Southbank Centre - The Overture weekend 8th to 10th June

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Africa Brass with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Musicians:

LPO's Renga ensemble
Open Ear Orchestra
From Brighton and Hove

Guests:

Brian Abrahams
Jean Toussaint
Alec Dankworth
Arnold Khanu

Management / Acknowledgements:

Musical Director, Renga Ensemble:

Scott Stroman

Musical Director, Open Ear Orchestra:

Phil Mullen

LPO Education and Community Producer:

Richard Mallett

LPO Sound Engineer:

Matthew Moore

Sound Assistants from Westminster Adult Education Service:

Nicola White and Gayan De Mel

LPO Trainee Animateur:

Keith Ford

LPO Education and Community Assistant:

Kathryn O'Doherty

LPO Education and Community Director:

Clare Lovett

Thanks to:

The InSpire Centre (Charlotte Benstead, Donna Phillips); Brenda Rattray, Ben Ealovega, Pippa Smith (The Dome, Brighton); Peter Chivers and Mike Johnson (Brighton and Hove Music and Performing Arts); all at Henry Wood Hall; Bell Percussion and The Warehouse, Rachel Harris and all at Southbank Centre

Akademi South Asian Dance UK presents Praveshhhhh / New Beginnings

Music:

Remixed by DJ Matt Ross, Srikanth Sriram and Niraj Chag

Gauri Sharma Tripathi & Ankh Dance Company Choreographers:

Gauri Sharma Tripathi, Mavin Khoo

Photo Credit:

Francois Boutemy

Producer:

Mira Kaushik

Amabile

Musical director:

Charlotte Jackson

Anomalous Creatures

Choreographer:

Maresa von Stockert

Dancers:

Laura Caldow, Natalia Thorn, Phil Williams

An Unexpected Harmony

Conductors:

Ken Burton and Harry Christopher

Arranger-Purcell Sound the Trumpet:

Roderick Williamsr

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Sixteen
Croydon Seventh Day Adventist Gospel Choir
London Adventist Chorale

Thanks to:

Ken Burton, Harry Christophers, Catherine Peel, Oxford University Press

Choirs:

British Gospel Arts, Central Hall Community Gospel Choir, Choir Invisible, Harrow Youth Gospel Choir, Horsham Community Gospel Choir, Kaine Gospel Choir, London African Gospel Choir, Oxford Gospel Choir, Vocal Works Gospel Choir, Brighton City Singers, South London Choir

Appearing Rooms

Artist:

Jeppe Hein

Courtesy of:

Johann König

Apples & Snakes

Hosted by:

Apples and Snakes

Compered by:

Lemn Sissay, Southbank Centre Artist in Residence

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BabbleBand

Dorelia Evans
Harrison Cole
Jessie Rutland
Sam Hostettler
Jacob Welsh
Artie Zaitz
Yanna Argiriov
James Baird-Hutchinson
Daniel Zauner-Usill

The Bach Choir

Musical director:

David Hill

Back in Time

Cars supplied by:

Johnny Vercoutre, Time for Tea

Thanks to:

1702 Preservation Society for the Festival of Britain Bus

Ballroom Dance Stars

Thanks to:

Demonstrators Matthew & Nicole Cutler

BBC Symphony Chorus

Musical director:

Stephen Jackson

Beautiful Beginnings

Arranger/Conductor:

Laka D

Musicians:

Harry Beckett
Deirdre Cartwright
Winston Clifford
David Frankel
Jennifer Maidman
Diane McLoughlin
Annie Whitehead
Peter Whyman
Josefina Cupido

Vocal Coaches:

Phoene Cave
Lea Cornthwaite
Alexandra Dorman
Zoe Palmer
Molly Perrineau
Ayozie Pollendine

Special thanks to:

Lambeth Music Service

Bellowhead

Vocals, Fiddle, Tambourine:

Jon Boden

Melodeon, Concertina, Bandoneon:

John Spiers

Guitar, Bouzouki:

Benji Kirkpatrick

Fiddle, Bagpipes:

Giles Lewin

Fiddle, Oboe:

Paul Sartin

Stomp box, Percussion & Tuned percussion:

Pete Flood

Cello, Fiddle:

Rachael McShane

Trombone:

Justin Thurgur

Trumpet:

Andy Mellon

Helicon, Tuba:

Gideon Juckes

Saxes:

Brendan Kelly

Billingshurst Choral Society and The Angmering Chorale

Musical director:

George Jones

Billy Bragg

Recently described by The Times as a national treasure. Billy signs copies of his book The Progressive Patriot in Foyles. Billy leads a mass sing-a-long with guitar accompaniment of his favourite London Songs.

