MARCHING & PERFORMING ARTS UNITED KINGDOM Office: 3 Eridge Rood. Hove, East Sussex. BN3 7QD Tel= 0843 362 4836 Emoil.. odminfgmpouk.org.uk Website: htip:l/www.mpouk.org.uk ••ist+r•a Cherity No. 32854 1 MPA:UK ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2024 August 2025 hI1￿11￿y￿.*¥L*.L¥W￿* MPAUK Overview 2023-24 MPAUK IIKOME IPAVK EXPEPK) tgmLwr&liy WGUK 21r24 Mvance WGUK ￿25 WL*YAe EryJpm&rt Gift A* iliLVs￿ DCIR< 150.(IJ DCE Dyyl Irw)J PaTrJl c 212.92 DEfx)sil TNtn51 ts￿)Tr F.¥oni Fl￿ Fan Ne￿￿K 495.416 Fan NBt*fixk b￿cIal F¥ern8 (Q￿5F*￿￿ 2.050￿• 775. 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A IUJI TOTAL Fortt•gtTOTAL t 34,824Aa AUK Tol•l ,' 0611112024 MPAUK Summary (1111123- 31110124) INCOME Seasonal 2024 AdVa￿e Season 2025 Merchandise Fan netwotk MPAUK Membership a)24 Advance MPAUK MOMt￿rs￿p 2025 Circuit Memberships Advance Ciicuil Men*Hship 21J25 DonationslGrants Non WGUK Circutt enty DCEIDCDJuuthern Knlghts lI￿grat5 2009 Maynower 2010 &)uthern Knlthts Rugrats 2011 Anthrymen Cèdets 2012 Anchormen C8dets 2013 Southern Kn￿ht5 Rugrats Z014 South Wost kndemy Z015 Anchomien Cadets 2016 Oracle Cadets 2017 Splce Cadets 2018 Anchormen Cadets 2019 Avenger Cadeis 12022 Alianre C6dets 202J Or*xle 21)00 The Slatosmen 2(Mii R*gÈmÉ 2002 Storm 21x13 Guardsrw &)dets 2004 Buttercups 200S Allan 2006 Avengers 2(107 Southérn Knlthts 2008 The Academy 21x19 Southern Knl9hts 2010 S￿th￿rn Knlghts 2011 Sryrthern Knight5 zoiz Southern Knights 2013 MaYn￿r 2014 Southern Knights Z015 NorthernAcademy 2016 Mayfl¢iwer 2017 MayA(*4w Z018 MayAower 2019 Northern Acaderrry 2022 Mryfiower Z023 Mayfi<)wer 2015 Southem Knights 2016 Northern Academy 2017 PJliar 201B Mèffjthyer 2019 Mayfisywer 2022 Mafftwer 2023 M KID5 CLASS 20zz Southern Knights I￿grat5 2023 Anchormen WGUK INDOOR PERCUSSION 2008 Vintage 2009 Vlnia9e 2010 WintÉl9è zoii Senators 2012 Trcwany WORL D CLASS 2013 Mayflowéi 2015 Moyfio**r 2016 Mayfio 2018 W0￿r 2019 Maynower 2022 MtylS0 2023 M)yAa4 WINTER GUARD UNITED KINGDOM 2024 WGUK Chairman NKholson Jud9tn9 Cowordlrtator Pete Lippialt Covopted M•mb•rs Brer*bVE Jh McGthness IhYBA Liais￿1. TaThwTty C￿g (Mer￿ershIP Recruitment) WGUK Deputy ChlrmDn Barry Davis WGUK B•ard M¢mbvs Rlchard Coulter, Lee CwrL lan8utL BRrnSH WTNTER GUARD CHAklPIONSHIPS 20 On behalf of theWGUK Board may I welcome you to our 2024 Winter Guard United Kingdom Championships Programme and Yearbook. 2024 has been yetanother5eason full of energy. and fantastic innovati% prothction5from 23 compe(Ing units representing 11 orgaThsations based ross our six competitive Classes. In whSch we have seen such exceptional 5evels of sklll and performance from our performing membe A5pedal Wam) Welcom• to ourfriend5 Irrwct INetherland51. Colcyguard EUph￿la (Nethedandsl. Triuggio Iltstyl. Celtic Crusader5 (Irelandl and Encorps (Canada) for participating atour Championships. in which theywitt eompét• alongsido our UK units but recognised In