CARNIVAL 18 + 19 SEPTEMBER 2010
WELCOME! Welcome to Carnival weekend - the second event from Horsecross Arts’ Inspiring Communities programme. To celebrate the Royal Burgh of Perth’s 800th year, Horsecross Arts is bringing together international artists and people from across Perth & Kinross in a jubilee of inspiration and creativity. 2010 is filled with art workshops, music sessions, dance lessons and more. From Indian Dance to Capoeira, the people of Perthshire have got creative and the result is Home and Away - three community festivals where they will share the stage with internationally renowned figures of live music and art. Carnival is the second of these festivals, and the largest. We have tried to keep as much as possible free, fun and open to all, and we have been delighted with the response. Since May 2010 we have been running Carnival workshops in every area of Perth and Kinross from Art in Aberfeldy to Afrobeat in North Perth. We’ve involved nearly 5000 people and have worked with almost every primary and secondary school in the region. This Carnival weekend is a celebration of three birthdays - not only Perth’s 800th, but Perth Theatre Company’s 75th and the Concert Hall’s 5th Birthday, so thank you for coming along to help us celebrate! With Brazilian samba bands, African afrobeat groups and traditional Scottish pipers, we hope we have brought something to the party for everyone. Whether you are on stage or on the street, you are taking part, so please give us your best moves and grooves - enjoy the party! Watch out for Lightnight in November - our final Home and Away event - when we’ll be working with Chinese artists and musicians to create a special finale to our year.
Jennifer Minchin Project Manager - Horsecross Arts
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carNival resideNcies schools capoeira residency
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian artform that combines martial arts, music and dance. Our Capoeira experts, Jedde, Mica, Stuart, Stephen and Thaissa, led 115 workshops in 43 primary schools throughout Perthshire. All the young people who took part in the sessions have been invited to come to Carnival for our ‘Join-In Capoeira’ event in front of the main stage.
dance residency
“I enjoyed this week because I haven’t done dance in a while and it taught me that anything can be a dance all you have to do is flow and move altogether” workshop participant David Hughes and Matt Foster, of the David Hughes Dance Company, led a week-long dance residency in August for 13 young people from various areas of Perthshire. The residency looked at what dance skills the young people already had and used these as a starting point, as well as introducing ballet, contemporary and street styles. “unfortunately I have never took the time to get involved in dance activities or clubs until I joined this workshop... I have really took a great interest to it to my surprise... It’s been a great experience” workshop participant
schools sculpture residency
June McEwan led 76 sculpture workshops in 32 different nursery, primary and secondary schools in Perthshire over three weeks. She also ran community workshops in all areas of Perthshire creating the sculptures shown in the parade today including hobby horses and large wicker tigers and elephants. Some of the groups June has worked with include families at Double Dykes Travellers Camp, Crieff Knockdown Group and Senior Citizens from Fairfield.
graffiti resideNcy
Chris Young, assisted by Brian MacFeely, led Graffiti workshops with Muirton Youth Crew, Fairfield Youth Crew, Young Tulloch Team, Reach Out Muirton Young Achievers and Rocksteady (Aberfeldy) to design banners for the beginning of the different sections of the parade and also to create the large Carnival boards at the Concert Hall.
hip hop residency
Hip Hop Shakespeare is a music theatre production company led by MOBO award winning artist Kingslee ‘Akala’ Daley. The company spent a week in North Inch Community Campus working alongside 40 young people from all over Perth and Kinross. They turned some of Shakespeare’s best known sonnets and monologues into hip hop and spoken word which they perform at the Carnival today.
costume residency
Our resident artists Ashley and Caroline assisted community and school participants to design and make all the costumes in the parade today. Some of the groups they’ve worked with include Fairfield ADHD Support Group, Horsecross Players Drama Group, Kinnoull Adult Resource Centre and young people from Autism Initiative Scotland.
afrobeat residency
Dele Sosimi, legendary Afrobeat musician, came to Perth with his musicians Justin, Tom and Kunle for six rehearsals between August and September. He visited six primary schools to lead choir and whole school singing workshops, and worked with the Vale of Atholl Youth Pipe Band Drummers and many community brass, woodwind and percussion players to create a new Afrobeat Band for the Carnival. Dele also joined the newly formed Perth African Community Group to teach them traditional Nigerian chants to sing in the parade.
