AUGUST 2024
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 GALAS GALORE IN JUNE
We had an extrememly busy June playing in Galas in Edinburgh,East Lothian and West Lothian. One one day we played three galas on the same day. The young people were brilliant. The real accolade has to go the Gala Commities who spend their time raising money and then organising brilliant community events. So the Galas:- Newhaven, Deans, Blackburn, Prestonpans, Tranent, Ormiston and Relay for Life - Dunbar.



VICTORIA PRIMARY
We have been drumming at Victoria Primary for more than 10 years. The support from Headteacher Laura Thomson has been immense. She has made Victoria a welcoming place and has created opportunities for young people at Victoria to engage in music, particularly drumming. So it was with a slight tear we drummed her out of her job on the last day of term. Haether Suttie also was drummed out of her job, we have known Heather since our days at Duncan Place where Heather was the admin for the adult education programme.

We also celebrated MAKE MUSIC DAY at Victoria with every pupil involved in a rendition of We Will Rock You.



EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CARNIVAL
Edinburgh Festival Carnival and its predessor Edinburgh Cavalcade has been a yearly event since 2008 with hundreds of young people having been involved. The Carnival has lessened over time and now only takes place in Princes Street Gardens. This year we had our biggest band so far play at it, with 56 youth drummers involved. It was Arwen's last gig before joining with the Edinburgh Carnival Crew to head off to Cuba for three weeks to drum.
As a warm up we played the Carnival at Goodtrees, with a smaller band, which was great fun.



BROOMLEE RESIDENTIAL
At the start of August we headed with the performance band to the Scottish Outdoor Centre at Broomlee for a couple of days. It was an intense couple of days of drumming putting together songs and learning new patterns. A very positive couple of days of drumming and planning what comes next. Arwen who had just returned from three weeks learning drumming in Cuba shared some of her newly knowledge with Pulse



RECORDING SESSION
Granton Youth Project offered us the opportunity to do a recording session with Mark Morrow Audio. We had a morning to lay down a recording... so we went back to the original pattern taught to Pulse, a pattern called Balazaa. Rohan and Sarah worked out a struturing for what was to be played and mocked it up on a DAW. Mark was able to use this as a structure to record the full track with 15 drummers, beels and a vocal break. We are very pleased with the result, thank you Mark.
MAY 2024
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 LAUNCH EVENT - FIRST SCOTTISH TARTAN DAY PARADE
Following on from the amazing Tartan Day Festival in New York City in 2023, Pulse of the Place were asked by Tania Pramschufer to play at the launch/ announcement event for Scotlands first Tartan Day Parade which will happen in 2024. Pulse had a small band attend to help promote World Fair Trade Tartan.



NORTH EAST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
An amazing event hosted in Pilton. Our drumming band from Ferryhill primary lead the parade through Pilton to the festival venue at West Pilton Park where Pulse of the Place and Beat It had the honour of opening the Festival stage with Sarah-Louise's song which she sang. Special shout to Taylor Bennett who led the band and Helen for filling in on bass.



FETLOR GALA DINNER AT FETTES We were very honoured to be invited by Dr Richie Adams from FetLor Youth Clubs to play at their Centenary Gala Dinner at Fettes College. We were asked to drum for invited guest before they sat down for their meal. It is an astounding setting, what made all a bit more surreal was that Broughton pupils pass the building everyday but are not within the grounds. It was also amazing to take Bruce and Garnett with us. We got a brilliant reception.



PROSTATE SCOTLAND - EUROS 2024 We were asked to join in with the video made by Prostate Scotland to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer. We worked with our band out at Tranent to make a contribution to the video.
the video can be found here: PROSTATE SCOTLAND - VIDEO. (Pulse of the Place can be found at 2mins38 secs)
JANUARY 2024
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 2023...WHAT A YEAR!!
This has been one of the busiest years in Pulse's history. Going to New York was an amazing experience. This could not have been done without an amazing staff team and support from so many people. The amazing Harlem Samba lent us drums and we were able to visit their school and share some time to drum together.
RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS
Having played with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers at the Usher Hall in May, they invited us to join them on stage in Dunfermline for their New Year gig on 30th December. We were offered 3 songs; We Will Rock You along with 2 new ones for us Let Me Entertain You and Last Tango in Harris. We spent a few long sessions rehearsing and putting this together using a CD. On the day we got a run through of each song in a sound check. For those of you that play in bands you will understand the importance of stage monitors and also know the shift from stage monitors to in-ear monitoring. So for our drummers there being no stage monitors made life slightly more difficult, but you could not have a more helpful band than the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. We played two shows with them the matinee and the evening show....WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!! Special shout out to Arwen for keeping the band together and the most massive thank you to the Chillis and Kevin for prviding such an amazing opportunity.
FUNDING, ACCREDITATION AND THE BOARD
Some good news on the funding front wih A.R.Ts Afternoon being successful in gaining funding from Creative Scotland. We were also awarded accreditation as a Living Wage Employer, which is an endorsement of A.R.Ts Afternoon's Fair Work practice. We would like to thank departing members of the board Amy and Caroline who both have new adventures to pursue. Amy is a director at Dangerous Studios who have made some stunning films for us. Both Amy and Caroline will be missed but we are very lucky to have a Depute Head Teacher and former member of Pulse, Sarah joining us along with Olya from Hand Up Events who has been a constant support over the last few years. With our new patron, the fabulous Gail Porter, the A.R.Ts Afternoon team starts the build up to it's 30th Anniversary and the 20th Anniversary of Pulse of the Place!

