Community/Freedom Stage Line-up

Bartlemas Road will play host to an eclectic and vibrant mix of musical styles and influences...

1.00 Ark-T

2.20 Oxford Drum Troupe - African percussion
Oxford Drum Troupe plays and teaches the rich, rolling rhythms that are traditionally heard at ceremonies and celebrations in West Africa, with occasional flavours from other parts of Africa. They play djembes, dun-duns, hand percussion and balafon.
http://www.southoxford.org/activities/odt.html

2.30 Soleil D'Egypte - Egyption belly dancing
Soleil d'Egypte, the bellydancers from Oxford with a sparkle in their eyes and a shimmy on their hips! They bring a really unique bellydance experience.
http://www.soleildegypte.com/

3.00 Sugar Brown Calypso

3.30 AMV - Indian/French fusion

4.00 Redemption Song - with MC intro from Gary Smith

4.10 Haula Nakakembo - singing

4.25 Spencer Sinini Ngwenya - Simbabwean Dance and Song

5.00 Oxford Gospel Choir - Caribbean/ African non-religious singing
A mixed ability community choir that gives everyone the opportunity to sing Gospel and Contemporary songs, brought together by the love of music and the enjoyment of singing as a form of entertainment. They are open to anyone whatever their age, ability or faith. The choir is led by Jules Francis, a professional singer and student.
http://www.oxfordgospelchoir.org.uk/aboutus.htm

5.30 Sol Samba - Brazilian/ Cuban Samba
Vibrant, colourful, exhilarating and LOUD, Sol Samba headline the Freedom Stage and end the day with a hearty BANG! Sol Samba is a community samba band based in Oxford.
Their current repertoire includes original and traditional pieces based on Samba Reggae, Maracatu, Afro-Samba, Samba Duro, Batucada and Baião.
http://www.solsamba.co.uk

Check out more line ups on an earlier post!

Carnival’s Procession is back!

Carnival’s Procession is back! Come and join in on 1^st July.

Here’s how:

Carnival workshops for 2007 are now in full swing. There are lots of open workshops for the Procession to drop in to – come along and help celebrate our themes of fire, 1,000 years of arrivals to Oxfordshire and commemorating the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

1,000 years of Oxfordshire at the Scrapstore…

Be inspired to make a ‘wearable’ plane, train or boat to show how you might have arrived to Oxfordshire! The Orinoco Scrap Store, Peat Moors off the Slade www.oxorinoco.org 761113

Saturday 23^rd June 11-4 drop in workshop,

Sunday 24^th Orinoco open for ideas and scrap;

Saturday 30^th June 11-4 drop in workshop. FREE.

Procession Puppets!

The newly created Barracks Lane Garden will be opening its’ doors, where Cath Connolly will help make huge figures for the procession! Sign posted from Barracks lane (top of Kenilworth Avenue, off Cowley Road)

DATE: Saturday 23^rd June 10.30am - 1pm or 2pm – 4pm Drop ins. FREE

The Procession will leave the Plain at noon, setting a trail along the Cowley Road to SS Mary & John Churchyard.

It starts at the Plain end of the Cowley Road at 12 noon. It takes one hour to process and finishes at the large church called SS Mary and John opposite Divinity Road. It will turn into Leopold Street, so everyone can drop their costumes and instruments and then move away in a one way flow along Green Street back to the Carnival.

It would be really nice for the look of the Procession if the families from the drop-in workshops who made crowns could be immediately behind East Oxford Primary School, as they will also look similar. This will be towards the end of the line up, and will be signed on the street in a traffic cone, so please look out for that and assemble there in your costume. Remember to wear red, orange or yellow as fire colours!

If you went to the Orinoco workshop, look out for a signed traffic cone with “Orinoco Scrapstore Families” on it and that’s your slot – hopefully you will be nice and obvious from your costume and a steward will help you if you have difficulty.

The church grounds have a large stone memorial and this is a handy meeting point for families.

To book your place, and for more information on the procession and workshops contact Henrietta Gill henriettagill@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01865 200 780. Support your local school and come and watch at 12.

www.cowleyroadcarnival.org

COWLEY ROAD CARNIVAL : JULY 1^ST 12-6pm 2007

Oxfordshire’s largest community event!