Blackbird Leys Choir

Musical director:

Alan Stewart

Bollywood Brass Band

Emergency Exit Arts Project
Funded by ACE and London Borough of Greenwich

Sarah Moore
Kay Charlton
Will Embliss
Ros Davies
Tom Marriot
Alice Kinloch
Philippe D'Amonville
Nick Cattermole
Jas Daffu
Rav Neiyyar

Bonachela Dance Company presents SOLEDAD

Choreographed by:

Rafael Bonachela

Performed by:

Amy Hollingsworth and Cameron McMillan

Music by:

Bebe, Piazolla and Chavela Vargas

BDC would like to thank:

PROBE for permission to perform Soledad, created by Rafael Bonachela in collaboration with Antonia Grove and Theo Clinkard, to form part of their full length evening 'Have we met somewhere before?

Subsidised rehearsal facilities provided by:

the Jerwood Space

Brighton City Singers, South London Choir

Musical director

MJ Paranzino

Ginger Chorale by

Ginny Dougary and MJ Paranzino

Listen by

MJ Paranzino

Down By The Riverside - Traditional Spiritual arranged by

Jay Althouse

British Gospel Arts Gospel Workshop Choir + The Club

Arts director:

Andrea Ecinas

Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Kent

Lead Teacher:

Jackie Mortimer

Rehearsal Director:

Sian Goss

Administration:

Jess Spearpoint

The Bruk Out Crew

Powerful hip hop moves led by:

Leanne Pero

asabea, dellyn, bestyn, roshelle, nadisha, Roxanne, ebony, samara, jade, tanya, sia, nadine

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Candidate

Vocals and Guitar:

Joel Morris

Guitar, Vocals etc:

Alex Morris

bass, production etc:

Ian Painter

Central Hall Community Gospel Choir

Choir Director:

Penny Hasting

Chantage

Musical Director:

James Davey

Choir Invisible

Musical Director:

Sally Brown

The Cholmondeleys

Maho Ihara
Anna Pon Carrera
Macarena Campbell
Makiko Aoyama

The Cholmondeleys

Maho Ihara
Anna Pon Carrera
Macarena Campbell
Makiko Aoyama

The Colquhouns*

Musical Director:

Hayleigh Aird
Collette Bentley
Sohpie Buck
Rachel Lythgoe

Croydon Seventh Day Adventist Choir

Principal conductor:

Ken Burton

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David Levale's A Soulful Celebration

Artisitic Director:

David Levale, igospel

igospel band led by:

Paul Watson

Backing Vocals:

igospel Chorale

Choir:

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Tidemill Primary School - Lewisham
Gloucester Primary School - Southwark
500 Young performers from schools, music and arts organizations across London

Thanks to:

Enfield Arts Support Service
Nicky Pleming at Sound Connections

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Farnham Youth Choir

Musical director:

David Victor-Smith

The Featherstonehaughs

Gary Clarke
Inn Pang Ooi
Ryen Perkins-Gangnes

FLAG: Original Dance and Music

Choreography:

Lea Anderson

Composer:

Steve Blake

Costumes:

Sandy Powell

Lighting Design:

Simon Corder

Flag Design and Additional Costume:

Jay Cloth, Andrew Riley

Costume Supervisor:

Kay Massaneh

Assistant to the Composer:

James Keane

General Manager:

Mary Caws

The Cholmondeleys Production Manager:

Rachel Shipp

Rehearsal Director and The Cholmondeleys Project Co-ordinator:

