The recording of the CD "The Dog Ate My Homework" took place in the school assembly hall on Monday, May 30th 2005. Our goal was simple but daunting; recording 17 songs over one normal school day thanks to the help of a professional sound engineer, André Uger from Audiolink, Vevey.

The day before, André had already set up metres of cables, microphones, amplifiers and partitions stands so that all the musicians and artists could start as early as possible, making the assembly hall look like a proper recording studio. Everyone was both eager and anxious to play. It was a huge task to record 17 songs with amateurs over one day when professional musicians can spend one week over two bars of chords! Luckily, Mr Onslow and all his music students had spent hours rehearsing for this and were ready.

The Jazz Band started the day under the painfully hot stage lights and were more than happy to enjoy Mrs Schibler’s delicious cakes and refreshing beverages after their performance. Then followed our experienced senior school choir and the chamber choir, who left me speechless for a while. The Staff Band followed shortly to record “Brick in the Wall” with the choir just like on the real Pink Floyd CD, which I used to listen to when I was younger! The JD choir came in the afternoon on stage next and sang along to Miss Coley on piano as if they had done that all their lives!  Very impressive, indeed. We finished the day with our four soloists, whose job was remarkable. Their performance attains perfection, if you listen carefully to the CD, you cannot disagree!  What a day … What a CD!

Once again, thank you very much to all the people who took part in this project, however great or small their role.  Solidarity and empathy pervade the whole CD.  This is exactly what Margaux needed to see.   Merci.

 David Chapuis

Now check out the photos from the day of the recording ....

Mrs Baerfuss with Jenny, Annabel, Tasha & Naomie 

JD children eagerly await their turn

The JD choir

All smiles from this group

Now it is the turn of the seniors

Sing, sing, sing and then some

Mr Onslow gives the final instructions

Now for the Jazz Band

Mr Onslow, Mr Chapuis and Andre Uger

Special guests, Margaux and her mum keep a close 
eye on proceedings 

Practice makes perfect Miss Hammal

Rebecca and Miss Byng are working hard

Mrs Struba helps with the accompaniment

Time for some fine tuning