THE NOELLE AITKEN JUNIOR ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Grade 2 and Grade 3 students will be adjudicated separately with a trophy plus four gold medal winners, as well as numerous Honourable Mention Certificates awarded in each section. The trophy winners will be asked to perform a short solo, either classical or demi-character (to be set by their teacher) at the Finals of the Enrico Cecchetti Victorian Medal Awards on Sunday 18 June at VCASS, 57 Miles Street, Southbank.

The Competition will be in the form of a simple unseen classical class with NO eliminations.

DATE: Sunday 7 May 2023

Grade 2 Registration - 9.30 a.m. Class: 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Presentation: 12.00 p.m. – 12.15 p.m.

Grade 3 Registration – 12.00 p.m. Class: 12.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Presentation: 2.30 p.m. – 2.45 p.m. Times of classes will be confirmed once entries are received.

VENUE: Cecchetti Studios – Ministry of Dance, Level 1, 64 Sutton Street, Nth. Melbourne (Melways Reference: 2A – C3)

ENTRY FEE: ENTRIES CLOSE: $25.00 per student (Teachers - one cheque only as for examinations please). Thursday 6 April, 2023. So entries go through the school.- not direct to Cecchetti

AGE LIMIT FOR ENTRIES: Students must be under 12 years on 1 January, 2023 and hold
either Grade 2 or Grade 3 Examination or Assessment Certificate from 2022. Students who passed Grade 2 in 2022 present for the Grade 2 class, students who passed Grade 3 in 2022 present for the Grade 3 class.

DRESS: Regulation Grade Cecchetti examination uniform to be worn.