The Welly Boot through history!

The Wellington Boot, Inn - Get Sorted HQ - has been around for a long time, and recently the old deeds have been unearthed!

In a bundle of old papers lies the long history of the Wellington Boot Inn. Some of the records date back to the '13th year of the reign of King George II' - that's 1739! The building now standing was put up in 1903, but the site has always been home to 'The Welly'!

To put a bit of flesh on the bones of the building - the oldest publican for whom there are online records is Edward Milnes;

"...born in 1835 in Rotherham, Yorkshire. He married Emma Yates. Edward was employed as Stonegrate fitter 30 Mar 1851 - 7 Apr 1861. He resided on 30 Mar 1851 in Wellgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire. He resided on 7 Apr 1861 in 13, Radley Row, Wellgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire. He resided on 2 Apr 1871 in Rotherham, Yorkshire. He was employed as Fitter on 2 Apr 1871. He was employed as Publican on 3 Apr 1881. He resided on 3 Apr 1881 in Wellington Inn, 52, Westgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire."

Welly in 1965.

Another publican, Frances Wild, is mentioned in the General Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham 1856 who is also mentioned (as Francis Wilde) in R. Gell's General and Commercial Directory of Sheffield, June, 1825 as a victualler (traditionally a person who sells food or other provisions, similar to a grocer, and in particular British usage can be used to mean a person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages - wikipedia).

So next time you're in the 'Welly Boot', bear in  mind how long people have been passing through the same doors... and while they may have been coming for different reasons, you can be sure that the sound of music would've been ringing loud and proud!

G-Dott: This Is England - out now!

Recently 'Rotherham's finest' G-Dott recorded his new single 'This is England' at Get Sorted, and is now available online.

A few months ago we blogged about G-Dott's new single.

The track 'This is England' is supported by Thomas Turgoose (from the film This Is England) who attended the recording. The track highlights some of the issues facing young people growing up in tough environments.

The single itself is available from G-Dott's 'Songstall' site, where you can also pick up a copy of his album "The Unexpected".

The recording of the single, interviews with G-Dott and Thomas Turgoose talking about the single and their upbringing, was filmed by ITV and can be seen on You Tube.

Get Sorted Charity Fundraiser Concert

As the Get Sorted fundraiser concert draws nearer, Geoff Barnsley Get Sorted chairman sent round this update last week!

"Hi All,

 

You may remember that I circulated a note about a Charity Fundraiser that we are holding on Friday 11th of November. Attached is a poster promoting the event and below is a little blurb about the acts that are on (not written by me in case you think my ego is getting the better of me). Tickets are going extremely well and we will have a limit in the club so if you are planning to attend please let me know so I can reserve you tickets. They are £5 each or you can reserve a table for 10 at £50. Here is the blurb...

 

For anyone around Sheffield, you may be familiar with some of the artists. Ali Heath Cook is an established female vocalist who has been singing for so many years that she can't remember ! Over the years she has performed both in a solo capacity and in many local bands. Ali is a professional vocal tutor, renowned for her successes with her students, and is a part-owner of the Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield. Geoff Barnsley is a regular performer in and around Sheffield, his most recent outings being at The Greystones and Trippett's. Together with guitar virtuoso Chillo Angelini he heads up local band 'Vigilante', playing a selection of distinguished material from artists such as Ry Cooder, John Martyn, Dire Straits and Joe Cocker. 'Bluesrites' are father and sons act Danny, Todd and Sam, playing Rhythm'n'Blues classics spanning from the 1950's. We also have a short set from a Blues Brothers Tribute act. 

In addition some of the kids from Get Sorted will be performing a short set to show you what they can do. 

All in all, it should be a cracking night. I look forward to hearing from you, and hope that you can support this worthy cause. 

And as for the significance of the date, well this one "goes up to 11" as Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap once famously said... 

Please let me know if you would like to come as when we hit our limit we will have to stop selling tickets. 

Geoff!"

For more information about this concert please read the other blog posts by clicking HERE. More information can also be found on the concerts 'Facebook Event'

Get Sorted on 'Help in Hand'.

Get Sorted is on the Council's 'Local Arts Development and Support Groups' search directory and on the Help in Hand search directory.

There are many independent organisations supporting artists and arts development in Rotherham. Some key local artist and group support organisations can be found on Help in Hand. 

Help in Hand provides information on community groups, Adult Social Care, NHS Rotherham, Housing, Safeguarding, Environmental and Development Services, Leisure, Transport and Voluntary and Community Sector in and around Rotherham. Each entry contains general information about the organisation, along with contact details. 

