Be Part Of ‘Brent’ - The Play
It’s ya girl, Tahirah here! It’s been a minute since we’ve posted anything, I know! We’ve been caught up in exams, working and all that umm…fun stuff.
Last week Thursday 25th June (just two hours before I heard about the tragic MJ news - I’ll post my thoughts on that later) Lauren and I focused on entrepreneurship and were joined in the studio by the lovely Cheryl & Patrice from PaulaStar Creatives! They told us all about PaulaStar Creatives, what it represents, all the hard work they put into their socially responsible company and their plans for the future.
They also told us about ‘Brent’, a play written by Cheryl which is based around a teenager - Brent - and the challenges and triumphs him and his peers face in his environment. PaulaStar Creatives are doing OPEN AUDITIONS for ‘Brent’ on Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th July, and they are looking for YOU to get involved.
There are lots of opportunies to get involved; Cheryl and Patrice are not only looking for cast (actors and actresses), but additional talent (rappers and poets) and crew (make-up artists, writers and wardrobe assistants). You just have to be aged between 14-25 years old and a resident of Brent.
You have to book your audition slot, so get in touch with them today:
patrice.jackson@paulastarcreatives.co.uk / cheryl.forde@paulastarcreatives.co.uk or simply text ‘audition’ to 07739537202
It’s a huge opportunity so contact them for more information!
Lauren and I have lots more guests and big topics coming up on Talk with Lauren & Tahirah over the next few weeks so make sure you lock in EVERY Thursday at 9pm!
Brent Respect Festival
June 30, 2009 by Tahirah
Filed under BANG Radio News
Brent’s biggest celebration of diversity, Brent Respect Festival is back for another year and bigger than ever!
Brent Respect Festival 2009 is taking place Sunday 5th July between 1-8pm at Roundwood Park. Come down for a FREE day of music, games and culture. Your favourite radio station (and Brent’s ONLY community station) BANG Radio will be taking care of the mainstage, with Gabryella and AJ King (Saturday Breakfast & The Rush) hosting and King Caztro (Friday Spark & Up In Smoke) and Lady TT (Upfront RnB) on the decks!
Plus our roving reporters will be doing live calls into the studio to keep listeners up to date with the festivities.
As well as the main stage, this year’s festival will be celebrating dance with the Momentum Dance Tent and theatre on the Theatre Stage. With a focus on the environment, this is the first year Brent Respect will host interactive workshops and games about how to lead a greener lifestyle.
And the fun doesn’t stop there; canine lovers can’t miss the Scruffy Dog Show, learn the Brazilian dance and martial art Capoeira or watch some footie with the Barber Bash Five-A-Side tournament.
Make sure you come to the Brent Respect Festival for all this and more on Sunday 5th July. For more information please visit the BRENT RESPECT webpage and keep it locked to BANG Radio.
D’Nyce talks to Soccorro
June 29, 2009 by Tahirah
Filed under D-Nyce, DJ's & Presenters, Don't Miss, Features, Soul-D-Out
Tune into Soul-D-Out Mondays THIS Monday 29th June to hear D’Nyce in conversation with Soccorro.
By her own description, Soccorro’s music is characterized as a fusion of soul, and rhythm and blues. One only has to 
listen to Soccorro sing to feel as if there is no choice other than to believe each and every word. A Georgia native, Soccorro’s foray into music seemed predestined even at the early age of four. Born to equally talented parents, her mother was a dancer and her father a rhythm and blues singer, it’s no wonder Soccorro developed a love for the stage.
By age 13, she and two of her female friends had already formed a trio singing group, for which she wrote, and arranged songs. In college her musical experience continued to escalate. By the time she graduated, Soccorro had performed jazz in New York City, African call-and-response in Spain, and sang background for the Phat Cat Players. As if those accomplishments weren’t enough, she’s shared the stage with iconic performers such as Kelly Price, Keith Sweat, K-CI and Jo Jo, S.O.S Band, and George Clinton, just to name a few. Though, she is overtly modest when it comes to speaking about herself, she get’s D’Nyce’s stamp of approval - “I’m here to tell you that you should check out Soccorro’s album - my album of the month (June) ‘Love’s Experience’ you WILL become a fan, trust me!”
So tune into Soul-D-Out Mondays with D’Nyce on BANG between 7-9pm to let Soccorro make you a fan.
Your Tribute to Michael Jackson
June 26, 2009 by helen
Filed under BANG Radio News
BANG Radio wishes to express its deepest condolences to the King of Pop’s family at this very sad moment in time. If you would like to join us and leave a comment, please do so below.
King of Pop Michael Jackson has died after a suspected heart attack at home in Los Angeles. Jackson’s brother Jermaine told reporters it was believed he suffered a cardiac arrest in his home in Holmby Hills. A post-mortem examination’s due to take place later today. Huge crowds have gathered outside the family home in LA and at the city’s UCLA hospital - many wearing t-shirts bearing the singer’s face.
