The Event!

The final week of you can was the event itself:

 the participants and came together and shown the audience everything that had been working on over the past four months. As someone who has watched this group of very varied people, I would like to personally congratulate them, every week they have been building up to the event which was a privilege to both seen and be a part off.

Project Assistant- James Swift

Comments from the Audience:

"Clearly amazing work!!"

"Excellent! mixture of info, Rap, Social comment, comedy! Needs to be seen elsewhere"

"An amazing bunch of artists well done, really enjoyed it, good luck for the future"

"Brilliant stuff!, Emotional!, So good"

"You Can, You did and you definitely will do great!!!"

"Excellent...... Truly enjoyed myself! Great Job Guys!!! Fab work son! <3 x"

"Brilliant performance. shame this talented hard working group can't do it again in the future. Fully enjoyed myself!"

Comments From Participants:

Jimmy

Well times have came to an end but I can honestly say I feel confident with what I have done. I will never forget the good times and I will miss everyone PS James, Louise, Ste and Tony are awesome

Jake

Today was Quite Emotional now it' the end but I truly believe that it couldn't have gone better, I'm not sad it ended I'm happy it happened 

 Ged

Thanks for everyone it was a blast, thank you o Louise, Stephen, James and Tony, Thank you for your honesty thank you for your generosity thank you for going above and beyond which was strictly required thank you to all the guys and girls who stayed on the course till the end and those who remained in sprit Thanks for letting me be me thank you  for all your dreams, thank you for letting me be a part of them. thank you for giving me and opportunity to learn. thank you for helping me stay on track thanks and please please stop Ged!

David

I would like to thank the background of this event (You Can!) special thanks to Louise, Steve, Tony and James for all their surport and dedication in this brilliant sucess and I will look forward to be working with them in the future, Thank you Louise 

Drew

Unbelievable! great show, awesome time with incredible people 

 Alan

Our performance went fantastic and I was amazed that we all did so well and achieved our original objective of putting on a show. The whole group worked together well and nobody seemed or acted nervous everyone I've seen since the show ha given nothing but praise.I totally enjoyed the show and it has given me conifidence in all my future projects. I am happy I started this project and finished it to the end because it has been very rewarding and gave me life experiances , Thank you You Can 

 Danny F

I was only on the course for the last month but I really Enjoyed the event, I really enjoyed Introducing each part of the show! 

Week 14! 15th May

Today was the last day of the Project before the event,

this meant a lot of build up for both the performances and the planning the audience and setup the group went through the dress rehearsal for the event

James Swift - Project Assistant

Comments from the Participants:

 

 

Ged

 

Wow what another day we had best described as organised bloody chaos. But of the best kind. the guys were really kind to help me with the final bits of my You Can film. so thanks for that. we then had a show run through minus some key members which made it improvising. Whether good, bad different, there will be a show and you will enjoy it.... or else!

 

 

Jimmy

 

Today we got the rehearsal out so we knew how it was going down, looking forward to the big show

 

 

David

 

We had a last rehearsal before the end event on the 22nd what a lovely team we have! 

 

Jake

 

Had a lovely day, sad to see the number change of the people coming but all in all it was a very successful day, I got on the computer and got my tracks finished, one more week :)

 

Alan

 

Today we went through the dress reheresal for the show, and practised the running order we also watched some of the films of what we've been doing over the months it was great watching and remebering the event come on the scene. we've done everything we can towards this event being as the performance is next week, it's comforting to know that the show will be happening and even though our acts may not be polished we will be surely making an effort to entertain

 

Drew

 

today was fun Did a bit of rehersal getting ready for the show

 

Danny F

Today was a good day full of music

 

Week 13!- 8th May

Today was the Thirteenth day of the You Can! Project


James Swift- Project Assistant

Today we made our badges for the event, we also finished the You Can CD by recording all the songs left to do and we ran through the comedy sketch and all the poems, everything is prepared for the dress rehearsal next week  

Comments from Participants:

Danny

Today we have rehearsed for the show, during this time I have done the programme a long with rehearsing my Poem and OCDC

Matt 

Well what can I say, this week has been enlightening, it has shown the creative side to other people. the course has taught me a lot about myself for example, I've learnt to hold back on trying to control the group. Today has been a bit slow , I finished my speech and finished my lighting for the event

