New band needed for Newquay Surfing event

A group of students participating in a ten-week music event management project organised by the Regional Educational Legacy in Arts and Youth Sport Programme (RELAYS) and University College Falmouth (UCF), is on the lookout for a new or unsigned band to play at the British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) Surfing Championships in Newquay on Saturday 17 October.

Throughout the summer, Truro College students, Bex Gallagher and Rose Goodship, along with recent graduate Aaron Connelly-Bayliss joined Alex Parlby from the Livewire Music Project and Luke Stevenson from Newquay Tretherras School to work alongside music industry professionals such as Nick Webb of Bare Feet Promotions, Louise Martin from St Austell Bay radio, Ryan Jones of The Hitchcock Rules and Steve Yelland, of SPS-Audio and University College Falmouth students to create an exciting event encompassing music, art and film to take place at Newquay's Fistral Blu Bar Bistro, during the Championships.

RELAYS is the South West's Legacy Trust UK and Higher Education Funding Council for England-funded programme of sport and culture that has been initiated in the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Its aim is to enable young people considering a career in music or events management industries to gain practical experience of organising and staging a live music event, whilst offering a golden opportunity for new talent to perform.

Nick Webb, one of the project mentors added, "The group has worked hard to create an event which is shaping up to ne a fantastic experience for everyone, and they will hopefully take the knowledge and experience they have gained from this project to organise many more events in the future."

All bands interested in performing at this event should send a link to their MySpace page to tamsin.godfrey@falmouth.ac.uk by Tuesday 29 September 2009.

For further information about RELAYS, visit www.herda-sw.ac.uk/relays

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For further information about RELAYS, please contact Leanne Dingle, RELAYS Project Director, Telephone: 01392 454971, or email: leanne.dingle@herda-sw.ac.uk

Notes to Editors:

• The regional RELAYS project (Regional Educational Legacy in Arts and Youth Sport) is a £3.1million programme that will deliver an ambitious, flexible programme of linked cultural and sporting events. The project is grounded in education and aims to inspire a generation of young people and diverse communities throughout South West England. RELAYS is run by HERDA-SW in conjunction with its partners Lyme Regis Development Trust, The Works and Watershed. The project is funded by Legacy Trust UK and HEFCE.
• University College Falmouth is the only independent Higher Education institution in Cornwall with the powers to award degrees in its own name. It has two campuses in Cornwall - at Woodlane in Falmouth and Tremough in Penryn (which it owns, and jointly manages with the University of Exeter) - and a third campus at Totnes in Devon, following its merger with Dartington College of Arts in 2008.

This merger created a new institution focusing on the expansion of Falmouth's expertise in Art, Design and Media and Dartington's expertise in Choreography, Music, Theatre, Art and Writing. The Devon-based courses will relocate to a new, high-specification Performance Centre at Tremough in 2010, paving the way for a new specialist Arts University in Cornwall by 2012/2013 that will be unique to the South West.

The College is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education, funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall Council.

• Lyme Regis Development Trust is a community-based organisation that works to stimulate the economic, social and environmental well-being for all in Lyme Regis and its surrounding areas. As part of its regeneration strategy it has been working closely with the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Team to position Lyme Regis as an internationally significant educational tourism destination. Websites: http://www.lrdt.co.uk/ and http://www.jurassiccoast.com/.
• The Works (Dance and Theatre Cornwall Ltd.) aims to support and develop a vibrant performing arts ecology in Cornwall, by providing support, advice and information to individuals and companies involved in dance and theatre in Cornwall, including youth dance and youth theatre activities. Website: http://www.danceandtheatrecornwall.co.uk/.
• Watershed is a media centre in Bristol that promotes creativity, innovation and talent by presenting and facilitating a year round programme of moving image and digital media activity. Website: http://www.watershed.co.uk/.
  
• Legacy Trust UK's mission is to support a wide range of innovative cultural and sporting activities for all, which celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and leave a lasting legacy in communities throughout the United Kingdom.Legacy Trust UK has been established as a charitable trust to use funding endowed by the Big Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Website: http://www.legacytrustuk.org/.

HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) distributes public money for teaching, research and related activities. In 2008-09 HEFCE will distribute over £9 billion to universities and colleges in England. Website: http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/Forms%20&%20Templates/Press%20Releases/www.hefce.ac.uk.

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