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Festival to bring Toothill community together
Community groups based in Toothill are combining with Toothill Primary Groups such as Toothill Scouts, the church and both primary schools will
School to hold a community celebration to mark the award of £1 million be involved, as well as organisations providing services to the community.
to the area from the National Lottery Big Local Project. The day will be a chance for Toothill residents to find out what the Big
Details of the community festival on Saturday 7 May are being worked Local £1 million is about and to contribute ideas on the projects it could
on but will include a wide range of fun and games, information and advice be spent on.
stalls organised at the school, in Toothill Church and the community centre. More information will be published in The Link closer to the event.

Greendown to host Irish Feis in July Jade’s got the ‘TeXt’ Factor
Freshbrook’s Shamrock Academy of Irish Dancing, which opened in July Seventeen year old Jade Wilkinson from Haydon Wick has been voted
last year will host its first competition or feis on 9 July at Greendown Com- one of Swindon’s best singers, having won the Text Factor competition
munity School in Grange Park when some 300 dancers from academies hosted by Bushwackers and Total Star radio.
across the south are expect to attend. Proud Mum Bar- Jade’s 2011 start-
http://shamrockacademy.webs.com/home.htm bara Wilkinson said, ed with a perfor-
Academy members showing some steps to, from left, Robert Buckland MP, “the competition mance at the Mayor’s
the mayor and mayoress of Swindon Rex and Sandra Barnett and Freshbrook started in Septem- Charity show at the
& Grange Park councillor Michael Bray at the relaunch of Freshbrook Com- ber with a showcase Wyvern on 21 Janu-
munity Centre last August event, where every ary and she will again
participant got to be auditioning for
sing what they liked, the Wyvern Summer
followed by ten elimi- Youth Project.
nation rounds of themed songs.” “Jade’s always loved singing and
Jade is no stranger to competition she’s worked hard to get this far,”
having got through to the regional said Barbara. “She’s always looking
final of Live and Unsigned in 2007, out for competitions to enter to give
and last year coming third in Cad- herself more experience.”
bury Fry’s Search for a Star contest. Ultimately her dream is to be on
“In the summer she supported the West End stage, and from Sep-
Same Difference and Rachel tember she will take up a place on
Adadeji at the Bowl and in Sep- a foundation course at a performing
tember she sang a duet with Jonny arts college in Cambridge.
Wilkes at the Wyvern theatre. She’s “Whatever she ends up do-
also performed recently in the Ap- ing it will have singing involved,
plause show at the Arts Centre,” that’s what makes her happy,” said
said Barbara. Barbara.

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