horsecross and Drake Music scotland
Participants from Perth’s Adult Resource Centres have been working throughout this year alongside a composer, director and filmmakers to create the unique sounds, sights and atmosphere of The Flamingo Club. This work has been enhanced by their collaboration with percussionist Naná Vasconcelos who also takes to the stage today. The Flamingo Club is a partnership project between Horsecross Arts, Drake Music Scotland and Perth & Kinross Council. Funded by Awards For All, Horsecross Arts and The Guildry Incorporation of Perth. Director: Composer and musical director: Camera operator: Film Editor: Set Designer: Stage Manager: Lighting technician: Sound Technician: Costume designers:
Suzi Morrice (Horsecross Arts) Matilda Brown (Drake Music Scotland) Francisco. M. Mallo Kati Niemela (Glass eye Films) Jacqui Holland Sandra Grieve (Horsecross Arts) Laura McNiven (Horsecross Arts) Rick Bamford (Drake Music Scotland) Scott Rennie and Suzi Morrice
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carnival PARade PARADE BRAZIL BRAzIL BANNER Rock Steady (Aberfeldy)
MARACATU BAND
Naná Vasconcelos Rhythm Wave and RW Reunited Saturday Cool Schools
HORSECROSS PLAYERS HORSECROSS GLEE
Grassroots Theatre Company HIP HOP SHAKESPEARE YOUTH PROJECT (see page 3) – joining at Perth Theatre The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company and Youth Project participants, including young people from: Youth Unlimited, Perth College: Moving On Perth Academy, Perth Grammar School, Perth High School Perth & Kinross Council Youth Services projects, YMCA Perth
primary schools of perth & kinross
primary schools of perth & kinross
PARADE SCOTLAND/ALBA
PARADE AFRICA
Reach Out Muirton Young Achievers
Fairfield and Muirton Youth Crews
pipers from Vale of Atholl Youth Pipe Band: Andrew Fenton, Ross Kincaid, Stuart Letford, Tay McEwan, Gillie McNab, Kelsey Menzies, Finlay Ormiston, Robert Paterson, James Rodgers, Heather Sharp, Arran Sheach, Bobby Wardle Rhythm Wave
AFRICA BANNER
AFROBEAT residency (see page 3) Dele Sosimi, Justin Thurgur, Thomas Allan and Olakunle Olofinjana Horns: Andrew Blair, Ben Douglas, Eleanor Figures, Melanie Figures, Frances Irons, Alison Kendrick, Emilia Kenyan, Frances Lole, Felix Milan, Michael Yorston and Brass and Woodwind pupils from Perth & Kinross Council Central Groups
Percussion: Finlay Cameron, Iona Crosby, Shelley Ferguson, Louise McIntosh, Alan McNab, Irralee McNab, Joyce Page, Rianne Page, Cameron Rodgers, Graeme Rodgers, Logan Shanto, Allan Sheriffs, Stuart Sheriffs, Ian Stewart, Steven Stewart, Abby Sutherland
Singers: Perth African Community, Craigie Primary Choir Inchview Primary Choir, Moncreiffe Primary Choir St Ninian’s Primary Choir, North Muirton Primary Choir Balhousie Primary Choir
ALBA BANNER
SCOTTISH FUSION BAND
DANCE RESIDENCY (see page 3)
David Hughes Dance Company and Dance Residency Participants: Kirsty Esdale (Craigie), Cara-Jane Henderson (Blairgowrie) Iona Linn (Auchterarder), Megan MacDonald (Crieff) Belinda Mailer (Scone), Laura McGeoghie (Bridge of Earn) Emma McMurdo (Kinross), Robyn Morrissey (Crieff) Fiona Muir (Kettins) , Annie Nelson (Kinross) Nuala Prentice (Blairgowrie), Hope Stevenson (Blairgowrie) Savannah Sweeney (Crieff)
primary schools of perth & kinross Kinnoull Adult resource centre participants Goodlyburn new commuity school family group perth grammar school cheerleaders helen o’grady drama (kinross group) JGN danceattic
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carNival timetable through Perth city centre
in front of Perth Concert Hall
The Carnival parade will be a riot of colour, music and dance as hundreds of performers leave the South Inch, travelling along Scott St, High St, George St and Mill St before ending up in front of the Concert Hall ready for...
2pm – 2.30pm
12 – 2pm PARADE
in Perth Concert Hall
GANNOCHY AUDITORIUM: FREE 2pm – 6pm (every 30 mins, on the hour and half hour)
Drop-in Circus Skill workshops
Try your hand at juggling, plate spinning and other exciting circus tricks, led by Theatre Modo.
