The world’s largest youth music festival takes place throughout February, March and April with entry opening from September each year with over 50,000 musicians and singers taking part.  Regional Festivals provide a unique opportunity for groups to perform to new audiences, listen to other groups from their area and get valuable feedback from the team of MFY Music Mentors.  The Truro Regional Festival is taking place on Saturday 25th February in Cornwall.

Big Dance 2012 is the UK’s biggest ever celebration of dance. Taking place across the UK, Big Dance will feature thousands of events inspired by dance. They will take place in all sorts of locations and in all dance styles which will all be open to absolutely anyone. Events will include classes, workshops, courses, performances, flashmobs, have-a-go days, film screenings, photography courses, competitions, world record attempts, dancing in unusual spaces – shops, parks, galleries, shopping centres – dancing in schools,at home, wherever you like.

Nowhereisland is a public art project conceived by artist Alex Hartley. It is one of 12 arts projects across the UK, funded by the Arts Council of England, which will form part of the Cultural Olympiad in summer 2012. Next summer south west England will welcome an extraordinary visitor, Nowhereisland, an island sculpture formed from Arctic material which will journey from the Jurassic Coast to the Bristol Channel over six weeks. Nowhereisland was declared a new nation on 20th September 2011. Anyone can become a citizen and over the coming months the citizens of Nowhereisland will help to form and to host the new nation.

Introducing the brand new Integrated Contemporary Dance Class for young people with and without disabilities, focusing on contact work and performance skills hosted by Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth. This class is suitable for both boys and girls aged 11 – 19 years. Taking place on Saturdays, from 10.45-12.15pm.

The US President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (honorary chair, Michelle Obama), released a report on arts education in America's schools 'Reinvesting in Arts Education'.  An article on the importance of arts and culture being central to the curriculum, and young people’s learning, in response to this report was written on TES.

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