Come on Down 2009

Day Three.

Today we were joined by Tynedale Centre from Hexham, Collingwood School from Morpeth, Riverside Centre, Blyth and Seven Stars, Everyone spent the morning taking part in drawing activities lead by James Johnson Perkins, then in the afternoon we saw films from Tynedale and Seven Stars followed by a game of 'blindfolded "Where is the reindeers nose?". The three day festival was brought to a close with a fantastic performance by Ronnie from Tynedale as Elvis Presley. A great time was had by all.

Thanks to everyone who took part and supported Headway in this event, see you all next year.

Come on down - Activities

Come on down - Thursday - Participatory Drawings

Come On Down 2009

Day Two.

Today was our Play in a Day workshop. where participants devised, rehearsed and gave a performance in just a few hours. We were joined by students from Northumberland College and Seven Stars in todays activities. Everyone took part in a warm up and games which helped people get to know each other. Then the group broke into smaller groups to devise a story each on a chosen theme. The theme for today, chosen by the group was "Christmas Attitudes" Four scenes were created which looked at Christmas spirit, Greed, Selfishness and Respect. The scenes were then rehearsed, and linked together by characters "Rappin Santa and Elfie" we even had a guest appearance from Bob Geldolf played by Stars own Darren Hutton. costumes and music were added and the day ended with a final performance. Everyone agreed they had had a lovely day where old friendships had been rekindled and new friendships formed.

Come On Down 2009

Day One.

Today was Performance Day, and we were joined at The Isabella Community Centre, Blyth by Bedlington Day Centre who entertained with three exciting and emotional dance routines with a brilliant vocal performance from Neil Driffield. Berwick Northstar came dressed to the nines and regaled us with an excellent recreation of their Ball from earlier in the year, and Alan"Thriller" German from Northstar danced a great tribute to Michael Jackson. Seven Stars premiered their short movie "Robots from Space" and The Pottergate Centre from Alnwick joined us for the day. Thanks to all who came and took part in another great day.

Would you all please take a bow.