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THE Clare Youth Service has an- nounced details of a new programme of events aimed at encouraging young musicians.
The CYS Music Project is offer- ing some fantastic opportunities to young people interested in music over the next two months, including recording, gigging and training op- eLeyaaED OD LOL ene
As well as auditions for a com- pilation CD, there will be a bands competition open to all young bands throughout Clare as well as beat box and rapping workshops.
The bands competition is being held on Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, with judges announcing the winners on the Sun- day night. The competition 1s open to all young bands under 18 years from
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Bands must perform three songs, at least one of which must be an origi- nal piece.
Entry for the competition is €15 and completed forms must be re- turned to Jean Tierney, CYS by Fri- day, September 11.
Prizes will be awarded for: Best Original Song, Best Band, Runner- up and Best Cover/Adaptation.
On September 26, the Music Project are holding auditions for musicians who would like to be part of a CYS compilation CD.
Auditions are open to all musi- cians, bands, acoustic etc and each act has to perform one original song. The CD will be launched at the end of the year.
Clare Youth Service with Kerryni- ni are running beat box and rapping workshops from Friday, October 9 to
Sunday, October 10.
The workshop will focus on vari- ous aspects of beat box and rapping, including, developing your _ tech- niques, looping and sampling, DJing and scratching, MCing and rhyming. The workshops costs €45 and places
are limited.
Musicians interested in participat- ing in any of the events should con- tact Jean Tierney, Clare Youth Serv- ice, Carmody Street, Ennis on 065 6845356 or 086 1568650 for further information or application forms.