Bright Young Things dance off with £5,000
Wednesday 30th April 2008, 11:30AM BST.
The judges of the Bright Young Things competition. L- R, Charlie Mathieson, Ian Walker, Tom Scott, Julian Winser, Simon Torode and Derek Coates.
A YOUTH support project got a £5,000 golden handshake in Guernsey’s frst contest for young entrepreneurs.
James Turner’s Street Academy won the Bright Young Things competition at a packed St James yesterday evening. It is a dance, music and singing enterprise aimed at young people and taught by those of the same age.
Mr Turner was joined by three team members and together they gave an energetic pitch that included rap, ballet, r’n’b vocals and human beat box performances.
‘I want to thank my team, the audience who voted us through the first stage and everyone else who has been involved, including all the mentors who made the right decision and particularly Derek Coates who helped make this happen,’ he said.
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oh my god!!! i’ve bin waiting for this for ages we have had no street dance lessons on thhis rock and that is what people my age want, that is the sort of thing were in to…maybe if there was more stuff like this on the island then there would be less teen crime because then they have something to do
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I forsee that this may be another failed project, as the youth today neither appreciate or respect facilities provided for them. I wish Mr Turner the very best of luck in his business venture and sincerely hope he succeeds, but fear that he will struggle to make this work in the long term.
“There’s nothing for us to do” is heard all too often, when in fact, there is plenty to do! You just have to look further than the end of your nose. It also falls to the parents of bored youngsters to encourage their children to participate in hobbies and pastimes other than hanging around on street corners or glued to their games consoles.
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i think its absolutely wonderful for the young people in the island to have a chance to become involved in the growing urban culture in a safe and secure environment, and that if more similar projects were started there would be much less excuse for youths to be spending time hanging around on street corners. “we have nothing to do” is the common cry. well here you go.
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Street Dance lessons were previously offered by ACTS before it closed down, so it isn’t the first time that street dance has been offered here in Guernsey…
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why not let the people vote funny how we didint now anything about this contest
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