♪ Music for the Populace as supporting Novocastrian musical activities

♪ Educational benefits

♪ Social benefits

♪ Cultural benefits

♪ Physical benefits

♪ Emotional benefits

♪ Cognitive benefits

♪ A musical and cultural festival

♪ Bands, artists, workshops, a raffle and a sausage sizzle

♪ All ages - open to the community

♪ Lasting from Friday night until Sunday afternoon

♪ FREE!

♪ Cultural connection

♪ Cultural diversity indulgence

♪ Music is about not only about the act of listening but also the journey to the end result

♪ Genre is a common descriptor of music though very complex and ambiguous (Aucouturier, 83)

♪ Benjula and Long Island Sound are part of the industry and have experience with performing, CD creation as well as knowledge of a range of genres and modern formats of music.

♪ Lisa Butler offers advice and experience on how the music industry works in terms of record production, song creation and publicity.

♪ Workshops help explain that music is a deeper and more involved process than the final CD or the radio play, it involved a lot of discussion, alterations, experimentation and risks. Benjula

Long Island Sound

♪ The relationship between music and emotional response/mood is personal and idiosyncratic.

♪ Live performances create emotional ties between the audience and the performer.

♪ Arts Education aids students in skills needed in the workplace:♪ Music training improves children’s abstract reasoning and

reading skills.♪ Music Enhances Linguistic Skills. ♪ Bloch sites 4 significant cognitive gains from musical

interaction within humans: Enhances memory, teaches listening techniques, teaches hearing techniques, cultural learning

♪ Workshop: Jam with a bandLearn to play an instrument

♪Bands:

State of GraceDaniel March

♪ Moju Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants

♪ Bitchcraft

♪ Expressive Dance♪ Open Mic

♪ Venue & equipment hire♪ Security♪ Insurance♪ Advertising costs♪ Food and beverage