Saturday 3^rd of March at Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club Mary Jean Lewis (neice of Jerry Lee Lewis) with her Low Men and Des Horsfall and Andy McKerlie

Doors 8.00

Tickets £10

A great night of music coming up with Mary Jean Lewis and Her Low Men. Mary Jean is part of a musical legacy that started back in the fifties with her uncle, Jerry Lee. She's an absolute star exuding all the charm you would expect from a Louisiana woman. She draws on a range of country, blues, and rock n roll to create her own soulful style based on her powerful voice and intimate connection with the lyrics.

 

Mary Jean Lewis with her band, the Low Men are making quite a name for themselves on the Roots music scene playing a mixture of country, pop, rockabilly and rock n roll. This night in March promises to be an intimate occasion as she takes us on a journey through American roots music accompanied by Martin Barrett (guitar), JT Davidson (pedal steel) and Sy McBain (doghouse bass).
 

Also playing this night is Des Horsfall and Andy McKerlie, as recommended by John Miller. Working with various Roots band line-ups since the late seventies - Des Horsfall has had, in his own words - “a few skirmishes with fame”. In the eighties he fronted Blues-Rock band ‘Raw Deal’ that was managed by Alexis Korner. In the nineteen nineties he was to be seen in hit videos on CMT and as opening act for Joe Ely, Steve Earle and many others. After a decade of studio work at his own analogue recording facility Valve Studios, Horsfall has re-emerged with a brand new ‘Rustic Rock n Roll’ outfit ‘Des Horsfall’s Kuschty Rye’  and a critically acclaimed (Ronnie Lane inspired) album ‘The Good Gentleman’s Tonic’ - the first in a trilogy mirroring Lane’s Slim Chance releases. http://www.kuschtyrye.net

 

Tickets available from Alan Hendry on 07944354459 or this e-mail. 

 

Full listings below.

 

Sunday 11th March Nick Harper at Woodend http://www.harperspace.com/index.html

Friday 23rd March Vic Godard and the Subway Sect plus the S/Objects at the Accies

http://www.vicgodard.co.uk

Saturday 24th March Vic Godard and the Subway Sect plus the S/Objects at the Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh

http://www.vicgodard.co.uk

Thusday 29th March Kim Edgar and Band at Woodend

http://www.kimedgar.com

Saturday 14th April Comedy Night with Bruce Morton, Michael Redmond, Ray Bradshaw, Rod Hunter at Woodend

http://www.brucemorton.net/indexbm.htm

http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/m/33177/michael_redmond

http://www.raybradshaw.co.uk

Wednesday 18th April Amanda Shires with Rod Picott and Todd Pertil at Woodend

http://amandashires.squarespace.com

Saturday 19th May the Coal Porters plus the Long Horns at Woodend

http://www.sidgriffin.com

Friday 25th May Girlyman plus Rose Room at Stereo

http://girlyman.com

Friday 22nd June Toy Hearst at Woodend

http://thetoyhearts.com

Thursday 6th Sept Iain Morrison at Woodend

http://www.iainmorrisonmusic.com

Thursday 1st Nov Gregory Alan Isakov at Woodend (TBC) http://gregoryalanisakov.com

 

And lastly please note that the Pines have a great new album out, check it out well worth a listen. www.thepinesmusic.com

 

Cheers

 

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ceol's Craic:  Programme Co-ordinator VACANCY

Programme Co-ordinator (part time/ freelance contract)

February 2012 – February 2013

Fee: £22,500 pro rata; £9000 fee for two day per week equivalent.

Ceol ‘s Craic is the vibrant social hub and platform for contemporary Gaelic culture in Glasgow. Founded in 2004 it is based in the CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts), and manifests mainly as a monthly cross art form event.

Ceol ‘s Craic celebrates high quality contemporary Gaelic art across art form – music, dance, literature, film and drama – exploring ideas about what contemporary Gaelic culture is and who it is for.  It provides a focus for the Gaelic community, across age range, around Glasgow, on an on-going basis, whilst aiming to build partnerships and diversify audiences amongst different cultural groups.

We are looking for a dynamic and creative individual or team who can produce the Ceòl ‘s Craic programme, working with the Board to deliver our events over the next year.

For more information and application process please contact info@ceolscraic.co.uk

Deadline for Applications is Monday 6th February.  Interviews will take place as soon as possible thereafter.

As part of the New Talent Awards 2012 BAFTA in Scotland invite YOU to become THE NEXT BIG THING…

After the worldwide success of shows such as Come Dine with Me, The Apprentice,TOWIE, The Million Pound Drop and X Factor, BAFTA in Scotland are looking for the talent who will deliver the next generation of global hit entertainment formats.

Entrants are invited to pitch via a taster tape on DVD. Content can be anything that illustrates your concept – all ideas are welcome - the only stipulation is a time limit of between 1 and 10 minutes in duration. Theprize is a coveted place on TRC’s fantastic GenUp programme. This fantastic experience offers immersion weeks at Channel 4 and BBC Scotland combined with seminars and workshops led by some of the top practitioners in the business.  It runs full-time for five weeks starting 6 June 2012. Please visit www.trcmedia.org and click on the Training and Development link for more information.

The panel judging entries will be Paula Campion (Programme Director, Endemol Scotland), Sagina Shabaya (Daytime Commissioner, Channel 4) and Paul Murray (Head of Objective Scotland). The winner will be announced at The New Talent Awards Ceremony on 22 March 2012 at the Oran Mor in Glasgow’s beautiful West End.

