You will be aware that in recent years we have successfully linked with Foundry Music Lab in Wishaw to produce Project X.

The new project will be run along similar lines to Project X but with a major difference.

Whereas in the past the invitation to take part was restricted to Secondary/ASN establishments, this time it is intended to ask Secondary and Primary schools to work together in clusters thus making it cross sectoral as well as cross curricular.  There will be a place set aside each year for ASN Establishments.

As we hope to be able to run this for the next 2 sessions we are restricting this session’s invitation to those schools in the south of the authority i.e. schools in the Motherwell, Wishaw and Bellshill areas.  It is intended to invite those schools in the north i.e. Coatbridge, Airdrie and Cumbernauld to take part next session.

The proposal is that the management teams and bands will comprise secondary students only with a small group of primary pupils (maximum 12) joining the band to record 2 tracks for the CD/Download and perform at the launch gig in March 2012.

The timeline for the initiative is as follows:

Expressions of Interest to Jim Lawson by close of business on Friday 16 September to lawsonj @ northlan. gov. uk (remove spaces)

Launch in Committee Room 1, to be attended by Enterprise Co-ordinators, on Tuesday 27 September from 9.30 am until 11.30 am

Start of project meetings at Foundry Music Lab during the week beginning 10 October

Download Launch gig towards the end of March 2012, exact date and venue to be confirmed

If you have any queries about any of the above information please do not hesitate to contact Jim Lawson on 01236 812626 or Lynn Taylor through First Class email.