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KingstonuponThamesFestival of the Performing Arts The Festival The KingstonuponThames Festival of The Performing Arts provides opportunities to individuals of a range of ages and abilities to perform invarious music dance and speech categories. The Festival was founded in 1932 as the Kingston upon Thames Musical Festival Society with the aimof encouragement and development of Musical and Kindred Arts. Eighty years on the Festival is still thriving and is as relevant today as it wasthen providing a welcoming and encouraging platform for people of all ages and backgrounds to perform in front of a small audience and receivepositive feedback from well qualified adjudicators on their achievements this is educational and helps to build selfesteem and confidence. Each year performers with an age range from under 5 to over 80 compete for medals and trophies in a range of classes covering Stage DancingSpeech Drama Piano Vocal and Classical Instruments.