Entries will be accepted between now and the deadline: 4pm on Friday 9 March 2012.Submit 5 DVD copies along with an entry form (available to download on our website). Packages should be clearly marked The Next Big Thing Competition and sent to BAFTA in Scotland, 249 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 4QE. Please visitwww.bafta.org or call 0141 302 1770 for more information.

Please visithttp://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/bafta-in-scotland-new-talent-awards-2012,2253,BA.html to view full Terms and Conditions before entering.

Please help us to spread the word about this exciting opportunity by forwarding on to friends and colleagues.

Jenna Cunningham

New Talent Awards Event Manager

249 West George Street, Glasgow G2 4QE

www.bafta.org/scotland

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BAFTA in Scotland is now accepting entries for the New Talent Awards 2012. 

Our annual New Talent Awards exist to recognise, inspire and celebrate emerging talent. It gives up and coming filmmakers that all important platform to showcase their work to the wider industry. These awards are an essential part of the film industry in Scotland, with the ceremony and after show party now an established calendar highlight. The ceremony will be held on 22 March 2012.

Students and first time practitioners are eligible to enter, to download guidelines and entry forms please visithttp://t.co/EoYnFGk8.

 Message from John:   We're looking for the following roles to be filled for SQA drama shooting 1st - 10th December

Jasmine - playing age between 33-40
Johnny - Jasmine's husband - playing age between 35 - 40
Frank - Age 60 - 75
Brenda - Social worker age 50 - 60
Martha - Age 60 - 70

Contact John Rae at  j_rae@hotmail.co.uk

Arrabest! 

 
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For the past 8 weeks I have been using 4 8gb iPod touches as a teaching aid in our BA (Hons) Contemporary Screen Acting  Programme at the University Of The West Of Scotland.The Programme has only been running for a year at UWS Ayr, and so this year's intake are only the second ever cohort, and the rfirst to use the iPods. 

Specifically we have used the iPods as cameras and editing tools for our Commercial Screen Project 1 module. "CSP1" is a level 9 Module where Direct Entry students create a piece of Web Deliverable Screen Acting for a notional commercial client's Website. They then create a notional website on Posterous, and launch an online publicity campaign using social media such as Twitter and Facebook.
In the Commercial Screen Project 2, delivered next year, the students go on to create a real web "mini-drama" for a real client.
When I taught this module for the first time  last year, I used the UWS standard kit : Sony Z-1 cameras and Final Cut Pro to record, edit, and disseminate the student's work.
It required a total 10 teaching weeks before the students were able to demonstrate learning at a  rudimentary by going trhough the following stages.

Improvise, write and script their ideas.

Set up  camera and tripod.

Record their images. 

Upload the DV Tapes to iMacs.
Digitise the individual shots.
Import to Final Cut Pro.
Edit & dub.
Export to MPG4 files.
Upload to Youtube.
Generate a URL.
Disseminate through Twitter & Facebook through their posterous blog.

All in all the acting students were spending more time worrying about whether they were exporting in the correct codex or whether the camera was set to internal or external XLR mike than doing what they had come to university to study...Acting on the Screen.
I decided to apply for some Strategic Development Funding to see if I could bypass all the extraneous technical aspects of this process by buying a few iPod touches. I then planned to phase in their use gradually  in order to discover if they could enhance the learning experience of the students and expedite this long drawn out process.
The results, after only 8 weeks , have been astonishing. Gradual implementation of use? Forget it.
In the time it took last years intake to create one acting scenario and get it  online, this years students have created, acted, recorded,  uploaded, edited  and disseminated at least 6 different Screen Acting excercises. It has got to the point that I am running out of screen acting workshops for them and have to continually develop deeper and more focussed formative assessments .
In one day the students were able to create a higher standard of work than last years intake managed in 5 weeks. (I don't want to show the students formative assessments, you will have to take me at my word. The final summative assessments WILL be published in December and you can be the judge then. )
Entire short two minute films ilms have been created in less than 24 hours from inception to publication, by a group of students who had never previously used a camera, edited or used online posting.
You can take it from me that I am absoloutley delighted at the electrifying effect this has had on my teaching practice. The feedback from the students has been universally positive also. Here are a selection of the comments I got from them in an anonymous survey in week 7 Out of a total of 15 respondents , the following responses were found.

Pros
Big fan of the iPods Very portable. (5)
Brilliant for quick group projects. (8)
Small easy to use. (12)
Excellent picture quality (15)
Instant upload to youtube (10)
Edit on iMovie on iPod& Macs (12)
Take pictures, perfect for beginners(3)
Easy to learn on. (12)

Individual Comments
"When started I was a technophobe and now I have the confidence to experiment with footage."
"Very discreet. You can film and no one knows you are doing it. We were able to record all over the place "
"If you have a spare £200 buy one and get one for me too please. "
"Much better than using the Z-1 Sony to set up shots. "

I enjoyed it so much I am buying my own iPhone to film on.

Cons
Camera Shake/Need tripods. (2)
Easily lost. (1)
Poor sound. (12)
Not enough of them. We want one each! (10 )

You can see that the tudent response has been overwhelmingly positive. At the moment I am experimenting with recording sound using digital recorders and post-production dubbing and ADR, but in a way this is a bit of a distraction, The sound is the sound . As one of the students told me "You just have to be careful where you use it "
Of course one can buy an upgraded mike which plugs into the jack socket, and even get zoom lenses now but my hunch is that for these direct entry student's first experience of filming, to keep it simple is the best policy.

As I write this the students are preparing their final summatively assessed piece of film work. Because of the vastly improved amount of time which they have to actually CREATE, rather than worrying about whether the digitiser will freeze up, the actual work itself has been far more rewarding at almost every level. My students and I want to give the thumbs up to the iPod Touch.
Can Apple supply me with some more please?

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