You can search the whole of the Help in Hand database by keyword or subject and you can enter your postcode to find groups close to you. 

Here's what they say about Get Sorted in the 'Local Arts Development and Support Group' directory:

"Get Sorted has provided quality music and arts tuition for over fifteen years for the people of Rotherham, and is a highly recognised charity providing a wide range of services including 1-1 tuition in guitar, bass, drums, vocal coaching, brass, woodwind and strings as well as providing a range of music clubs for children and young people.  Clubs include: dance, fit ball, art and crafts, performing arts, singing together, song writing, animation, rapping, junior jam band, film making etc."

 

Scoundrel release 1st album!

Young local Band "SCOUNDREL" release their first album on CD and MP3.

Three of the band are brothers, whose father is a Get Sorted trustees. Scoundrel have produced their album by themselves, from production to artwork and now they are looking forward to doing a local tour and are wanting exposure on regional radio.

This is what their bigraphy - taken from their website - says about them:

Scoundrel are a four-piece indie band from Sheffield consisting of Luke, Joe, Daviyd and Kaleb - Three of whom are brothers. 

They have been together since January 2011, and have since recorded their debut album in their home studio. The album has been put together solely by the band - from the mixing and mastering, down to the artwork – it was all done by the lads. Now that the album is complete, and they have many local gigs under their belt, the band are ready to get out and onto the Music scene.

They have played many gigs around Sheffield, and have played at venues like O2 Academy, The Plug, Boardwalk (now closed), Abbey road Picture House, and they also played at Sheffield’s free festival; Tramlines. They have also gained airtime on radio stations such as BBC Radio Sheffield and community radio station, Redroad.

Scoundrel are making energetic, catchy, and honest music and are enjoying every second of it. They are often compared to bands like The Wombats and Vampire Weekend. To quote "Scoundrel have a rawness that isn't harsh or in your face, but gives a shining example of the talented young people Sheffield holds.”- Sheffield Music Scene.

You can get hold of their album from their 'Big Cartel' site or you can have a listen to it on Spotify! Also, get down to their album launch event at The Plug, 26th November, Doors at10:30 pm (Price: £5.00 / Booking fee: £1.00 / Age: 14+).

Get Sorted Half Term break!

Get Sorted close for a few days next week for Half Term.

Get Sorted will be closed from Wednesday 26th reopening on Monday 31st October for the half term break. We'll still be open on Monday and Tuesday for normal 'one-to-one' music lessons.

Also on Tuesday, we'll be holding a Multimedia workshop for anyone to join. Running from 10 until 3, the workshops will include a range of activities based around multimedia. There are still places available,so anyone interested in taking part should get in touch either by email (info@getsortedmusic.co.uk) or by phone (01709 513 099).

During the week we'll also be doing a little more refurbishment to the offices - giving them a lick of paint, so it'll be nice a fresh for when normal activities resume on Monday 31st October!

Summer Activities pop video!

A short pop video made using footage from the Get Sorted Summer Activities!

Over the summer Get Sorted held a series of different workshops. Here is a video, put together by the Get Sorted staff, of some of the young people who took part in the workshops. Please check out the Get Sorted YouTube channel for more vids!

Get Sorted Fundraiser Concert

A quick message from Geoff Barnsley - Chairman of Get sorted - about the Charity fundarising concert at Niagara Police Social Club - Hillsborough on the 11th of November!

"Hi All

You may not be aware but I am the Chairman of a charity in Rotherham called Get Sorted. I don’t do a lot but they do loads. In a nutshell they help disadvantaged kids back into learning through music - they literally save the lives of young people with guitars its very humbling.

Well thanks to the enthusiasm of some musical mates we are planning a big musical night to raise money for Get Sorted. This will take place on Friday, 11th of November at the Niagra club at Hillsborough. It will be a night of live music and even a bit of comedy, raffles and a cast of 1000s all based on good old rock, roll, blues and soul – music how it used to be, throw those IPODS away for the night.

It will be £5 per ticket, £50 to reserve a table of 10 for you and your mates, all money will go to the charity. All those mates who say they love live music but never go and see it can find out what talent there is out there, you might just have to persuade them.

We are not sure what the running order will be but there will be a tight house band (visitors to Davefest will know how good they are), Vigilante (in some form) will have a set, a Blues Brothers look alike session, Danny Wrights Bluesrites and more. There will be a big Jam at the end when all your favourites will be brought to life.

As the running order becomes clearer I’ll let you know. Tickets will be sold in advance so let me know if you want me to reserve you tickets or ideally a table.