Ged

Hi I'm Ged

Today was the morning after the night before. Today being the 8th may and I'm glad I turned up as it it gave me a reason to buckle down and finish the music I started a few weeks ago. this meant me and Alan doing our vocals for "Inspire", Then I followed this up with my exploding garage of blues - which I did really quickly and came out better than expected a bit like this course. passed too quickly and turned out very well I am so pleased that I signed up for this course as it gave me a chance to work with people from different backgrounds that have helped me and hopefully I have contributed something. stuff like this helps people and helps communities. I hope it continues into the future. - which I did really

Alan

This course has been great for me, after not being involved with any performance and creativity for many years it's been real fun, there's only a few weeks before the end of this course and I will surely miss spending time with my Friday friends at the studio and being involved in so many different Projects and Ideas we have put into practice over the past couple of months it's a shame that some of the people who started the course dropped out as the weeks went by but that always seems to happen with courses by any nature I'm glad I stayed and have had a great time.

Jimmy 

I have really enjoyed the past few weeks all coming together now a lot more to work on but it's all good and can't wait for the final show but I have met some good people and learnt new things and I hope that someday we will come back and do some more stuff

David

I would like to appreciate the presence of the members of You Can and also the runners. I would like to thank Louise, Steve, Tony and James for all their continued dedication into making the event a reality and also for their support in the coming event. Every week has been a fantastic weekly event at the studio.

Drew

Today was fun I was making Badges with James, I also recorded a track for the CD, yeah real fun

Week 12! 1st May

Today was the Twelfth day of the You Can! Project



James Swift- Project Assistant

Today we finished of the Invitation designs, meanwhile Alan record his speech and Danny wrote up the biographies that will eventually be on this blog. the band also recorded on stage and David recorded in the studio.

Comments from Participants:

Jake 

Blessed day, I got a bit angry but I enjoyed the day overall and perfected my speech, and got new ideas for the event 

Daniel F

Today was my first day I really enjoyed it, just gutted it finishes at the end of the month

Jimmy

Today I finished my movie edit and added sound to it as well and we did a song called sandwich and it was good fun 

Drew 

Great session Today got to come up with some music on stage working towards the event.

Matt

Well what to say I've got to redo all the lights. we had a run through the event 

Ged

Today was a good mixed bag. we began by writing our little blog for the programme which forced me to concentrate the old brain cells. Then I did a bit of live rehearsal with the band. then me and then me and Alan rehearsed our bit and made some great progress. then we recorded our comedy for the event. After Ste had convinced me never to use final cut pro (Its a video editing thing). all in all a packed and varied days work

Alan

I really enjoyed myself today we had a great run through of the performance . I had a couple of practices with Ged. we had a live jam on stage and I also had a couple of run throughs of my monologue with Louise. I totally dig my friday's at the studio It's excellent Immersing into someone creative at the end of the week I always feel energised by the time we've done our days activities this is a fantastic course that I'd recommend to anyone wanting to explore their own creativity in music and performance

Week 11! 24th April

Today was the eleventh day of the You Can! Project

James Swift- Project Assistant 

Today we started designing badges for the event, also the press release was finalised meanwhile Ged and Alan recorded they're song. After lunch we began filming Jimmy's entrance on the green screen while David recorded his song.

Comments from Participants:

Ged

Hi I'm Gen, I'm 50 years of age, single (but not desperate) and of a sunny disposition. apart from me back and I'm still getting over this cold.Don't know why I'm telling you this. Apart from this I was lucky to have a spot of recording of my song I've written with Alan on vocals. after lunch I took part in some rehearsal of our comedy sketch which was really useful and as ever a privilege, Thank you Particularly James     

Danny P
Today I have gone through the press release for the final show. I ran through reading my poem using voice and lighting effects. I also rehearsed my O.C.D.C part with my group

matt
Had fun making a new lighting sequence for distant star. also started on invites

Alan 

Today has been very productive for me, we were in the live room today recording, it was very eye opening for me as I haven't done it before. I also worked with a couple of guys designing badges to make the event more memorable another lovely lunch and after we had a read through of the comedy sketch. It's great to see the ideas come together and all of the background work that goes with putting on a performance.