an Internatlonal Section for eKh relevantclas& WGUK Statr. Lee Cwrt& Mlke Hudson (Competition Suite). Chri5 Gibbs (Chief Referee) Danny Cochrane & Sharron Patrick (Arena Marshals). lan Lyall Isovndl and Alan Thompson for endless hours of (kdlcated ￿¥)rkand supportas well as belng the-v0i￿- of our activity. WGUK Judglng T•anL Co-ordinated by Pete LipplatL fortheir hard work and d¢dlcatlon throughoutthe season. manYh￿r$ are freely given by ow Judges In rel•tlon to tralnlng. show preparatlon. self-roflection and traveling. WGUK EventTeam.' Who undertake many key roles In runnlng a show: guard receptbn. t1¢￿t & $0150 sales. arena & warm up stewards and event set up: Sue Lyal. HeatherThompson. June Fitzpatrick, MarkGutteridge. lan Holling. Sharon Comes Joe Fitzpatrhck. Tony Patrick, James Fenny. Ric Talbut, Helen Onions. Debbie Curtis, Angela Chandler. gndvolunteer5from Alliance. UK Fan Networ￿. Congratulation5 to Lee and hls team on another successfijl year of filmlng and the live streaming of t￿jay'S Championship& To my féllowWGUK Elected and Co-opted Board Menknrs and in paftk￿roUr Deputy Chair Davis for both Ns and thelr continued support and hardwork ts￿r the past year. As a Board. we ha￿ contlnued embrace Innovatfve approaches to sustain nd further develop the grt*vth of our activity within the Unlted Kingdom as well as strengthenlng our stratèglc aMianc8s and rtnUShlps￿ryth IMBA. CGN and WGL Thls evening will see two individua15 Standln9 d(x•m fon-n thè WGUK Board narne￿ Pete Llppiatt. who has been our Judges Co-ordinatorforseven years and Lee Courtvkno has been a B￿rd Memberfortwelve years, on behalf of the Board and Membershlp of WGUK. I would liketo thankthem bothfor thelr SQuthemKnl￿ts hardV￿rkartd dedlcatlon to ¢)ur activity A Special Thank Yw ￿¢eaga￿. mustgo out finaHy. I would like to ¢cx)gr4tLAateall unlts. deslgners. educators toour friends at GUARDGEAR UK for their and In partbcular every performer for brlnging such amazing sponsorship Oru￿ 2024 Competitive Seasc and Innovat1￿ productions to the floor in 2024, you are an your support 15 apprecialed. Inspiration and credStto ouractlvlty. and ￿Te lookforward to There are so mary heroes wlthln ouractfvty, and seelng you BH in 2025. I Ilke totske this opportunity of thanklng the Stay￿￿ and safe followin9 teams and Indlvlduals: Mark Fficholson We are fOrtu￿te that I￿rOrcuit contirwes tobe supported the followlng oryanisations who hwe sponsored Fwe outof our slx re9lonal shows and on behalf of thè WGUK Board and Winter Guard Communi¢y a HUGE THANK You to: .Commodores Time for a change... As we reach the end of the 2024 season it's time for me to step down from the role of judges coordinator. Having held the role for seven years it's time for a change. 