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| ABOUT JELLYROLL..... | |
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CHICHESTER BASED JELLYROLL
WORKSHOP BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN YOUR CHILD THROUGH DANCE DRAMA AND
SINGING |
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Jellyroll
workshop, with its unique formula of fun and an encouraging environment
for children is now in its ninth successful year in Chichester. |
Taking it all in! |
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the only children's dance workshop, children's drama workshop,
and singing school whose teachers have professional backgrounds.
Our aim is to develop and boost confidence through learning,
challenge and socialising in a creative environment. We believe
that when children are having fun they learn better and when they
feel more confident they are more open to learning the things that
perhaps don’t come as easily to them. The boost in confidence
is quite apparent. We are thrilled to have had many fantastic testimonials
to this effect. Children flourish and blossom in such an environment. |
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 Break time |
Classes are generally
small, and the three-hour session is uniquely themed and structured
so that we all have the added satisfaction of trying out what they
have learned in all three mediums, all together, at the end of
the morning if we want to. No other school offers this unique element,
which extends pupils knowledge and skills even more by introducing
the concept of combining singing with dancing, or singing with
drama. Music, elocution, comedy, performance, public speaking, poetry and drama are no longer part of the mainstream curriculum. Cultural knowledge, and exposure to a wide range of styles, music, rhythms, and mediums is sadly not covered enough in most of our schools. Jellyroll is not only about learning drama techniques, harmony, rhythm, choreography and dance; the cultural themes are carefully chosen to bring a rich and enlightening experience to the children. |
| We want to see the children discover parts of themselves that are not drawn upon in school. They have the freedom to express and experiment with these lost skills and the positive attitude and outlook is enriched week after week. | |
Through this intelligently planned combination Jellyroll teaches children many vital life skills. Needless to say they have also have brilliant time. Undoubtedly we feel that children should have fun, and in the age of technology physical activity is even more important to keep their bodies healthy too. But ultimately our main focus is the development of self- esteem, confidence and individual potential. Music, elocution, comedy, public speaking, poetry and drama are no longer part of the mainstream curriculum. Cultural knowledge, and exposure to a wide range of styles, music, rhythms, and mediums is sadly not covered enough in most of our schools. |
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Jellyroll is not just about learning
drama techniques, harmony, rhythm, choreography and dance; the cultural
themes are carefully chosen to bring a rich and enlightening experience
to the children. They developWe want to see the children discover
parts of themselves that are not drawn upon in school. Their personalities
develop before our eyes. They have the freedom to express and experiment
with these lost or hidden skills and the positive attitude and outlook
is enriched week after week.
Through this intelligently planned combination Jellyroll will teach children many vital life skills whilst having a brilliant time. Undoubtedly we feel that children should have fun, and in the age of technology physical activity is even more important to keep their bodies healthy too. But ultimately our main focus is the development of self- esteem, confidence and individual potential.
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| TEACHING PROFESSIONALS | |
| JOANNE SMITH - Born in London, Jo originally trained as a Montessori teacher which as nearly everyone knows is one of the most respected systems in infant care and education. Apart from this she has an interesting and adaptable past in areas relevant to both the physical and creative elements of Jellyroll. Physical know how and inspiration are essential when it comes to devising fun things for children to participate in. Keeping children on the move is really important too, never more so than now with computers in most homes, an irresistible lure to habit forming sedentary lifestyles. For a several years Jo taught sailing in Mauritius and Bali (well if you're going to get wet it might as well be in warm tropical waters). This experience made her aware that health and self discipline are are set down in childhood. Believe it or not, sailing to South Africa she was shipwrecked and this taught her another valuable lesson in self dependency. For a while she was Production Director for Which Magazine SA. She then worked in South African television producing a popular game show. |
 Joanne Smith |
| Whilst involved in the itinerant media business she married a record producer and participated in his recording studio. They then moved to the South of France where they set up another recording studio. When her marriage failed she returned to the UK with two small children and started a business producing box framed art. She did some large projects for the catering industry and still continues to take commissions. Meanwhile she started Jellyroll to help support her daughter's education and development with amazing results. In fact both her daughter and son are active participants in Jellyroll. Jo also runs Touch Type Read and Spell courses for dyslexic children and adults. She is involved with the Arundel festival running their festivities office on a part time basis, setting up and co-ordinating the 10 day programme of festivities. Just occasionally she manages to kick her feet up and rest but as you can see, Jo's an achiever and is never still for very long! | |
| EMMA
WYNTER Emma
trained from the age of three at The Arnould School in Surrey (Ballet,
jazz, stage modern, tap and Greek). She left school to go straight
into a show – Dick Emery, and then went on to work with Rolf Harris,
Larry Grayson, Freddie Starr and Lonnie Donnegan in panto and summer
seasons in Bournemouth and Blackpool. Emma spent two years in London’s West End in shows including “Hello Dolly” with Carol Channing at the Drury Lane Theatre; and “Beyond the Rainbow” at the Adelphi. Television and Commercial work followed. “Specials” at Thames TV with Mike Yarwood, Bernie Winters, Bennie Hill and the Two Ronnies (BBC), various shows at Granada and Yorkshire TV’s 3-2-1 for many seasons as the resident dance group “Lipstick”. She became part of the re-formed “Pans People” with Dee Dee Wilde and Sara Brightman, and they travelled abroad to exotic locations many and various. Emma began teaching whilst still performing professionally in London’s Dance Attic Studios (Putney). |
 Emma Wynter |
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moved to West Sussex with husband, singer Mark Wynter and produced
three very musical children! Whilst building on her teaching career
locally, she trained in Pilates and Body Conditioning classes. She
then met Jo in the school playground, and with both their skills
developed Jellyroll Workshop. They are about to celebrate five
fantastic years of their partnership!