Jimmy 

Today was fantastic i got my film finished and read through the script of the sketch

David

I have been involved in setting up the event in may, I have completed my project and am looking forward to the remaining weeks before the event. It has been a good workshop as usual and I am proud to be part of You Can!

Jake

just spent the whole day in the studio recording, my track proved to be difficult but I kept going and got a final instrumental

 

 

Drew 

Me and Alan came up with some badge designs and got to do some music 

 

 

Week 10! 17th April

Today was the tenth day of the You Can! Project

James Swift- Project Assistant 

Today began planning the event and also designing the front cover for the EP written and released by the participants, while designing the CD we also finished working on the design for the blog page

Comments from Participants:

Ged

Today was  Good "Doing" day in so much as we got things done Louise put the spade work in and prepared a running order for the show which helped to concentrate minds wonderfully. This meant that me and Jimmy have been assigned film editing duties both for the stage and the event I then presented my song to Alan and luckily he seemed to like it. so we will record and perform it between us hopefully. the house band also got lucky with a really good "riff" of music that Jimmy is putting words to and he calls it Distant stars. really really good productive uplifting and fun day. Thank you all for letting me play!

Daniel D 

Today at The Studio we have been discussing and planning the songs for the event

Drew 

Brilliant session, we got so much done today

Jimmy 

Today I wrote some lyrics for a song called Distant Star and continued our comedy script.

Danny P

Today I have done my poem again for it to be laminated. I also helped with the press release, writing down questions and answers for the public.

Jake

Struggled a lot today to make a new beat, yet overall I'm happy with the progress I made today. Project is becoming a great distractions from my own distractions from my own issues

Matt

I've had a great day today sorting out the lights for the event, now that I have the plan I can finalise the lights 

Alan

Another productive day today, we started of by looking over the running order for our performance, it's nice to see the organisation taking shape and realising how far we come along since the start. real rock and roll for the rest of the morning and in the afternoon we spent on the stage working on a couple of songs and the results were great to have formed a composition from a few ideas and now have a working progress to expand on. after a review on were we're up to we continued the last hour with our comedy it showing a mixture of excitement and nerves which it great!

Daniel W

It's been a boss day because I came up with some chords for a new song and then wrote scripts for the comedy sketches

Week 9! 10th April

Today was the ninth day of the You Can! Project

James Swift- Project Assistant 

Today we started of writing on badges on our current feelings, then we discussed the event and what should be the set list, we then had a discussion on what should be the last song after decided "My Generation" by The Who would be the best for it we learnt and played it on stage. afterwards we all broke into our groups and continued our prep for the final event in May.

Comments from Participants:

Matt

I have worked on a new project which is to take quotes from the groups blog that inspire me.

Danny P

 today had been fantastic. I love how everyone is taking part and coming together to create a variety of performances. It's nice to see things I didn't expect

Jake

Was a great day in The Studio, got my first main track I want to release and also gained more ideas for my speech for the event

Dan D

Today we have had to sort out structure of the band songs and starting working of the end song

Daniel W

Today was fantastic because I was playing musical instruments and then we looked into the comedy part of stuff and it was really good had a very good day

Jimmy

Today we put together a script to help with the comedy. I also planned out my film and next week I will film it.

Lucretia

I've not been here for the last two weeks and I've really missed it. It's great to be back! Today we made great progress with planning the event, and I sang for the first time in ages (whether that was good or bad is debatable) I can't wait for next week.

Ged

Today was really enjoyable and quite uplifting, there was a lot of cohesion within the group as all those weeks of individual effort began to bear collective fruit. My part of it was drumming duties for the house band, I weirdly did a bit of singing/shouting as part of this. we started to lick the comedy into shape which was really rewarding. finally my chum Lucretia returned to our group and joined our in house band as the bassist. Top value all around!

Alan 

Great day today after our Easter break I feel there was a lot more productivity and as a group I feel we are able to get along nicely and work together toward our live production.we had an absolutely lovely lunch after spending this morning sounding out and rehearsing our personal projects. this afternoon was great fun  doing a collective song performance on stage. We also worked out a sensible plan for the running order of our live show. I feel so relaxed and happy after a constructive day.