also the very poetic Irish entry while Italy’s was accompanied by some superb music, nessun dorma.

Unlike the real Eurovision song contest, there was no tatcical voting so hopefully we produced a fair result! Germany claimed third with a brilliant team effort while Spain’s energetic performance won them second which left Albania to take first place. Their fantastic dancing is what clinched it for me.

It was a wondeful afternoon and all the children, teachers and parents at St Oswald’s should be very proud!