Springboard - Brighton & Hove Performing Arts Festival - provides a unique platform for Music and Drama students to perform in a friendly and encouraging environment.

We should like to extend a very warm welcome to performers, teachers and parents to the 88th Springboard Performing Arts Festival.

We were delighted with the feedback we received after the 2011 Festival and have incorporated many of your ideas and suggestions into our plans for 2012.

There are new classes and free workshops planned for the coming Festival - do join us!

If you haven't taken part before, read what others have said about us - you will find their comments throughout the website - and be a part of Springboard in 2012.

FUNDRAISING CONCERT

for the Martlets

This concert is being given by pupils of the late Christine Pembridge who was a leading member of the Piano section of Springboard for many years. The players will include Howard Blake, Yuri Paterson-Olenich, Peter Copley, Gaspar Hunt, Josie Ellis, Eugenia Cheng and James Adutt.

The programme will include music by Chopin,Rachmaninov,Bach,Schubert,Brahms, Howard Blake and Peter Copley. Full details of the works will appear here soon.

All takings to the Martlets Hospice and refreshments will be available on the night.

Tickets £8/£5 concessions

Tickets available on the door at Brighton and Hove High School, or in advance from the Martlets.

Contact Rachel Chitty on 01273 747455 (option 2) or email rachel.chitty@themartletshospice.co.uk

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MARK'S MAGNIFICENT MARATHON!

Our trustee, Mark Davies is running the Brighton Marathon in April in aid of Springboard. Go to http:// www.justgiving.com/mark-davies-66 to support him and us. Training updates coming soon.

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FESTIVAL DATES 2012

Piano: March 9-11 & 16-18
Woodwind: March 9-10
Brass: March 11
Strings: March 16-18
Concerto: March 18
Speech & Drama: March 18 & 23 - 25
Classical Singing: March 23 - 25
Guitar: March 17

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CONGRATULATIONS

... to  Springboard stalwarts, Jacob Swindells and Daniel Baboulene, who have both been offered places at the University of Oxford this year. And Miriam Shovell has won a Choral Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge. Well done to you all!