Young people from John Smeaton High School have always been involved with East Leeds FM – in fact the first three voices ever heard on ELFM back in 2003 were all Year 9 girls from Smeaton. When the school was built back in the 1960s, it was a building ahead of it’s time - known as the Smeaton Project and designed by John Poulson - the (in)famous architect.

By 2007, the building itself was in a sorry state of repair - and a brand new school was being built next to the old one. As students and staff prepared for the move, Katy worked with Year 8 pupils to record their memories of the old place and their aspirations for the new school.

 

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In 2008, ELFM plans to return soon to the new school building to find out how it’s all turned out…

Originaly broadcast on 27th April 2008 this is an edtied version of United As One Show.

On this show we discussed about our life in Leeds and how it is different from being from our home country. We also discussed about how we have adapted to change; how we have coped with it. Opportunities available in Leeds was our main subject. Do you love it? Live it and breathe it?

We played different types of ‘Urban’ music from ‘UK Grime’ to RnB’…

 

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ELFM asks what are the best and worst things about summer and how it it could be made better for young people.

 

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Another Sunday and another ELFM broadcast. This Months broadcast was as interesting as ever, my personal highlight has to be the “United as One” show which showcased the life of young African’s in Harehills. As well as some genuinely funny chat, they played a mixture of music genres - from African through to UK Grime.

Once again our friends from the Leeds Kurdish Community Association put on an interesting mix of music and chat - it’d be interesting next time to hear about the Association’s work as well as the influence of Kurdish culture on the area. Finally we reprised the popular “In the Boudoir” show. Shared between 3 local acts we had live music from Streetlights, Maggie 8 and ODi. They all sounded amazing from my view point (in the studio listening through headphones) and the interviews were quite enlightening as well. All 3 acts had to choose some tracks to be played after their live set, again some interesting choices - some unexpected.

What could be better for the next broadcast? More people sticking around after their slots, I know we’re all volunteers but the bands that come along later in the day need our support, more people in the room would make the performances even better - it would make clearing up afterwards easier as well!!

Roll on the next internet broadcast on Sunday June 1st.

If you want to learn more why not come along to the next meeting on May 21st? Full details can be found here.

Andy

Mandi’s Academy of Dance was set up 3 years ago by Mandi Robinson to give young people something to do and to learn different styles of dance. Since then the Academy has gone from strength to strength and is now entering various dance competitions as well as putting on a series of successful shows recently in Whitkirk.In this podcast you will hear Mandi, as well as the parents and their children, talking about the academy and what it has to offer.Mandi runs a class at Newbourne Methodist Church every Tuesday evening (6 - 7pm) as well as classes at the Hunslet Boys & Girls Club.

 

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