AUGUST 2023
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 EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CARNIVAL
This is a regular fixture in the Pulse of the Place calendar since 2015, we even did online bubble carnival during COVID. As always it is a day filled with an explosion of colour and music.

This year there was a mass international samba band formed featuring Bombrando (Portugal), Kalentura (Holland), a band by Ivone from Brazil and Pulse of the Place (representing Scotland). Our very own Beth Tomney led this international band for a section, this was her last official gig with Pulse of the Place before moving to Wales. Beth joined us when she was only 9 years and left us when she was 22 years. Thank you Beth.
SPARTANS JOIN THE SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Spartans who are based at Ainslie Park in North Edinburgh joined the Scottish Football League. Their first match was at Ainslie Park against Clyde and Pulse were invited to celebrate by being the pre-match entertainment. We were very proud to be able to play on this historic day in Scottish football as a fourth Edinburgh team joined the Scottish Football League.
JUNE 2023

World Fair Trade Day Celebration from Ethical TV on Vimeo.

 WORLD FAIR TRADE CONCERT - USHER HALL
In May we were invited to participate in the World Fair Trade Concert at the Usher Hall, a celebration of Fair Trade and Scotland being a World Fair Trade Country for 10 years.

It was an incredible day with Pulse of the Place being involved throughout the day. Playing outside the Usher Hall to drum up support before playing inside to support a dance performance by Baila Venezuela to the music of Wernher Pramschufer, our own set lead by Christianna and finally joining the amazing Red Hot Chilli Pipers on stageto close the concert with We Will Rock You. The Usher Hall was bouncing and the drummers came off stage buzzing. The performance of WE Will Rock You is captured in full on the video starting at 09:37. The full films features Pulse throughout and is a brilliant reminder of the amazing work that Tania and Olya do with Hand Up Events.
GALA SEASON
May and June are Pulse of the Place's busiest months of the year playing at local Galas, this year we played at Newhaven Gala, North Edinburgh Arts Parade, Mid Calder Gala, Blackburn Gala, Deans Gala, Prestonpans Gala, Leith Tattoo, Race for Life in Dunbar and Ormiston Gala. We were thrilled to play at all these events and we received a warm welcome everywhere we went.
AWARDS AND FUNDING
Pulse of the Place had the tremendous honour of being put forward for a Commendation at the Scottish Parliament by Edinburgh North MSP, Ben MacPherson. We were also honoured to receive a community award from the Tranent and Elphinstone Community Council, which we were invited to collect in person with a few of our youth drummers. From both the Ormiston and Prestonpans Galas we were awarded best in parade. And last but not least, our P7 drummers from Windygoul Primary in Tranent entered and won Windygoul's Got Talent with a brilliant performance.

Gaining funding is vital to the project and we were very grateful for the awards from Creative Scotland and the three year funding from the Robertson Trust
APRIL 2023
 NEW YORK - 2023
This was the most incredible trip for our youth drummers. There was a huge amount within the preparation work including working formations that could be changed whilst parading. The story in itself was remarkable with the original trip being planned with Tania and Olya from World Fair Trade Tartan/ Hand Up Events before anyone had heard of COVID. It was COVID that stopped the orginal trip which was planned for April 2020.

29 young people and staff set off to New York at the beginning of April for 6 days. It was a wonderful and tiring experience. The Tartan Day Parade was in itself stunning as it went through central New York, but we also went to a Broadway Show, walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, went to the observation platform on The Edge, visted the Twin Towers Memorial, strolled round Manhatten and Central Park, went on a ferry past the Statue of Liberty and had a final morning in Harlem at the Frederick Douglass Academy with the Prof (Dana Monterio).