2024 Jud9in9 Teaffl Itha5 been￿ toleèdthÈ te•n tNs hugéthbr* you i￿*$ho￿ thls¢aMoibe undèrestimated inththatis such a unsque and niche Ktivity in th2 UK. Without thls team of pèoplè belng wHllng to f¢Jrm t1I5 role ItwoubJfundamcntatyth•nge th¢ whole competitlvè natwe ofWGUL 1kn50 Fwwlofhowfar the1￿traM hMdeN*kW Inthetsst sèven yeavsslnce I'vehadthewi¥114ge ofl••thg ihgm. W¢haw mBde hugt strld•s to knwovo thex)u and •MthèJu&3esweofthen Co(￿d￿￿t￿artdW1Sh thèmeffjs￿(essfOr202s andbwvn settyKjw>￿d runnlng Campetiuon Wt•*thkh C¢￿tIn￿@s w b•a gr￿tbOnefftt0 InstnKiorswKlN￿9es And finally, my plea to you... What It means to be a Jvd9e... . A5 ajudge ￿l￿age ina posltlve, n￿turIng, andch*Awlngmarw aswe playourpartin contributingto thegrov*th anddèvÈlopmènt ofthlSU￿queactmly. . A 9reatieacherconthx￿lyl*wnS fromthelr5tudent5: 9reatjudge contilmo￿y1earnsf10rn the InStr￿lorS, d•slgners and perfomier5. . Greatcolourguards andgreèt judge5 grcwtogetherty hèlplng one another and bys&titngarKI réwardngthestsndardsfortheKtivity P•ts Uppl•tt 2018-2024 2024 Championships Judging Team - Qll￿PIONsHIS 202 Equlpm*nt Darren Oarton Movernent Design Anjlysis Ivan Balchin General Effert Barry Davie5 Derek Gipson Peter Lippiatt Ken Mansfield Helen Ba55ett Rlchèrd Gubby Tony Lees Samml Gannaway-Pitts Sam CatdTffe Rob Swndells Da￿en Darton Cosi Steglich Kelei9h Moore Long Ser These awardsarebased 5. 10. IS an(1 zo ￿ar ser¥*È (M)ly ￿d￿ethaWarded to Servlce Is based on ￿rf0M)In¢j at WGUK events and not as service to anlnd organlsation. Th(*. ￿rdS arÈ l>)sed on regislratbc#i dataand ￿aVailable10mernbevs of orsw)Isatlonsthat have signed uptothe scheme. Bel¢￿ i%a lisl ofaward wlnnersfor 2023: S Years 10 Years Nlamh RarKlall Katle Scott Olly Jeffrey Caitlin NuttaH Connle Cle99 Bobby Curtls Klnsey Dance Dawd Fuller Ruby Maynard Martha Rose Ollvla Bradlng Seth Graham Frankie Nolan Ruby Moffatt Charlotte Colley Matilda Coornbs Ruby Hobbs ChaTlotte Robinson 15ta-Ro58 Onions Thomas Flddaman lianc• Allian Alliance Anchormen knchormen Andiormen Imperial Winterguard Imperial Wlnterguard Imperlal Wlnterguard Mayflower Northern Academy North Bristol Independent Oracle maffjQ￿r Mayfiovmr MayAoN%tr Mayflower Mayn¢)wer MMI Winterguard MMI Winterguard Northern Academy Northern Academy Oracle Oracle Teyla Ruble Rhlanne Purchase Macy Moore Rosita Safaei Lillie Parkin Lucas ch￿dIer McKenzie Chan(ller Chloe Channell Orade Oracle Oraclg Oracle Southern Knights ErSn Bem Frar&le Lang Charfotte Morris Harper Httchings Hayley Go¢xl 15 Y•ars Bily Slater Ellle Brownlee Laura Smlth IBritton) Georgia Moran Hayley Mcmillan Samantha Ro¥%rfes MMI Winterguard MMI Winterguard MMI Wlnterguard Oracle Oracle Oracle Mollle s¥￿etland 20 Y•ars Johanna Mason Oracle Oracle Carla Norris The Gavin Woodhead Scholarship Fund The Scholarship fund has been created in memory of a beloved son, brother. uncle and friend whose passion was colourguard. Gavin achie%*d Nsdréèm ty perf￿Nn9 lnt*tyldfv￿S 8tWmter Guard kntem)tiwl (WGI and Drum C￿$ Intern4tlonal IDCII. perforrrHn9 wlth the Cadets Drum Corps. hewas •W4rd•d Rookle of the YearwKI athstiry5shÈd award