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Summer Academy Filling Up!

Gareth — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:22:09 +0000

We are fast running out of places for our Summer Academy 2010. It promises to be an amazing week and if you are interested in being involved let us know as soon as you can by dropping the flyer back to us or by downloading the application form from this site and returning it to us.

You can download the form by clicking here.

Summer Academy 2010

Gareth — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:03:23 +0000

Our summer academy is one of the most enjoyable weeks of our year here at HOPE. This year it promises to be just as incredible! Once again we are inviting young people from all over Portsmouth the opportunity to get involved in vocal workshops, band workshops, dance, DJ, techy workshops as well as film making and graphic design workshops. All the work that we do in the week is building to our showcase gig which we do at the end of the week.

The week is simply incredible – and we would love as many young people as possible to be involved. If you would like to be involved this year, simply contact us and we will send you information about it.

The DVD is ready!

Gareth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:32:39 +0000

I know it has taken longer than expected but the DVD’s are finally ready! We are really pleased at how amazing everyone performed at the gig and we know you are going to enjoy watching it along with all the special features and behind the scenes footage.

If you took part in the Summer Academy then you are eligible for a free copy. Extra copies can be ordered at the cost at £5 each. If you would like extra copies, contact us and let us know.

HOPE Summer Academy 2009 Taster

Gareth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:53:16 +0000

Work is progressing really well on the HOPE Summer 2009 DVD. And to whet your appetites we’ve uploaded a trailer for your viewing pleasure…

The DVD is coming – I promise…

Gareth — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:03:54 +0000

Now I know that the DVD is a little behind schedule – but believe me I have a good excuse! As you can see me and my wife had a little baby girl a couple of weeks ago and as such it has stopped us getting the DVD out on time. But rest assured we are back on the case and we hope to have it ready in a couple of weeks.

I know you are having to wait – but isn’t she cute…….

Summer Academy Photos 2009

Gareth — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:21:19 +0000

My man Stu was a very busy boy on the day of the Summer Academy gig taking lots of photos of us all. We’ve put a selection of them up here for your viewing pleasure.

Work on the DVD is going well and we expect it to be ready for release in the first week of October. We’ll of course let you know when you can get hold of them!

Tired! But well worth it…

Gareth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:59:02 +0000

Another Summer Academy has been and gone – and it was a really incredible week I can tell you. I won’t post much here but very soon we’ll get online some photos from the gig and movie trailers for you to watch. We may not get them up straight away but trust me they will be worth the wait!

Thanks again to all who took part and especially the mentors for all their hard work.

Summer Academy 2009

Gaz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:52:43 +0000

We are really please to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Summer Academy 2009! Last years Summer Academy was incredible fun and I know that this year will be even bigger and even better.

The academy is open to anyone between the ages of 11-16 and this year we will be offering the following streams for you to get involved with:

Vocal stream
Band stream (for anyone who plays an instrument)
Dance stream
Video editing stream
Techy stream
DJ stream
Design stream

If you are interested in applying you can simply download the application form by clicking here or by collecting one from us at the Kings Centre. For more information either drop us an email or give us a call!

Once again this project is funded with the Heart Of Portsmouth Community Improvement Partnership.

Applications must be sent in to reach us no later than 17th August 2009.

The DVD is released!

Gareth — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:29:21 +0000

So – it has taken us quite a few months, well nearly 3 to be precise. But the DVD of this years summer academy is finally ready! It has taken quite a lot more work than I had envisaged – but man, it was so worth it. Putting the DVD together had reminded me of just what a fantastic week it was, how stunning the gig was and what a great laugh it was to be doing creative things for a whole week.

The DVD was put together by myself and Mark Rose who did all of the video editing. He worked very hard at that and so a huge thank you goes to him. The DVD is packed with extra features including a directors commentary (well perhaps not a directors commentary, but me, Mark and a few others!), a behind the scenes movie shot by the video mentees as well as all the Banzai videos we made for the week.

I’d love to hear any comments you have got about the DVD. Also if you would like to order any extra copies then you can do so on this page. Order them and we’ll send them right out…