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Heart n Shoal
Our Squidz Club last month had an underwater theme and some beautiful costumes. There were mermaids, deep sea divers and even fish hats! Photos from the club are now online, see them
here. The night was full of amazing performances. Aldean Blair and Kali Perkins performed for the first time as solo artists. Read more about Aldean below. |
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Going global
As the Dean Rodney Singers project starts to get going, Dean has been out and about, meeting people and spreading the word about the project. The project is part of Unlimited, a London 2012 cultural programme that will celebrate disability
arts, culture and sport. He met with visual artists onedotzero and got some great ideas about how to present the project. He also met all the other artists involved with Unlimited at the Southbank Centre. Find out all the latest news about the project here. |
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First Lady
Heart n Soul's very own diva, Lizzie Emeh has been working with Arthur Lea and Ricky Jodelko on new material. To hear a sneak preview go
here. Lizzie also took part in a photoshoot with photographer Nadia Battega for a book about the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial fund. The fund gave Heart n Soul a grant in 2000 for a three year project. Lizzie was one of their ambassadors and as part of her work, she took part in media training and met Nelson Mandela. Lizzie has also been getting ready for her visit to Number 10 on next week. She'll be performing for the Prime Minister's wife, Samantha Cameron, at an event to celebrate the achievements of disabled leaders. Go Lizzie! |
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Behind the scenes
Over the past few months, Heart n Soul artist
Dele Fakoya has been working on his short film Desmond. Based on his book, it features animation and a superhero called Desmond. Filming took place on London's overground trains and The Napier Works in East Ham. See some behind the scenes photos here. |
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Meet Aldean
Meet Aldean Blair. Not only is he a Heart n Soul artist but he's also a super talented keyboard player! Aldean recently played his first ever solo show at The Squidz Club in September. He's also part of the Do Your Own Thing music group and will be performing at the Lord's Mayor's Show next month (see Training and Taking Part for more details). Read an interview with Aldean here. |
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Looking back
As we continue to look back at Heart n Soul's history, we've now reached the late 90's. This was a time when the internet took off and Brit pop took over the music charts. It was also an exciting time at Heart n Soul too with an album launch and a Glastonbury performance. Our Artistic Director Mark Williams tells us more here. |
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Sharing success
The I Did That! graduates will be sharing stories of their success at a special event at The Roundhouse in Camden next week. It will be run by Trust for London who funded the project. Digital graduate Ellie Munday (left) will be talking about her experience of the project and her work as a freelance VJ. The event will be stage managed by I Did That! sound graduate Michael Rose. To find out more about I Did That! visit here. |
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Sneak preview
The Do Your Own Thing groups were in fine form at September's Squidz Club in September. The dance, drama and music groups gave us a taster of their exciting new costumes and songs for the Lord Mayor's Show on Saturday 12 November. |
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Website launch
The Media Team have had a very busy month. They launched their new website Games Through Our Eyes at last month's Squidz Club. The website has all the latest news and interviews about next year's Paralympic Games. It has also has videos and photos from the team. We'd love to know what you think about the Paralympics! Visit the website blog here and leave us your comments, stories and questions. |
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Our history
Now the new website is up and running, The Media Team are now starting work on their next project with visual artist Hannah Mason and photographer Tim Mitchell. They are making a two minute film and a photo slideshow. These will be shown at the Beautiful Octopus Club on Friday 2 December so make sure to look out for them! |
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Coming into her own
Media Team trainee Laura Jarvis has been having one-to-one sessions with photographer Tim Mitchell. The training has produced some great results as Laura did an amazing job taking photos of September's Squidz Club. Laura said: "I really enjoyed meeting everyone at The Squidz Club and getting to take their photos." See some of her photos of the night here. Laura's next project will be taking portraits of the Media Team for their Posterous blog page. See it here. |
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New arrivals
We're really happy to welcome a new member to the Heart n Soul team. Rachel Jones will be taking over from Becky Bell as the new administrator. Welcome onboard Rachel! |
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However Becky isn't leaving us! She's now the Project Co-ordinator for the Dean Rodney Singers project and has a very exciting year ahead. |
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Social networking
Heart n Soul is moving on Facebook and we want you to join us! At the end of this month, our old page will be closing down. Instead we'll be here. Make sure you visit us and press 'like' to keep up to date with all the Heart n Soul news, stories and gossip! |
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Tweet of the month
@HeartnSoulArt Great Paralympic site – what a talented bunch U R! from @ShedAtThePark
Visit our Twitter page here. |
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Dates for your diary
Lord Mayor's Show – Saturday 12 November from 11am FREE! Heart n Soul will be riding through the city on a big red bus with our Do Your Own Thing! DJs and VJs playing live
The Beautiful Octopus Club at the Royal Festival Hall – Friday 2 December, 7pm-12am FREE! Come and celebrate Heart n Soul 25th anniversary at an extra special club including performances from Lizzie Emeh, The Fish Police and Jazztronics
Clive at Arts Depot, Saturday 22 October,
7-11pm. Tickets £5 |
★★ Heart n Soul top picks ★★
Here's a couple of things we'll be seeing over the next month… |
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CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY
Turning 20: Anniversary Bill, Friday 14 & Saturday 15 October, Southbank Centre
Let Candoco Dance Company take you to the past, present and future to celebrate its 20th anniversary with three bold and unexpected commissions that build on Candoco's rich experience as the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers.
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Mind the Gap presents
Clive King's Stig of the Dump
Retold by Mike Kenny
Tuesday 8 November, 1pm & 7pm,
The Albany, Deptford
A tale of a unique friendship: Stig wears rabbit-skins, has his own language and uses empty tin cans for a chimney. Barney has scuffed shoes, grazed knees and dirty fingernails. Join Stig and Barney on their delightful adventure. For ages 8+.
For more information, go here. |
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We hope you've enjoyed reading the newsletter. There are lots of exciting projects and events coming up, so we hope to see you at some of them very soon! Remember if there's anything you would like to say about the newsletter, just drop us a line here.