There’s shock and sadness at the death of Michael Jackson. The pop legend was pronounced dead at 10:26 last night - our time. Tributes have been coming in from across the world of show business. Madonna says she can’t stop crying while Justin Timberlake says we’ve lost a genius and a true ambassador of all music.
Michael Joseph Jackson, the seventh child of the Jackson family, debuted as a singer at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5. His successful solo career began in 1971, three years later. Often referred as the King of Pop, MJ’s top albums are among the world’s best selling records. He was the first African American to have his video played on MTV in the early eighties. And, talking of his videos and his signature dance move, the moonwalk, videos such as Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller—were credited for transforming the music video into an art form and a promotional tool—and helped bring MTV, at the time a relatively new channel, to fame. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced many hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists.
He was one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records—including one for “Most Successful Entertainer of All Time”—13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career—more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era.
Albums such as Thriller, often cited as the best-selling album of all time, had worldwide sales between 47 and 109 million copies. Jackson’s highly publicized personal life, coupled with his successful career, made him a part of popular culture for almost four decades. MJ was due to make a comeback by performing several farewell gigs at London’s O2 Arena starting next month.
Drive Time Wednesday’s blog by Mr Silk & CLK
June 25, 2009 by helen
Filed under Drive Time, Features, Headlines
So people another show under our belt and we the New Boys on the FM.. Have been rolling around laughing pleasure of a few peeps over the last few days!
Lets start with Lynnike & Sefa - Who are the drive time presenters on Tues & Thurs. Tues just gone, Sefa said she would kiss that guy from EastEnders -Bradley Branning for 50p.. She’s a good cheap date, innit guys! So we are asking all Bradley Branning lookalikes to contact us so we can do a Kiss-athon with Sefa! ..But you must pay 50p for the privilege!
They make us laugh so much you guys definitely need to check them out!
Once again Mr Silk & CLK got into another heated debate on air as they couldn’t decide whether Diversity or Flawless where the better Dance Troop!
CLK’s Opinion - Congratulations Diversity well done! I knew from the 1st time I saw you guys that you would win and you deserve everything! Funny,exciting and entertaining equals Diversity.
Mr Silk’s Opinion - Flawless where robbed, daylight robbery! Now all the excitement has finished and we are all now realising that we should of picked Flawless as they are the technically founded so thus fantastically Flawless.
With all the calls, emails and texts that came in, Flawless strutted into the lead! It was nearly too close to call… Its up to you guys to settle this once gain…Whose better??
Hot Goss on the streets is the Wiley and Skepta to and fro’! with new singles out and a poster of them with boxing gloves on all over the place, it was inevitable that the egos would mangl,e which has ended up with Wiley dropping a line
in a track which Skepta took offence too!
Skepta then took it to Wiley’s House and filmed a you tube Video and now we have the 1st few Vocal rounds!
Ok so what do you lot make of this?? Wiley vs Skepta here it is for you guys to make ya own decision.
Round 1 Skepta -
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Round 2 Wiley -
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We are in anticipation for round 3….Barnet!!
We also talked about Now Magazine .. we Now call them LATE magazine
after they just realised that JAY-Z has a child in Trinidad and Tobago from a
previous relationship! …Oh NOW magazine you are only 4 YEARS late…
maybe time to think of a name change….
http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/368407/beyonc-knowles-secret-baby-bombshell/1/
Looking forward to the weekend Friday Smasher on BANG 103.6…
CLK is going to do a Party MASH MIX so you know what that means.. Set ya CD Burner to record…
See you guys FRI! We’re out!!
Dubplate Drama 3 on BANG Radio
June 25, 2009 by Tahirah
Filed under Don't Miss, Headlines
To celebrate Dubplate Drama 3, BANG Radio are bringing you exclusive competitions and interviews with the cast! Dubplate Drama 3 will be hitting our TV screens from Thursday 25th.
As this is the third and final series, Dubplate Drama 3 is split into two episodes. Part 1 will be airing on 25th June (Channel 4) and 30th June (MTV Base). Then YOU vote for part 2, which will be aired 2nd July (Channel 4) and 7th July (MTV Base).
On Thursday 25th June the Crazy Girls of Drivetime Lynnike and Sefa will be joined by Isaac Ssebandeke who plays Millz and Ricci Harnett who plays Prangers. Lynnike and Sefa are also giving away the boxset of series 1 & 2 to a lucky listener. Make sure you tune in to drive time between 4-7pm.
Tuesday 30th June you can hear exclusive interviews from the Dubplate Drama 3 premiere on Drivetime with Lynnike and Sefa, where the crazy girls will be giving away another boxset of series 1 & 2.
On July 1st, writer/director Luke Hyams will be in conversation with Tamara at Breakfast, where they’ll be talking about the Dubplate Drama dilemma.
So make sure you keep it locked to BANG Radio for everything Dubplate Drama!
