Following on from the success of ‘Bash on the Broad’ last year, Fermanagh Shadow Youth council are once again hosting a variety concert entitled, ‘Pump it Up’ on Friday 28^th October in Mount Lourdes Grammar School. 

A recent study it carried out showed over half of young people cited entertainment as their top priority issue and many also recognised the need for interschool and cross community events. 

The Shadow Council are calling out for all young performers to audition to take part in the concert.  Auditions are taking place on Saturday, 1^st October in the Erne Room, Lakeland Forum, from 10am to 6pm. 

Registration forms can be obtained from Shadow Councillors and Delegates, through the schools or by contacting FSYC office (028 6634 3946, or mail to: info@fsyc.net.  All types of Acts including bands, singers, dancers, drama groups etc are invited to audition. 

Meanwhile, the proceeds from this year’s concert will be going to the charity, CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). 

To help promote it, postcards carrying the images of eight Northern Ireland victims were utilised.  They included Portora student Richard Martin, who died last November with a cardiac-related illness. 

“This postcard represents the fact that eight young people die every week in the United Kingdom from cardiac-related illness,” Diane Noble explained.  “We wanted to raise money for a young people’s charity and felt that this was the perfect opportunity to raise awareness and remember the young people featured in the postcard and their families.” 

The Fermanagh Shadow Youth Council have been fundraising to raise money to host the concert by bag packing and selling their especially commissioned wristband with the slogan, ‘Be Heard.’  These are available from Shadow Councillors and Delegates and at the FSYC office. 

If you have a particular talent that would entertain young people in Fermanagh, then register to audition and help ‘Pump it Up’ for CRY and Fermanagh.