2007

Age 12-15 years

Come and show off your gaming skills in our Nintendo Wii competition, and win up to £30 of HMV vouchers. The games to be played are sports based, and will include tennis, golf and boxing.

There is a series of heats and the winners from each heat will then go through to the grand final. There’s a competition for the lads and another for the lasses.

Dates and venues are:

February
Monday 18th 6-9pm Grove Hill Community Centre
Tuesday 19th 6-9pm Breckon Hill Community Centre
Wednesday 20th 6-9pm Kader Youth Centre
Thursday 21st 6-8.45pm Thorntree Community Centre
Friday 22nd 6-9pm Brambles Farm Community Centre (Marshall Avenue) -
Monday 25th 6-9pm Newport Neighbourhood Centre
Tuesday 26th 5-8pm Pallister Park Centre (within Pallister Park)-
Wednesday 27th 6.15-9pm Whinney Banks Youth and Community Centre
Thursday 28th 6pm Netherfields Community Centre
Friday 29th 5-8pm Albert Park Visitors Centre

March
Monday 3rd 7-9pm Manor Youth Club, Coulby Newham –
Tuesday 4th 6-9pm Park End Community Centre -
Wednesday 5th 6-9pm Linthorpe Road Resource Centre (Corner of Borough Road)
Wednesday 12th 6-9pm North Ormesby Community Centre -

Call Susanne 01642 236569

Youth Dance Academy, Holmwood School
10th - 14th March
Time tbc

Bocao Alexander, will teach you the basics of this Brazilian based martial art and dance form. You will learn all the basics moves which when put together will enable you to impress your friends and will be showcased in a final performance at the Braziliant Festival

This initial starting point is an excellent introduction and will enable you to explore Capoeria further.

Call The Youth Dance Academy 01642 322 000

Phoenix Building, University of Teesside
Thursday 6th and Friday 7th March
10:00 – 16:00 workshop

Film, animation and radio taster sessions. Get an introduction to animation stop motion techniques as used by Oscar winners and seen virally on You Tube and around the Internet. Learn how to produce your own radio show by creating jingles and editing sound recordings. Learn about ‘in camera effects’ and make a starting and quick movie magical stuff!

Call Laura 01642 729086
www.mediaroutes.org.uk

Playing for Success Centre, Middlesbrough Football Club
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March
10:00 – 16:00 workshop

This is an intensive two-day workshop for budding radio dramatists aged. Work with a professional writer to create a radio play and then bring it to life with voices and sound effects. Then, as the icing on the cake, hear it broadcast by art radio station Resonance FM, broadcasting from Middlesbrough during the AV Festival.

Call Laura 01642 729086
www.mediaroutes.org.uk

Middlesbrough City Learning Centre-MCLC, Acklam Grange
25th to 29th Feb
5pm - 7pm

Brazilian Beats will let you produce your own electronic tunes inspired from Brazilian beats and music. The workshops will teach sampling, production, remixing and scratching, you’ll be mentored by Middlesbroughs beat producers Tubbyphunk.

The tracks will be used by the capoeira dancers for their performance at the Braziliant Festival and will be published on the Brazilant website.

Phone JR 01642 7729081

Central Library
22nd Feb
7.00pm – 10.00pm

Join our professional ghost hunters on a tour of the most hunted place in Middlesbrough, the Central Library. Expect to see ghosts, ghouls and spectres and capture them on film to prove that paranormal life exists.

This is not for the faint hearted, easily scared or those of a nervous disposition.

WHHHOOOOO!!!

Call Caryn 01642 729421

Hamsterley Forest - County Durham
Thursday 21st February
10am
12-15 years

Learn how to read a map and use a compass, then put these skills to practice and navigate your way around our orienteering course. However, it’s not only these skills that will get you round the course, as you need to be able to work well within a team. Orienteering builds upon working in a team and also builds up individuals self esteem.

Transport provided
Please bring a packed Lunch,
Pick up details will be given at time of booking

Call Susanne on 01642 236569

Teesside Autodrome - South Bank
Tuesday 19th February 2pm 11-15 years
Wednesday 20th February 2pm 16-18 years

Test your speed in our go-kart challenge. Learn all the skills you need to race the go-carts in our mini grand prix. Will you be Middlesbroughs answer to Lewis Hamilton?

Call Susanne 01642 236569

Ayresome Primary
Feb 18th – 23rd
10am - 4pm

Dance Around The Ring will let you see the connections between Boxing and Dance. You may at first think they have nothing in common, but both require physical fitness, accuracy and speed. Dance Around The Ring will use boxing techniques and training exercises to produce a high paced boxing based dance routine.

Call The Youth Dance Academy 01642 322 000

Hamsterly Forest - County Durham
Monday 18th February
10am
12 -15 year olds

Do you enjoy the outdoors, then this is for you. Ride through the terrain of Hamsterly Forest to test your bike control and cycling skills. The ride is approximately two hours.

Mountain bikes and transport provided.
Please bring own packed lunch.
Pick up details will be given at time of booking

Call Susanne 01642 236569

Youth Dance Academy, Holmwood School
Jan 18th - Feb 15th 10am - 4pm
Feb 23rd Performance

VJ Dance is collaboration between dancers and video artists. See how the two art forms can influence each other and enhance performances.

You will be part of the dance group, have an active role in the chorography, be able to learn a few techniques from the VJs and have input into the final visual artwork that will be used in the performance.

Call The Youth Dance Academy 01642 322 000

12 weeks commencing Wed 16th January
4.00pm – 5.00pm

Fun-ness is the newest and a fun way to get and keep fit. Fun-ness incorporates a diverse and innovative set of activities to keep things fresh, fun and funky, including
Street Dance
Fitness Hula
Bollywood
Teens Step
Fitness Cheerleading
Combat/boxing

Call Scott 01642 515625

12 Weeks commencing Tues 15th January
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Monday 18th Feb
Tues 19th Feb

A weekly cricket session that aims to increase your cricketing skills and knowledge. The sessions will be run by a qualified coach who will have the support of an English Cricket Board (ECB) community cricket coach. Also, there is the opportunity to partake in the ECB award programme, Inter Cricket.

Call Scott 01642 515625