October 2007 – 5 Acts (5 Performers)
Age 12 and under
Irie Farr, 12 – Sang accompanied by Brenda, Played piano duet
with Brenda
Will Farr, 10 – Played guitar while Irie sang
Age 13-19
Chris Gooch, 16 and John Henry, 16 as “The Gooch Experience”
– Played guitars and sang
Tyler Frazier, 16 – Played guitar
and sang originals and covers
YAPI October News and Notes
We had a good time at the October YAPI. We had 2 new performers,
Chris Gooch and John Henry as “The Gooch Experience.” They
brought lots of fans and we hope they come back in November.
We heard from Tyler Frazier, who we had not heard from in a
while, and it was great to hear him again. Will and Irie Farr
performed together for the first time and it was wonderful!
Irie also sang some solos and played piano for the first time.
As you can see, we enjoy lots of variety at YAPI.
Thanks to all those who helped load equipment in and out of Maui
Wowi. Everyone’s help is greatly appreciated.
YAPI is an event for youth and we like to have the youth in charge.
YAPI is looking for local youth to help with the following:
- taking pictures (Any young photographers out there?)
- writing
YAPI news for the mailing list and website, or perhaps
writing an article for the school newspaper or local newspaper
(Any young writers out there?)
- helping to get performers signed up
and getting people on the YAPI mailing list (Any young
organizers out there?)
- putting up posters around Wimberley and at all the
schools or making a new poster (Any young publicists out
there?)
- emceeing-introducing
performers and basically running the show (Any young “hams”
out there?)
- setting up and breaking down and running the sound
system (Any young sound engineers out there?)
If any local youth
want experience in any of these areas, please contact Brenda
at BFreed1@earthlink.net or call 512-847-1022. Brenda would
be happy to apprentice anyone who is interested in any of these
areas. It is so cool to have the youth run YAPI as much as
possible.
You can support the YAPI community event by:
- Coming out to YAPI
to perform the first Thursday of every month (if you are
19 and under)
- Encouraging or bringing a young performer to come
perform at YAPI
- Coming to YAPI to listen to the performers
and being a supportive audience member
- Helping to get people
on the YAPI mailing list
All age 19 and
under performers encompassing all levels of experience and
talent are welcome to participate in the Young Artist Performance
Incubator. YAPI provides a safe and supportive environment for
youth to hone their skills, to explore performing and to share
their talents. YAPI is always a FUN time.
If you are reading this and would like to be added to the YAPI
email list, or if you know of anyone who would like to be added
to this list, please email your/their name and email address
to BFreed1@earthlink.net with "Add to YAPI Mailing List" as
the subject. Brenda will send only YAPI email reminders and news
following each YAPI.
YAPI is sponsored by www.youthtakingcharge.org and takes place
on the first Thursday of every month at Maui Wowi in Wimberley,
TX. Mark your calendars for November YAPI, Thursday, November
1. While you’re at it, mark your calendars for December 6 and
January 3rd for those YAPI events.