OUTDOOR STAGE: FREE JoiN-iN Maracatu ExtravagaNza Maracatu is Brazilian drumming - join-in with the Brazilian chants and songs.
2.45pm – 3pm
JoiN-IN CapoEira If you took part in the school workshops get yourself right in front of the stage!
3.15pm – 3.30pm
CarNival of Soul led by David Hughes Dance Company An honest and touching exploration of many dance styles with celebration and community at its heart.
3.45pm – 4pm
in Perth Concert Hall
NORIE-MILLER STUDIO: FREE 3pm – 3.30pm
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4pm – 4.30pm
ThE FlamiNgo Club
Since the 1930’s, the Flamingo Club has been the hottest ticket in town for the coolest jazz and latin beats. Performed by musicians from Perth’s Adult Resource Centres. In partnership with Horsecross Arts and Drake Music Scotland.
Hip Hop Shakespeare Live: Perth youth project led by The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company A modern take on Shakespeare through Hip Hop music and dance, led by MOBO award winner Akala.
4.15pm – 4.30pm
JGN DaNce Attic performaNce
Exciting street dance as you’ve never seen it before!
4.45pm – 5pm
Grassroots Theatre CompaNy
Traditional African song and dance by this group from Zimbabwe.
5.15pm – 5.30pm
in Perth Concert Hall
Vale of Atholl Pipe BaNd
3.35pm – 3.40pm 4.35pm – 4.40pm 5.30pm – 5.35pm
5.40pm – 5.55pm
FOYER: FREE Aerial Dancer Marvel as our dancer twirls and tumbles on a silk ribbon from the roof of the concert hall foyer.
A performance from the youth section of this award-winning pipe band.
Rhythm Wave
Perth’s own samba band Rhythm Wave perform.
5.55pm – 6pm
FiNale
The Birthday Carnival ends with a bang – literally!
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Welcome to ABC Musical Alba Fàilte gu Ceòl ABC Alba ABC Musical Alba
Tha Ceòl ABC Alba stèidhichte
Horsecross Arts is proud to bring you ABC Musical Alba. What you hear tonight is the result of nearly two years work to produce an exciting blend of Brazilian beats and Gaelic tones. We aim to stimulate your ears and also your eyes as you are transported between the rough terrain of Naná’s home city of Recife on Brazil’s north east coast and the mountains of Highland Perthshire. We are proud to pair Perth’s very own Youth Orchestra with youngsters from YMI Saturday Cool Schools to perform alongside Naná for this wonderful spectacle.
Às dèidh cha mhòr dà bhliadhna de shaothair da ullachadh, cluinnidh sibh cuirm-chiùil a-nochd a dh’aoineas ruitheaman à Braisil le binneas na Gàidhlig. ‘S e ar n-amas gum bi seo na chuirm dur cluais is dur sùil ‘s sinne gur toirt air cuairt bho ghairbhead dhachaigh Naná, am baile-mòr Recife air oirthir an ear-thuath Bhraisil, gu beanntanan Siorrachd Pheairt. ‘S ann le toileachas mòr a chuir sinn air an aon àrd-ùrlar Foireann-ciùil Òigridh Pheairt agus clann na Sgoil Sgoinneal Disathairne YMI son a bhith a’ cluich còmhla ri Naná san t-sealladh iongantach seo.
ABC Musical Alba is based on a musical project by Brazilian percussionist and musical maestro Naná Vasconcelos. The project started in Brazil as part of an Action for Brazilian Children initiative. It involved children who were drawn from many poverty stricken communities in North East Brazil and is based on values of empowerment and citizenship. Naná has since taken this musical project all over the world.
Tha Ceòl ABC Alba stèidhichte air pròiseact-ciùil aig neach-faramachd is maighstir-ciùil Braisileach Naná Vasconcelos. Chaidh a’ pròiseact a thòiseachadh ann am Braisil mar phàirt den iomairt, Gnìomh do Chloinn Braisilich. ‘ S ann às na sgìrean as bochda an ceann an ear-thuath Bhraisil a bha a’ chlann fhèin agus tha i stèidhichte air feallsanachd fèin-ùghdarras agus giùlan gasta dhan a chèile. On uair sin, tha Naná air a’ phròiseact-ciùil seo a thoirt air feadh an t-saoghail.
