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Wild West fun!
The Squidz Club is back on Friday 20 May! The theme is the Wild West and after the success of March's superhero themed club, we're asking everyone to come in fancy dress. On the night Lewisham College music groups Diverse Unity and Squad 7 will be performing live and the Do Your Own Thing groups will be
appearing
across the club, getting everyone into the Wild West spirit!
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Dean on a mission
After five months of hard work, the plans for the Dean Rodney Singers project have been sent to Unlimited. Unlimited is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and will celebrate disability arts, culture and sport in the UK. Before the bid was finished, Dean Rodney, Aldean Blair and Mark Williams went along to a drumming session with Brazilian music organisation AfroReggae. They may be part of the project if it goes ahead. We also made a short film about the project with Dean.
Dean said: "I enjoyed filming, it was really good. They had a green-screen and professional lighting,
it was really
exciting." See the film here.
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Lizzie on song
After another fantastic performance for Barnet Adult Social Services in April, Lizzie is now in rehearsals for her performance at our July Beautiful Octopus Club summer festival. Lizzie will be performing some of the songs that she's been working on for her second album. Find out what else Lizzie's been up to this month on her myspace page here. |
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Pino in the frame
Heart n Soul co-founder and artist Pino Frumiento was invited to take part in a photoshoot by Viewpoint the UK's leading learning disability magazine. They were doing a story about the twenty most inspiring people with learning disabilities in the UK and Pino was chosen as one of them. Pino had his photo taken alongside some other inspirational role models including London 2012 Paralympic swimming hopeful Dan Pepper. Pino said: "The photoshoot was really good fun. I met lots of interesting people. It's lovely to be thought of as an inspiration." The
story
will be in the May/June issue of the magazine. See some photos of the day here. |
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The Fish Police hit the road
The group are getting ready for a number of tour dates across the UK this year. They will be heading to Galway in June where they will be leading a songwriting masterclass with a local band and performing at Club Tropicana.
Read more about The Fish Police here. |
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New roles
Music group K:DNA are taking on new roles as
music session leaders for Do Your Own Thing.
They will be helping young people create music
for their performances at The Squidz Clubs. |
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Behind the scenes
Last month we told you about our brand new blogging website Posterous,
where you can catch up on what our artists and participants have been
up to. Well they have been busy, take a look at Jazztronics band member Wayne Taylor laying
down a bassline here. |
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The countdown begins
The Media Team are starting work on their first big project. They will be creating an accessible website for people with learning disabilities for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. They will be working with Jess and Lem from Poached Creative who taught the team about reporting and presenting stories. |
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As part of their research, the team will be going on a tour of the Olympic Stadium in East London this month. Look out for their report on the trip in the next newsletter. |
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"The media is for me"
Meet Lilly Cook, a member of the Media Team.
Find out why she loves the media so much
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On guard!
The Young People's Steering Team (left) were invited to see an autism-friendly version of the Three Musketeers at the Unicorn Theatre in London Bridge. They met the cast after the performance and had a fantastic time. Team member Robin Hill said: "It was an exciting show. It was brilliant to meet the cast, they were lovely and told us how they learned to swordfight for the show." |
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Allsorts is here!
Drumroll please, the new name for our adults taking part project will be Heart n Soul Allsorts! As well as a new name, the brand new steering team (left) met for the first time and came up with lots of great ideas for the project. We have also talked to parents and carers to get their thoughts too. |
A small pilot of the project will be starting in June and we are looking for volunteers to get involved. If you love the arts and enjoy meeting new people, then we want to hear from you! Send us your details by Thursday 19 May and interviews and training will take place on Thursday 26 May. For more information contact Esme on 020 8694 1632 or email takingpart@heartnsoul.co.uk |
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New arrival
Say hello to Esme Newbery, who is our new Training Assistant. Esme will be working with the Training and Taking Part team
on all our exciting projects over the next three months.
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Numbers at a glance:
1422 visitors to our website
80000 seats in the London Olympic stadium
383 miles The Fish Police will travel to get to Galway
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Save the date!
Friday 20 May - The Squidz Club
Friday 15 July - The Beautiful Octopus Club
Find more club events coming up in London here.
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