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The Squidz Club
The Wild West came to The Squidz Club on Friday 20 May! There were cowboys hats, double denim and sheriff badges galore as everyone got into the spirit of the evening. There were some fantastic performances from our Do Your Own Thing groups (see the taking part section) and Lewisham College music groups Diverse Unity and Squad 7. Young people also got the chance to try some DJing. The unique boutique was popular as always, see some photos of the night here. |
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Festival season is here!
Summer's here, so that means it's time for The Beautiful Octopus summer festival on Friday 15 July! It's our first club of the year, so we're going to pull out all the stops! Our theme for the club will be icons and we're asking everyone to come in fancy dress. There will be a huge number of fantastic live performances on the night; Lizzie Emeh will be showcasing songs from her second album with a live band, Spaceships are Cool and the Fuzzbomb band will be performing on the Indian marquee stage, Amelie Soleil will be performing aerial burlesque, plus much, much more! To get you in the mood, take a look at some photos from last year's festival here.
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Jazztronics on the go
Jazztronics have got a full diary. They're in the studio recording some of their new songs, they will be performing at our July Beautiful Octopus Club and they've been booked to play at the Liberty Festival on Saturday 3 September at the Southbank Centre! They're still managing to have some fun though. See why band member Wayne (left) has got the giggles here. |
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Heading to the Emerald Isle
Heart n Soul are heading to Galway in Ireland to perform at Club Tropicana on Friday 24 June. We have been invited by Soundscape Music Project to help introduce some high quality performances into their club nights. The Fish Police will be performing, DJ Stewart Bush (left) will be spinning the tunes and Ellie Munday will be VJing. |
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Making their mark
After their trip to Ireland The Fish Police will be getting ready to do some recordings for their second music EP. They've also been booked to perform in Prague later this year. Find out all the latest news about the group here. |
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Olympic visit
The Media Team got the chance to visit the London 2012 Olympic Park as part of their research for
their new Paralympic Games website. They got to see all the amazing buildings being built and took some photos of their visit. Read about their experience here. |
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I Did That! developments
Training and Taking Part Coordinator Holly Stratton met Trust for London along with the Spare Tyre Theatre Company. Trust for London funds I Did That! and Spare Tyre's employment project called Go inc. To Work. They have written a report about the projects and talked about how to share the learning of both projects with potential employers and future funders. |
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Do Your Own Thing at The Squidz Club
The Do Your Own Thing groups took centre stage at The Squidz Club. The dance and drama groups started off the night with a performance of Billy the Kid in the main stage. There was also great live music from the music group, plus DJing and VJing on the main stage. |
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Coming up
There are lots of exciting things happening at Do Your Own Thing over the next few months: |
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Sessions will now take place once a month from June to September. The first one will start this Saturday from 10am-1pm at The Midi Music Company in Deptford (across the road from the Albany). Check out our website for all the dates. We are also looking for more young people to take part. If you know of any young people aged between 10-25 with a passion for the arts, just get in touch.
Email takingpart@heartnsoul.co.uk |
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Do Your Own Thing will be appearing at the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London on Saturday 12 November! Heart n Soul will be working in partnership with the City Bridge Trust to come up with something very special for the parade. Watch this space for more details... |
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Meet Heidi
Meet Heidi Rustgaard, dance tutor for Do Your Own Thing dance. Heidi is the Artistic Director of leading dance company h2dance. Find out more about Heidi here. |
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Allsorts starts!
Great news, Heart n Soul Allsorts has started! Our brand new creative arts project for adults with learning disabilities had a flying start with twenty five people taking part. They enjoyed dance sessions with dance tutor Gemma Colidicott and performance poetry with Steve Tasane from Apples and Snakes. There was also a drop-in DJ area and lots of time for people to chill-out and meet new friends. |
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The next sessions take place on Thursday 16 June. There will be sun printing with photographer Tim Mitchell and an introduction to puppetry with Little Angel Theatre. Tickets cost £5, book here. |
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Stay connected
We're always looking to find ways to stay connected to you and if you're reading this newsletter it's a great start! However there are other ways you can get involved:
- Take a look at one of our social networking sites, sign up and become our friends.
- Sign up to get our emails and SMS text messages and we'll let you know about our upcoming events.
- Become a volunteer. We are looking for volunteers to get involved in our club events and projects this year. For more information, just call us. For more information visit here.
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Numbers at a glance:
1772 people who visited our website
1430 views we have had on our Posterous website.
800 songs recorded by the iconic Elvis Presley
3 members of Heart n Soul staff who think Marilyn Monroe is the ultimate icon |
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Save the date!
Newsflash!!!! Heart n Soul will be celebrating its 25th anniversary on Friday 2 December with a very special Beautiful Octopus Club at the Royal Festival Hall. Put this date in your diary now!
Do Your Own Thing
Saturday 11 June and Saturday 9 July
Paradigm Conference and Summer Ball, Birmingham featuring Tilley Hughes and DJ Colin Lewis Thursday 23 June
Heart n Soul and The Fish Police at Club Tropicana Friday 24 June
Heart n Soul Allsorts Thursday 16 June,
Thursday 30 June, Thursday 14 July
The Beautiful Octopus Club Friday 15 July
Find more club events coming up in London here. |
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