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This LYFE's for living
LYFE, the Linwood Youth Festival Experience, is
gearing up to organise and produce its fifth
extravaganza and co-ordinators are looking for
young people who want to get involved. The event is unique and successful because it is a
youth festival run by youth for youth. This year LYFE
is on Sunday, 3 November. If it goes off as in past
years, thousands of young people and adults will
crowd Linwood Park to celebrate youth pride,
diversity and achievement in a uniquely Linwoodfocused
way. But LYFE is not just about the big day. The scheme
is designed to put young people in the driver’s seat
and allow them to imagine, plan, organise and create
their own show. So, if you have ambition to be a promoter, stage
manager, if you are interested in catering, decorating,
or security, or see yourself as an sound engineer, or
a future health and safety worker, LYFE offers an
opportunity to get experience, learn, work together
and create something great. To get off the ground, the event needs people to
plan or take responsibility for publicity and
sponsorship, the technical and performance sides of
entertainment, refreshments and decorations,
security and health and safety, activities and stalls,
and support and supervision. Co-ordinator Isabelle Boigelot says LYFE can
handle whatever level of effort young people can
put in. There’s also things adults can do to support
the young people. “At the really committed end we have LYFE
members,” she says. “These guys attend meetings,
help to organise and are really hands-on. On the
other hand, and just as important, there’s people
who help on the day and between now and then
we need lots of people to get the word out and tell
friends and relatives about LYFE.” Originally called Extravaganza, the festival was set
up in 1998 by the Linwood Liaison Group. Acting
Community Recreation Advisor for the City
Council’s Hagley-Ferrymead Community Board,
Diana Saxton, says it was created to raise
community awareness of how talented our young
people are and to show off their positive attributes. |