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. SKILLED "street mason Chrls-vCIements was /' always ^fascinated; by,' stained £ glassj; and ’redun- /• * . dancy - gave -' him '• the -unexpected '.-.opportunity to


f 5 " d e v e l o p a n w c a r e e r . ; i , Chris (32),:i.who’8'-.manied;wlth three children.


' -'and who worked 'fo r a Manchester, firm'-sotting


; up otagesjor, pop-groups and.majoh functions, is now, looking 'forward; to; studlng Jor ttls^BA. Horta ... “Rather-, thanoget - to pension'-, age,,wondering i ~what vw t id ;h ^


\ i .1 "It" was‘ s'.struggle to begin with .as iyby; have \ to ’think' .In "a. whole -new' way,i;Butf It.hasy been V*orthV'a&l Chris'of Whittlefield,'Bumley:-r


WHSMITH Key to the future


MASSIVE improvements are a key feature throughout the whole College which is in the second year of a three-year modernisation


programme. The second phase this summer will see new Environmental Science labs in which will be


the latest testing equipment and an environmental database accessible by local


companies. Also the outdated language labs are being


replaced with a state-of-the-art language centre complete with video-conferencing link up. At the same time, there is the development


Deputy Principal Nancy Reid said: "We are looking at an area that first of all has a lot of local interest but is also very useful vocational training for youngsters involved in guitar


of the £20,000 sound studio. Commenting on this exciting development,


electronics.” Also this summer, there is the £120,000 refurbishment of the top of the Ormerod Road


Listed Building. “ It’s a huge building that has been attacked


in bits in the past. We want to rectify that and give it a class and quality of its own,” said


Nancy.


expenditure at the College. So we are bringing it right up to date.


“The past 10 years have seen no capital


“ It is not that these improvements make learning any better. Good quality teaching is


the most important thing. “ But good quality surroundings enhance


learning for both students and teachers and they also give a sense of valuing people who


are coming in.” All new sounds MUSIC and the only course of its kind in the


setting for students enrolling on the BTEC First Award Performing Arts programme on modern electronic music. Electric instruments, amplification and performing music will be at the core of the


course. The advance of digital technology has


made it easier for people to make a modest career out of music — evidence of this is clear when you survey the lively music scene in and around East Lancashire. And the man behind the new programme,


to be extended to the BTEC National Award next year, is Alan Buckley, a gigging musician for years, former member of K, performer at Glastonbury Festival and the


Band on the Wall. There will also be a two-year, part-time


course in sound recording and studio management.'


... . A ARTISTS Elizabeth and Jennifer with some of their work


FORMER St Theodore's RC High Sixth Form students Elizabeth Carroll and Jennifer Coates both have three A-levels and have spent the past year studying on the BTEC Art Foundation programme.


They’re now preparing to move on


development— they’re going to specialise in the study of scientific and natural history illustration. “ Studying at the School of Art has


done us good and we’ve really enjoyed the course,” said Elizabeth. The 19-year-olds are moving onto Blackpool and Fylde College which


specialises in the illustration work lhau aro intorACtfld ir


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■ ’ A ART—A new future beckons for Chris


Positive strokes for artistic pair


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