Further Stages Prom Night - a stunning success!
Monday 29th June saw both the Darlington Further Stages and the Yarm Further Stages come together to have a joint Prom`s night and entertain one another. We held it in the function room of “Chambers” in Duke Street Darlington, which is owned by the parents of Ryan, Jamie and Daniel Stainsby of the Thursday Darlington School. It was the perfect size and ambiance for the event.
The whole evening was remarkable for the quality of entertainment that it produced from only 35 students - over 2 hours worth. Groups had been trained in Singing and Dance classes during Further stages sessions by Cat Rea and Janie Lavelle and then pairs and solo performers volunteered to perform pieces that they had prepared themselves.
Each group had a couple of hours in the afternoon to rehearse their pieces and then the event started at 7pm. There was a wonderful friendly atmosphere and genuine support and appreciation for one another. It was an alcohol free zone even though it was licensed premises and everyone proved that young people can have a great time without any artificial fuel. The night ended with both groups up together singing “Seasons of Love”
As I said at the end of the evening, there have been certain times in my career when I have been humbled to see a snapshot of the contribution that Stagecoach can make to the lives of young people who come to be “one of the family”, every weekend. Monday night was one of those times. It was a privilege and a pleasure to be there and I salute the lovely young people that made it a night to remember. SO - it will now be an annual event!
Special thanks to Janie and Cat who had a long pressured day with rehearsals and the event and also for Cat for lending us her own sound equipment to make the event really buzz.
Below are photos of the varied performance pieces that happened during the evening - in the order in which they happened largely speaking but there may be one or two glitches.
I hope Further Stages will send in their photos and comments about the night to yarm@stagecoach.co.uk
July 1st, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Tom Wells (ex Yarm Further Stages student) sent this message :-
Thank you again for inviting me to last night. I had a fantastic time! It was really nice to catch up with everyone!
All of the performances were fantastic - I loved every single one. I actually got a little bit emotional watching because not only did I realise how much I have missed Stagecoach, I also felt so proud to have once been a part of it all. Well done to everybody involved!
July 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pm
awww!!!!!!!! So when the next one??? Can’t wait! Shall we say
Next Week>????
July 5th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Thank you ever so much Trudy for making this night happen! It will never be forgotten!! Neither will Connors “pole dancing”
Remarkable and rememberable!!! xxx
July 7th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
You are most welcome, Hayley. Connor had a great night entertaining us. We`ll give you a reference any time Connor!
July 8th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Trudy, thank you again for inviting me to the prom night. It was an absolutely fantastic evening and was soo nice to see everyone again, as i have missed stagecoach and everyone so so much. It was so moving to see everybody as one big family really supporting eachother and as for the performances..the talent in Stagecoach is simply outstanding!! Each and every performance was fab…with what i’m sure are the stars of the future! Good luck everybody, i’ve missed you lots and lots xxx
July 11th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
You`ll have to come again next year Lauren - and join in this time - show us all the skills that you will be gaining once you go to LIPA in September. Knock `em dead Lauren! We have missed you too!
Trudy