Seeking talented youth for the 2nd annual Red Nose Talent Show

RED NOSE TALENT SHOW

September 13, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Seeking talented youth for the 2nd annual Red Nose Talent Show

Charlottetown — The second annual Red Nose Talent Show is being held at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall on Saturday, October 27. This event is title sponsored by Holland College and proceeds from the show will go to the Canadian Mental Health Association of Prince Edward Island (CMHA PEI).

The deadline to submit an application and audition video to participate in this year’s event, is Friday, September 21. Twelve youth acts will be chosen from the applications to perform on October 27 for a chance to win some cash prizes and a scholarship to the Holland College School of Performing Arts. Successful applicants must be 4-21 years old, organize a performance that is no longer than four minutes long and commit to a rehearsal schedule earlier in the day on October 27. Performers will be announced on September 28.

Tickets for the show go on sale October 1 at the Florence Simmons Performance Hall box office and through Ticket Pro. Please visit www.rednosetalent.ca for more details.

For information contact:

Kate Flanagan
Producer, Red Nose Talent Show [email protected]
(902) 626-1650

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Bianca McGregor
Manager, Fund Development CMHA-PEI [email protected]
(902) 628-3668

BACKGROUND

Red Nose Talent Show

The event’s producer, Kate Flanagan says that the idea to host this fundraiser was inspired by a dear friend who passed away in 2017. “This event is organized in memory of Lisa Carragher. Lisa was an educator who often used a red clown nose to incorporate humour into her lessons with my son Jack. She loved children and music, so it seemed fitting to create an event in her memory that encompassed both and incorporated a fundraising component for a cause near and dear to her heart – mental health”.

This is the second year for this event. The evening is hosted by master of ceremonies, Al Douglas and is judged by a panel of three local celebrities. In addition to ticket sales, money is raised through an online silent auction, a 50/50 raffle and the sale of programs and red clown noses. Last year this event raised $10,000 for mental health programs and services for Islanders.

Holland College

A wide variety of programs, small class sizes, and plenty of hands-on learning: these are some of the reasons that students from all across Atlantic Canada choose to come to Prince Edward Island’s community college, Holland College. In any given year, more than a third of Holland College’s students come from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.

The college offers more than 70 credentials in a wide variety of areas including culinary, policing, marine training, applied sciences and engineering technology, trades and industrial technology, health and community services, communications and media studies, computer studies, business studies, sport and leisure studies, performing arts, and tourism in 12 campuses and centres across the province.

The Holland College School of Performing Arts (SoPA), a partnership with Confederation Centre of the Arts, provides a post-secondary opportunity for students to develop their artistic skills, share their passion for music, theatre, and dance; explore career options in the performing arts; and gain an understanding of the business side of the performance industry.

In its four program offerings, Dance Performance, Music Performance, Theatre Performance and Performing Arts Foundation, SoPA offers students the unique opportunity to:

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enjoy hands-on learning with a competency-based curriculum
work with instructors who come straight from the stage and studio
train and perform in a unique environment including the halls, green room and stages of

Confederation Centre of the Arts and in Holland College’s new 300-seat Florence Simmons Performance Hall

participate in industry events
build the foundation for further post-secondary education