This trip would not have been possible without the support and backing of Hand Up Events, the drums from Harlem Samba, funding from Creative Scotland and the many donations and fundraising efforts. Our place at the front was created by the fabulous Gail Porter (who also agreed to become a patron). Our drummers were joined in parts of the Parade Lou Marshal (our other patron) to give us a real Scottish vibe.

What a brilliant bunch of young people, who played drums brilliantly through the streets of New York.

Check out our NYC page featuring the films (including our own made by the fab Andrew Downie), the interviews and the photos:-

PULSE OF THE PLACE - NEW YORK 2023
MARCH 2023
 NEW YORK PREPARATION
This has been an exciting time with a build up to Pulse of the Place's first trip abroad. We will be journeying to the Big Apple to take place our place in the Tartan Day Parade. This year's Grand Marshal is Gail Porter. As Gail had agreed to go with the World Fair Trade Tartan Group (which includes Pulse of the Place) she only agreed to take on the role if we could all be with her. Gail joined us for the Forth Bridge Walk to raise our profile and the Edinburgh Reporter put us on their front page.

DRUM CLUBS
The Drum Clubs are still firing on all cylinders. We are currently running seven clubs, 6 run in North Edinburgh and there is one in East Lothian. As always the aim is to engage young people and very often young people who do not get a chance to play music. The clubs continue to be funded by Creative Scotland with specific clubs only being able to run through specific grants from the Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership, Foundation Scotland and running costs supported through the Robertson Trust. Thank you all it is your funding that enables to provide this service free of charge to you people.
OCT 2022
 FUNDING
We have entered our next block of funding with Creative Scotland through the Youth Music Initiative. This should be an exciting year as it is part of 20th Anniversary and hopefully there will be some celebratory events.
A big thank you to Foundation Scotland for the award of a small grant which will be used to support young people with Youth Scotland's Youth Achievement Awards and enable us to work on a small video project.
NEW VIDEO
As part of Make Music Day 2022, we were lucky enough to have Dangerous Video donate their time and expertise, to make a video to commenorate the day and to allow people to understand the project. Thank you to all at Dangerous Video for your support. It is worth a watch (access to the left of this piece)
GROUPS
It is great to be running almost our full complement of groups, there are still a couple to set up. There is still a left over from COVID as the impact on young people has been significant. We are working hard to get t our pre-COVID level of playing, performing and having confident young people. All is looking good with uptake being high for the groups.
Some exciting ventures for Pulse of the Place in the near future.
JUNE 2022

MAKE MUSIC DAY - 21st June 2022

10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAKE MUSIC DAY IN THE UK
40th ANNIVERSARY SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN FRANCE

PULSE OF THE PLACE
will be performing outside
The Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh
@1pm

Let's Make Some Noise Together!!

APRIL 2022
 FUNDING
We have had very good news from Creative Scotland with two Awards that enable us to keep drumming groups going and also start new groups. Waiting for an outcome from a few other sources which we will know about in the next few weeks.
NEW GROUPS
We have started a new afterschool group at Windygoul Primary in Tranent. After running taster sessions this week we have had a huge sign up. A new youth 'Beat It' group has been formed with some of our most experienced drummers, this runs at FetLor Youth Centre.
Taster sessions coming to Hermitage Primary and Ferryhill Primary over the next few weeks.
PANDEMIC
It has been really good to see so many returns to the drumming groups. This pandemic has had a major impact on everyone. The impact on young people has been has been terrible with evry aspect of their lives being affected, with some restrictions not making any sense. For those sitting HIGHERS this year they are faced with this being the first major exams they have had to sit. With COVID absences of teachers and fellow pupils it has been a very disrupted year.
It is really good to see Pulse getting back to normality and to see the young people engaging with each other and looking forward to what comes next.
GOOD LUCK
Just a quick good luck message to all our drummers those sitting exams. Exams are stressful, we are contactable if you need.
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
We will be joined from May to July by 4 International Artists, 2 from New York and 2 from Brazil. They will be joining our staff team and will be delivering workshops alongside Sarah, Beth, Steve and Rohan. This is all gearing up to this years Edinburgh Carnival on Sunday 17th July.
APRIL 2021