Rock & Roll

Geoff"

To purchase your tickets get in touch with Get Sorted through the usual means!

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Paul Hamlyn Foundation awarded Get Sorted funding in 2007-2008.

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation awarded funding to Get Sorted for “core funding to build capacity by creating an arts and learning manager post and training existing staff in a three-year transition period” and this is reported in the Foundations 2007-2008 report.

 The training was aimed at diversifying each tutors range of skills so that anyone of them could teach any instrument to a certain standard. Also the foundation helped fund a series of team building activities.

Another important outcome of the funding was the development of the Get Sorted IT infrastructure. Databases and tracking systems for pupils, schools and tutors were developed which help Get Sorted keep track of how many young people and institutions use our services.

But perhaps the most important outcome of the funding was that it allowed Genya – Get Sorted Guru and Executive Director – pass some of the management workload over to a dedicated project manager, Graham, which allowed the project to grow and become fully developed.

Get Sorted ACL sessions.

Get Sorted do regular work with Adult and Community Learners. Paul Hopewell is a particpant.

Paul Hopewell started attending Get Sorted's ACL sessions over a year ago, and has been learning DJ-ing and MC-ing skills as well as learning how to use the REASON recording programme and about music technology in general... although "I'd still like to learn more" says he!

Paul is one of 8 people who have been coming to Get Sorted, all studying the same thing and all have becoming good friends since. As Paul says, the ACL sessions are not all about learning, they are about "building a good group dynamic".

About his plans for the future, while he would like to perform, he says he'd prefer to produce and 'work behind the scenes'. Paul says he would like to help people learn about music, and that if it weren't for the ACL sessions he'd "be at home watching Coronation Street - I've not got a bad word to say!"

Get Sorted's very popular ACL sessions still have limited spaces at £3 a sessions (that's £1.50 an hour) per person. Please get in touch on 01709 513 099 or email info@getsortedmusic.co.uk

ASDAN PSD certificates for Learning Centre Students.

20 young people from the Get Sorted Learning Centre have achieved a certificate in ASDAN PSD.

20 youn people, 15 male and 5 female, have recieved their Entry 3 ASDAN PSD (Personal and Social Development) certificates. Working in the Learning Centre - or the Shed, as it is known - young people have been working towards a qualification designed to help the student in "becoming confident individuals who are physically, emotionally and socially healthy, being responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society and embrace change and managing risk together with their own wellbeing.

The Year 11 'Sheddies' will be using the qualificationas a stepping stone to go on to college and the younger students will be progressing to PSD Level 1.

All the Learning Centre Staff would like to congratualte all the students for their hard work and achievement!

ASDAN is a charitable social enterprise with awarding body status, providing courses to more than 6,000 UK and international schools, colleges, youth centres and training providers. ASDAN’s programmes and qualifications offer flexible ways to accredit skills for learning, skills for employment and skills for life.

Get Sorted fundraiser concert!

Get Sorted is holding a fundraising concert on Friday 11th November at the Niagara Police Social Club! Tickets are £5 advance!

Please help raise funds for Get Sorted by attending this event which will feature many great acts - Including Luke Caley! Please click on the poster above for the link to the facebook event!

Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival

This summer Dave B went to the world famous Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in France.

"In June, I visited Samois-sur-Seine, just outside Paris, to see the annual Django Reinhardt Festival. The atmosphere was incredible; the festival contained just onebig stage that held many different Gypsy Jazz acts over the weekend.

The people there all shared the same love - Music! In the food area, there were groups of people sat around laughing, talking and playing music. I strongly encourage anyone with an interest in guitar music to visit Samois and see the place where Django Reinhardt lived."

Django Reinhardt (pronounced 'jango raynhart'), born to a family of Manouche gypsies, was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture, and an internationally loved musical genre!

In 1968, on the 15th anniversary of Django’s death, the Samois Festival first came into being.This was a tribute to his memory organised by the so-called “Association des Amis de Samois”. A few years later the Django Reinhardt Festival Association had become a permanent fixture... 

This year fetured the likes of George Benson and Goran Bregovic so look forward to next years line-up and go visit this amazing festival!

The Get Sorted Fire Officer

Dave B is Get Sorted's newly qualified Fire Officer!

"I recently took over the role of the Get Sorted Fire Office. It involved training for fire safety and regularly checking the alarm system. The training was fun, involving letting off a fire extinguisher and alarms!"

Dave goes on to say, "Now that I have this new role, I just hope that Get Sorted aren't thinking of 'Firing' me!"

As the picture shows, you are all in safe hands!

