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<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">You may be interested in the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Applications open for Top Designs, Top Arts and Top Class Sound 2018</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Process for students to submit work for consideration:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Top Designs: Media, Product Design and Technology, Systems Engineering, Theatre Studies Design, VET Creative and Digital Media, Visual Communication Design.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Top Arts: Art and Studio Arts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Top Class Sound: Music Performance / Music Investigation / VET Music.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="default" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Expressions of Interest and Applications open on
<b>Friday 1 September 2017</b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/excellenceawards/seasonofexcellence/index.aspx">
<span style="color:#002060">VCE Season of Excellence webpage</span></a> or <a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/correspondence/notices/2017/notices2017.aspx">
<span style="color:#002060">Notices to Schools</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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