Frank Bock

Southbank Centre Project Manager:

Georgina Harper

Frank Turner

Former frontman of punk band Million Dead Million presents his recent debut album Sleep is for the Week

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Gamelanathon

Associate Artist:

Rahayu Supanggah

Thanks to:

Tricia Austin, Melissa Mongiat, Sarah Featherstone and the staff and Students from the MA Creative Practice for Narrative Environments course at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design for collaborating on the Pendopo project in partnership with UAL and Southbank Centre

Gamelan Group names:

Southbank Gamelan Players with Associate Artist Rahayu Supanggah, Laras Laris, Sevenoaks School Gamelan Group, Southwark Blue Note Saturday Music Centre, St. Andrew's Primary School Gamelan Club (Oxford), Kingston University Gamelan Ensemble, Gamelan Naga Mas (Glasgow), Nem, Lila Cita (Balinese Gamelan Angklung), Cheltenham Community Gamelan, The Oxford Gamelan, Midhurst Intermediate School Year 8 Gamelan Group, Gamelan Alun Madu (Bournemouth), Segara Madu - Gender Wayang, The Gong Gang (ACS Egham International School - Gamelan Degung), Puloganti (Royal Holloway, University of London - Gamelan Degung), Sekar Enggal (Gamelan Degung), Firebird Gamelan Ensemble, Wokingham/Reading Gamelan Group, Bristol Community Gamelan and Cardiff Gamelan (joint performance), 'Good Vibrations' Peterborough (Prison Gamelan Group) , Gamelan 'Golden Deer', Suluh Rasa, Cambridge Gamelan Society, Bloomsbury Neighbourhood Gamelan, St. Martin's College Gamelan Group

Girls Night Out

Leader:

Sarah Danning

World Song, Woben Chords and Global Harmony

Musical directors:

Chris Rowbury (World Song and Woven Chords) and Liz Underhill (Global Harmony)

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Harrow Youth Gospel Choir

Musical director:

Shereece Storrod

Horsham Community Gospel Choir

Choir Managers:

Claire Fisher and Justine Parsons

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Indigo Moss

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Julian Bliss

Clarinet:

Julian Bliss

Piano accompanied by:

John York

Junior Trinity

Luke Bell
Julia Ferns
Catherine King
Luke Westcombe
Larissa Zetlein
Heather Wrighton
Charmaine Zetlein
Alexander Tostdevine
Reuben Merry
Jamiel Laurence Patel
Julia Sequeira
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Victoria Greenhill
Amy Nelson
Rosa Malone

Performers include:

Dance 4 present an intergeneration company from the East Midlands
Dance City present a group from Berwick-Upon-Tweed
DanceEast present a group from Ipswich
Dance North West present Growing Older (Dis)Gracefully Dance Company from Liverpool
Dance South West present 'Time To Move' from Take Art, Somerset
DanceXchange present Reflex Youth Dance Company from Birmingham
South East Dance present DeVyne Dancers from The Vyne Centre (a Woking Council Centre) supported by Woking Dance Festival
Swindon Dance present Foundation Dance from Swindon
Yorkshire Dance presents Bridlington Youth Dance
Dance Base presents a group from Edinburgh
Arts Depot presents Barnet College, London
Musicians from Pimlico School, The Bollywood Brass Band and Junior Trinity
The Colquhouns and The Marjoribanks
The Cholmondeleys & The Featherstonehaughs

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Kaine Gospel Choir

Chair:

Maxine Chambers

Kalaripayattu

Instructor and Performer:

Jasmine Simhalan

Participating Group:

London Kalaripayatt Sangham

Kalari Film by:

Jamshid

Ku-Da-Mix

Composers:

Kuljit Bhamra & David Braun-White

Guest Soloist:

Abdullah Chhadeh

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The Last Dance

Music:

Ross Mitchell, His band & singers

Dancers:

Members and friends of The Star Dance Club

Compere/Organiser:

Nicky Miles

The Last Movement

Conductor:

Paul Daniel

Voicelab Surge Musical Directors:

Mary King and Matthew Morley

New English Translation by:

