Time Spanner Projects
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(Site last updated: 21st December 2005)
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Time Spanners Multi Media Show
Declared an Outstanding Success!
Time-Spanners first multi-media performance of 'Drive the Cold Winter Away' was an unqualified success and was glowingly received by a capacity audience at Newbury library on Saturday 19th of November.
Many thanks to Ruth and all the staff at the library for helping to make it a memorable event!
Click here to read a review of the gig
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M.P. Richard Benyon Helps Time Spanners
Celebrate World Mental Health Day
The M.P. for West Berkshire, Richard Benyon, joined the Time Spanner percussion section at the Wharf, Newbury, on Monday 10th October where the Spanners were helping to raise awareness of World Mental Health Day.
Richard spent a considerable amount of the morning at the event and took time out to listen to the band and talk to its participants.
The Time Spanners played a tight set which harked back to their Samba Band roots and Richard and his team seemed to be well impressed by their performance.
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European Social Fund Workshops Bring In New Spanners
A range of workshops and training events were run from October to December.
All of them funded by Berkshire's Global Grants / ESF initiative.
The workshops were extremely successful in encouraging new participants to join the Time Spanner team whilst old hands were introduced to new multi-media technology.
Prize for the most inspirational workshop must go to David Jackson... prize for the most far reaching must be multi-media - particularly the one which introduced the Korg Kaos pad - a mind boggling real-time video effects unit!
We have a few more workshops still to run at the start of 2006 but hope to get further ESF funding in order that we may extend skills still further.
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Sari Mesbah with David Jackson..................................Multimedia Workshop
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Old News:
Autumn 2005 Gigs:
Saturday 15th October, Morning, Thatcham Broadway 10.00 a.m.
Thatcham Festival (featuring Charles Spicer on Shawms & Bagpipes)
Free
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Saturday 19th November, 8.00 pm , Newbury Central Library
A Multi Media Extravaganza: 'Drive the Cold Winter Away'
Featuring Charles Spicer, poet Richard Westall and photographic backdrops taken by members of the Ormond Centre.
Music, poetry, light show and visuals.
Entry: £5, unwaged Free
Buy your ticket at Newbury Library, The Wharf , Newbury
or on-line at our ticket office
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Winter Workshops
Those of you who are on our mailing list will already know that we were awarded £6980 under the ESF & Global Grants Scheme
This will be used to purchase a data projector for multimedia events and to run workshops for existing and new
participants in drumming, music technology, multi-media, independent playing skills and workshop support skills.
A series of workshops will be set up through the Winter of 2005 and Spring of 2006.
Bookmark this page to get information on the workshops as they are set up.
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Music Day at the Red Lion, Basildon
Raises £200 for Time
Spanners
The West Berkshire Brewery in association with the Red Lion pub in Basildon set up a live music day, at the pub, on Sunday 21st of August 2005.
They held a collection and raised over £346 for Time Spanners to meet a shortfall in their grants for new multi-media equipment.
Helen Maggs from the West Berkshire Brewery and Geoff Cronyn, Landlord of the Red Lion are seen here
presenting a cheque to Carl & Ashlyn of Time Spanners.
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