Using the Brazilian project as a template, Ronnie Goodman, music lecturer at Perth College, got together with Horsecross Arts to create a Scottish version of this work. Renowned Scottish composer Eddie McGuire and local Gaelic songstress Aileen Ogilvie assisted in arranging a new musical, keeping some songs in their traditional Portuguese but also adding new arrangements of traditional Gaelic tunes.
Performers Naná Vasconcelos, berimbau and percussion YMI Saturday Cool Schools and tutors Perth Youth Orchestra with conductor Allan Young Rhythm Wave Ronnie Goodman, artistic director Eddie McGuire, orchestral arranger Edelvan Barreto, technician for Naná Vasconcelos Aileen Ogilvie, Gaelic vocal arranger and soloist
Dh’iarr Ronnie Goodman, a tha na òraidiche-ciùil aig Colaiste Pheairt, air Horsecross beachdachadh air atharrachadh Albannach a chruthachadh dhith a bhiodh air a bonntachadh sa phròiseict Bhrasilich. Thug Ronnie agus Nanà cuireadh don chruthaiche-ciùil ainmeil, Edaidh MacGuaire, agus don t-seinneadair ionadail, Aileen NicGilleBhuidhe, a bhith gan cuideachadh leatha. Chaidh feadhainn de na h-òrain am fàgail ann am Portagais, ach bha atharraidhean ùra gan cur riutha le puirt dhùthchasail na Gàidhlig.
ABC Alba concert ABC Alba cuirm-chiÙil ACT ONE/PAIRT AON
ACT TWO/ PAIRT DHA
Symphony of Trains (extract)
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Perth Youth Orchestra
Berimbau Solo Naná Vasconcelos
Voces (with Orchestra)
Perth Youth Orchestra and Naná Vasconcelos
Hey Da Ba Doom
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Suite No. 1
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
He Mo Leannan
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Crodh-Laoigh nam Bodach
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Cade o povo daqui
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos and Cool Schools
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
E de Manha
He Mandu/Coco do Gringo
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools, Ronnie Goodman
Faca to Saor an t-sabhaidh
Indio
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Naná Vasconcelos and Cool Schools
Interlude
Perth Youth Orchestra
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Mestre Domingos
O Trenzinho do Caipira
Jasmim
Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen, Cool School, Ronnie Goodman and Harry Clapham
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos and Cool Schools
Suite no 2: Eu venho de longe
Everyone - finale
Alba
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
Boa Noite
Perth Youth Orchestra, Naná Vasconcelos, Aileen Ogilvie and Cool Schools
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Song Translations
Eadar-theangachadh nan òran ACT ONE/PAIRT AON E de Manha Naná Vasconcelos
It’s morning, I’m going to search for a flower. The daybreak is coming and the cockerel is crowing.
Faca tu saor an t –sabhaidh?
Trad: Puirt–a-beul
Have you seen the carpenter sawing? Have you seen the carpenter’s saw? Have you seen the carpenter sawing? The carpenter sawing, the carpenter’s saw Fhillidh Fhillidh, the carpenter sawing Fhillidh Fhillidh, the carpenter’s saw Fhillidh Fhillidh, the carpenter sawing The carpenter sawing, the carpenter’s saw
Mestre Domingos
Trad: The caja fruit has fallen
Mestre Domingos, Where is your hat? My hat is up there in the sky! Mestre = someone who is a ‘master’ of their art. In this case Mestre Domingos is a ‘master’ of playing pandeiro and singing. A pandeiro is a Brazilian tambourine.
Eu Venho de Longe Naná Vasconcelos
I come from far away, without knowing anyone here. I’ve come to pick the roses from the rose bush.
Boa Noite
Naná Vasconcelos Good evening to everyone Good evening to my people Good evening to those who have arrived Good evening to those who are arriving. I come all this way via the Amazon to greet you with a message Senora We wish you good evening. Good evening and God bless you , Senora
ACT TWO/ PAIRT DHA Gille Beag, O Trad: Lullaby
Little boy o, Little boy o You are the little boy of the sheep Little boy of the sheep, little boy of the sheep Little boy of the sheep, my darling you are
Hè mo Leannan, Hò mo Leannan Trad: Waulking Song
Hè my darling, Hò my darling My love in the new one Hè my darling, Hò my darling My love is that boy Calum Carpenter of the oak My love is the wavy-haired one On whose head are the curls My love is the brown haired man Who’ll sing a song in the ceilidh house My love is the carpenter with the saw Who could lay a floor expertly
Song Translations
Eadar-theangachadh nan òran Crodh Laoigh nam Bodach
Jasmim Naná Vasconcelos
The old men’s milk cows, The old men’s milk cows, The old men’s milk cows, Taking off up the glen.
