In April 2008 members of Fusion Youth Theatre spent two weeks in Ghana's capitol, Accra, in Africa with professional african dance group TimAfrik. They worked together to devise a dance performance which toured around the area including a live performance on TV Africa! They also visited the slums and local schools and donated money and small equipment. Visit their website on www.fusionyouththeatre.co.uk for more information about the group.

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

FRIDAY 11th April 2008

Today we are auditioning for Africa TV. We worked hard all morning and Derek the choreographer kept making us run through things as he wanted things to be perfect. We arrived at the TV station which was very posh compared to its surroundings. There are large security gates which you have to be accepted through first and the building is full of African art and sculptures.

We got to rehease in the studio before the audition but not for very long. The stage was fairly small as it is usually for presenters and solo artists. We changed a few bits last minute. Then the directors came along to see what we had. They made us run it twice and said it was not bad. Things were slightly tense and then they offered us 6 minutes live on Saturday night on their show, Soundz Splash.
Mission accomplished! I told Tim that we should have the night off and re-work the piece to fit 6 minutes tomorrow, he agreed and told Derek.

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