insideKENT Magazine Issue 27 - June 2014 | Page 14

NEWS
Kyanna Hayes

KSG CULTURAL CELEBRATION ANNOUNCES
SECOND PLATFORM FOR YOUNGSTERS TO
PROVE KENT’S GOT TALENT

Herne Infant and Nursery School Dance Troupe

Kent’s youngsters have been given a second
platform to prove they have got talent, after the
organisers of the highly prestigious, Kent School
Games Cultural Celebration, announced that a
brand new audition date will take place on
Thursday 19th June at the Trinity Theatre,
Tunbridge Wells.
The deadline for competitors to submit their
three-minute filmed online entries, has also been
extended to Friday 6th June, in a bid to give
Kent’s young creative performing artists the best
chance to make it to the second round of
auditions at the Trinity. All entries must be
submitted via the website,
www.kentschoolgames.com.

KENT SCHOOL GAMES SUCCESS
CULMINATES IN SPECTACULAR
FINALS DAY

Successful auditioning artists on the 19th June
will then go through to the Live Grand Final on
Sunday 7th September at The Assembly Hall
Theatre, Tunbridge Wells, and will be in with a
chance of winning the top three prizes of £1,000,
£500 and £250.
Already eight talented singers, bands, dancers,
cheerleaders and comedians have made it
through to the Finals, following the first auditions
at The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury, including
talented singer/songwriter Kyanna Hayes.
Meanwhile, finalists, Herne Infant and Nursery
School Dance Troupe stole the show amongst
the younger auditioning acts with their wonderful
rendition of a number from the musical Matilda.

KENT-BASED AUTHOR RELAUNCHES HISTORICAL THRILLER,
DEAD MEN LIE
More Rebus than Red Riding Hood, Canterbury-based author, David T
Procter, uses his family heritage of the Romney Marsh and Rye to enhance
his debut novel, Dead Men Lie.

After seven months of competitive
sporting excellence – involving
35,000 primary and secondary
school children taking part in 35 key
sporting events – the final hurdle is
nearing ever closer. With dozens of
top sporting locations across the
county having participated to date,
the hugely successful Kent School
Games (organised by KCC’s Sport
and Physical Activity Service, with
the support of Sainsbury’s), will
culminate with the most spectacular
Finals Day of the entire competition
on 25th June, at the University of
Kent, Canterbury.
As well as the hundreds of finalists
competing across nine different
sporting disciplines, from Disability
Football and TAG Rugby, to Infant
Agility and Handball, the day will
feature a mas ѕɍ