Hi. Welcome to Stay Up Late. Stay Up Late was started by Heavy Load, the punk band made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities and launched at Carousel's Blue Camel Club in Dec '06. Lots of people were going to their gigs but weren't able to stay to the end as their support workers only worked until 10pm. Heavy Load decided to do something about this as they thought that people with learning disabilities had a right to Stay Up Late and have some fun. And if people with learning disabilities weren't able to choose to Stay Up Late, what other parts of their lives were they not able to make choices about too?
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Reach 4 The Stars are 5 years old this year and as ever have loads of events lined up across the north of England.
For starters they’ve got this one coming up in the plush surroundings of the Sheffield City Hall Ballroom no less!!
Tickets are £10 with pie and peas or £7 without. The Stars will be playing as will our new band - the ClubLand detectives. The night runs from 7.30 - 11. They would like people to buy their tickets in advance if possible so that they know how many pies to buy! tickets available from us or the City Hall box office.
Mmm - sounds like a tasty night out.
For more details go to www.reach4thestars.org.uk
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Here’s an announcement from our friends at Club Soda.
Club Soda and Big White Light Theatre
Are you a talented performer with a learning difficulty?
AUDITION!
January 26 at 5-6.30pm
Croydon Clocktower
We are looking for (just a couple) of new people to join the craziest most brilliant theatre company in Croydon. Big White Light Theatre make funny and serious theatre shows, run workshops and take part in Club Soda live events. Members work with some amazing UK and international theatre companies and get opportunities to perform in incredible shows.
You do not have to bring anything or book a place but please dress comfortably and be prepared for lots of games and laughter. Water will be supplied!
You must be over 18 and have a learning difficulty.
For more info:
info@clubsoda.org.uk
020 8253 1037
www.clubsoda.org.uk
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The Bubble Club are back with another of their great nights but even better news is that for one night, and one night only not only is Elvis in the building, but it’s also completely free to get in! Then there’s the usual speed dating and massages too.
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Hi all
There’s quite a bit of club action and other events coming up over the next month and I’ll be posting details here shortly. We’re also excited to announce the successful launch of our own new night ‘Kiss My Disco’ last Thursday in Hove. We launched with a Stick It On night with clubbers treating us to a crazy selection of their own choice.
Thanks to the Co-op we’ve also got some funding to run DJ skills workshops so we’re looking forward to the next night, next month in Lewes.
Our idea is to run club nights with almost no budget in mainstream venues, open to all but run by people with learning disabilities. We’ll keep you posted on how we get on.
We’re also in the middle of totally redesigning this website and we’ll be launching that in April - more news on that soon too along with some other projects we’re running.
Best wishes
Paul Richards
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We’re launching our new club night next Thursday at The Brunswick in Hove - it’s a ‘Stick It On’ night so bring your favourite CDs and have a go at DJing. It’s also a taster for our new DJ skills workshops so come along and find out more.
£3 (carers free)
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DJ Workshops – free drop-in taster workshop, 12th Jan, Lewes office.
We’ve been given some funding by the Co-op to set up some DJ training workshops for people with learning disabilities.
These will run for 5 weeks, on Tuesday evenings in Lewes, with a club night at the end (which will be held in various venues).
These workshops will teach you how to be a good DJ and cover:
- Being professional
- How to work the equipment
- How to choose the right music for the right occasion
- Working as part of a team
- Basic health and safety
Come to our taster workshop on Thursday 12th Jan, 2pm to 5pm at the Lewes office.
Then have a go at our ‘Stick It On’ night at the Brunswick Pub, Hove.
Don’t forget to bring some CDs!
For more information contact
Paul Richards,
Stay Up Late
(01273) 405840
p.richards@southdownhousing.org
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Happy New Year all.
We’re back with some new club nights of our own called Kiss My Disco which will be happening in different towns in Sussex throughout the year. Our aim is to get 12 club nights done in 2012. All nights will be run by people with learning disabilities for everyone.
The first night is on 19th Jan at the Brunswick Pub in Hove (£3) and is a ‘Stick It On’ night to promote our series of DJ skills workshops kindly funded by the Co-op. Then we’ve got another night lined up in Feb in a different venue.
Contact me at for more info
Paul Richards
p.richards@southdownhousing.org
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We are looking for an image to use to launch the next Wild Things compilation with our online ‘virtual world music festival’
The image will be used on our website to celebrate the release of the next Wild Things compilation which will feature music made by people with learning disabilities from around the world.
Please click here for the rules about the entry.
Please click here for the easier to read rules.
We’re linking the next release in with the theme of the Olympics so the image should reflect the aims of the Olympic movement in some way. BUT for legal reasons you are not allowed to use any Olympic images (rings, torches, 2012, logos etc). Unfortunately we won’t be able to use anything pictures that include any of those things.
The main things are:
- We need the picture (black and white or colour) to be on A3 sized paper.
- If you are going to send the picture by email it needs to be a hi-resolution image (at least 1mb or more).
The competition is open to anyone with a learning disability.
The winning image will be used on the Stay Up Late website and the publicity leaflets about the release.
The deadline is 31st Jan ‘12
Best wishes, good luck, and please share this with anyone you know who would be interested.
Paul
Stay Up Late
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The Rockhouse - Christmas Special - 20th Dec, The Westhill Hall, Brighton
Brighton’s finest music institution is back this week with another night of rock carnage and experimentalism - kick off 7.30pm, kick out 9.30pm
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We’ve launched an art competition for anyone with a learning disability who wants to come up with an image for us to use on our website to launch the next Wild Things compilation (which will feature new music made by musicians with learning disabilities from around the world).
The image needs to be of an imaginary ‘world music festival’ and will be the main feature of the project on the website, along with a compilation CD (which the image will also feature in).
This is a unique opportunity, and the deadline is 31st Jan.
For more info please contact me and I’ll send you more info and the rules.
Paul Richards
p.richards@southdownhousing.org
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