Network C Sub Group 1

Music Workshops-St Charles Primary & Belvedere Academy

helenpaton — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:56:00 GMT

I was briefed on the project and the idea, so for me it was quite open.
My aim was to devise 2 songs for the show, 2 schools, 1 song each.
As the theme was the future of Liverpool, I decided to research futuristic tracks. I chose 3 tracks in total (1 as a back up), the tracks were futuristic but very different in tempo and vibe.

My first workshop was about having a little fun and generally getting them singing as a group.
Then we brainstormed ideas about school, the home, travel, gadgets and the city in the future.
After the first w/shop, it was apparent that travel/destination - was a running theme, so this was the idea that we tied into the show.

The second w/shop was basically working through all ideas and putting sentences together, which then we could put into song form.
Then we put a melody to the lyrics.
A lot of this work is about thinking on your feet and being spontaneous.

The children were very enthusiastic and full of ideas, so this made my job so much easier.

Working with 2 different age groups in both schools was very interesting because it gave the songs difference.

Paula Prytherch – Creative Practitioner and Workshop leader.

LYRICS (see below)

St Charles Primary School
Generation 21

Chorus
Circling the stars
Like satellites we are
A light will guide the way
No matter how far you are

The liver birds are gliding high
Hovering over the Liverpool sky
Watching over the river Mersey
Preserving its history

2 cathedrals standing proud
Echo arena brings in the crowds
Radio city 96.7
Liverpool’s future generation

Chorus

Rap

We’re gonna take you to your destination
To the future generation
You will find there’s lots to see
Come on a journey with me

There’s lots to do, there’s lots to see
Fascinating technology
Robots, hover jets, techno pens
Sat nav stilts, it never ends

Chorus

Generation 21
Belvedere

We’ll take you on a journey; we’ll take you on a journey X 5
We’ll take you on a journey; we’ll take you on a journey
(3rd time add harmony)...........

(Dialogue)

We’ll give you the information (information)
About the 21st generation (generation)
Leave it to us for navigation (navigation)
We will take you to your destination (destination)
Generation 21 (different times...whisper)

We’ll take you on a journey; we’ll take you on a journey

(Take off....music uplifts)
(Dialogue)

Everything is different now and we are in the future
Everything is different now and we are in the future

Faster, stronger, better than before
Bigger, bolder, right outside your door
Taller, greater, do you wanna see some more

(Dialogue)

Welcome, welcome, welcome.....to generation 21 (in harmony)

**All dialogue in this song was the pilot of the information flight describing what you could see below in the futuristic Liverpool City.

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helenpaton — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:47:00 GMT

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Thank you for all of your hard work so far :)

Helen (Ariel Trust)

Futureworld

ncsg1 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:36:00 GMT

Generation 21 – Network C group 1

This group is still currently deciding on an overall title for this piece of performance-based work.

Network C has overall themes of water, earth, and sky – group 1 is dealing with the earth hence our piece is loosely based in Sefton Park

The sub group met for the second time on Tuesday 19th February at Kingsley Road School – all schools in the network were represented at the meeting. This meeting was very productive; we set the basic story idea with the information obtained from Belvedere school. All of the teachers involved were enthusiastic about the project and have agreed to go back to their groups and chase up ideal times and days for the practical sessions to take place on. It was also agreed that the teacher’s would start the preliminary work with the young people to get some ideas flowing about Future World.

So far we have a very rough story – this was directly influenced by the young people of Belvidere school who did a rough script loosely based on the Peter Pan story.
It will be a performance piece involving, drama, music, dance, design, video, multi media etc –

Our basic story so far...

It all starts in Sefton Park, It is a fine day, and the sun is streaming through the trees and glinting of the lake. Wendy and her children are standing looking at the Peter Pan statue. Wendy wonders how he is doing now and what will the future hold for her, and her children.
Suddenly Peter (the statue) winks at Wendy and they are all transported into Future World in Liverpool. The story then unfolds re: how and what the future may hold for us all, Wendy and her children and the city of Liverpool.

Over the period of the next three months, arts based practitioners who specialise in dance, drama, music and design, and multi media will be visiting the schools in network C group 1, to deliver a series of practical based workshops, which will build up the story of Wendy and future world, and animate it into a performance-based piece.
The inspiration for the performance will come directly from the young people involved. Who are already in their schools working on ideas for Future World.

Belvidere school’s drama group have offered to run peer based training sessions in the primary schools in Network C group 1. They are currently planning and preparing to run these sessions with the overall artistic director.

Next meeting is planned for all schools to attend at Kingsley school on April 8th 2008.

Don’t forget to log in soon after this date to see where we are up to on this exciting schools project.