Free 4 All (event) - node56

Free 4 All Dec 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

This second youth event in Alfreton saw 75 young people turn out on the friday night.

It was set up and ran by the young people who attended the 6 weeks of workshops.

It was a great success and enjoyed by all. Well done to all the young people who put this event on.

Free 4 All Dec 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Shookz on stage helping 'Prffesor Leighton' (one of the youth DJ's that took part and completed the DJ workshops)

This DJ set contained a variety of new music which got everyone up and dancing.

Brilliant response for the first DJ of the night.

Free 4 All Dec 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The second act of the night was 'The Equipt' and acoustic act that had been working with Jasper over 6 weeks.

Everyone gathered around to support this amazing acoustic duo.

Free 4 All (Promo) - node56

The 2nd node56 under 18's event is on the 14th December ... After the first successful event known as BE THERE (a 'safe rave' style event), node56 (The Drop Inn's new sister company) ran a series of workshops in Alfreton with a group of young people. These young people designed the flyer, promoted the event, organised the entertainment and learnt how to DJ ready to perform on the night which will be the 14th December. We are really looking forward to see how the young people have go on with the workshops and see the response of Alfretons first Young person ran event at the Polygon Youth Centre.

Belper Winter Food Festival 2012

Belper Winter Food Festival, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

The Drop Inn and Sound-Hub teamed up with The Black Swan to run a stage of entertainment on the market place for the Belper Food Festival 2012.

John Nelson kindly supplied us with a trailer for the stage.

There was some brilliant acts on all day again ...

Looking forward to future events like this, it promotes some heart warming community spirit!

One Bomb (+18's fundraiser party)

First of all ... a huge thank you to all who helped put this massive event on, thats all the artists who performed, all the people who set the stage and themed the venue, all the volunteers on the night especially the door and bar staff, and all the sound and lighting engineers, special thanks to Urban projections who did the VJ (visuals) for the night, and another special thank you to Dave Walker who arranged for barclays to sponsor the event by match funding what we raised up to £750.

 
Urban Projections vs One Bomb - Warehouse Party from Urban Projections on Vimeo.

We raised £1100 off the bar and entry prices, so when match funded by Barclays it will total £1850 which is incredible for a nights entertainment.

ONE BOMB were absolutely incredible!! So were the visuals that accompanied the music done by URBAN PROJECTIONS. We also had a live Ska / reggae band called HOT RYBENA and other dj's such as P.V (Patchwerk) and DAVE ANGLE!

Finally a big thank you to all who attended, we hope everyone had as much fun as us, this party was EPIC! the biggest we've done all year and we look forward to doing some more in the future.

Portland College Visit 2012

Portland College Visit 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

It's been too long since we payed a visit to Portland College, we all really enjoy coming along to play wheel chair basket ball and wheel chair rugby.

Portland College Visit 2012, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

This time we took the young volunteer team, as most of them hadn't been before. This way hopefully in the near future we can return and the new young volunteer group can take the young people and promote how much of a great experience it is.

This was also used as a very good team building exercise. Everyone loved it and took a lot away from this visit, Thank You Rotary club and Portland College

One Bomb promo & fundraiser event

One Bomb promo & fundraiser event, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

ONE BOMB promotional event and themed fundraiser party sponsored by Barclays Bank. Raising money for thedropinn.org (1085617) ...

Main Stage:
/// Peripheral-Visionaries - Dubstep Conflict Zone - 8pm
/// Hot Rybena - Reggae Peace Treaty - 9pm
/// Dave Angle - Bomb Proof Set - 10pm
/// ONE BOMB - Live 11pm + Dj Set feat. Jackdalad 12am
/// Maestro - DnB Conflict Zone - 1am
++ Visuals by Urban Projections

Bar:
Jagerbombs / Snake Bombs / Cherry Bombs
Depth Charge / B52
Molotov Cocktail
Beers / Cider / Wines

Theme: A massive Bomb is about to go off ... We need all the help we can get,
Bomb Squad / Fire Service / Police / Medical / Army / Protesters ...
Urban Blitz / War Zone ...
Where is the bomb squad?

£3 Entry - £2 before 10pm
Over 18's only.

Warning: Lasers, UV-bombs, and strobe lighting.

Urban Projection set-up for One Bomb, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

Urban Projection set-up for One Bomb fundraiser event,
lights ... projection ... action ...

Urban Projection set-up for One Bomb, a photo by thedropinn on Flickr.

First test of the amazing URBAN PROJECTIONS visuals ... dress rehersal for ONE BOMB! ... so so excited for this event!!

Oz Box taster

We hd Oz Box come in Tues night to run a taster session. We had at least 25 young people turn up and take part. All of the youth really enjoyed it and asked when they can return ... Hopefully see Oz Box again soon, they are awesome!

Soul Food Tour 2012 Promo

Baby People present: 

THE SOUL FOOD TOUR ...

This event organised by Baby People 

has a huge variety of artists on this line-up all from different backgrounds and celebrating different styles of black music.

The tour starts in November and moves around the Midlands around a huge list of venues, finally ending this awesome tour at THE DROP INN on Thursday 20th December.

FREE ENTRY - Starts 7-10pm

Supporting all the SOUL FOOD TOUR performers are our new Youth DJ's Sam and Ben ... we are ending the night with a short grime set from Reece & Ben ... The whole night is going to be completely different to us, we are so excited.

DON'T MISS THIS!! 

Shookz DJ workshops - Recording

Check out one of the young people who attended the Shookz DJ session over the last 6 weeks ...

DJ Sharpe Styles - Drum & Bass DJ Mix

We still have the second new young DJ to record ... Well done everyone who took part in this project, and a massive thanks to SHOOKZ and DJ's PATCHWERK & SKAIRPIGG for running the sessions!

Shack Visit

Our Youth friends from the Darley Dale Shack youth centre came over for a visit, and got involved in some of the activities going on. We were running drop-in DJ sessions and some arts and craft ... it was a lot of fun, we always enjoy their visits. Look forward to seeing you all again soon.