foroutst¥Kllry xhlwemenL He Usedthe kThxledgeand skms he leamt in America to tth)th Inthe UK and achieved notatle success The purposeof thè schoiarshlpfund is to provide financlal asslstsnceto è young person. They mu5tbe inwjved with è colour guard and be offered o pkcè to perform at DCI or WGI in Amerlca. It Is an opportunityforthem to ccwte at the highest ￿Ve1. Thls experlence wfd givethem va&Mbl• kn¢ywledge arwj 5kA15 thattWC*nthen￿g back trj theUK.Th• Gath Woodhead Scholarship Fund beaccepting èppli¢•tJonsforfinanclal as51st￿for tl* 2025 DCIIWGI seasc Adearfrlend of Gavin, Becky Hul& wll be n￿ni￿ on Sunday 7th April 2024 In th• Brfghton Marathon and tNs wll be thefir5t initial fund raiserforthe G•vlnWoodhead Scholar5hipfund, as well as belng Becky's firstever marathon. todonatè please go to hltP5:119ofund.m•l f59ftiB41 Yourfinanclal supportwiu be greatlyappredated. aswe know Gavln woubj ab5cAutetylcw thls Idea, N5 pa55ionwas aKvays to ba¢ktoallthe teams heworked wlth. gofundme Fan N tviorl( ote 07918 057912 Junlor Class Celtic Crusaders Impact Junlors Alllance Juniors Winter Festlval Imperial vfinterguard Southern Knights Junlors MayflmrJuniors Anchormen Junlors International Reglonal A Class Triugglo Euphonia A Class JCOI Encorps JC02 Impact A JC03 Northern Academy A JC04 MayfiowerA JC05 Commodores A JC06 Open Class JC07 Oracle Open JC08 Aliance Open Northern Academy Open RAOI MMI Winterguard RA02 World Class ACOI Mayf10￿r Wotld ACOZ Kids Class AC03 NAPA Nippers AC04 Anchormen Kid5 AC05 Cadet Class Impact Cadets OCOI Southem Knights Rugrats OC02 Cornmodore Cadets OC03 Mayfiower Cadets OC04 Imperial Winterguard Cadets Anchormen Cadets North Bristol Independent Oracle Cadets wcoi KCDI KC02 ccoi CC02 CC03 CC04 CC05 CC06 CC07 CC08 Text 07918 057912 followed by the C..57b 16 979 17.43 17.51 19 17.59 22.580 1&07 93.290 1&15 86.835 18.23 18.31 International Reglonal"A" Class Finals 18.46 71.935 18.54 A Class Finals 19.09 T5..52,5 g.5.gLfj 19.18 19.27 24.82.5 29.440 91 115 19.36 19.45 Int•rval 19.S4-20.10 Open Class Finals 2QiO 19.950 2￿19 g2.49 ZO.Z8 20.37 gg.2.59 . .World Class Finals 20.53 gi 250 Junlor.-A-. Op•tt&World ￿$3 Iletreat 21.13 Guard Information CLASS Mayflower Billericay, Essex Guard DirKtor.. 8arryDavls Guard Captain& C¥ly Rogers Thrift Store staff.. Beckn Budtley. GregoryHow¥d, Jena Wlrk, John Kte*r. Krissle Dav1% Lau￿iDaW¥1n. ￿￿chael Shaplrq Rebec￿ Hul Robert Dacosta. Ou•rd Members: CartyRw. EmrTwrnw4 F￿. Martha Rose. Grace R¢XÈ. En*yCwncKK Ella Jeffw. G•t¥l*l• Clegg, Kèrry Daw-&nith.Kinsèy Darte. C41vla Hop¢. Ruby Maynwd. Bly Slat•r. LUCyDfM￿ Lk Zekrl WGUK,, OPEN Alliance Clacton-on-sea Guard Director. Ha¥4* Guord C*pt•lns: Reb¥¢c4 MasofyJ•sslc• J¢nes st•tr. Jason Ha*l(e. Demi Haw4*. Jèsslca JonÈs, KrfsUrt L￿nb usstatr. Ben Contr•a& KeMyRossjrn•￿ Tomryvth D•rGrlft Guard M•mb•rs: Jesska Jor*s, Rebecca Mason, M(y9￿ Frost. Kimmle Rob. Mercedes White4)vertDn. Nlamh RandaB. Er￿lys￿nrner￿ BeI￿ry Birmingham I West Midlands Vlard, ChartotteCTeK Uy Langridge. Katie Seo MMI Winterguard One More Li9ht Stsff.. ConnorR055 Jones. RKhard GLthy. Chrlstlan Brad￿ry. 5awil Gannaway.Pltts. Greg Hryward. 