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Congratulations !
19th November 2011
Gamston and Car Colston pupils, alongside our festival students, performed in Variations 2 at the Nottingham Playhouse to a full house.
The atmosphere was electric behind the scenes and in the auditorium,
all pupils had worked extremely hard and I was so proud of you all.
30th October 2011
Congratulations to our festival Team who gained 1st 2nd and 3rd places at Loughborough Festival. Congratulations to Esme Bavington and Eden Pritchett for their ballet trophies and to Anastasia Eddy who was awarded with the personality award. The school was also presented with the Novice Runner up Teachers Award. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
30th october 2011
An amazing performance of Thriller

from TQ Students for Vampires Rock at the Captial Arena Nottingham. Girls and boy's you were so professional in your conduct and performance - how fantastic to dance and perform with a live band!
22nd September 2011
Congratulations to Sebastian Marriott Smith
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who has been selected to appear in the Nutcracker with the Brimingham Royal Ballet. he will be appearing at the Hippodrome for three weeks from the end of November and will go onto the 02 Arena in London to perform for a week between Christmas and the New Year
22nd September 2011
Congratulations to Evie Hooper
who has been signed up by Urban Angels Modelling Agency.
21st September 2011
Congratulations to Arybella Eddy and Anastasia Eddy

who were choosen to model and dance at Excel Exhibition London for Britains next top model.
21st September 2011
Congratulations to Rosie Bentham who will be appearing in Fiddler on the Roof.
20th September 2011
Congratulations to the following pupils who will be appearing in panto at the Nottingham Arts Theatre : Ellie and Katie Mackintosh, Xenia Smith, Beth Hewitt, Mia Mckenzie and soleil Quarless.
27th August: 2011
Congratulations to Amy Johnson
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who has been accepted at Phoenix contemporary Youth Academy in Leeds.
4th July 2011
Fantastic West End workshop held at the Studio
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with Michael Kent. Michael has just finished performing Hairspray alongside Michael Ball and is currently in Maltida the Musical. Amazing singing and acting everyone - I really enjoyed watching you all
19th June 2011
A fantastic festival for all pupils who entered Earl Shilton

Festival - 58 individual medals won.
Congratulations to our inter troupes for gaining 1st Place with FireWork and to our Senior Troupes for gaining 1st place with Poison, 3rd place with Mama, 2nd place with No one like you and 3rd place with Eternal in the Cabaret and Classical Sections.
Congratulations to Faith Tucker who won the Junior Bursary and to Anastasia Eddy who came runner up in the Inter Cabaret Shield.
Trophie winners:
Safiya Dunwell (2 trophies) Katie Mackintosh, Charlotte Lawley, Megan Griffin (2 trophies) Faith Tucker (2 trophies) Anastasia Eddy, Anastasia Eddy & Jasmine Bavington, Anastasia Eddy & Arybella Eddy,Megan Griffin, Lucy Blood and Roisin Cassidy.
Inter Cabaret Trophy and Senior Trophy won.
16th May 2011
Congratulations to all students who took part
in yesterdays Freestyle Competition. Lots of individual medals won, alongside 1st place for Inter Troupe Children and 3rd place for Senior troupe for Commander. Everyone worked so hard and I am so proud of you all. Thank you parents for all your encouragement and dedication.
24th April 2011
Well done to all students who performed at Shepshed Festival

- you were all super !!
Over 25 medals won in First 2nd and 3rd Places with quite a few girls and boys being mentioned and bought forward as 4th place.
Congratulations to Lucy Blood & Megan Griffin who were asked to dance in the Bursary
22nd Feb 2011
Congratulations to our Students on another fantastic performance at the Capitol Arena for the Varsity Ice Hockey. So proud of you all girls.
28th October 2010
Congratulations to all students who performed Thriller at Trent Arena on Saturday October 30th for the Cirque Du Vampires Rock Show. You rocked the house!!
28th October 2010
Congratulations to all pupils that particpated in

Loughborough festival, many medals acheived in 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th places. Well done to the seniors for retaining the Senior Act trophy for the 2nd year and to Kitty Mussert for junior novice trophy and Amy Johnson for personality award. Keep up the good work girls and boys
1st October 2010
Congratulations to Alice Bentham who is Assistant director for Rent the musical and to Soleil Quarless who will be appearing in the production
5th September 2010
Congratulations to the following girls who will be appearing in Dick Whittington at the Nottingham Arts Theatre:

Lucy Cockburn, Megan Hill, Jasmine Bavington, Soleil Quarless, Paige Taylor, Eleanor and Katie Mackintosh, Mia Mckenzie, Mentha Girling, Evie and Olivia Hooper.
28th August 2010
Unfortunatley there wasnt a lot of us there this year to due holiday commitments, but pupils who entered had a great Nottingham Festival with 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th places achieved.
I was very proud of you all - keep up the good work. Please see Festival dates and results page for pupils who were succesful.
9th July 2010
Break a leg to all our girls and boys who are performing in the King & I at the Nottingham Arts Theatre this week. We have two teams performing so try and catch them, they have all been working so hard.
8th July 2010
Congratulations to all pupils who have just performed in

