A request concerning a place that am sure many like myself have emjoyable memories of...
Producer Martyn Ware Seeks Memories of Tony’s Ballroom
Dancing the night away – Memories, mementoes and music from Tony’s Empress Ballroom, Blackburn sought by musician and producer Martyn Ware for Art in Manufacturing
Throughout the eighties and into the nineties Tony’s Empress Ballroom, Blackburn was a cornerstone of the Northern Soul scene. Artist, Martyn Ware, is calling out for memories, mementoes and music for a new art experience that leads right back to where it all began.
One of the artists working with Lancashire manufacturers as part of the Art In Manufacturing project, Ware is developing an immersive sound installation evoking Lancashire’s working and social heritage, to be unveiled in Blackburn town centre during The National Festival of Making, on Sat 12 – Sun 13 May 2018.
The search is on for details of the friendships, partners, unforgettable music, impressive new moves and, perhaps, artefacts that bring the era rushing back to life.
No contribution is too small as Ware seeks out details of the marriages that resulted from a meeting on Tony’s dancefloor, flyers stuffed into dusty shoe boxes and photos showing the fun that happened along the way.
Full information is here:
http://festivalofmaking.co.uk/news/legendary-producer-martyn-ware-seeks-memories-of-tonys-ballroom/
To be involved in the project, sending details of personal memories, artefacts, photographs, favourite records played or anything else related to Tony’s Empress Ballroom, people are asked to get in touch with
info@festivalofmaking.co.uk
by Fri 27 April 2018.
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