At the Rivergate

This week we were joined by guitarist Jack Ross and a whole heap of djembe drums which have now taken up residence at The Rivergate Centre, thanks to our fabulous cultural connector Kushnood and the centre manager Darren.

In the morning we wrote a song inspired by street names from the area - there's a strong nautical theme, some great words in there, we even had to look up a couple - anyone know what a Spinnaker is?

At the Rivergate

Hornbeam

Longreach

Schooner

Anchor

Puffin

Grebe

Atlantis

Spinnaker

Sing the story!

Sing the streets!

At the Creekmouth.

At the Rivergate.

We'll see you there where the city meets the sea.

That afternoon we got the djembes out and discovered that there are lots of residents who have a rhythm in their roots.  Judy from The Creekmouth Preservation Society did a fantastic job of bringing people in to join us - thanks to her seriously good tambourine playing - learnt thirty years ago when she was a member of the Salvation Army.

As the children poured out of George Carey School they came along to join in a helped us write this lovely little song inspired by life in Rivergate next to the water:

Throw a stone in the pond

come along and sing our song

a lovely place to live.

Take a listen to this gorgeous solo sung by one of our youngest participants in the Rivergate Lullaby.