Emma has just finished choreographing “Half a Sixpence” for W.O.A.D.S in Walberton for Madeleine Donan, who she first worked with on “The Barchester Chronicles” (Chichester Festival Theatre) in 2000. |
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Jedd Owen-Ellis Clark |
JEDD
OWEN-ELLIS CLARK is a vocal coach, a singing teacher,
singer, songwriter and musician. Hestarted early in life as a chorister,
and had the opportunity to sing at many of the great English cathedrals. Grounded by an appreciation of classical and choral music, Jedd then decided to do something very different and joined a rock group! A good musical education is never forgotten, however, and so over the next ten years he worked in a variety of roles, from a singer to a performance artist, a dancer and a model. He’s written, recorded and released albums solo and with groups, sang for Princess Diana, made pop videos in Amsterdam, and recently won a piano award at the 2008 Chichester Music Festival. For the last ten years he has worked as a vocal performance coach – promoting good vocal habits, strengthening and liberating voices; helping singers sing higher, actors speak louder and clearer, working on anything from accent and dialect to audition and studio technique. |
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recording studio, where he teaches from, also studying voice further;
in his spare time writing and recording songs, he is presently working
on a score for a film. The last ten years has seen him play actor,
singer/songwriter, and vocal coach on regional musical theatre youth
tours. The ability to work with any age, any situation has always
been his forte; from swimming pool teachers’ advice
on being heard above the mêlée of poolside noise - to working
with delivery of speeches at important social functions; from helping actors
to be heard at the back of the theatre - to helping teenage student to get
into theatre schools, working on songs and monologues to ‘round off’ their
character. He says “ … stage confidence isn’t just something
you get given – you get it when you do something right … “. He inspires children to speak and sing clearly - and be ‘grown-up' about performance, and encourages grown-ups to have a more child-like playfulness in their approach to voice – spoken and sung. |
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HOLLY PATEMAN started
dancing aged four at the Milton Keynes Dance Centre. It was here
that she trained for 15 years in Freestyle disco, rock n roll and
street dance/hip hop. Whilst training at MKDC Holly completed many
examinations moderated by the ‘International Dance Teachers’ Association’, entered hundreds of competitions winning hundreds of medals and trophies and took part in many shows around the country including Sunday Night at London’s Palladium and more locally MK Dance Celebrations at Milton Keynes Theatre.
Holly’s loyalty and progress at MKDC landed her first job just aged 14 as a dance teaching assistant. It was during this time that Holly developed a passion for teaching which has eventually led her here to Chichester aged 20. Currently attending the University of Chichester studying towards her Physical Education Teaching degree Holly is keen to gain as much relevant experience to help her along her four year journey to qualified teaching status. It is this that brought Holly to Jellyroll and made her a part of our friendly team.
Holly believes that anyone can learn to dance, if you can walk you can dance, it’s
all in the teaching. She also believes that dancing should be fun and enjoyable
while at the same time a way of making friends and keeping fit. |
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| Every lesson should enable students to learn to stay healthy, have fun and build on their confidence, the main ingredients of enhancing a child’s motivation, self esteem and individual potential, giving them that head start in life that we strongly believe in here at Jellyroll. | |
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