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19 May 2012

Youth Festival - What's it all about

Calling All Youth Groups

Why not enter the NANDA Youth Festival? It’s great fun; you will learn a lot and will also have a chance to make friends with people from other groups. Even if you don’t have a fully formed youth group, why not encourage some of your younger members to get a small cast production together.

The 2011 festival was a real success, we had excellent feedback and all concerned seemed to have a wonderful day; there certainly was a great atmosphere.

The 2012 Festival will be held at the Chilwell Olympia Theatre at Chilwell School, Nottingham on the evening of Friday 18th May and Saturday 19th May afternoon and evening. Should there be insufficient entries for three sessions, all performances will take place on the Saturday so please make sure your cast is available for both dates.

I am delighted to say that the adjudicator for the festival this year will be Bob Wildgust. All of you involved in NANDA will know Bob, and you can be assured that we will have entertaining and informative adjudications.

If you don’t understand what the Festival is all about, let me explain.

Each entry must be between 18 and 45 mins. and can be a one act play, an extract from a longer play as long it makes sense to an audience or some other piece of theatre, unless it consists entirely of mime, narration or is heavily dependent on production techniques. You can also enter an improvised or new work; there is even a special award for this type of entry.

Scenery should take no longer than 10 mins. to set and 5 minutes to strike, so we recommend that you keep your set fairly simple. The Olympia Theatre will be able to provide standard stage lighting, but all props and any special effects must be provided by the entrants.

All participants must be under the age of 19 on the day of the Festival.

There are lots of Trophies, awards and certificates, and although there is a competitive spirit the main enjoyment of all the participants comes from being able to perform in front of their family, friends and members of the other groups.

If you are interested please ring me on 01623 863614 or e-mail jeanelebeter@hotmail.com. I will gladly answer any of your queries and will forward all the official forms and rules etc. Those of you who are old hands at the festival will know that I ran the festival for some years and really enjoyed taking on the role once more. This time sharing the load with Sonya Oates and we are both determined that the festival will once again be vibrant and exciting:

All we need is YOU !!!

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Jean Lebeter and Sonya Oates