Young musicians and dancers from across Bradford will be helping to celebrate the success of their peers at a special awards evening.
Bradford Council and partner agencies will be hosting the fourth annual Bradford Young Citizen Awards at St George's Hall on Wednesday, 17 March next year.
And most of the entertainment for the glittering event has now been announced.
Acts will include cheerleaders from the DM Academy Shipley-based dance school, Yorkshire Punjad Dai Dancers, rap artist Major Rapper, and the Flava Squad breakdancers.
People are also being asked are to nominate youngsters who have overcome some kind of barrier to go on to achieve in one of the five categories, taken from the Every Child Matters agenda - Be Healthy, Staying Safe, Enjoy and Achieve, Making a Positive Contribution and Achieving Economic Wellbeing.
Individuals, aged 11 and under or 11 to 25, and groups can be nominated and the deadline is Friday, 15 January.
Celebrities and sports stars are expected to attend to present youngsters with their certificates.
There are also Outstanding Achievement Awards for exceptionally high achievers or entrepreneurs.
Coun Michael Kelly, the Council's Executive Member for Services to Children and Young People, said: "It will be great to see some of our talented young artists showing off their skills at this event which is all about celebrating and recognising the success of our children and young people - it promises to be a highly enjoyable and entertaining event."
Nomination forms are available in libraries, community and sports centres, or can be downloaded from bradford.gov.uk/youngcitizenawards, or by calling 01274 436006.
All nomination forms must be returned by January 15.
Media Relations Officer:
Carolyne Coyle
Telephone: 01274 432400
Fax: 01274 432005
Email: press.communications@bradford.gov.uk
Date: 15.12.09