Get Sorted Charity Fundraiser

On Friday 11th November there will be a charity fundraising concert for Get Sorted at the Niagara Police Social Club, Hillsborough. Starting at 8pm, £5 for advance tickets it will be ‘an evening of rock ‘n’ roll, soul and blues. 

One of the acts performing will be Luke Caley, 25. Luke has been coming down to Get Sorted for about 8 years, taking lessons in Music Theory, Guitar and Singing. Luke will be performing a few songs, including a couple of his own. 

To date, this will be Luke’s biggest show and when asked if he was nervous the reply came; “It’s all part and parcel of wanting to play music live – you’ve just gotta get up there and do it!” 

As for his musical career, he says he - hopefully - wants to try to make a living from music, teaching and playing. But, also, he wants to get involved helping at Get Sorted. Luke wants to help people who have similar problems as he did… when he first came to Get Sorted he was – in his own words – ‘fresh outta rehab’. Luke wants to help people build their self confidence and their positivity, helping people in all kinds of tough situations to work their way through them – help change their lives through music!

So, keep your eyes open for more details about the gig, but yourself a ticket, and come and see Luke please the crowds!

Get Sorted in Rotherham Visitor Centre

Get Sorted frequently have a display in the Rotherham Visitor Centre.

If you have been out and about in town last week you may have noticed that Get Sorted's display in the Rotherham Vistor Centre window.We would like to thank the Centre for giving us the space and look forward to them having us back!
 
Get Sorted frequently have display in  Rotherham's Visitor Centre on All Saints' Square, and hopefully we'll have another display up in 6 weeks or so. The display promotes our one-to-one music lessons, the Get Sorted 'free lesson' and the Get Sorted in General.

With Get Sorted's one-to-one music tuition your personal tutor will work to your strengths and help you explore your hidden potential. Once you have mastered the basic techniques, just choose the styles you want to develop and your tutor will support you. Compose your own music, work towards an exam or learn for pleasure and enjoyment. Want to learn to play your favourite songs, bring them with you and you'll soon be playing or singing along with them.

And, if you book four lessons, you can pick up a voucher that entitles you to claim a full refund on your first music lesson!

Social Cohesion summer sessions on film!

Video from Get Sorted Summer Activities!

Over the summer Get Sorted held a series of workshops aimed at 'Social Cohesion' of young people in Rotherham. Each session was a well attended, and as such, the workshop programme was a sucess. Here is a video recently produced documenting some of the activities that took place! More Get Sorted videos can be found at our YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/GetSortedMusic

For more stories on the Get Sorted Summer Activities please click here.

Fallen trees and Xrayhorse!

Fallen Trees - a band featuring Get Sorted staff - are represented by XRAYHORSE agency.

Xrayhorse are an 'independant live music and booking agents' booking and promoting shows in Sheffield, Leeds and London and Fallen Trees are on their books! Here's their XRAYHORSE profile! 

FALLEN TREES - Glenn Moss / Paul Littlewood / Dave Timmons

Influences: NEIL YOUNG / JOY DIVISION / HOWLIN’ WOLF /UNKLE /PORTISHEAD / RADIOHEAD 

‘Fallen Trees – super intense, bold rockers’ Sheffield Telegraph

‘A serious proposition, they smack of a sedentary New Order at times, voiced by a gruff Eddie Vedder….this bag of dramatic noise belongs at the top of a bill’ TOAST Magazine 

‘.. a sound constructed from the experimental influences of early 70’s super groups and fronted by Paul Littlewood whose voice seemed reminiscent of a latter-day Joe Cocker….Piles of demented keyboard playing, inexplicable sound effects, some cool but dazzling guitar solos all backed by sh*t kicking drums.’ The Sheffield Scenester 

'For me the band does have an incredible post-rock meets Pearl Jam aura. Some roaring guitar riffs give the mental image of Jimmy Page playing through Greenwood’s guitar rack, most rock bands shy away from the ‘frivolities’ of delay and crazy EQs but guitarist Paul Littlewood has nailed it. Glenn Moss, on an array of analog synths, helps to create something dirty and perfectly dissonant. And that is the key to the group’s music, all of the epic and complex sound design of a band like This Will Destroy You, or Vessels, but with the driving nature of a pissed-off Seattle grunge band. It works perfectly, and incredibly they’re not from Seattle. Completing the line-up, by the way, is Dave Timmons, who does deserve a name check as his drumming helps cement this as a great album for all alt rock fans.' Rich Beech, Electric Ghost Agent 

Contact – Matt Jones matt@xrayhorse.co.uk 

www.myspace.com/fallentreesband www.youtube.com/user/FallenTreesTV