Learning new things, alot of adding data etc, This is my first EVER blog, I’ve lost my Blog-ginity no longer a blog virgin, was an anti-climax really. There is a method to the madness, Order emerges from the chaos, Brain-storming coming on nicely. Time-out is a real problem should be sorted by next week.

We are inviting people from all ages and backgrounds to participate in telling local stories and improve their local community using new media tools.

It is FREE and we explore storytelling using social media such as web casting, Twitter, Flickr and games, digital photography, video, music and audio.

The official course start date is 10th of November

If you want to take part in this new exiting media project email:
david@vaudevillecourt.tv or martin@vaudevillecourt.tv

Click under the Creative Media Course pages to the left find out more.

We have started online already, setting up the hardware we need for the archive, and for broadcasting the archive over the communal aerial. This material will include old Vaudeville material, and public domain films and radio broadcasts

Vaudeville Court has a rich history. Between 1910 and 1960 the venue was called Finsbury Park Empire.
The Finsbury Park Empire was built by Frank Matcham for Moss Empires Ltd at a cost of 45,000 and opened on the 5th of September 1910 with a capacity of around 2000.

Being an entertainment site for nearly 50 years showcasing artists such as Max Miller, Charlie Chaplin and Arthur Askey and renowned for being the first theatre where the saw-the-woman-in-half magic act was performed.
The Theatre closed on the 7th of May 1960 and was demolished in 1965, to make room for the existing Vaudeville Court estate.

New voices and stories are waiting to be heard and told to the world. The area around Finsbury park is one of the most diverse in London and we are creating a channel for these voices to be broadcasted exclusively here on Vaudeville Court TV.

Bumble bee border

Wild flower border which will attract butterflies and bees to our garden

wild flower meadow project

Some residents have found this picture an inspiration for our own garden

Meadowsweet likes sunny area and damp soil such as clay and loams.

for Peter

plant lock close up

foxglove is one of the wild flower we have chosen for vaudeville court meadow area

The genus is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa. The scientific name means “finger-like” and refers to the ease with which a flower of Digitalis purpurea can be fitted over a human fingertip. The flowers are produced on a tall spike, are tubular, and vary in colour with species, from purple to pink, white, and yellow. The best-known species is the Common Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. It is a biennial, often grown as an ornamental plant due to its showy flowers, that range in colour from purples through to whites, with variable marks and spotting. The first year of growth produces only the long, basal leaves. In the second year, the erect leafy stem 0.5-2.5 m tall develops. The larvae of the Foxglove Pug feed on the flowers of Digitalis purpurea. Other Lepidoptera species feed on the leaves including Lesser Yellow Underwing.

The term digitalis is also used for preparations containing cardiac glycosides, particularly digoxin, extracted from plants of this genus.

If you ever wandered how far away we’ve moved from simple farming…

The course will have a group working just on the use of photography to tell stories. It will include the basics of searching, selecting and ordering photographs form online sources such as Flickr. Copyright, and uploading / embedding in blogs. Remixing, adding sound tracks and using live to create compelling videos.

We’ll also include sessions on taking, creating and using digital collage with photographs. In short we will adapt the medium to the project and the needs of the participants.