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LIKE MUSIC.

WANT TO MAKE MUSIC.

NEED SOMEWHERE TO REHEARSE.

LIKE SINGING. LOOKING FOR VOCAL

COACHING.

IN A BAND NEED RECORDING.

WANT BE PART OF A SHOW.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!

SOUND OFF

- SHOW OFF

Is the latest music project for young people

from Slough’s successful music makers at

SWIPE.

Come down to the Orchard Youth Centre,

write, record, rehearse, sound off then show

off!

Free sessions Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Open 1pm-8:30pm

WANT TO BE PART OF IT.

Accepting Applications NOW

!!!

For more info contact

Jamie Green at SWIPE

Tel 01753512156

Special points of

interest:

• Swipe Pan yard

Opening!

• Musical Opportunities

• Swipe Take Steel

pans Into Schools

• Goosey takes a

gander at Swipe

• SWIPE intends to

facilitate young

people with future

music projects

Inside this issue:

Heritage Pan Project

Sound Off Show Off

lough All Stars

Community Music

Projects

SWIPE’S Community

Projects: 2005– 2006

Showcase

Police & Pans

Welcome to SWIPE’S 1st newsletter

This is a bulletin that will be published from time to time to let you know what is

happening in our community. We will also keep you informed about our current and

future music projects.

PUT SLOUGH ON THE

MAP

SWIPE Heritage steel pan project

An exciting new project to broaden and enhance the Afri-

can Caribbean heritage. Swipe plan to open a pan yard in

January 2007 to teach the making and tuning of the steel

pan. We will use air tools instead of the traditional manual

tools to produce the pans.

SWIPE is the only organization in the United Kingdom to

undertake this type of project.

With these tools a 10 player set of pans can be produced

within a month instead of the usual 18 months waiting time.

The SWIPE Heritage Project links directly with other projects

we have delivered over the past four years.

This is a fantastic opportunity for young people interested in

building a positive image, developing cultural awareness of

the African Caribbean heritage and will ensure the art of

steel pan lives on!!!

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION

NEW METHOD OF PAN MAKING

Traditional Method of Pan Making

Slough All Stars

www.swipemusic.com

Contact Details

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SWIPE STUDIO PROJECT

SWIPE COMMUNITY MUSIC PROJECTS

We offer a fantastic opportunity for young people between

the ages of 8 - 19 to learn to play the steel pan.

Workshops are held at the Orchard Youth and Community

Centre every Saturday morning during term time; 10.30

am - 1.30pm, and Wednesday and Saturday mornings at

11.30 - 1.30 during school holidays

This is a community music project involving

children and young people from a range of

ethnic and religious backgrounds who are

keen to work together to improve community

relations.

This project will work with children and young

people between the ages of 8 - 19 years of

age and also unemployed young people.

Workshops will be held at the Orchard Youth

and Community Centre to teach vocal coach-

ing, DJing, Studio Recording and Sampling

which the young people will then produce onto

a demo CD.

You will also have the opportunity to work

with accomplished musicians, vocalists and

sound engineers.

Teaching session at Orchard youth Club

Slough All Stars Steel Band formed in the sum-

mer of 1998 under the leadership of Bob Parris.

Since then they have progressed and developed

into the foremost awesome steel band in Slough.

At present the All Stars are mentoring and teach-

ing young people from the senior schools in

Slough the art of steel pan playing at the Orchard

Youth Club.

They also take bookings for most private func-

tions, weddings, christenings, birthdays and com-

munity fetes.

Anyone interested in joining the band and for

more information please contact Dani / Kwame

at SWIPE

THE HOME OF SLOUGH ALL STARS STEEL BAND

The

home of

the

Steel

Pan in

Slough

SHOWCASE MAY 2006

SWIPE’S COMMUNITY PROJECTS: 2005 - 2006

STUDIO

This project provided a place for children

and young people to gain experience in the

different aspects of studio work.

They were given the opportunity to use

multi track recording facilities, where they

were able to improve their composing

skills, they tried mixing, sampling and CD

production.

Up and coming young bands were also

offered rehearsing and recording sessions.

Special thank you

to Mark Yates of

Radio Wexham,

who gave up his

Saturday night to

compere our

showcase

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Volume 1, Issue 1

Panachea evolved

from a group of

young people

coming together

from various senior

schools across

Slough.

Panachea’s dream

is to play Notting

Hill carnival, to

help them on their

way they have

played in several

places including on

Meridian TV.

The Charles duo

PANACHEA

SWIPE and the Slough All

Stars Steel Band contacted

all the secondary schools in

Slough and offered them

taster sessions on the steel

pans.

This gave the young people

an opportunity to gain first

hand experience in steel pan

playing.

A programme of dynamic

workshops then followed at

the Orchard Youth and

Community Centre twice

weekly where the young

people received training in

the art of steel pan playing

All Stars giving taster sessions

in schools

Panachea at the West

Wing

Rehearsals at SWIPE Music

Studio

The culmination of a year’s

hard work was showcased at

the West Wing Art Centre in

Slough. It was for the young

participants on both projects to

show the work they had done

over the past year, they were

also joined by other join talents

around the community.

Kamisha

W E ’R E O N

T H E W EB !

www.swipemusic.com

73a, Stoke Poges Lane

Slough

Berks

SL1 3NY

Phone: 01753 - 512156

Fax: 01753 - 512160

E-mail: swipeltd@btconnect.com

SLOUGH WEST INDIAN PEOPLE’S ENTERPRISE

SWIPE was formed in 1997 to help further the education and training of children and young

people at risk of being excluded from school. It also offered single parents, families and the over

forties assistance in the creation of employment opportunities.

At present SWIPE is using music as a medium to work with young people between the ages of 8 -

19 years of age and in some cases up to 25.

We provide them with out of school activities (learning the steel pan, teaching studio techniques,

and giving young bands rehearsal space) this enables them to broaden their musical experiences

and help them develop confidence, better communication skills and group awareness.

SWIPE also works with key providers across the borough - Connexions, Slough Youth Offending

Team

Slough West Indian People's

Enterprise (SWIPE)

Our steel pan project was recently

boosted by a donation of £1000

from the Thames Valley Police.

Insp John Goosey who presented

Swipe with the cheque said “The

Police was always happy to support

local community groups that gave

young people something construc-

tive to do with their time".

We would like to thank the local

Police for their contribution to our

steel pan project, we would also

like to take this opportunity to

thank all our sponsors and sup-

porters who have supported us

through out the past years.

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS

Home of The steel Pan and

so Much More

Inspector Goosey, Joan Wallace - Vice chair SWIPE,

Alsia Harris and Adam Richardson - Panachea

Pictured in local newspaper

Please contact us if there is any

thing from the African Caribbean

community that you would like

others in the community to know

about