Earl Shilton. We had a fantastic festival with over 48 medals won for solos, duet and trios.
Troupes were successful Rule the World 3rd Place Inters, Mamma 4th place , Hush 2nd place & Bad Boys 1st place in Senior Troupes.
Individual Trophies were won and the school was awarded Senior Cabaret Trophy and the Highest mark of the festival (for Bad Boys 92 marks) Trophy.
Congratulations to Soleil Quarless and Faith Tucker
who were invited to dance in the Junior Bursery.
Congratulations to Megan Griffin who was runner up in the Senior Cabaret Performer
7th July 2010
Congratulations to Charlotte Griffin who has gained her IDTA Associate Teachers in Freestyle
7th July 2010
Congratulations to Louise Wright who has been accepted at Expressions Performing Arts college
16th June 2010
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Congratulations to Sebastian Marriot Smith who has been
accepted as a Junior Associate at the Royal Ballet School.
16th May 2010
Congratulations to all pupils who were successful at
this years IDTA Anglia Cabaret Performer. A fantastic result in the troupes section with the inters gaining 2nd place in their cateorgory and the Seniors taking 1st and 2nd places. Well done girls and boys!!
Keep up the good work !!
9th May 2010
Well done to all pupils who performed in the East Midlands Disco Comp in Oadby - Fantastic results! lots of medals won -

Congratulations to Hush who were crowned 1st place in Senior Troupes
30th March 2010
Congratulations to the following girls who were successful by
audition and will be appearing in the English Youth Ballet's
production of Coppelia at the Theatre Royal
Molly Baulcombe, Esme & Jasmine Bavington and Anastasia & Arybella Eddy.
30th March 2010
Congratulations to the following children who will be appearing in The King & I at the Arts Theatre.
Evie & Olivia Hooper, Anna Hughes, Anna Hunter Maddie & Megan Kerrod Catherine & Lucie MacArthur, Eleanor Mackintosh, Sebastian Smith Soleil Quarless, and Georgia Riley. They will be playing the King's children & to Eve Hopkinson and David Brown who will principal dancers in the ballet scene.
5th March 2010
Congratulations to the following girls who were successful by audition and will be appearing in the following productions.
Wizard of Oz - Playhouse
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Eleanor Mackintosh, Paige Taylor and Soleil Quarless.
Whistle down the Wind Theatre Royal
Faith Tucker, Anastasia Eddy, Arybella Eddy and Eleanor Mackintosh.
The Billy Fury Story
Faith Tucker, Charlotte Lawley, Hania Hickling, Megan Hill, Paige Taylor and Alice Bentham.
13th Feb 2010
Congratulations to Megan Griffin for being
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nominated for the IDTA Dance Awards in
Manchester for her Grade 6 Ballet
November 2009
Congratulations to all pupils who took part in the Gamston & Car Colston show, you were all fantastic and we have had some fantastic reviews!!
25th October 2009
Congratulations to all pupils who took part in Loughborough
Festival, fantastic results with medals and trophies won - See
festival results page for awards and trophies.
Thank you for all your hard work.
3rd October 2009
Congratulations to Faith Tucker who has successfully by audition got through to the next heat of Just Dance for Sky TV.
Break a leg!! Will be thinking of you - dance from your heart.
21st September 2009 East Midland Freestyle Competition
We had a very successful day, thankyou for all your great texts

and emails. Congratulations to the following pupils who gained 1st 2nd, 3rd & 4th trophies& honours Certificates.
Eleanor Mackinstosh, Anastasia Eddy, Ellie Thomas, Faith Tucker, Charlotte Lawley,
Abigail Lagou, Soleil Quarless, Megan Hill, Georgia Price Henson, Dina Lagou, Megan Kerrod, Hania Hickling, Roisin Cassidy, David Brown, Eden Pritchett, Joseph Dubas, Megan Griffin, Rosalind Montgomery, Ria Indcox, Katie Mackintosh, Polly Carr, Amy Johnson, Danielle Pearce, Lauren Roberts, Ayushi Savji, Lucy Cockburn, Jasmine Bavington, Vanessa Fuller, Lucy Blood, Caroline Marzano and Rosie Leatherland.
Troupes 1st Place Pianjo - Inters
2nd Place Womaniser - Seniors
3rd Place Hush - Seniors
15th September 2009
Congratulations to the following pupils who were successful by audition and will be appearing in Panto at the Nottingham Arts Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse.
David Brown, Hania Hickling, Faith Tucker, Sophia Shaw, Charlotte Lawley,Saskia Murphy, Amy Johnson, Holly Johnson, Ellie Mackintosh, Katie Mackintosh, Sebastian Marriott - Smith, Megan Hill, Mia Grundy, Eden Pritchett and Jasmine Bavington
1st September 2009
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Well done to all pupils who performed at Nottingham Festival. We had some fantastic results. Keep up the good work.
10th June 2009
To all the girls in Mama who were successful by auditon from
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hundreds of schools across the country to appear in the Idta
show case gala in Southport on July 5th 2009.What a honour!
The showcase is a charity event raising money for CLIC Sargent
and the IDTA Benevolent fund. CLIC Sargent cares for children
and young people with cancer and their families - in hospital and in the community.
28th June 2009 Earl Shilton Festival
What a fantastic festival we all had, over 30 medals
won and two school trophies, one for senior classical and the other for Senior Cabaret. Congrats to Emma Fletcher for her trophy for Inter classical and also to Jasmine Bavington on her award for Inter cabaret.
All our troupes performed well gaining high marks
Isabelle (Senior classical) 1st place
Moulin Rouge (Senior cabaret) 1st place
Mama (Senior cabaret) 1st place
Rule the World (inter cabaret) 3rd place
I am so proud of you all