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Talented musicians at Stony- hurst College gave two spec­ tacular concerts to crowning the school year at the annual openweekend,known asGreat Academies. Audiences of more than 300 parents and friends from the region, other parts o f the UK and from all over the world enjoyed a wide range of music in two of Stonyhurst’s beauti­ ful venues. The first concert was given


in St Peter’s Church by Schola Cantorum, Stonyhurst’s cham­ ber choir which has sung in Paris and Rome in recent years. Under the direction of Dr Kevin Morgan, the choir sang


music by English composers, starting with William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, followed by John Taverner's The Lamb. After two organ solos - Bach’s Fantasia in G minor, played by Anthohy Chow from Hong Kong, and William Matthias’ Fanfare, played by Julian Chin from Malaysia - Schola sang Charles Hubert Parry’s coro­ nation anthem “I Was Glad”, Hadley’s poetic setting of “My Beloved Spake” and Finzi’s tri­ umphant Ascension anthem “God Is Gone Up.” A concert of instrumental


music followed, this time in the historicAcademyRoom.Itwas directed by Stonyhurst’s head


of music, Greg Mann. Solo performances given


by sixth-form leavers includ­ ed Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A minor, played by Olivia Daw­ son from Whalley, Schubert’s An die Musik, sung by Genev­ ieve Turner from Hurst Green, Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata, played by Ruth Foulds from Ripon, and Muller’s Study for Clarinet, performed by Georg­ es Neill from Normandy. The concert also featured


several of the College’s ensem­ bles, such as the Senior and JuniorBrassGroups.BigBand and the Dead Poets jazz band, which is led by Jasper Green from Whalley.


Action-packed days of fun


When Paul Taylor talks about ; , music, you stop and you listen.


. The visionary vinyl spinner put . Burnley on the map during the early 90s with some of the big­ gest club nights the country had ever seen.


" Thousands of revellers trav­


elled the length and breadth of thecountrytoAngelsasthelike’s of Sasha, Carl Cox, Paul Oaken- ; fold, Boy George and Pete Tong


. lit up the legendary club. Anditwashere,duringthose


Youngsters in Big Bug Hunt Children and staff from Downham Preschool enjoyed an afternoon up Clitheroe Castle. They took partin a bug


hunt atthemuseum, walkedupthe keep, played on the park andenjoyedan ice-cream before returning to pre­ school on a coach provided by P and S Travel.


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Class 6 at Brookside Primary day participating in a range of pendent, having to organise School, Clitheroe, travelled by activities including canoeing, themselves and develop their coach toAlston, Cumbria, for; archery, giant swing, “piranha teamwork ski lls. The chil- an action packed few days at pool” and climbing. During dren all pushed themselves to Robin Wood activity centre, their time at the centre the achieve ttfeir goals, and were a The children were busy all children became more inde- credit to the school.


They are Lancashire champi­ ons of netball!


The netball team o f St


Mary’s Primary School, Lang- ho, is celebrating after net­ ting the Lancashire Games Netball tournament, which was held in Blackpool. A sp o k e sman fo r the


school said: “We played at Ribblesdale High school in


the heats and won through to the finals at Blackpool, spon­ sored by SPAR. St Mary’s,


L'angho, played and won all five group games, the semi-fi­ nal and then the final in sear­ ing heat! The final was very close, but the girls managed


to come out the ultimate win­


ners. We are now Lancashire champions for netball and St Mary’sareveryproudoftheir


netball team.” (m um


halcyon days, Retro was born. Despite now being a brand recognised the world over, Paul has certainly not forgotten its roots.; I


: , ' •. " He may have moved from


ScotlandtoBurnleywhenhewas a teenager but he doesn’t hesi­ tate in calling this town home. And so when he sees the scene


. he helped create here all those •years ago dying adeath, make no


. mistake, it hurts. “I keep my ear to the ground


; and I’m sickofit. I really feel for - the town. I’ve lived there since - 1 was 14. There isn’t a club in . the area to put Retro in, it’s ri- r diculous: The last gig I did in- Burnley was at the beginning of the year at Vogue (Hammerton. StreetjanditwasaseilouUtwas nightmare though and I’ll never .4


-gobackthere..


