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Carlton
Television, together with the charity, 'Children
in Crisis' are planning to continue the success
of the major children's awards event, entitled
'Britain's Brilliant Prodigies.'
The programme aims to celebrate and encourage
young British talent, and will be an uplifting
showcase of the best of British youth. There will
be awards presented in the fields of music, dance,
and sport and a special award to a young person
who has made a difference.
They
would like you to nominate various individuals
who you think may be suitable candidates for the
disciplines detailed below. The children must
be British, and be between five and fifteen years
of age in May of this year.
The
children need to send in a videotape of their
SOLO performance. If they are entering the pop
vocalist category they need to sing two contrasting
songs: an up tempo and a ballad and may have an
accompanist. If they are entering the instrumental
category, they need to perform two contrasting
pieces with an accompanist if necessary. The modern
dance applicant should choose a dance number that
demonstrates their ability and style to its fullest
capacity. The video will not be part of the television
programme it merely allows Carlton and the Charity,
to see the ability of the children.
This
year the children will not be competing against
each other, they will each be considered on their
own individual merits. Those chosen to receive
an award will be invited to attend the awards
ceremony in London. As well as presentations of
the awards by leading celebrities, the event will
feature performances from some of the categories.
Due
to the time constraints, the children you think
would make good candidates, must send in their
video showreels as soon as possible. The deadline
is the 8th February 2003. They can be VHS, DVCAM
or Mini DV. The technical quality of these showreels
is not important, they are not for broadcast.
However, they do need to be of good enough quality
to enable us to make a fair decision on that child's
potential.
The
disciplines are all SOLO performances, with the
exception of the vocalists and instrumentalists,
who can have an accompanist.
1.
Modern dance/jazz /street
2. Vocalist - pop/jazz/blues
3. Instrumentalist - classical/contemporary/jazz
Please
send the videotapes, clearly labelled, by
8th February 2003 to:
Felicity
White
Entertainment Department
1st Floor
Carlton Television
35-38 Portman Square
London, WIH 6NU
Please
make sure that we have the name and age of each
child and any contact details. Unfortunately,
they cannot return any of the showreels.
All
enquiries should be made direct to Felicity White
at Carlton Television on 020 7612 0641 (not to
the ISTD).
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