It grew in my humble back yard An enchanted Jasmin flower In exquisite blue. It grew in my humble backyard A beautifully perfumed Jasmin flower In exquisite blue.
Trad: Milking Song
So, what do I care? So, what do I care? So, what do I care? My cattle aren’t there.
Alba
C.MacDonald/R.MacDonald
Cade o Povo daqui
Naná Vasconcelos
Where are the people from here? Here’s a young woman arrived, who lives by the sea. Can I have permission to bring all the people from here and pass on the message. (from the Amazon.)
Hè Mandu/ Coco do Gringo
Trad: Waulking Song
It is sad that he wouldn’t come to get me. A lad with a letter, a horse with a saddle. I would go across the sea. With my love, there would be no delay. It was my Donald, who fired the shot. Coco do Gringo (written for Ronnie Goodman by Mestre Blu do Coco de Estrela de Ouro)
When the foreigner played pandeiro The locals started dancing And kicked up the dust in the yard
Indio
Naná Vasconcelos This is a vocal chant based on the music of the indigenous people of Brazil.
This flight is sailing the clouds And the blue heavens The homeland appears like a developing photograph Through the light, as I return to land I see Scotland of high mountains And empty acres Flying low across the moorland lochs The forests and the glens But it is a wounding and a hollow sight Here as we reach the end of the century The beautiful soil of the people Still in the hands of the few I see the wheels of industry at a standstill And the northern lands laid bare And the big empty house in Edinburgh Without authority or voice You that have laid field upon field House upon house Till there be nowhere for you to be placed alone In the midst of all the earth But it is good for me to be here now As I welcome the warmth In this land that is as vibrant for me today As when I was a child. Scotland
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DANCE, SING! EXCITEMENT
TOGETHER WE
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NaNá VascoNcelos Naná was born in Recife, northeast Brazil, and even after twenty years of performing throughout the world his roots are apparent in everything he plays. A master of all Brazilian percussion instruments he specialises in the berimbau. Acknowledged as its foremost player he takes the instrument far beyond its traditional uses. After playing in every imaginable context, from symphonic orchestras to street bands in his hometown, Naná moved to Rio de Janeiro and began to play with one of Brazil’s greatest singers, Milton Nascimento. Since 1975 he has worked with artists from B.B. King to Talking Heads, Don Cherry to Trilok Gurtu. His contributions to each project are special and go beyond the usual role allotted a percussionist. A further dimension to his work lies in his continuing commitment to his work with children and people with learning difficulties, through workshop residencies in the UK and Italy. Each year Naná leads the opening of the Recife Carnival (the largest street carnival in Brazil) leading a procession of 500 Maracatu drummers from the densely populated neighbourhoods of Recife. The drummers (Batuqeiros) are conducted by Naná as a grand ensemble and guest star singers such as Marisa Monte and Elza Soares have featured on stage supported and propelled by this fantastic wave of rhythm.
Artist biographies Ronnie Goodman
Ronnie lectures in Music and Creative Industries at Perth College UHI. He began researching Brazil in 1993 with trips to Olodum, a community based Afro-Brazilian organisation that has produced a world-class performance group of drummers and singers. Six further research visits to Brazil followed, the most recent a six month sabbatical in 2008 based in Recife, north east Brazil. While here, studying Maracatu, he approached Naná Vasconcelos and the ABC Musical Alba project began. Ronnie has worked as a freelance session musician with producers such as Gary Katz (Steely Dan) and Tom Dowd (Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin). He has toured extensively with artists such as Love and Money, Hue and Cry and Capercaillie and has been a freelance composer with contemporary music, dance and theatre projects.
Aileen Ogilvie
Specialising in folk and Gaelic song, Aileen has an impeccable reputation as a singer and is regularly in demand for performance and song-writing collaborations. Inspired by the traditional music, song and Gaelic language of her Highland upbringing she discovered her singing voice by entering the Inverness Mod. She competed in various Mods and Music Festivals before studying for a BA in Popular Music Performance at Perth College UHI. At college Aileen collaborated with samba band Rhythm Wave. Since 2007 they’ve been mixing traditional Gaelic songs with Brazilian rhythms, performing at various events and venues including Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and three Glastonbury Festivals. Aileen tutors across the country including the Traditional Music in Schools project run by Feis Rois and Perth & Kinross Council’s Saturday Cool School.