“I’ve been approached by a few people in town but there just isn’t the room to make Ret-


. ro work. And everything has to be right with my brand. I’ve had it for 27years. It has to be


• the right lights, right sound sys­ tem, right size, everything. The


• only club I can go to in this neck, ) of the woodsnowis Rendezvous in Whalley. The sad thing is the


, people in Burnley still want it." While the Retro band re­


mains as strong as ever, the thought of it never returning to Burnley clearly saddens him. . “It’s just ridiculous. Burnley


should have its own premier underground club where peo­ ple can enjoy the music like we


I used to. It’s just gone though. I Burnley’s dead now and it’s nev­ er going to happen again, unless somebody invests. But of course


' when you invest you have to get your money back and there isn’t


. enough people in Burnley now wanting to come out to enjoy themselves. “Dance cu ltu re hasn’ t


ch an g ed . You go out in ManchesteronaSaturdaynight and it’s absolutely booming. I • knowthey’vegotstudents there,


■


it a lot more than Burnley, but the house scene at the moment is:■ great. “It’s full of melodies. Girls


, are into it, which is a big thing.'


It always goes full circle, dance music. It’ll go through periods where it’s getting abit tetchy and a bit too laddy but now’s gone full circle and girls are loving dancing again and Burnley is missingoutonthisopportunity.” Paul will next be appearing


around these parts on the Friday night at Beat-Herder (July 17th) when he takes the 10pm slot in the Fortress. He cannot wait. ■ Tmnotagreatloveroffesti-;


vals. Festivals can.destroy club world because people who go to , festivalsdon’tgo outforamonth. before or a month after because • they are skint. So I would never contemplate DJing at Cream: fields because I don’t think it’s right. Now, Beat-Herder on the: other hand is so eclectic and so wonderful in its approach and. the way it makes you smile and laugh, it’s different. It reminds me very much of what it could - have been like ifl was old enough to appreciate the early 60s when; the hippies were having it right - off. It’s a modern day hippy fes­ tival for people who are into all sorts of music and who want; to enjoys themselves. There, are no attitudes there, there’s a


Dancers at Stonyhurst Col-' and was enjoyed by an au- English folk, as well as the lege have created their own, dience of parents, staff and Japanese traditions of Jap- unique contemporary dance friends.


anese origami often associ-


performance, from a series of Stonyhurst’s dance teach- ated with childhood games, workshopswithprofessional er, Anna Southward said: “It Expressive movement was dancer and choreographer, was beautiful to watch this framed in the fun games of Kate Jackson.


piece unfold, layered with ‘paper fortune telling’ cen- The Paper Fortune Tell- themes of childhood, infin- tral tom a n y o fo u r child-


er was f irst performed at ity and the universal world hood hopes and dreams, in the school’s open-weekend, rhythms of tango, French an extremely challenging known as Great Academies, electronica and modern and powerful performance.”


A A a y e


are amazing. I’m actually quite flattered that I’ve been asked to come back for a third year in a row and I can’t wait.” Paul turns 58 in August. He


has been DJingfor39years now and the passion for his craft remains as infectious as ever. There’s certainly no sign of him hanging up those headphones justyet.


■ “Definitely not. I feel fitter


Y than I did 30 years ago. I look after myself, I’m riot a great al-V | cohol drinker, I do have the odd drink; I do a bit'of running and I •eat proper food.


■ £’ “I’ve stiU got thisyoung feel-/1


ing inside of me because I’m playing for young people all the . time. I still feel like I’m 25 and I stiilactlikeit.lVeneverfeltthat. I have been separated physical­ ly or mentally by a crowd, I’ve,, never felt*like a crowd is not;


- into me or that I’m feeling a bit - 1 too old for this scene now. I’ve /',1 never thought that, ever in my life, arid I am worried about that a, | day because it will have to come. I am going to try and get past 60 though and maybe become one


' cross breedofpeople.kidsright • through to grandmas and gran-1 dads and a lot of my fans goes ■ - there: It’s constantly changing;


. of the oldest dance DJs in the . country-maybe try and break . andarecordor two. I’ve certain­ ly still got the passion.” .;-' - . 1 And long may it continue; •; - For all the latest Retro news


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