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Funky Flamingo clubnights usually take
place at The Junction club but we also
go 'on tour' taking the show on the road.
In recent years we have been to Wisbech
and Ely.
The clubnights stage all the talent invol-
ving Djs, Vjs, Popstars, Impersonators
(Elvis, Tom Jones, Buddy Holly) and of
course the legendary funky bands 'DreamCatchers' and
Courageous K & The Trubblesum Two.
place at The Junction club but we also
go 'on tour' taking the show on the road.
In recent years we have been to Wisbech
and Ely.
The clubnights stage all the talent invol-
ving Djs, Vjs, Popstars, Impersonators
(Elvis, Tom Jones, Buddy Holly) and of
course the legendary funky bands 'DreamCatchers' and
Courageous K & The Trubblesum Two.
The Future:
This ground breaking project is now a regular club night,
taking place three times per year. We are expanding the
opportunities for involvement open to young people with
learning difficulties in the county with such programmes
as our new Percussion Group held in our newly
refurbished portacabin (many thanks to those involved in
the refit). DreamCatchers (the Funky band) are recording
new songs for release and we are now facilitating
session in four schools across Cambridgeshire.
New opportunities like the Funky Flamingo TV project
will provide opportunities for video editing and Vjamming
training.
This ground breaking project is now a regular club night,
taking place three times per year. We are expanding the
opportunities for involvement open to young people with
learning difficulties in the county with such programmes
as our new Percussion Group held in our newly
refurbished portacabin (many thanks to those involved in
the refit). DreamCatchers (the Funky band) are recording
new songs for release and we are now facilitating
session in four schools across Cambridgeshire.
New opportunities like the Funky Flamingo TV project
will provide opportunities for video editing and Vjamming
training.
Click this link for more info about the next club night.
Click this link to go to our History page and check out our
previous club nights.
The Club night is run by adults with disabilities and
welcomes everyone.
We aim to put on 2 or 3 club nights each year. We have
places on workshops available in many areas including:
Video editing and VJamming training, the
Funky house band rehearsals with perfor-
mance on the night, visual arts workshops
looking at design and fashion, experiment
al performance and DJ'ing. If you want to
join a workshop or you want to get involved
in how we run and organise the club please get in touch
via the Funky Flamingo Contact Us page.
"Fantastic!…Next time we shall bring as many of the
residents as we can." - Care worker.
The steering group behind the club night, (made up of
young people with disabilites from across
Cambridgeshire) have really taken control of the creative
process and product over the course of this project. This
process began through the setting up of a 12 week DJ
Skills course, (covering mixing, lighting rigs and health
and safety); club school training (looking at issues of
management and presentation); 'Popstar' training
(writing and recording tracks to perform live on the club
night), and Large Scale Art workshops to make UV
drapes and decorations. They met first in June 2001 and
team spirit has flourished since then in monthly
meetings, working together to plan the club nights in
their entirety.
"I thought the CD would sound like
a strangled cat, but it didn't!"
- Steering group member
Funky Flamingo on Tour will
require more Band Development
workshops leading to live
musical performance,
experimental performance work
as well as the ongoing recording
sessions.
require more Band Development
workshops leading to live
musical performance,
experimental performance work
as well as the ongoing recording
sessions.
The project helps the participants increase their
self-confidence, independence, and self-advocacy skills.
Lifting the lid on the groups' talents, the project gives
carers, helpers and parents a chance to be proudly
amazed. The club nights themselves are an unmissable
opportunity for people who feel unable to go to other club
nights, to soak up the atmosphere of a real club night,
meet others and get involved in future activities.
self-confidence, independence, and self-advocacy skills.
Lifting the lid on the groups' talents, the project gives
carers, helpers and parents a chance to be proudly
amazed. The club nights themselves are an unmissable
opportunity for people who feel unable to go to other club
nights, to soak up the atmosphere of a real club night,
meet others and get involved in future activities.
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