Mind Body and Boogie

A fundraising festival of music and dance organised by mental health charity Week4ADay

Saturday 2 September 2006, 1pm to 12midnight
Sunday 3 September 2006, 1pm to 11pm

At the following venues in Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire: The Crown Inn, The Red Lion, The Spinners Arms, The Holly Bush, The Poachers and Bollington Arts Centre

Mind Body and Boogie events are free but donations are welcome; all proceeds to Week4ADay and Hurricane Katrina Relief

Information line: 01625 618  624
www.week4aday.org
www.mindbodyandboogie.org

Mind Body and Boogie features international, national and local artists playing a range of music from jazz, rock, funk and blues to classical and folk. The weekend’s theme is participation, and to that effect there will be open mic slots and have-a-go-dance sessions, led by top dance instructors, including jazz jive, ceroc, Arabian and street dancing lessons. Each venue will also feature displays relating to positive mental health and poems by people ;who have experienced mental health problems, alongside poems about Hurricane Katrina.

Week4ADay is a small self-funding Community Interest Company raising awareness of mental health issues and helping people with mental health issues engage in social inclusion projects that act as stepping stones to employment and/or education. Before Hurricane Katrina struck, Week4ADay members attended a mental health conference in New Orleans, and whilst there met and heard a remarkable young musician called Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews. It’s a year since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, devastating the Louisiana coastline and killing nearly 2,000 people. The population of New Orleans has been reduced by half. Over 200,000 people, many who lost everything, have been relocated to other parts of the USA leaving jobs, friends, family and communities behind. Suicide rates have quadrupled, the state has lost half its mental health workers, and New Orleans has just 60 psychiatric beds. After the hurricane hit, David Raines, director of Week4ADay, contacted Troy Andrews and put the idea of a joint fundraising initiative to him; Troy was enthusiastic about helping, and Mind Body and Boogie was born.

Mind Body and Boogie performers include:

Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews and Orleans Avenue  
Troy grew up in the historic Treme neighbourhood of New Orleans, famous for its role in nurturing  the earliest New Orleans jazz musicians, and an area hit hard by Hurricane  Katrina.  From the time he could walk, Troy literally followed in the footsteps of some of the greatest pioneers of jazz, including Louis Armstrong,  Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton and Kid Ory, all of whom grew up around or  played in the streets of the Treme neighbourhood.  He started playing trombone at the age of six and was given the nickname ‘Trombone Shorty’ because he was smaller than his instrument.  Troy graduated from the New Orleans School of Performing Arts last year and, although only 20, has already  established a reputation in US and international jazz circles.  Troy  plays trombone, trumpet, keyboards and percussion, and has performed with many of the New Orleans greats including the Neville Brothers, Winston Marsalis, and Dr John. He has recently been on tour with Lenny Kravitz. With his band, Orleans Avenue, Troy weaves a musical journey through the various styles of jazz, from its New Orleans roots to the bands’ own energetic fusion  of modern and traditional.

In addition to playing  Mind Body and Boogie, Week4ADay has also organised a fundraising tour for Troy  Andrews and Orleans Avenue; see details at end of press  release.

Chunky Butt Funky  
Leeds-based soul and funk band led by Cleve Reverend Chunky, a major figure on the Leeds music scene, and an inspiration to singing sensation  Corinne Bailey Rae

Guitar George Borowski   
Legendary Manchester and North-West guitarist/songwriter has  lent his talents to the likes of the Pixies, Teenage Fanclub, Bonnie Raitt, and Radiohead

Black Bart
Rock and  alt-country from Steve Lamacq favourites

3milehigh
Well-oiled stadium rock from Leeds’  deliver catchy melodies, strong hook lines and lyrics that mean  something
 
DJ3
Dirty three-piece funk outfit drawing on influences such as 70s-era Sly Stone, Serge Gainsbourg and Muddy Waters

ReSouled
Ten-piece soul’n’blues band with a  full brass section.  Think Blues Brothers, The Commitments, James Brown...  

Bodhi
Manchester trio playing  jazz, hip-hop and basement beats with a soul voice

Joff Whitten
Indie-soul from guitarist/vocalist using loops

Backwater Blues  Band
One of the North West’s leading blues-rock bands

Visyon
Young persons’  project combining the words and music of those who have experienced mental health problems   
 
Copper  Kettle
Brian Firth and Michael Forsyth perform melody-driven acoustic music

Chinese  Marbles
Boogie big band masters

The Screaming Beavers
Local  R’n’B/soul big band legends

Pondlife
Five-piece jazz’n’blues  outfit

Mr Fox Dance Company
Sheffield’s Mr Fox Dance Company entertains with a  performance by moonlight, dressed in foxes heads
 
Amandla
Home-grown blues and rock from Bollington

Sabre
Sheffield-based blues  band

Jasper
A combination of  up-beat funk mixed with powerful rock

The  Boogiemen
Buxton-based R’n’B, soul and blues boogie  masters with a funky brass section

Helen  England
Quirky classical vocalist (also performs with The Screaming  Beavers)
                                                                                          
Gunter
Four-piece rock band brings its own touch to modern  classics
                 
Hot Bananas
Hot’n’funky boogie

‘2-10’
Six-piece R’n’B and soul  band
 
Traditional Irish  Session
further details TBA

Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews and Orleans Avenue tour dates

"Troy  possesses the rarest combination of talent, technical capability and down-home  soul.  I’m his biggest fan"
Wynton Marsalis

Friday 1 September: Liverpool Academy, Stanley Theatre, Mount  Pleasant, Liverpool
Box Office: 0151 256 5555;  Time 7.30pm;   Tickets: £10

Sunday 3 September: Bollington Arts Centre, Wellington Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Box  Office: 01625 618 624;  Time 9pm;  Tickets: £12

Tuesday 5 September: The Flowerpot, King Street, Derby
Box Office: 01625 618 624;  Time: 9pm;  Tickets:  £10

Wednesday 6 September: Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Box  Office: 01539 725 133;  Time: 8pm;  Tickets:  £10
 
Thursday 7 September: Burnley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley
Box Office: 01282 664 400;  Time: 8pm;  Tickets:  £10

Friday 8 September: Waterside Arts Centre Sale, Manchester
Box Office: 0161 912 5616;  Time: 8pm;  Tickets:  £10

Sunday 10 September: Bar Cuba, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Box  Office: 01625 618 624;  Time: 9pm;  Tickets: £12     

Monday 11 September: The Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Square, Leeds
featuring special guest, award  winning British trombonist Dennis Rollins
Box  Office: 0113 383 8800;  Time: 8.30pm;  Tickets:  £10

www.week4aday.org
www.mindbodyandboogie.org

With thanks to Arts Council England

To The People of Bollington and our Guests.

Thank you for your support and encouragement. All of the artists performing have gifted their time to help Week4aday raise funds to develop services helping those who experience mental health problems.

The statistics say there is one in four of the population, One in four of your family, One in four of your friends will experience mental health problems. If this is true then there will be a fair proportion of Bollington's population and the visitors to Mind Body and Boogie who will be experiencing mental health problems themselves. So we ask that you treat everyone as if they have a mental health problem
with sensitivity, understanding, tolerance & respect.

Mind Body and Boogie is organised by Week4aday
A Social Enterprise
Helping people with mental health issues
and promoting social inclusion