Letters to the editor:- "Brookside To DVD"

"I grew up watching Brookside as most of my Family were big Brookie fans and I always like Brookside because it was set in Liverpool & for the fact it was a Real set. It had great storylines and acting.

I visited the Close back in 2006 with my Family and took some video clips & stuck them on youtube. I had alot of fans messaging me about it & 1 guy called 'Danny Burton'. We started talking alot about Brookie & spoke about the Brookside: Unfinished Buisness dvd that got released just a few days after the final episode on Channel 4. We then went on to say were are the other DVD's that never got released (there were trailers on the Unfinished Buisness dvd) 1 of them was the 100 greatest moments & another one of Barry Grant going after the killers of Damon Grant who got released from jail. These never got a release.

We then came up with a idea of starting a online petition and see what happends. We went to a few online tv forums and soap websites. we got abit of publicity in the Echo in 2007 & daily post under Mike Hornby, Mike Chapple & Tina Miles.

We got invited to Dean Sullivans birthday party & went there in our own made 'Bring Brookside on DVD' t-shrts at the event and met alot of the Cast including, Micheal Starke (Sinbad), Suzanne Collins, Ann-Marie Davis, Ste Fletcher & Phil Olivier to name a few. And also Phil Redmond, who liked our Campaign and told us to take our time with it. He also said something about the 30th anniversary? maybe he has something up his sleeve, would be good to see something new aswell like 'Life after the close'? following each family as to were they went etc and what they do now. Just like Ron dickson (Vince Earl) said on Granada reports last year i think it was.

Our aim is to get anything onto DVD really, we would love Box sets, spin-offs, Classic episodes, The Best of Brookie... Like i said all other soaps have DVD's of Classics out on sale. Why not Brookie? Brookside was probably the Biggest ground breaking soap of all time. Brookside done everything first.

A quoat i take from the Liverpool Echo's Brookside 20th celebration newspaper is ' Brookside is regarded as an academy of excellence, not just for its behind-the-scenes teams, but for the sheer volume of acting talent that has come and gone through its doors over the 21 years it was on air'. The Actors & Acresses from Brookside would be appriciated then for there hard work and acting skills on brookie more when they see there own parts on a dvd in the future. something they too could show there own children in years to come!..

The website to the Cast Supporting Quoats is:-  brooksidefans.webs.com

The Official petition is linked from that website.

We have a Facebook Group here:- facebook.com

Twitter is:- twitter.com/brooksideDVD

We currently have over 4500 signatures and counting."  Lee Brady

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DANCE

INTERNATIONAL Day of Dance, one of highlights of the LEAP year of dance is drawing ever closer!

A major part of Liverpool’ s year of Health and Wellbeing; International Day of Dance will see a raft of local people coming together to celebrate dance, connect with other local people, be active, take notice of the city surroundings and learn about new and exciting dance styles. Come along and give a little time to try something new!

MDI are delighted to announce that a full line up has been confirmed for the day, which commences at 12pm under the BBC
Big Screen at Clayton Square and finishes at 7pm at Williamson Square.

12pm - 2pm Clayton Square (BBC Big Screen)

Join us underneath the big screen and take part in Tai Chi and African Dance workshops, perfect for the whole family. Some of Liverpool’s most exciting dance companies including; House of Suarez & China Pearl will be on hand to entertain in addition to a performance piece by students from Liverpool Community College’s HND programme, performing ’12 Drums’ which was originally created to celebrate Chinese New Year. The session will also feature ‘Shimmer’ by GODS, choreographed by Sri Sarker and set to specially commissioned music by Arun Ghosh as well as Rockin’ N Rollin’ dances from Tom and Brenda.

5pm – 7pm Marks & Spencer’s Shop Windows

Marks & Spencers’ windows will come to life as you’ve never seen before as dance companies including Taciturn and Chaturangan will turn the Church Street store’s frontage into moving dance pieces. M & S will also play host to solo performances from China Pearl’s FenFen Haung, who will perform a new piece recounting the stories of Liverpool Chinese migrants from different ages and backgrounds. Darren Suarez (House of Suarez), Sandra Golding and Artistic Director of Movement Angol; Francis Angol.

5pm – 7pm Williamson Square

Williamson Square is set to host a plethora of international dance styles highlighting Liverpool’s cultural vibrancy. African dance will feature prominently thanks to local African Dance companies; El Gawazee dance, The African Adult Group and Lamin Dance Company. Onlookers are sure to be entertained by Indian dance pieces from Southport’s Bharata Natyam Group and a shimmering performance from GODS. The Polish School, and contemporary dance company Movema will also be in attendance to brighten up the evening whilst The Greenhouse Project, a local community group based in Toxteth round the day off in style.

International Day of Dance was originally set up by the International Dance Council, an umbrella organisation within UNESCO for all kinds of dance. The goals of International Day of Dance are to increase awareness of the importance of dance among the general public, which has become particularly poignant during Liverpool’s year of Health and Wellbeing.

A YEAR OF DANCE IS HERE!

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