Billy Bragg

Philharmonia Orchestra:

Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, PC, GCB
President: Vincent Meyer
Principal Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi
Principal Guest Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Conductor Emeritus: Kurt Sanderling
Conductor Laureate: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Artistic Director, Music of Today: Julian Anderson
Concert Master: James Clark

First Violins:

Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay,
Guest Leader: Maya Iwabuchi, Clare Thompson, Antonio Cucchiara, Imogen East, Eleanor Wilkinson, Shlomy Dobrinsky, Justin Jones, Victoria Irish, Soong Choo, Karin Tilch, Adrian Varela

Second Violins:

Philippe Honoré, Samantha Reagan, Julian Milone, Timothy Colman, Fiona Cornall, Gideon Robinson, Clifton-Everest, Olwen Castle, Teresa Pople

Violas:

Vicci Wardman, Rebecca Chambers, Michael Turner, Samuel Burstin, Carol Hultmark, Graham Griffiths, Rebecca Wade, Cheremie Hamilton- Miller, Pamela Ferriman

Cellos:

Alastair Blayden,
Guest Principal: Katherine Wood, Michael Hurwitz, Ann Barber, Daniel Gardner, Katharine Thulborn, Judith Fleet, Vanessa Park

Basses:

Neil Tarlton, Simon Oliver, Timothy Gibbs, Helen Rowlands, Claire Whitson

Flutes / Piccolo:

Paul Edmund-Davies, June Scott, Keith Bragg

Oboes:

Christopher Cowie, Jill Crowther

Clarinets:

Mark van de Wiel, Peter Seago

Bassoons:

Robin O'Neill, Michael Cole

Contra Bassoon / Bassoon:

Gordon Laing

Horns:

Laurence Davies, Cormac Ó'hAodáin, Tim Jackson, Carsten Williams, James Handy

Trumpets:

Alistair Mackie, Mark Calder, Andrew Mitchell

Trombones:

Byron Fulcher, David Whitehouse

Bass Trombone:

Christian Jones

Timpani:

Andrew Smith

Percussion:

David Corkhill, Kevin Hathway, Peter Fry

Soloists:

Lenia Safiropoulou (soprano)
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo)
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Vuyani Mlinde (baritone)

Participating Choirs:

Southbank Centre Voicelab Surge
London Philharmonic Chorus
Philharmonia Chorus
Royal Choral Society
South London Choir/Brighton City Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Orpheus Choir
Bach Choir
Billingshurst Choral Society & Angmering Chorale
Farnham Youth Choir
Blackbird Leys Choir
Crouch End Festival Chorus
London Forest Choir
St Catherine Singers
National Youth Choir - chamber
Chantage
Abbots Primary School for Girls

Led Bib

Drummer:

Mark Holub

Bass:

Liran Donin

Keyboard:

Toby McLaren

Alto Saxes:

Chris Williams

Alto Saxes:

Pete Grogan

Lights and Projections

Light Surgeons

Director:

Christopher Thomas Allen

Producer:

Annie J. Kwan

Editor:

Jonny Halifax

Artists:

Brede Korsmo
Robert Pyecroft-Rainbow

Animation:

blinkinLAB
Toby Harris
Tim Cowie

Audio:

Jude Greenaway

Gaia Nova

Production Manager:

Philip Mayer

Artists:

Light Surgeons
Ryoichi Kurokawa
Laborg
D-Fuse
VJ Spetto
Sumit Sarkar
Jules Shapter
Border Line
Showskills
Obsidian Graphics

Living Archive

Designers:

Melissa Mongiat, Kelsey Snook: Milk and Tales / Like People Do

Spatial Design in collaboration with:

Cale Thompson Graphic design in collaboration with FEED Video production in collaboration with Simona Piantieri

Thanks to:

Margaret Lally, Ana Antonio Gill and all the volunteers from Love the Festival Hall.
Everyone who entrusted their memory to the living archive.