Eddie McGuire
Born in Glasgow, Eddie studied composition with James Iliff at the Royal Academy of Music, London (1966-70) and then with Swedish composer Ingvar Lidholm in Stockholm. His works have been regularly broadcast and commissions have come from the Glasgow University McEwen Bequest, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, St Magnus and Edinburgh International Festivals. He’s produced several large-scale works to critical acclaim: the ballet score Peter Pan, A Glasgow Symphony, a chamber opera The Loving of Etain, and concerti for guitar, trombone, viola, violin and double bass. Eddie writes for and plays flute with Scottish folk group The Whistlebinkies, and plays with the Chinese group Harmony Ensemble. He was the recipient of a British Composers Award in 2003 and a Creative Scotland Award in 2004.
Allan Young
Allan attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where he studied violin with Jurgen Hess and Sam Bor. After graduating he played with many orchestras including the Scottish Opera Orchestra. From 1984-1996 he was a string instructor for Perth and Kinross before being appointed Music Co-ordinator for Perth and Kinross Education and Children’s Services leading a team of instructors who deliver instrumental tuition throughout the area. In 2000 Allan became conductor of Perth Youth Orchestra (PYO) and in 2005 he was proud to conduct PYO before Her Majesty The Queen in the new Perth Concert Hall. As an orchestral musician Allan has performed with many local ensembles; Chansons, Perth Amateur Operatic Society, Perth Cathedral Operatic Society, John Scrimger’s Potted Palm Group and Perth Choral Society.
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INSPIRING COMMUNITIES Samaagam - March Carnival - September Lightnight - November Carnival is the second of three community projects for 2010 each culminating in a Home and Away festival event. Each of these communtiy projects and events have been made possible by support from Creative Scotland through the National Lottery-funded Inspire Communities Fund connecting people and their communities through the arts. Home and Away is part of Perth 800, a year long programme of events for 2010 which celebrates the 800th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Burgh Charter to Perth by King William the Lion of Scotland in 1210.
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a horsecross arts production A special thank you to the staff in Perth and Kinross Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools who worked with us in various Carnival workshops, Perth & Kinross Council, Perth College, Edinburgh Samba School and countless others - you know who you are. Afrobeat Residency Dele Sosimi, Olakunle Olofinjana, Thomas Allan and Justin Thurgur, Staff at Moncreiffe, St Ninian’s, Balhousie, North Muirton, Inchview and Craigie Primary Schools who took part in the school Afrobeat Project, Dzifa and Precious, Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, PKC Instrumental Instructors ABC Alba and Samba Band Naná Vasconcelos, Edelvan Barreto, Eddie McGuire, Saturday Cool School Tutors especially Ronnie Goodman, Perth Youth Orchestra staff especially Allan Young, Rhythm Wave, Alasdair Cameron David Hughes Dance Company David Hughes and Matthew Foster The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company Kingslee ‘Akala’ Daley, Chanelle Newman, Lavar Bullard, MC Marechal, Sara Payne Capoeira Residency Anderson Santos, Jedde De Vries, Stephen Dye, Stuart Page, Thaissa Luna Graffiti Residency Chris Young and Brian MacFeely Scottish Fusion Band Vale of Atholl Pipe Band (Youth Section) and Rhythm Wave
Costume and Sculpture Residency Caroline Bell, Roxanne A M Fraser, Heather Gordon, June McEwan, Ashley McGregor, Scott Rennie and Jeanette Sendler and a final huge thank you to all our volunteer stewards Active Kids Bring your friends and family for lots of fun and fresh air - 10 minutes north of Perth just off the A9 Active Kids Adventure Park, Burnside Farm, Stanley, PH1 4QB www.activekidadventurepark.co.uk Murrayshall Murrayshall House Hotel & Golf Courses has built up a reputation over the years as one of the best hotels in Scotland. To call them simply a hotel is to understate what they have to offer. Murrayshall House Hotel and Golf Courses, Scone, Perth, PH2 7PH. Call 01738 551171 or email info@murrayshall.co.uk Shokk SHOKK Perth youth gym for under 18s has fitness and dance classes including street dance, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz and hip-hop plus a BOYS ONLY street dance class. For info on memberships, holiday camps or to chat to a member of staff call 01738 783830 or email perth@shokk.co.uk SHOKK Perth, Unit B14, Highland House, St Catherine’s Road, Perth, PH1 5YA
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CarNival supporters Huge thanks to our funders and sponsors for their generous donations towards this project – we could not have made this happen without them. Funders
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