It’s all hands on deck for the launch of Ghost Ship tonight at the Old Stables and East Green in Southwold. But there’s always time to strike a pose – here’s Erika, Adnams’s Vix Savory and Springer Glen testing out the props.

If you want to channel the party in the comfort of your own home, we’d recommend this conversational aid – an English to Pirate translator.

Spring’s event for graduate creatives, GradPitch2012, is building up momentum.

On the evening of July 6th, we will be bringing some of the industry’s biggest names together with the region’s most promising young creatives, providing them with a unique opportunity to mingle, question, learn and showcase their work.

Our judges are:

Damian Ferrar, Global Innovation Director, Imagination

Gary Walker, Creative Director, Abbott Mead Vickers

Greg Quinton, Executive Creative Partner, The Partners

Chris Murphy, founding partner of Fox Murphy/ Balloon Bog

Lisa Walker, Head of Digital Marketing Comms, HSBC

Stephen Bennett-Day, Creative Director, Skive

Ian Cochrane, Non-Executive Director and DBA Expert

Andy Wood, Chief Executive, Adnams

Erika Clegg, founder, Spring

But here’s the catch – there are just 12 spaces for graduate talent.

To enter, we’d like to you send us your ideas about how you would change the design communications world. What’s your thought that’ll make the creative industry sit up and pay attention?

How will you communicate it? It’s a transmedia world, so you can use any media you like to carry your concept.

Please submit your entries by June 11th. Email address for entries is erika.clegg@springagency.co.uk and post is Spring, The Press, 4 Church Street, Southwold IP18 6JG. The 12 attendees will be selected and informed by the 17th June.

These just in: Bex’s beautiful publicity materials for Dance East’s Spectacular Dancing Spiegeltent!

It’s coming to Christchurch Park Ipswich from 1 – 14 July, but what is it?

Spiegeltent (schpea·gael·tent), n. 1. an amazing mirrored tent coming to Christchurch Park this summer. 2. Packed full of daytime dance classes, workshops and spectacular evening dance performances, e.g. absolutely unmissable! [mirror [Dutch] + tent].

Get ready for a fantastic fortnight of workshops and performances in Christchurch Park as part of Big Dance 2012 and Ip-art.  An exciting range of events will be on offer from Baby Boogie Disco and Burlesque, to Hip Hop and Tango. There will also be fabulous Cabaret Evenings, a Retro Disco and lots more. The Spiegeltent will be a great place to enjoy dance, get fit, have fun and learn new skills. If you have never experienced dance, then this summer is a great time to start.

f you would like to receive e-updates about the Spectacular Dancing Spiegeltent send your details to fiona.speed@danceeast.co.uk

Glen, George, Bex, Lucy and I headed off to an upstairs room at Saint Edmund’s Hall this afternoon to rehearse for our 15 minutes of fame. Here’s a little taster of what we’re up to. Clue: It’s not Britain’s Got Talent.

Our eighth judge is a high profile figure in the East Anglian agency world, Chris Murphy.

Chris developed a passion for great advertising and design in his youth and entered the agency world as an “office Boy Friday.” His career progressed to a management buyout of an agency in 1990, which was followed by a merger in 1997 to create Fox Murphy.

This agency became one of the biggest outside of London with clients including Aviva, Barclays, Adnams, Pret a Manger and Disney.

Chris sold the agency to the senior management in 2008 and Chaired the newly named Balloon Dog until exiting the business in spring 2011.

His passion now is to help others be the best they can be personally and professionally. He is opening a Norwich Centre for a national charity, Christians Against Poverty, in spring 2012.