0￿600ther, D*r•nlkuty. Gtmma Moores Andrew Dallson. A￿anctI$very prw*toprèsénttNsyui'stslbute sh￿4t9￿1at2yeat passedawèykn 2017. chèsterstru99lèdhlswh0lelfe￿rfth mentl heath i5sue$3rtd tNs ye•rwe want tohelpbJM menial healthawweness as we alfeel its somethlng noone 5h¢xld h￿tOfeeIthÉyh3%* toe¢¥)ÈwIth alonè. AMlancèwould16ketO*hlshe4er￿neCWIn9 todty th¢ *rY￿slof xk. HevAetL c0mor8055Jry￿ Elle 8rownlÈe.Gèorgla Moran. Isabelle 'O' Nl9ht Divine with so￿1 edit5 by DCG m￿hl￿ArtS Deslgn. MMI s anynts isbn)ughtto IlfetyVocta*R'sethereal acapellattwwof '4y Holy Nwt,. The 2024 castwMI takeswl• CO¢￿ Eli•.Mty8LrtLEdn B•Thk Sc¥lett Dean. Lara Cook. Swnwrtha Molie S*petl4nd, Ava Graveti Steph Mcmlllan. JOMas0￿ Loulse Moore. Mla Grwett. Hwoey McMiYlan.Jtss Holl* Phodje COCK H￿IeY G¢Jod. Cheryl Poynton GuY4rd Director5: lan Holling & Niv)la staff: Laurencatt. Nlcola cockbw￿ lan Holkng. Paul Sk￿ndaC &Mwk Ni¢ho150n Guard Membws: Alex C￿￿ngh￿ry Ben Eyre. ChloÈ St£*kn￿. D*y Wobb. Evknaayton. JadelV150n-Fwww. Kiera Betts. LI1￿ Park￿. Neen4 Sinha, Rebétta H•ytw Rcrtwnlna Safa•l, Gutt•rldge, Tts)mDs CRIMINAL Theladesof OracleV4fjnterGuard take beh￿dbaTswheretheY wll rÈdéllné thbtlt mèans to be umpologetlcatyfierceand errt*￿e thwrcrvneslth nthr beforé￿lth thÈlr 2024productlon 'CRIMINAL. The Play for Power Northern Academypre5ents 0 5toryof the love oll Fatherft>r thIldr￿ the playfor powerbetvnen them not thyto gain Ns attention and affe¢t1(￿ butcontrolof thè [an￿￿b￿sInes￿ Wi5hin9all units. grealrw& andevwYs￿eess at loday's Ch8mplonth*& 411 wiii .'031 Commodores Mayflower Cheshire Guard Dlr•ctgr: KweDMu5ketL Col•y St•tr. ￿lISOn D(thrty. E(knryMkn lan KkK Petrte. Rob Swinde15. Lawenwalton. Billericay Essex Guard DirectorJen4 5th1 Ststr. L)¥¥id Fuler,Gfy9 Htr￿￿.KérryOog9tr-SrnFth Gyard Membws.. Connle Clegg. Bobbycurus, thll#pa Dlllon. BrDoke Ferkn. S￿Thnah ￿ffr4y. F￿may. Kacie Mansfield. Monk McLwen Coley, En￿ly£dmond5On, Erin Gardner. Megan Hodgenla. Mel Jone Bed(y Lee, Lucy McHwh. Emmy PritchHrd. Y5ee Aabor¥m Bèla Sll. Luc5a Swinde15. Olivia Swlndd& St•ph Twhx. Golden Hour Cabaret Rou9e self. Being at4e to sNTh• fromwthin and sh￿Yo￿910w￿1thoth￿S KCLASS Northern Academy Alliance aacton-on-sea Sheffield, South Yorkshire Ex•¢utlv• Dlrertor. Ja50n Wail Guard Dlrector.'JasonWallace Guard Mémb•rs: L￿rni Jordan. CKi¥ia 8raditvJ. Scarlètt Ha4¥kn, MUI Ca5hman. RD155n RarHlall. RubyWwrwK BeM•Jone5.Layla chUtter.An￿ Faukner, Isobele Cheek St•ff. Jason wal￿￿. AnryHt)wton & KatherlnÈ HcA¥ton I￿)rd Members: crO￿h. Ellewallbank. K￿dY TW. madl￿n Lake, Phoebe C05& Ro5elmdEs. Roslta Safael. Nevermore Ex-wives Ths yYarAknKe Junitys F￿sent thwetake on the recent NeffiEx serfès -wednèsday" uslng muslcfromthe poWsÈrlÈs. A*an￿￿nIorS