We’re absolutely staggered and delighted by the number of people who have offered their time and expertise to help out with Cornwall Twestival 2010.

Today our heartfelt thanks go to Liz May of Design Thoughts, and the St Austell Printing Company, who between them have generously designed and printed our Twestival posters, flyers and other materials.

Look out for the flyers and posters in cafés, shops and bars near you - and don’t forget there’s still time to get tickets for tomorrow’s event. We have a fantastic musical line-up featuring some of Cornwall’s best up-and-coming talent and some great auction prizes - all for just £10! Buy Cornwall Twestival tickets here.

We’re excited to announce that The Scholars will be playing at Cornwall Twestival Global from 7.30pm to 8pm, in the Vertigo Bar garden (or in the Conservatory, if it’s raining).

The Scholars are a close harmony group consisting of five choral scholars from Truro Cathedral. They all live and sing together on a daily basis, making it very easy to put this group together. They all come from an intense musical background whether it be as an ex-chorister of a cathedral choir, studying music at university or just loving to sing on a regular basis. Three of them were head choristers at their respective cathedrals of Wells, York and Lincoln, and they also come from as far away as Canada.

They sing a wide variety of styles, ranging from the traditional barbershop numbers like ‘My Evaline’ to close harmony arrangements of well known songs by The Beatles and Queen, as well as folksongs and more eclectic tunes, some self arranged. They put a lot of energy into everything that they sing, and their enjoyment of all music, with their close harmony so very different from what they sing in the cathedral, is clear.

The Scholars are:

Alto - Donald Hunt
Tenor - Kieran White
Tenor - William Kilvington-Shaw
Baritone - Sam Mitchell
Bass - Joachim Sabbat

Huge thanks from everyone at Cornwall Twestival 2010 go to bmibaby, our tenth and final sponsor for this Thursday’s event.

bmibaby is a low cost airline, formed as part of the bmi group. Launched in 2002, bmibaby flies from four UK bases: East Midlands, Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff, to 30 European destinations, including Newquay Airport here in glorious Cornwall.

We’re delighted that bmibaby has chosen to sponsor Cornwall Twestival Global in addition to its sponsorship of other Twestival events taking place in Birmingham, Nottingham and Cardiff.

You can follow bmibaby on Twitter at @bmibaby_com.

The Cornwall Twestival Global organising committee would like to welcome and thank Talent Cornwall for their generous sponsorship of Thursday’s event.

Talent Cornwall is a brand new, innovative Cornish-based recruitment company focusing on management and specialist recruitment. Its aim is to transform the way local employers resource top performers for their organisation.

At a time when cost-cutting has hampered new recruitment nationwide, the company recognises that it must offer employers real value for money. Alongside its focus on providing high quality individuals, Talent Cornwall aims to keep operating costs low enabling them to offer market-beating rates.

Talent Cornwall operates entirely online and can be found by prospective candidates and employers alike at www.talentcornwall.com. It is currently recruiting for General Management roles and specialist positions in HR, IT, Finance and Legal.

You can follow Talent Cornwall on Twitter at @talentcornwall.

Still making up your mind about whether to attend Cornwall Twestival on Thursday? Find out more about the event by watching this fantastic short video by our event video partners Sideways Cornwall (@cornwallnow).

We’d love to see you on Thursday for what promises to be a great evening of live entertainment combined with some much-needed fundraising for educational projects in some of the poorest countries in the world.

If this video has inspired you to come along, don’t delay - get your ticket today!

Yes, that’s right - thanks to our friends at St Austell Brewery we’ve got a free case (six bottles) of Banrock Station Sparkling Shiraz to give away to one lucky Cornwall Twestival attendee.

This south-east Australian sparkling red is “rich in colour with an intense bouquet of sweet cassis and a spectrum of fruit flavours“. Sounds tempting? Simply buy your Cornwall Twestival ticket before midnight tonight (Thursday 18th March 2010) and we’ll enter you into a prize draw to win the wine!

Click here to buy tickets

Good luck!

Terms and conditions

1) One case of six bottles of wine will be awarded to the first name drawn out of a hat at the Cornwall Twestival event on Thursday March 25th 2010 at Vertigo, Truro. The draw will take place at or around 11pm.

2) All those who have purchased a ticket to Cornwall Twestival before midnight on Thursday 18th March 2010 will be automatically entered into the draw, except where restrictions apply (see points 3-5 below).

3) Only ticket purchasers over the age of 18 will be eligible to enter.

4) Holders of free tickets will not be eligible to enter.

5) Members of the Twestival Cornwall organising committee will not be eligible to enter, nor members of their immediate family.

6) The winner will be notified at the event if they are present at the time of the draw, and if not by phone or email within 24 hours of the draw.

7) The winner consents to being photographed with their prize by the Cornwall Twestival official photographer, Paul Richards of PR 4 Photos, for use in subsequent press and promotional activity for Cornwall Twestival.

We’re delighted to welcome back Tonick Media, returning sponsor for Cornwall Twestival Global 2010.

Tonick Media is a media and marketing agency based in the heart of Cornwall, where a digital and creative centre of excellence is emerging. We help businesses and organisations of all sizes make the most of their traditional media and marketing campaigns as well as Social Media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Wordpress.

Started in 2005 by husband and wife team, Nick and Toni Eyriey, Tonick is publisher of the only dedicated business magazine in the county, Business Cornwall. In 2009, the company reenergised and turned attention towards providing a broader media service. It now works with clients throughout Cornwall and wider afield to develop compelling and engaging media and marketing campaigns across a range of traditional and new media.

You can follow Tonick Media founder Nick Eyriey on Twitter at @nickeyriey, and marketing director Aren Grimshaw at @arengrimshaw. You can also stay up to date with the latest news from Business Cornwall by following @biz_cornwall.

Yes, one lucky Cornwall Twestival attendee will walk away with a shiny new Pogoplug, thanks to the generosity of Pogoplug and its PR agency, Escherman.

A brand new gadget on the UK market, this stylish device lets you share the content of your USB drives easily and quickly over the internet. You can use it to share photos with friends or access your home-based files from anywhere you can get online.

Pogoplug retails at £99 and has been garnering some excellent press coverage in the past couple of weeks. Channel 5’s Gadget Show loved it, saying it “makes sharing a cinch“, while Freelance Advisor said it “makes working away from home easier, less stressful, and more fun.”

Pogoplug is just one of a number of great prizes up for grabs at Cornwall Twestival Global 2010. Don’t miss your chance to win - book your £10 ticket today!

A very warm welcome and a big thank you to a new Cornwall Twestival sponsor, Fluid Branding.

Fluid Branding are the South West’s leading supplier of Promotional Products, Corporate Gifts and Branded Merchandise. With a massive range of promotional products combined with market leading customer service, Fluid Branding and their dedicated environmental brand Eco Incentives are perfectly placed to provide you with imaginative, low cost corporate gifts and branded promotional merchandise.

Take a look at www.fluidbranding.com or www.ecoincentives.com and see for yourself how you can use branded merchandise to add real impact to your marketing campaigns.

You can follow Fluid Branding on Twitter at @fluidbranding.

A very warm welcome back to another returning sponsor - Niddocks Internet Marketing, who have been strong supporters of Cornwall Twestival since its inception in early 2009.

Niddocks is an internet marketing company focusing on providing cost-effective web marketing solutions for small, medium and large organisations throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Services include SEO, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, training, management and consultancy.

Find out more about Niddocks from their website www.niddocks.com, or follow Niddocks founders @robedlin and @andreaedlin on Twitter.