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The Hay Fever 2012 programme is now online and open for booking. Hay Festival is celebrating its 25th birthday this year, so expect more parties, balloons and excuses for fancy dress than you can shake a stick at. See you in June!
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Event T1 • Sunday 3 June 2012, 1pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Calling all aspiring wildlife photographers! Bring your camera for some twitching and snapping with an RSPB pro.
Duration 120 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Event T2 • Sunday 3 June 2012, 5.30pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Join the campaigning experts from the RSPB to get practical tips on how you can speak to people in power about the wildlife and marine issues that matter to you.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
Guitar Hero, but for real
Event T3 • Monday 4 June 2012, 10am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Calling all budding guitar, bass, keys, drums players or vocalists. Get involved with JamPod and its creator Dan Jones (Former UK Music Teacher of the Year). Have a go in the studio (where no one can hear you unless you want them to!) and produce an MP3 track.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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The Ultimate Music Experience
Event T4 • Monday 4 June 2012, 11.30am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
JamPod is changing the way people engage with music. Come and experience it with Dan Jones (Former UK Music Teacher of the Year). Are you desperate to play guitar, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards or sing? JamPod allows you to engage with the music you love, while you learn. And the only person who can hear you play, is you!
Duration 60 mins. 17+ years
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The Wavedrum Experience
Event T5 • Monday 4 June 2012, 1pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
The Korg Wavedrum has transformed drums and percussion live and in the studio. Come and get your hands on one of the world's most exciting acoustic/electric drums and experiment through the JamPod system, where only you can hear. Once you’ve found the sound you like, you will be coached by international drum educator Dan Jones in a group groove.
Duration 60 mins. 17+ years
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Are you good enough?
Event T6 • Monday 4 June 2012, 2.30pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
JamPod is changing the way the world engages with music. Are you an experienced contemporary musician? Are up to the challenge? Come along and produce a studio-quality track in an hour-long session led by JamPod creator and Mix Music Director Dan Jones and Dean Clarke, Head of Education at Korg UK.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Taking it to the next level
Event T7 • Monday 4 June 2012, 4pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
JamPod changes the way we approach all elements of music. Experienced musicians are invited to experience the technology, work out the instruments and meet its creator Dan Jones. Dean Clarke of Korg will also be on hand to answer questions and show you how your practising/playing/recording could be improved with JamPod.
Duration 60 mins. 17+ years
Band Night
Event T8 • Monday 4 June 2012, 5.30pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
No need to be a pro, but if you have experience of guitar, bass, drums, keys or vocals, come and join a band! Learn your first track and produce a recording.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Are you good enough?
Event T10 • Tuesday 5 June 2012, 10am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
JamPod is changing the way the world engages with music. Are you an experienced contemporary musician? And do you think you are up to the challenge? Come along and produce a studio-quality track in an hour-long session led by JamPod creator and Mix Music Director Dan Jones and Dean Clarke, Head of Education at Korg UK.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Guitar Hero, but for real
Event T11 • Tuesday 5 June 2012, 11.30am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Calling all budding guitar, bass, keys, drums players or vocalists. Find out about JamPod and meet its creator Dan Jones (Former UK Music Teacher of the Year). Have a go in the studio (where no one can hear you unless you want them to!) and produce an MP3 track.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Learn with Rock & Pop
Event T12 • Tuesday 5 June 2012, 1pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Make a start in keyboards, guitar, bass or drums. In a sneak preview of a new approach to learning, with music you’ll love from lesson one, the session will be led by writing trio Chris Fry, Dom Jones and Dan Jones.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Taking it to the next level
Event T13 • Tuesday 5 June 2012, 2.30pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
JamPod changes the way we approach all aspects of music. Experienced musicians are invited to try the technology and meet its creator Dan Jones. Dean Clarke of Korg will be on hand to answer questions and show you how your practising/playing/recording could be improved with JamPod.
Duration 60 mins. 17+ years
The Ultimate Music Experience
Event T14 • Tuesday 5 June 2012, 4pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
JamPod is changing the way people engage with music. Experience it for yourself with Dan Jones (Former UK Music Teacher of the Year). Are you desperate to play guitar, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, or sing? JamPod allows you to engage with the music you love, while you learn, and the only person who can hear you play, is you!
Duration 60 mins. 17+ years
Is there an app for that?
Event T15 • Wednesday 6 June 2012, 10am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Twitter, Facebook, Angry Birds – they’re all apps. Come and find out exactly what’s involved in developing and making them, before brainstorming ideas with Nominet’s tech pros to see what else is possible.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
UK Youth, Nominet Trust and CDi Europe work in partnership on Apps for Good, a programme that helps students ready themselves for employment, self-employment and entrepreneurship in the real world. Apps for Good gives students a launch-pad in social enterprise and the exciting world of technology, design and innovation.
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Find the FutureYou
Event T16 • Wednesday 6 June 2012, 11.30am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Where do you want to be in ten years' time? Do you know how to find your dream job? Get hands-on in this interactive session to discover how you can achieve your goals and ambitions. Tweet your dream job and find out from the experts how to get it. The future you starts at Hay Festival 2012.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Pin Your (Hi)story To The World
Event T17 • Wednesday 6 June 2012, 1pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
HistoryPin is an online network that brings together photos, vidoes, memories and more from all around the world, throughout time. In this interactive session you’ll get the chance to see what the world was like at any moment in recent history – from the sinking of the Titanic to the D-Day landings, the first man on the moon to the creation of the Internet. Then you’ll head out into the world to capture and share history in the making.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Getting Your Voice Heard
Event T18 • Wednesday 6 June 2012, 2.30pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Do you want to change the world? In this workshop for teens, by teens, find out the essentials to getting your voice heard by the people who matter, on issues that mean a lot to you, however big or small they may seem.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Getting Your Voice Heard
Event T19 • Wednesday 6 June 2012, 4pm •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Do you want to change the world? In this workshop for teens, by teens, find out the essentials to getting your voice heard by the people who matter, on issues that mean a lot to you, however big or small they may seem.
Duration 60 mins. 14+ years
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.
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Life: An Exploded Diagram
Event T20 • Wednesday 6 June 2012, 5.30pm •
Venue: Starlight Stage
The acclaimed writer talks about his latest coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of the Cold War and events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. This intensely personal story sees history, passion and fear intertwine to astonishing effect.
14+ years
Workshop
Event T21 • Thursday 7 June 2012, 10am •
Venue: Scribblers’ Hut
Join the experts from B&Q to get hands-on and make a planter (trust us, your gran will love it!). Equip yourself with DIY skills and get stuck in.
Duration 90 mins. 14+ years
Please note that the ticket price of these B&Q sessions covers UK Youth's production costs.
Each young person attending this workshop must fill in the Permission Form available for download here. Please send the form in advance to admin@hayfestival.org and bring a copy on the day.