When fire ripped through Glendale Technology High School, it left more than ashes in its wake.
The firefighters had spent most of the night on April 19 and 20, battling to keep the blaze contained in the two-storey canteen at Glendale Technology High School.
It had started about 1am, and gutted the building only two days before classes were supposed to resume after a holiday break.
In the hours and days after the fire, it was hard to know anything for certain.
The canteen was destroyed. The blaze was contained there by the efforts of the emergency services.
The mid-year Extravaganza - a concert staged by the students - was cancelled.
To lose the concert was a blow. But it was not long before Scouts members Vincent Stephens, Hugo Wagner and Josh Regan - year 10 students at the school and members of band Static Embers alongside Kobi Atkins - had a plan.
Hugo got on the phone to his Scout leader and asked if they could stage the concert at the hall at Cardiff. In the moment, they agreed, and the wheels were turning.
There were hurdles. Local ordinances about amplified music in the quiet residential suburbs, and crowd capacities, and then there was the equipment, and the performers and the set list.
When Hugo gets an idea in his head, he goes for it, his mum, Margaux, said. She spends much of her time trying to keep up.
At the weekend, at Cardiff Scout Hall, he was constantly busy, going back and forth between the sound desk and the stage organising. There is the sense that it is not in him to go slowly, or by anything less than full measure.
Ms Wagner said the days after the fire had been hard on that front, but music was vital for Hugo and the boys.
"That's his thing," Ms Wagner said. "It's the thing they all shine at."
"And it really changed them from being the kids who weren't that noticed, to being cool. It's really important for them, and it's a big part of their identity."
"They have band practice and go to the record store together; dye their hair. It has brought them closer together, and they have really pushed themselves."
The band was their creative outlet. One that, as Ms Wagner said, was sometimes difficult to satisfy. All-ages shows were not that common, she said, and it could be hard to find live music where the boys could really get in the thick of it.
But, the Scouts leaders said at the weekend, the ethos of the organisation was to support the teens who wanted to take the lead.
By about 12pm on Saturday, July 4, students were starting to filter into the Scout Hall grounds where the last checks and preparations were frantically made.
It was never really about putting on a flawless show. It was more important than that.
As the first performer mimicked Angus Young's duck walk in a pair of shorts and an AC/DC t-shirt under a leather jacket, jamming away to Bon Jovi, the racing preparations gave way to feedback from the amps.
At the edge of the roughly demarcated stage on the lawn where students and parents sprawled out to listen, about a dozen performers were gathered together.
They craned to get a look at the acts before their sets came up.
"It was for all of the other performers," Vincent had said earlier. "We wanted them to be able to play somewhere."
And so, despite the fire, the show went on.
