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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.
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.
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.