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JANUARY 2010 ABRSM Examinations Congratulations to Ashwin Sharma who passed his Grade 1 piano examination with Merit in December. Also congratulations to Katherine Thomas for passing her grade 4 Music theory examination. DECEMBER 2009 Brinsworth House - Christmas Concert Nearly 40 students were involved in our annual Christmas Concert at Brinsworth House Residential home in Twickenham. Children aged from 4 to 18 years entertained the residents singing traditional Christmas songs and Carols as well as poems and stories of the nativity. A Christmas Carol 60 students from Step on Stage appeared in our Christams production of Charles Dickens classic novel, A Christmas Carol. Children aged between 3 and 14 years appeared in the performance which took place at the Vera Fletcher Hall in Thames Ditton. The performance was followed by the award of the achivement certificates for the Autumn Term. JULY 2009 Step on Stage hosts international Summer School This july, Step On Stage hosted 45 students from the Gulliver college in Venice for a theatre arts Summer School. The students were accompanied by their english teachers and stayed at St Marys College in Teddington. The summer School was held at the Hampton Hill Playhouse and during their 6 day stay the students learned new skillls in physical theatre, mask work and musical theatre - singing and dancing to songs from 'We Will Rock You', 'Grease' and 'Mamma Mia'. At the end of the workshop, each group of studetns performed a piece they had worked on in each of the three performance disciplines and all received a certificate of achievment. MARCH 2009 Step On Stage on Cbeebies Four students have been chosen to appear on Cbeebies in ther 'Spring Song'. Max Marshall and Eddie Reiman from the Twickenham Branch and Won Kim and Emanuela Nigrelli from the Hersham branch were chosen from a large number of children to appear in the song. Congratulations FEBRUARY 2009 In February, two producers from Cbeebies came to visit our Act 1 class on a Tuesday in Twickenham. DECEMBER 2008 On December 16th, 25 students from Step On Stage and music students from Notre Dame school performed a selection of Christmas songs and poems for the residents of Brinsworth House. OCTOBER 2008 During half-term 13 music students performed for the residents of Brinsworth House in Twickenham. Our youngest performer on the piano was 6 years old, and despite a few nerves, all the students performed brilliantly. It was a wonderful concert which combined students from Step On Stage and music students of mine from Notre Dame School in Cobham, Surrey. A wide range of musical styles were performed from Boogie Woogie to Jazz and Blues to the more classical Mozart and Bach. AUGUST 2008 LAMDA EXAMINATIONS The children achieved outstanding success in the recent LAMDA examinations held in July. We enjoyed a 100% pass rate for the 7th year running. Students aged between 5 years to 12 years took examinations in the Speaking of Verse and Prose and Acting. 19 children achieved DISTINCTION 17 children achieved a MERIT 4 children achieved a PASS Anna Diab who took her Grade Two Sopeaking of Verse and prose examination achieved the highest mark, gaining a DISTINCTION with 90 marks. Congratulations to all those who took examinations! ABRSM EXAMINATIONS 5 students took ABRSM examinations in Music Theory and we enjoyed a 100 pass rate. Akansha ramakrishnan achieved 90 for grade 1 (Distinction) and Aniruddh Sharma gained 87 (Merit) 3 students took ABRSM Examinations in Piano with 2 gaining Pass for Grade 4 and one student gaining a Distinction (132) for Grade 2. BRINSWORTH HOUSE We have been invited by Brinsworth House, the retirement home for members of the performing arts industry to entertain the residents. We will be performing a Music concert given by the piano and flute students in October and a Christmas concert performed by children from Acts 1, 2 and 3 in December. August 2007 LAMDA Examinations Grade Six Speaking of Verse and Prose Eleanor Daly (Merit) Grade Six Reading for Performance Eleanor Daly (Merit) P.Cert.Lam Sarah Hadley (Merit) July 2007 LAMDA Examinations Introductory Emanuela Nigrelli (Merit) Chiara Fahy-Spada (Merit) Preparatory Isabel Tapia (Distinction) Grade One Speaking of Verse and Prose Anna Diab (Merit) April 2007 LAMDA Examinations Introductory Examination: Annie Lewis (Distinction) Anna Davies (Merit) Preparatory Examination: Luca Kamleh Chapman (Distinction) Caitlin Wheeler (Distinction) Preliminary Examination: Holly Heaps (Distinction) Grade 1 Speaking of Verse and Prose: Madeleine Kamleh Chapman (Distinction) Silver Medal Reading For Performance: Lydia Griffin - Harrop (Distinction) Gold Medal Speaking of Verse and Prose: Lydia Griffin - Harrop (Distinction) Gold Medal Acting: Sarah Hadley (Distinction) P.Cert.Lam - Unit 1: Sarah Hadley (Merit)

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