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Roseland Students Take to the Stage for “Shakespeare Inspires” |
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On Monday 23rd January a group of twenty Roseland students in Years 9 & 10 will be taking part in this year's Cornwall Secondary Drama Showcase entitled "Shakespeare Inspires".
This annual event, which takes place at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro, will showcase a number of short pieces of theatre by various local secondary schools including The Roseland, all linked by this year's Shakespearean theme. Our entry will be a ten minute excerpt from our forthcoming school production "Ill Met By Moonlight", an original and contemporary play set in modern times but inspired by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
This play has been written exclusively for The Roseland Community College by local playwright Jon Welch, an associate writer for Cornwall's Cube Theatre, following a very successful drama workshop with some of our Year 10 students last term.
On 23rd January Roseland students will attend a technical rehearsal at the Hall for Cornwall during the day in addition to the evening performance at 7.30pm, to which everyone is cordially invited (tickets priced £8.00 and £5.50 are available now from the Hall for Cornwall Box Office on 01872 262466). This event is a fantastic opportunity for students to perform in a professional environment and we wish them the best of luck!
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We have 'The Nativity Factor' |
 We are pleased to announce a group of our talented year 10's have won the national ITN ‘The Nativity Factor' competition. For this short film competition the entrants were asked to tell the story of the Nativity in their own unique way.
The students wrote, scored and performed song telling the nativity story. They then filmed a number of scenes to produce this unique video.
As part of their prize they spend a day at the ITN broadcast studios watching live news being aired.
A great Christmas present and a well done to Albert, Jemima, Louis, Maddie, Osian, Verity, and Will for their great success.
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Raise Money Children In Need - Buy our DVD! |
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 During the week leading up to BBC Children in Need day on Friday 18th November, students and staff got together under the direction of Pete Appleyard, to create something special - a charity medley to raise money for Children in Need.
The week began with various musical ensembles (including the college's steel band, jazz band, ukulele orchestra, student choir and staff choir) recording items to be included in the medley. These were then mixed by Pete Appleyard and student solo vocals were added.
After the track had been mastered, work started on the accompanying music video. On Wednesday 16th many shots were filmed for the first part of the video, including soloists and groups. Then, on Thursday 17th, with students ‘showing their spots', everybody gathered in the school hall for a mass choir to the final part of the medley.
The charity medley is currently on sale as a DVD from the school. To purchase a copy, complete the order form and return to the college with a minimum contribution of £2 per copy. All proceeds from the sale of the DVDs goes to Children in Need.
You can also view the video online. Please note that the video will only be online for a limited time, so in order to make sure you can watch it again and again, we would advise you to purchase a copy. To view the video online, click here.
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Roseland Christmas Celebration 7pm Wednesday 14th December 2011 |
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Our annual Christmas Celebration evening will be held at The Roseland Community College at 7pm on Wednesday 14th December. Entrance to this event is free of charge and friends and family are all welcome. The evening will include a wide variety of musical entertainment by staff and students, including performances by our Jazz Band, Steel Band, Samba Band, Ukulele Band and Roseland Voices choir, and there will also be a chance for everyone to sing along with some traditional Christmas carols. Festive refreshments will be served (refreshment tickets will be available on the door on the night, priced £1.00 each) and there will also be a Christmas Raffle.
Please note that seats will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served' basis on the night. Donations of Christmas raffle prizes would be gratefully received; please give these to Miss Polley in the Music Department office by Friday 9th December, thank you. We do hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing you all at this festive event! Please contact Miss Polley in the Music Department by email on:
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or call 01872 530675 for further details.
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