2010 Arts Guild Award Presentations

Cllr. Michael Downing joined members of Stevenage Arts Guild for the annual awards presentation to talented young people from Stevenage last Thursday at the Community Arts Centre in Stevenage. Every year the Arts Guild gives awards to young Stevenage residents between the age of 16 and 24 who are embarking upon a career in the arts.

The awards are designed to help them improve their standard of performance by contributing towards the cost of a new instrument or provide equipment for their studies. The Mayor presented cheques to all the recipients and several of the young people performed during the evening.

This year’s recipients are:
 Emily Dunn, 18, who will be commencing a degree in musical theatre at Arts Educational in September
 Lara Crowley, 20, studying saxophone and clarinet at Trinity college of Music
 Beatrice Hubble, 22, studying the oboe at the Royal Northern College in Manchester
 Robert Bucknell, 20, studying musical theatre at Urdang Academy in London
 Dominic Steer, 19, studying performing arts at Italia Conti in London
 Matthew Steer, 21, studying for a diploma in acting at Guildford University
 Alex Crowley, 17, studying for a BTEC in Interactive Media at Hertfordshire Regional College
 Siobhan Eversley, 20, studying musical theatre/dance at the Performers College in Essex,
 Ben Newbury, 20 has just completed a BA Hons in theatre at the University of Hull
 Damani Williams, 16 who will be starting at the prestigious Elmhurst School of Dance in Birmingham in September
 Lucy Kerslake, 18 who will be studying the flute at university in September

If you think you would be eligible for an award in 2011 please contact Hilary Spiers (01438 350217) for an application form.