MARTIN HOUSE
CHILDREN’S HOSPICE PRESENTS: THE HEATS- CENTRE STAGE 2014
It's year five
of Martin House Children's Hospice's prestigious music competition for young,
Yorkshire bands and musicians. Three nights of heats will decide our finalists
who will then compete at O2 Academy Leeds, 23rd
July, to compete for the top prize of performing at Leeds AND Reading 2014 and
a music video shot by Sodium!
Centre Stage
2014 kicks off from the 22nd-24th April, at the Belgrave Music
Hall, Leeds, and promises to be swarming with local talent from the region. Whether
or not you support any of the contenders, this is an event not to be missed if
you care about music and the best up and coming talent in West and North
Yorkshire, and indeed raising money for a very special cause.
Line up: Tuesday 22nd April (in no particular order)
Beth Stevens
The Concetines
Bryony Drake
The Patron Saints
Such Simple Pleasure
Twisted Pineapple
Of Colours
....and Special Guests King No-One
Beth Stevens
The Concetines
Bryony Drake
The Patron Saints
Such Simple Pleasure
Twisted Pineapple
Of Colours
....and Special Guests King No-One
Line up: Wednesday 23rd April (in no particular order)
Premonition
GirlsOnDrugs
Conflare
Never Ending Reason (N.E.R)
Demoralised
Velveteens
Random Behaviour
.....and Special Guests King
No-One
Line up: Thursday 24th April (in no
particular order)
Monroe
Oliver Pinder
Lucy Prenton & Jo
Stephenson
Chickadees
Arcarode
Maia Broughton
Shupadum
....and Special Guests The
Mexanines
The
event is supported by a professional and dedicated team of volunteer judges and
crew, including Mike Heaton(Embrace) and Isaac Heywood (Nightmares on Wax/Rock
School UK).
Centre Stage
2013 was a great success and welcomed its first winning band from North
Yorkshire, King No-One, who received an amazing reception at Leeds &
Reading, and still remain a large supporter of our work. Previous winners ‘The
Mexanines’ are reaped the benefits of the exposure that Centre Stage has given
them as they enjoyed life on the road as the main support for The Pigeon Detectives
at the end of 2013.
The competition
has now hit the big £150,000 mark in terms of funds raised, and all of this has
been channelled directly into the care of the children and their families at
Martin House Children’s Hospice.
This year’s
competition is sponsored by National Breakdown and Blacks Solicitors.
The Heats will run from 22nd – 24th April at The Belgrave Music Hall,
Leeds. Doors 6.30pm. Show starts 7pm. The event is pay on the door or available
from SeeTickets at £4.50.
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Notes:
Heats:
The Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds – 22nd-24th April 2014
Final: O2 Academy, Leeds – 23rd July 2014
Final: O2 Academy, Leeds – 23rd July 2014
Centre Stage
Background:
The premise of the Centre Stage Competition is to give young bands a fantastic
platform and exposure whilst raising vital funds for Martin House Children’s
Hospice. In 2009, this new fundraising initiative was conceived: a musical
talent competition, which would invite all secondary schools and colleges in
West Yorkshire to take part. Since its initial launch, by The Pigeon Detectives
in autumn 2009, Centre Stage has so far provided a platform for over 130 young,
Yorkshire acts and raised over £145,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice.
The competition has the support of Embrace, The Pigeon Detectives, The Cribs,
Pulled Apart By Horses and Festival Republic.
In
order to enter, artists must be under 21 years old and in the North or West
Yorkshire. To put themselves forward for this fantastic opportunity,
artists/bands commit to undertake their own fundraising ventures and raise
vital funds for the hospice: to care for children and young adults, with life
limiting illnesses. The perfect example of young people helping young people.
Martin House
Children’s Hospice:
Martin House Children’s Hospice cares for children and young people, throughout
Yorkshire, who have a life limiting illness. They support their families too,
through the life of their child and through their bereavement. On opening in
1987, they were only the second children’s hospice in the UK. They now have an
established teenage unit, Whitby Lodge, which was the first in the world to
open. Martin House needs to raise almost £5m this year to run, receiving less
than 12% from Government sources.
Twitter: @centrestage2014 //
@MartinHouseCH
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