The festival is being staged by media students from the school with help from volunteers and staff. It will take place on November 20th at the school and feature performing arts and community activities. People should attend because it is free and provides an opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends. To promote the event, organizers will put up posters around school, hand out flyers, and make announcements to inform people about the festival and encourage attendance.

1. Siddiquea Aktar 11u Unit 6: Festival
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
6.3.3 Promotion C
Student Book
pp 196–203
Producing copy for a press release
The festival is being staged by our own media students with help from
Who is staging the
volunteers from students from our school. Also from staff such as our media
festival?
teachers, Ben Cole (out of school hours coordinator) and McIntoish (Music
technicians).
Performing arts and Community.
What kind of festival
is it?
20th of November.
When is the festival
taking place?
School, inside and outside (CTC)
Where is the festival
being staged?
It is a great away of having fun with your family or friends as it gives them a
Why should people
chance to bond with family or have a nice relax day with friends. Also the
come?
festival is free so it will be a fun costless day of excitement.
We will put up posters around the school, hand out leaflets outside of school
How can people find
and make an announcement in assemblies.
out more, buy tickets
etc?
Draft 2: Now combine your answers to produce a continuous piece of text.
The festival will take place on the 20th of November. It will be held by our media students as well as
volunteers and some staff members. The festival will mostly be about performing arts and Community.
It will take place in school (CTC) on a Saturday. People should come to this festival as it would give
them a chance to bond with family and friends and have a fun costless day out where entertainment is a
guarantee. To make people aware of the festival we will make posters and flyers, which we will put up
around the school and hand out inside and outside of school. We will also go into the year assemblies
and remind people about the festival a week before the day of the festival.
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2. Unit 1: Scene Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma
Unit 1: Scene
Diploma Level 2 Information Technology
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