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Music workshop, photo by Gavin Joynt
Celebratory Events
We are experienced at co-ordinating and staging special celebratory events incorporating a wide range of creative elements. We involve people of all ages and abilities in lots of enjoyable participation. We’ll help you to create and enjoy a unique celebration or special event. Read on to find out about our range of creative workshops.
Sunrise Centre Festival, photo from LOCA Drama and Storytelling
Usually a project based series of workshops that develop a group towards a performance of devised or scripted stories and plays.
Fear Brigade rehearsal, photo from Global Village
Music
Playing Instruments - ways into music-making using xylophones, hand percussion and musical games.
Xylosound workshop, photo Will Wintercross
Music from Junk
Playing and making musical instruments from ‘found’ and recycled materials. Includes Sound Wizardry - covering the basic science of sound
Sound Science workshop, photo by Gavin Joynt
Singing and Songwriting
Enjoyable singing sessions taught ‘by ear’ drawing on song traditions from around the world. These can be booked as a stand-alone session or as a series to build a group repertoire. see Sing!Global in the news section.
Ways into writing and composing songs and melodies looking at different musical styles. We also write incidental music for films and plays. see Song Map in the books and CDs section.
Sing Global, photo by Tim Copsey
Folk Dancing
Traditional, social dances from the UK and other parts of Europe. Workshops are led by an experienced dance ‘caller’ and live music.
Lantern-making
‘How-to-make’ workshops, usually linked to creating a special night-time processional event.
Lit lanterns, photo by Rob Cox
Puppets and Poetic Images
Simple construction of hand, stick and shadow puppets, also larger scale theatrical and ceremonial images.
Shadow puppet story, photo by Paula Soloway
Magic / Conjuring
Magic shows and workshops to make simple tricks and illusions.
Magic workshop, photo from Huddersfield Examiner
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Workshops
Most of our workshops can be delivered to a variety of age/ability specific groups in a community or educational context. Please contact us for more details.
It’s been great, can’t wait to start on stuff for the summer
Choir member Colne Valley High School
Thank you for delivering the ‘Using Your Voice’ workshop, the secretaries that attended were all ‘singing your praises’!
Staff Development Co-ordinator, Huddersfield University
Thank you for being such a wonderful caller at our Ceilidh. It was a wonderful evening, especially for the children and you made the dances both fun and easy to follow.
Friends of Hepworth School, Kirklees
Well done for all your hard work and for pulling off a lovely event under tough circumstances. We really appreciate the tenacity, commitment and patience you’ve given to the project.
Project director, LOCA
It would have been completely impossible to have found any other group of people with your blend of talent and informality and the fact the grandchildren could be involved added another bit of uniqueness.
Bride’s mum, Cumbria
The music workshop training day gave lots of ideas for future work and was excellent, just need more!
Teacher, Kirklees