In collaboration with:

Age Exchange

London Adventist Chorale

Principal conductor:

Ken Burton

London African Gospel Choir

Choir Manager:

Al Hardwicke

London Forest Choir

Musical director:

Jonathan Rathbone

London Orpheus Choir

Musical director:

James Gaddam

London Sinfonietta's In C

London Sinfonietta

Royal College of Music

Unknown Devices:

The Laptop Orchestra

London College of Communication

Charles Edward Brooke School

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The Marjoribanks

Joe Bovis
Joe Darby
Daniel Evans
Jason Luck
Stefan Marco

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Natalie Clein & Xuefei Yang

The artists appear with the kind arrangement of:

EMI Classics

With thanks to:

mdc music & movies

National Youth Choir

Musical director:

Mike Brewer

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Opening Stories

Video Artist:

Simona Pianteri

Designers:

Melissa Mongiat and Kelsey Snook, Milk and Tales, Interactive Environments

Thanks to:

Margaret Lally, Ana Antonio Gill and all the volunteers from Love the Festival Hall.
Everyone who entrusted their memory to the living archive.
All artists in residence, staff, board members, supporters, school pupils, families, choirs, dancers, Waterloo people, musicians, performers, those with memories and our friends who will bless every space within the hall with an opening ceremony.

Overture Radio 87.7 FM

Project Manager:

Veda Harrison

Training and studio management:

Fari Bradley, Resonance 104.4fm

Studio, on air identity, production, and volunteers broadcasters:

Chris Wright

Training venues - thanks to:

Julia Lawrence (Clapham City Learning Centre)
Graham Meers (Southwark City Learning Centre)
Zalihe Collymore-Hussein (Lewisham City Learning Centre)
Philip Noakes (Charlton City Learning Centre)

Participating Schools:

Kidbrooke and Plumstead Manor (Greenwich)
Forest Hill and Haberdasher Askes Hatcham College (Lewisham)
St Saviours, St Olaves, Sacred Heart RC School (Southwark)
Dunraven and Lilian Baylis Technology School (Lambeth)

Thanks to:

Richard Nowells and RNSS Ltd, Goldsmiths College and Wired FM, Gemma Brown and Trish Taylor - Dunraven School, Richard Farrow - Haberdasher Askes Hatcham College, Adrian Murrow and Shermaine Slocombe - Kidbrooke School, Priya Rhudden and Karen Duhaney - St Saviour's and St Olave's CE School, Patrick Fuller and Vikkie Barrie - Plumstead Manor School, Rob McInnes and Tim Jackson - Forest Hill School, Holly Etherington and Liz Crawley - Sacred Heart RC School, Michael Currie - Lilian Baylis Technology School, Laura Stevenson - Hayward Gallery

Oxford Gospel Choir

Choir director:

Jules Francis

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Paco Pena

A solo performance from one of the worlds finest exponents of flamenco guitar.

Pimlico School

Special music

Lead teacher:

Jo Rawstron

Conductor:

Victoria Soames Samek

Portico Quartet

Contemporary jazz fused with modern classical influences.

Featuring:

Jack Wyllie, Milo Fitzpatrick, Duncan Bellamy and Nick Mulvey

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Regional Workshop Leaders

Gary Clarke
Maho Ihara
Kath Duggan
Valentina Formenti
Paul Wilkinson
Kevin Muscat
Annika Spampinato
Ragnhild Olsen
Frauke Requardt

Royal Choral Society

Musical director:

Richard Cooke

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Saint Etienne present Turntable Café

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis in association with agnès b

Sandarbh (Reference)

Presented by:

Ankh Dance Company

Choreographer:

Gauri Sharma Tripathi

Artists:

Bholanath Misra
Sandip Mallik
Kalinath Misra
Subrata Pandit
Seema Patel
Dawaipayan Das
Abhilasha Chowdhary
Payal Patel

Sheds and Beds

Artistic Director:

Clare Patey

Site Design:

Cathy Wren

Communication Design:

Thomas Matthews

Horticultural Advisor:

Catriona Andrews

Gardeners:

St. Mungo's Putting Down Roots

Chef:

Ken Hawksworth

Installation Crew:

Mike Gittings
Jeremy Leahy
Tim Mitchell
Mari Reijnders

Thanks to:

Le Pain Quotidien for supplying the bread
Daylesford Organics for supplying the strawberry plants

The Sheds:

Bee oracle

Artist: Martin Brockman
Music: Dan Fox
Performance: Noeline Kavanagh

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Artist: Lizzie Clachan and Glen Neath
Sound Design: Ben and Max Ringham, Conspiracy
Construction: George Tomlinson
Performers: Nigel Barret, Greg Henderson-Begg, Esther Coles, Heather Uprichard

Virtual Coconut Shy
The Digital Funfair

Artist: Gavin Morris
Construction: Barry Gene Murphy
Compere: John Grimshaw

The Potting Shed

Artist: Clare Patey, thomas.matthews and Cathy Wren

The Garden Shed

Artist: Alice Power
Construction: Mike Cooter
Painting: Alison Woozley

The Polter Shed

Artist: Alice Purcell
Design Engineer: Ed Rose
Embedded Control Design: Dr Paul Jones, Attic Technology Ltd
Performer: Rebecca Brown

Swinging London

Artist: Spacedog UK

Shlomo

Southbank Centre Artist in Residence:

Shlomo

Silent Disco

Silent Disco with NO dj

Singing River

Composition and arrangement:

Orlando Gough

Direction and Choreography:

Tom Ryser

Voicelab Musical Directors:

Mary King
Matthew Morley

Soloists:

The Shout:
Melanie Pappenheim
Carol Grimes
Manickam Yogeswaran
Jeremy Birchall

Megaphonistas:

Phillip Canner, Matt Broadbent, Luke Bateman, Mark Wright, Ayozi Pollendino, Ciara Burrows, Tom Giles, Eliza Wren-Payne, Sonya Knussen, Matt Prendergast

This Southbank Centre commission of Singing River is based upon an original idea by Marie Zimmermann for Theater de Welt.

Special thanks to:

Christopher Mendoza and Geoff Buckby, James Gilbert, Paul Wilson, Michael Barnett and Bryan Hopkins, Bob Anderson and Crew, Janet Kelly at Tower Lifeboat Station, Tom Naughton, Port of London Authority, London River Services, City Cruises, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, London Fire Brigade, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, British Waterways London

Skylon Spirits

Co-Artistic Directors:

Liam Steel and Rob Tannion

Directed and choreographed by:

Liam Steel and Rob Tannion

Executive Director:

Ellie Beedham

Commissioned by:

Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre Artists in Residence:

Stan Won't Dance

Stunt Consultant:

Alex Frith

Project Manager:

Roger Nelson

Production Manager for Southbank Centre:

Rick Eggleton

Stage Manager:

Samantha Nurse

Rigging by:

High Performance Productions

Cast:

Lee Bamford, Sonja Perreten, Liam Steel, Rob Tannion, Iain Woodhouse, Robyn Simpson, Vicki Manderson

South London Choir, Brighton City Singers

Musical director

MJ Paranzino

Ginger Chorale by

Ginny Dougary and MJ Paranzino

Listen by

MJ Paranzino

Down By The Riverside - Traditional Spiritual arranged by

Jay Althouse

South Side Crew

Hot moves by this Lambeth hip hop crew led by:

Sunanda Biswas

Rochelle Teko, Rachel Tonelty, Elysha Henry-Simms, Aisha Idris, Massia Lawrence, Joshua Panda, Reiss Harris Brown, Joanne Daniels, Laura Henry, Kimberly Henry, Tolu Adetioye

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Tai Chi

Practitioner:

Mike Jacques

Group:

Tai Chi UK
www.taichiuk.co.uk

Practitioner:

Linda Coviello

Group:

The London School of T'ai Chi Chuan & Traditional Health Resources

Take to the Terrace

Compere /Organiser:

Nicky Miles

Thanks to:

Ross Mitchell, Band and Singers
Members of the UK and European Same Sex Competition circuit

Tudor Glory

The Sixteen

Conductor:

Harry Christophers

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Vocal Works Gospel Choir

Musical director:

Tim King

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Yoga

Practitioner:

Susan Reynolds from The Life Centre

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