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Elvis in the Concert Hall
45 young people are rehearsing in the concert hall this week for a production of IF I CAN DREAM which is being premiered at the Lowry on 2nd August and 3rd August. The group are working with the TWIST Project, part of the Salford Foundation. All the young people involved in the production are from…
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Salford Sirens a match for the lads
Salford University cheerleading squad, the Salford Sirens were in the gym recently, rehearsing for the national finals at Loughborough where they came 2nd with their cheer routine. The team practise every week at Salford University and also run community classes sponsored by the Manchester United Foundation and Salford City Council. Looking through the club archives…
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101st Salford Lads’ Club Camp
A party of young club members and volunteers set off today for the 101st Salford Lads’ club camp at Aberystwyth, Mid Wales. A group of volunteers had already travelled down on Wednesday to set up the campsite. The party is made up of more than 50 including senior volunteer Eric Salthouse who first attended camp…
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Polling Day with the BBC Philharmonic
The club is used as a polling station during elections and today the city voted for its first elected Mayor .To celebrate the occasion we invited the BBC Philharmonic to perform in the concert hall as part of their community tour. The nine musicians performed music by Handel, Corelli, Mozart and Rossini.
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3rd Pool competition win for SLC
Alex Scott won the under 16 Greater Manchester Pool competition last night to become our 3rd finalist this season. Alex beat Connor Scudder of Droylsden Youth Centre in the final. We now have the under 12, under 14, and under 16 winners at the club, and all of them will go forward to the northern…
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“Tales from Camp”
As part of our Heritage Lottery Funded project to celebrate the 100th Camp we are creating a series of Digital tales by former campers. We are holding 2 open days on the 10th and 11th September to show films of the camps and to collect more stories,so if you were a former camper please come…
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West Side Wiva Story
The Salford Foundation young people’s performing arts group are back with us for the next two weeks for their final rehearsals of West Side Wiva Story. The show opens at the Willows Variety Centre in Salford on 17th August. To find out more about the group and the new show go to west side wiva…
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Jim Houghton
Jim Houghton, one of the senior volunteers at the club, died suddenly last week. Jim had a long association with the club, joining as a 12 year old in 1946. He attended 5 annual camps between1949 –1954 and was an outstanding cricket player for the club.
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99th Salford Lads’ Club Camp
A party of 44 young people and adult volunteers set off for the 99th annual camp today. It was raining in Salford, but sunny in Wales where the advance party had already set up camp. Veteran volunteer Eric said “Blimey 99, I remember my first camp in 1946, how time fly’s” First timer Dylan aged…