Dear Parents/Carers
With less than two weeks to go I can now share the details for the Rock and Pop Festival at Abbey Road. Pupils and parents travelling on SMS coaches please check the notice board at SMS to make sure you are on the list.
There is a lot to take in: so please find PDF of all the info you need.:
Abbey Road – Master Document for schools, SMS pupils and parents
TICKETS SALES: This has been extended to June 26th (after this date no tickets will be available)
The overview!
Wednesday 3rd July
10.30 Audience/performers for concerts start to arrive
11.00 Doors open for Concert A
11.30 Concert A starts
13.10 Concert A finish
13.15 Doors open for Concert B
13.40 Concert B starts
15.25 Concert B finish
16.00 Doors open for Concert C
16.30 Concert C starts
17.45 Concert C finish
18.00 Doors open for Concert D
18.30 Concert D starts
20.30 Concert D finish
22.00 Van loaded.
Plans before each concert:
Pupils arrive between 45mins/60mins before doors open and will be directed to studio 2
Security will be present and may ask to see tickets or check bags.
- Concert A performers and audience arrive from 10.30 onwards
- Concert B performers and audience arrive from 12.40 onwards
- Concert C performers and audience arrive from 15.30 onwards
- Concert D performers and audience arrive from 17.30 onwards
Studio 2 – The Abbey Road experience
This will be used as a holding area 30 minutes before for each concert. Abbey Road will supply refreshments and put on a film about Abbey Road. In this iconic ‘Beatle’ studio you will find old mixing desks, equipment and the ‘Lady Madonna’ piano. Pupils and parents will be able to explore and have photographs taken. This studio is where the Beatles recorded 80% of their music. It will give performers and audience a chance to relax before the concert takes place in studio 1. A cloak room will also be made available for bags and coats.
Studio 1 – The Concert
When doors open for each concert performers will take their instruments and leave them at the side of stage.
The concert will then run as a rock and pop night with band on stage, band following them backstage etc.
*Please can schools and SMS bands be aware which band is performing before them and they will need to be side of stage when that band is performing. (Running orders attached)
When the concert is finished performers will collect instruments and be led back to Studio 2 (this will be a different route to the audience to alleviate pressure of crossover of audience and performers between each concert).
Performers and audience will be allowed to stay in the building a further 45mins after the concert has finished. Performers will be allowed to leave their instruments at Abbey Road, if schools and SMS bands have made plans before or after each concert to go into London or St Johns Wood, these instruments will need to be collected by 20.30.
This does not apply to audience members who have purchased a festival ticket as this entitles them to watch all four concerts if they so wish.
If you are in:
Concert A you will need to leave Abbey Road by 13.55
Concert B you will need to leave Abbey Road by 16.15
Concert C you will need to leave Abbey Road by 18.30
Concert D you will need to leave Abbey Road by 21.15
(Before or after their concert, many Schools, performers and audience have made plans to go to Regency Park, visit the West End or will go to St Johns Wood)
Running order for each concert:
Concert A
11.30 – 13.10
- The Rise – Saturday Music Centre (SMC)
- Smith’s Wood Academy -School
- Mug Shot – (Coventry)
- Park Hall Academy – School
- JHNCC – School
- The Words – SMC
- SMC Jazz – SMC
Concert B
13.40 – 15.25
- Drumsticks – SMC
- Superkicks – SMC
- Session 4 – SMC
- Greswold – School
- Swindon Band – National Band
- SMC Ukuleles – Featuring SMC Choir – SMC
- Junior Jazz – SMS
Concert C
16.30 – 17.45
- Capacity -SMC
- Light Hall School
- Destination 6 -Arden School
- Oak Cottage School
- Heart of England School
- Checkmate -SMC
- Jazz Matters – SMC
Concert D
18.30 – 20.30
- Class Ceilings – SMC
- ‘Tudor Grange’ – School
- Alderbrook – School
- Lyndon – School
- Langley Choir – School
- Live wire – SMC
- Soul Matters – SMS
- Road Men- SMC
Summary: Before Concerts
- Performers will be issued with a wristband
- School staff will also be issued with wristbands.
- If you have any questions or queries on the day SMS staff organising the day will easily be identifiable in blue tee-shirts, with music service logo on the back.
- All performers and audience will wait in Studio 2 before their concert.
- All concerts take place in Studio 1
- If you have purchased an individual concert ticket you must vacate Abbey Road Studios by the set times above.
- All tickets must have been purchased in advance from the Core Theatre and must be kept on your person.
- School pupils that are coming to support their school band must have purchased a ticket for the that particular concert
Solihull July 3rd 07.00 – Land Rover Social Club
We have two 53 seater coaches leaving from Solihull to Abbey Road. These will leave at 7.00am prompt.
We have two members of Solihull Music Service staff travelling on the coaches supported by two school staff (Light Hall and Lode Heath)
Emma Wilcock (EW) Solihull Music Service
Richard Russell (RR) Solihull Music Service
Elen Stewart – Lode Heath School
Elle Davis – Light Hall School
Depending on time: If arrive before 10.30
EW and RR will take all performers and audience to Studio 2 to drop off instruments.
Performers and audience will then need to leave Abbey Road (go into St John’s Wood – 3 min walk) until 10.30am
If arrive 10.30 onwards to go straight to studio 2
EW and RR will then be responsible for meeting and greeting performers and audience for Concert A and bringing them down to Studio 2.
Summary Concerts:
- When doors open performers need to take their instruments side of stage.
- Audience will need to move from studio 2 into studio 1 when doors open before the concert.
- Bands need to be side of stage, tuned and ready to go on, when the band before them is on stage.
- Bands must not go over their allocated time.(8 mins)
- After the concert bands need to collect their instruments and will be taken back to studio 2 via a different route than audience. School staff can meet them in studio 2.
- Unless you have a ‘Festival Ticket’ audience need to leave Abbey Road Studio 2, 45 minutes after the concert has finished.
Many thanks
