Big Groove Samba
Learn how to do samba drumming with Helen Smith from Big Groove Samba
Helen Smith joined Glasgow womens drumming group SheBoom in 1995. She has played numerous gigs with the band all over the UK and in Europe including the Stonewall Equality Show in the Royal Albert Hall, the Graham Norton Show, and a number of festivals in Spain, Portugal, Bavaria and Slovenia.
Big groove Samba has performed sell-out workshops at Celtic Connections, Dundee Womens Festival, sessions with staff and volunteers at Alzheimers Scotland in Glasgow, and regularly works within Schools, Colleges, Youth Projects and many other groups throughout Scotland.
Check out the Big Groove Samba website
Sticky Kids Singalong - with Molly Muddle
An action packed singalong for 2-6 year olds. The action songs are all favourites from the hugely popular Sticky Kids range of CD’s.
Molly Muddle – the human equivalent of a party popper invites you all to join in.
Lots of audience participation! If you like things live and loopy this is for you.
Molly Muddle is Anne Butler, a writer, performer and teacher who has published two Molly Muddle picture books and 15 Sticky Kids CDs.
She regularly makes author visits in character to schools throughout the UK.
Check out Molly Muddle at the Sticky Kids website
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CHILDREN'S THEATRE - HOPSCOTCH THEATRE CO
Hopscotch Theatre Company has been entertaining young people in Scotland with fun and educational theatre performances for more than 18 years.
They tour to primary schools the length and breadth of the country, bringing an enjoyable learning experience to thousands of children each year. Hopscotch bring their new summer show to Solas – ‘Brand New Andrew and Fair Trade Fred’
Read more on the show that Hopscotch are bringing to Solas on their website
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CHILDREN'S THEATRE - FLOTSAM & JETSAM
Flotsam is the bits and bobs drifting on the sea or washed up on the beach – a bit of gunnel, a jellyfish blob…
Jetsam is the stuff jettisoned from ships – like Tunnock’s Tea Cake wrappers. Or the ship’s cook. Flotsam & Jetsam is also a puppet theatre company based in Edinburgh and run by Ailie Finlay and Scott Simpson..
Ailie and Scott have been drifting back and forth across the Atlantic with bits of puppets (like the box marked “eyeballs”) since 1995.
At Solas they present – ‘The Wee Imp and the Recycling Magic‘.
The wee imp hates big people’s rubbish! Children listen to his story then make their own magical people and put on a puppet show! They’ll learn how to make a fantastic table-top puppet from recycled things like bottles, socks, newspapers and lovely bits of cloth. Children also do some games that help them learn how to use their puppets.
More on Flotsam and Jetsam over at their website
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CHILDREN'S MUSIC - FISCHY MUSIC
Fischy Music offer a unique blend of top quality music, entertainment and emotional and spiritual sensitivity…
Catchy, easy to learn and fun to sing, their songs encourage children to think and feel more deeply about the world, its beauties, mysteries and challenges.
From bullying to relationship break-down, Fischy Music aren’t afraid to address the real-life issues children meet every day: at home, in the playground, on the news and in the lives of the people around them. And from the quirky to the profound, their songs are widely used in schools and churches across the UK.
Read more about Fischy Music at their website
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