Job Vacancies

East Oxford Action - the organisers of the Cowley Road Carnival

Want to recruit two people…

A Carnival Education Officer - Heritage Lottery Fund

An exciting opportunity to explore the different traditions of Carnival in Oxfordshire.

22 hours per week for 18 months to start ASAP. £25,253 Pro Rata

A Carnival Development Worker - Arts Council

The Cowley Road Carnival is the largest community event in Oxfordshire. We want someone to develop stronger community links and widen participation.

22 hours per week for 6 months to start September 2007. £25,253 Pro Rata

Deadline for both jobs Friday 6^th July.

Email adrian@eastoxford.com or phone 01865 203367 for an application pack

Line-ups announced!

OX4 Stage, live on air with OX4 87.9FM


Located in the car park behind Blockbuster Videos the OX4 Stage features some of Oxford’s finest bands, a diverse pick’n’mix of new music and firm local favorites, through Indie rock, Alt. Country, Dance & Reggae..
Plus Oxord’s new local radio station OX4 FM broadcasting live throughout the day, with on air DJ slots from OX4 FM DJs in between the live acts! Tune in on OX4 87.9FM


Confidential Collective
Oxford’s favourite instrumental dance band return with new sounds & new singers.


The Quarter Finals
Young Oxford three-piece playing snappy New Wave Power Pop!


Borderville
Glam musical-theatre collage of classic rock’n’roll music and sparkly new bleeps all woven into a big concept narrative, one of the brightest stars on the local rock scene!


Raggasaurus
Sensational seven piece reggae/dub/ragga band with an Arabic vocal


The Epstein
Spectacular and uplifting young Alt Country band guaranteed to get you dancing!


Makating
Oxford’s legendary Reggae band make for the perfect way to end the Carnival in style!

Acoustic Stage

Michael Henry & Friends 1.00pm-1.30pm
Traditional Irish Music & Song

Joe Allen & Angharad Jenkins 1.45pm-2.15pm
Talented singer songwriter with stunning electric violin accompaniment
Myspace link

Matt Sage 2.30pm-3.00pm
An inspirational songmaker and performer playing with local heroes Colin Fletcher, Barnabas and Jane Griffiths.
http://www.myspace.com/mattsagemusic

Mr Shaodow 3.15pm-3.45pm
Burgeoning talent in this Urban vocalist & rapper
http://www.myspace.com/mrshaodow

Maria Ilett and Friends Acoustic 4.00pm-4.30pm
Trip-pop lo-fi electro-jazz sweetness!
http://www.myspace.com/mariailett

Anton Barbeau 4.45pm-5.15pm
Oxford/ Sacramento singer & psychedelic pop genius with friends
Myspace link

Brickwork Lizards 5.30pm-6pm
Modern songs in a pre war jazz and country style with rap interludes and arabic influences!
Myspace link


All times ans performances are subject to change!

Carnival gets a myspace

Not only is there a facebook.com event dedicated to the Cowley Road Carnival (with more than 700 confirmed guests, let's see if we can get it over 1,000!), we have now got a myspace site that includes some sample track of the groups who will be performing.

The deadline has now passed and bookings have all happened, if you sent a request to play in then you will hear from us in the next few days - but please, no more requests! The stages are full to bursting!

Carnival needs YOU!!!

Plans are coming together for Carnival. We have now confirmed 5 stages and 5 sound systems that will be playing a fantastic range of music from around the world. All stage performers have given their time for free, which is fantastic as Carnival would not be able to happen without volunteers... but we need more!

We are looking for people to come along and help out on the day. This may be stewarding in the SS Mary & John Churchyard where children will be getting messy with crafty workshops, or helping manage crowds around the skate park where there are sure to be some impressive moves.

Shifts are 3 hours long, you will be provided with a Carnival Crew top, and if you're lucky you may even have a radio! Shifts are 11am – 2 pm, 1.30 – 4.30 pm or 4.00 – 7.00 pm. If you can spare 3 hours and fancy helping support Oxfordshire's largest community event then email carnival@eastoxford.com NOW!!

All volunteers will be entered into a prize draw that includes meals vouchers, passes to clubs, VIP tickets and much more.