Delia Derbyshire Day 2021

 https://deliaderbyshireday.com/delia-derbyshire-day-2021/

Electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day has announced a feast of activity taking place on Delia Derbyshire Day 2021, fixed in the cultural calendar as 23 NOVEMBER — the date Delia’s revolutionary realisation of Ron Grainer’s Dr Who theme first beamed into British living rooms (in 1963).

The main focus of DD Day 2021 will be the Livestream premiere of two new audio-visual works produced by four commissioned North West England-based artists, inspired by Delia and her archive in Manchester. 

The online content to be published on 23 November will include:

ONLINE LIVESTREAM EVENT - 7-8pm - supported by Bluedot, the commissioned artists present their new work. To be presented on Bluedot's YouTube and Facebook channels.

WEBSITE CONTENT - including publishing the transcripts from our popular series of masterclasses/expert talks unpacking the work, working methods and archive of Delia Derbyshire.

VIDEO PREMIERE – of a specially commissioned track from 2020 featuring
sounds from the DD Archive and the voice of an inimitable British actor.

COMPETITION – Public are invited to post a photo with your favourite DD Day merch on your social media on DD Day 2021 (23 NOV) for the chance to win a copy of a re-issue of Tape Leaders, the bookby Ian Helliwell - of course including Delia. Tag us to join in. Remember, imagination is the theme for this year!

Full details on the website https://deliaderbyshireday.com/delia-derbyshire-day-2021/

This year's Livestream will be hosted with the support of Bluedot (Winner medium UK Festival, 2019 at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire), who will provide live streaming of this year's event via their YouTube and Facebook channels.

https://deliaderbyshireday.com/delia-derbyshire-day-2021/

 

 

 

‘An Opera in Baghdad’ Porthcawl & Swansea performances

Two performances are to be given by Robert Minhinnick and Tracy Evans, with live music by Peter Morgan.

‘An Opera in Baghdad’ is a long poem, published in Minhinnick’s recent ‘New Selected Poems’ (Carcanet). It concerns a visit he made to Iraq in 1997, between the first and second Gulf Wars.

“This ‘opera’ is a lively and very musical dramatic poem”, says Robert Minhinnick. “It commemorates some of the extraordinary people I met on the visit.

“Entering and leaving Iraq meant arduous journeys across implacable desert. The experience has had a major effect on my writing, especially the visit to a deserted Babylon”.

“I was helping make a film about uranium, and hope scenes might be screened during the performances.”

Details:

Friday, April 5, 2013, 8pm.

Robert Minhinnick & Tracy Evans perform “An Opera in Baghdad” at the Green Room, Sustainable Wales, 5, James St., Porthcawl, CF36 3BG. £3. Open mic follows. Details: 01656 783962robertm@phonecoop.coop

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 7.30pm.

Robert Minhinnick & Tracy Evans perform “An Opera in Baghdad”, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea SA1 1RR Details 01792 463980.

RePercussions 350.org community drumathon

… a planet-friendly groove-fest!
A call for all to join in!
drummers, dancers, tubthumpers & whistleblowers groove for a groovy future!!!
Sandy Bowl, Porthcawl, Saturday October 24th 2009
www.350.org global climate change action day

The 350 minute drumathon in Porthcawl is a 'free access' public participation event supported by local community groups and drummers and dancers. People from across Wales are welcome to come to Porthcawl to join in and literally make themselves heard on Oct 24th!!

Sustainable Wales & friends hold a community climate change awareness event in Sandy Bowl, Porthcawl on Saturday Oct 24th 2009 as part of a global day of action co-ordinated by www.350.org where thousands of people around the world come together and mark the number 350 parts per million - which science says is the level of CO2 in the atmosphere that we need to get back to to prevent dangerous climate change. The global campaign has the support of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bianca Jagger, George Monbiot and Rajendra Pachauri (head of International Panel on Climate Change) amongst many others. The events are a way for the public to make their voices heard in advance of the Copenhagen Climate Change talks in December.

The Porthcawl event itself involves a 350 minute 'drumming marathon' (a 'drumathon'!)

Drumming starts at 11.30 am and finishes at 5.20pm. 350 minutes (that's 5 hours and 50 minutes to be exact!) of people-powered drumming fun with samba, dance. junk drums will be there for the kids to bang too!

Climate activists, global citizens, drummers and dancers are invited to join in throughout the afternoon.

EVERYONE WELCOME: FREE ACCESS
11.30am – 5.20pm join in as long as you want!

where to find the fun:
follow the sound of the rhythms to the zero-carbon gazebo village in Sandy Bowl nestled between Coney Beach funfair/Hi-Tide car park and Trecco Bay caravan park.

The location is perfect as the Sandy Bowl Drumathon is being held in a grassy amphitheatre in the heart of a disused caravan park right on the beach at Sandy Bay near Porthcawl harbour and funfair - so it is a bit of a celebration of local regeneration too!!

For the climate sinners who have to drive (unfortunately Porthcawl has no train station!!) there is ample parking at the Hi-Tide car park at the end of Mackworth Road, off New Road.

There are regular buses from Cardiff and Swansea ... though if you're bringing a drum to bang ..??

This event is also being run to raise awareness of the 'Living Lighter' energy efficiency project that Sustainable Wales are co-ordinating for Bridgend County Borough. Anyone interested in receiveing free training in home energy use and in helping local householders save money on their bills as well as cutting greenhouse gases should get in touch.

For more info contact Richard, mobile: 0788 231 7097, email eco.check@tiscali.co.uk