Ilketo wish everjrrn pwforrtty th• best kKkforthis year5 8rltlshCMmpkn)shl)% JohvAth North•rTr Acadwrya5*t¢lthe story0(the￿x￿i¥esrf HenryVII. wishW￿ allwits e￿Y success atCharryionshv*. JUNioI Anchormen Imperial Winterguard HaliFax, West Yorkshire Guard Dlrector. Tory Lees Kingswood, Bristol )rd M•rters: Calwn Mitrhe#, £denGII, Frankle Nolan.J*y Mallhews. Seth Graham. TINYGrah￿Tr. Ruby Mith¥ood. M#sdthK Ella N￿. RubyMoffatL Darcy Sunderland LibtyRKJwts Staff: JoDMe Coomb& sarah BJhEy. Hjnnth Pay￿, Erln Ethkns Gu•rd Members: lth Bamey. Emile Bailey. Erinweafer. Hawmh B¥rett, Chwkntte RoLln5(xK Rthi Hotb& EsmeWrkle.aem St￿b5. I Wish You Were Here Taklngyouonan emotionaliowneywith our co%* ¥ernlonofth8*Yl knm S￿,1 Wanna DanceV4fjth Somebo(￿. Weal kwe a d¥tt onthè d￿Ke(loorwIth on*saThl ￿tfrIe￿I& krnw)￿YprOv￿ tobepvfomwng once a9ain on empty(hairrepresentsthal Saty￿￿.￿￿0￿1JU ¥hsh todarKe1Wt￿ the 2024 WGLN(.. VhtsGwd Urknd Klngdom showckculL butmaym longerbewryth u50rpre5èntinthatmth**nL. CXYexpeneDc￿teJ￿h￿F￿odUc￿t￿S shcA¥whleh Is•ntltled Wewwld Mk• towlsh4lpwftym*vJ unitsthe %*rybeSttl￿o•y. safe WAKE ME UP.. WehMrnaHyeryfv sharing itwth •udietices upand har)ds and lots gf lu¢ Wake Me Up I JUNIOR Mayflower Southern Knights Billericay, Essex Gu•rd Dlrtttor.. Kr*ssi•D•4*is Guard Captaln: C*yJeffr 5t•ff.' Kri55ie Davls Jane Hqje LwConwJy Lucy Evmierrnan Angela Kav￿￿ Ch&le DIWS(￿ Gal)rkl• Clegg 13uard M•mb•rn' olyJeffry.C￿IJn￿￿t￿jll. Elslo Rose, A￿s1 McLoTrn. Lla Monksf*ld. Rez Ttr￿. Abi Rrvas. Ch•rl¢>ttè8lb% Sc* Harrls, TlffaryJone& Mlam Brighton & Hove, East Sussex 5von FrKk?r.Charlotte Mwray & Billyslater M•mb•r¥: Phoebe Flsh. Crystal Gt)mez, Maddy Hale. Lydla H*. Freya HenlÈy. ScaAèttMaysty.122y PÈatsoN Katlè Sklnner. Freya Siarmer Behind the Mask Days Stay Gold "betrmnd the mask" CelebratethE Gc4d moment5 in life. In Parls, the ma5khasdlfferentmeaning8 butftyrne. t￿m￿sk maker Is the man that represents I￿vnanIty. v4ith all theface5 hurnantycan possèss. M￿Y hldo beh1￿1 Ihe mask. butothérs usèmasks to reveal man, in its *and real momentof tnth. We'd l*e to saya bi9 thankyou toal ourparents and stpptsrter5for hdplrrfj u5thrcvJh atricky season. Hgpe all yourDay5 StayGoFd. WG:UK Winter Festival Anchormen Cadets Dublin, Ireland HaliFax, West Yorkshire Guard Dlr•ctor. Llsa Clayton St•lE. Etim Varrw, Lkndsey Mlltt)n, Oalsy Webb. Lisa atyt Gyard Memb•rs: Ayssa Crabtree. Alicia 05boume. L•¢ey HlrsL Omva Walton. Trinity Newsomè. fvy Hans(￿. Darci Hanson Guard Dlr•etor. 8rely￿ McGulr&ws Guard C4ptaltt: Cara O'Rwke st•lF. Arry No1￿.cla￿e 81ssetLAkne Hwn C*nè meG￿nne$S eward M#mb•rs: Abbl&O'Brlen. Je55ti Day.C*ra 0'R￿kn. Ava Mccormackjago. Niamh G*lgth. Orla M¢Auley, ￿llew31th. Law•n tknw, Satlth steNW￿.￿aYlaMarrmn Dhacoojee It's Cold Outside Cadets tojointhem and ha¥e fun asw waka wtodSCU¥Ert1*5ntyA.thètreè. thè I￿sen[S and havefunwith friends. 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