GREAT NEWS

FACE TO FACE GROUPS
Finally after many many months we are able to work with groups in person again. Initially we will start back with two groups on the Friday at Destiny Church and numbers are limited so please book a space with us by email. There will be social distancing measures in place and as it is indoors there will be had santising measures and masks will require to be worn, we know some people have exemptions but please let us know if that applies to you.
We are so looking forward to getting back to drumming in person. There will still be on-line support for Youth Achievement Awards.
FUNDING
We have had fantastic news about funding for a few different projects so a big thank you to 'our' funders, Creative Scotland, Ponton House and the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. Thanks to the funding we are about to kick off some new work and as well as working in North Edinburgh we will also be in East Lothian. Exciting times.
COMMUNITY JOBS SCOTLAND
We have been granted a part time trainee youth worker post from Community Jobs Scotland (CJS). The post is 14 hours/ week with a contract for 40 weeks. Community Jobs Scotland (CJS) provides young people (aged 16 to 29 years) living in Scotland with paid jobs in voluntary sector organisations. CJS job opportunities will give you the chance to develop and increase your work skills and gain great workplace experience.
GOOD LUCK
We want to say Good Luck to Andrew who starts a new job as a youth worker near Perth. Andrew has been with us for over a year funded through the CJS programme and he has been brilliant and will be missed.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF LOCKDOWN
As a way of marking the anniversary we put together a new video.. the link is below..

https://youtu.be/Nj4Ow1picic



2020 UPDATE - JULY 2020

IMPACTS OF A PANDEMIC

2020 has turned out a little differently to what we hoped for. However we have made the best of he situation, keeping in touch with young people running groups on Zoom. Funding through Foundation Scotland and Youth Scotland enabled us to put together a temporary programme until we can resume full groups in Phase 4. We have delayed the start of our YMI funded Drum Clubs which was agreed by Creative Scotland. We have created on-line materials for supporting Dynamic Youth and Youth Achievement Awards and been delivering on-line sessions both in small groups and on a one to one basis. We have lent out equipment to enable young people to access on-line groups and continue with playing music.
This has been an incredibly difficult time for young people and young people have talked about the difficulties they experience with the amount of work they have had to do through self learning. At a time when many young people would be involved in social activities they have been in isolation for months. As a project we have tried to give support to young people and enable them to link up with each other.
We have run a couple of video projects and here the the results.
We would also like to thank all the young people we work with for being part in our on-line groups and looking forward.

We are still planning on going to New York and there some additional exciting possibilites as part of that journey with Edinburgh Festival Carnival.

2020 VISION

NEW YORK - APRIL 2020


Pulse of the Place have been invited by Hand Up Events and World Fair Trade Tartan to join them in New York City in April 2020 for the Tartan Day Parade.
We aim to take 40 young people and our infectious rhythms to the centre of New York. We are fund raising for this trip of a lifetime to keep costs low for families. If you would like to donate please click on the link below:

DONATE HERE!!

FACEBOOK
Keep up to date of where Pulse of the Place are playing. Our Facebook page is updated regularly and can be found here www.facebook.com/pulseoftheplace.com

FEBRUARY 2019
 RESONATE
Studio to Stage @ the Queens Hall (Friday 8th March).
We will be supporting two collaborative performances. The first is between Pilrig and Drummond High featuring young people with disabilities. These young people show that people with disabilities should be included in events, they have shown all the purpose and skill of other groups but have had significant barriers to over come. The two groups coming together will be performing as part of Studio to Stage for the first time. This project would not have been possible without the willingness of staff in both schools to make this happen.
The second performance will involve young people from Ferryhill Primary and Broughton High School. Over the past few years pupils at Ferryhill have worked with us to create performances, this year is a slightly different take with the performance centering around the theme of segregation, with a powerful and meaningful 10 minute performance. Huge credit to the young people from Ferryhill who have talked through the subject matter and the young people from Broughton who have written the script. A special shout out to Arwen who's class talk at Broughton who started this process. Again without the support of the school staff this would not have been possible.
A massive thank you to Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative Funding and the Robertson Trust for enabling the spark that has turned this into a bright flame
WORK IN NORTH EDINBURGH
Over the past 5 years A.R.Ts Afternoon have steadily built effective working relationships with schools in the North Edinburgh Area. Without the openess of Headteachers, willingness of schools teachers and staff, the enthusiasm of the young people and our own staff teams skill these vibrant drumming clubs wouldn't be happening. The demand is constant and we are still working to do more. Special shout out to our funders: Creative Scotland's YMI programme, Inverleith Neighbourhood Grant & Choose Youth (both City of Edinburgh Council) and Scottish Government/SCVO Community Job Scotland.
Big thanks to the schools in no particular order: Pilrig Park, Broughton High School, Drummond High School, Leith Academy, Ferryhill Primary, Craigentinny Primary, Victoria Primary, Leith Walk Primary, Hermitage Park Primary and St Ninians Primary. We have some special partnership building too: Josh Barton @ UPMO, Sammy and Ash @ Destiny Church, Tanya and Olya @ World Fair Trade Tartan and Amy, Ruth @ Underbelly, Emma @ Edinburgh Carnival, Giles@ Brouhaha International and all the staff @ Fetlor Youth Clubs. We have a dedicated staff team and board who enable exciting opportunities for young people to perform and play music together. There have been some notable highlights over the last 5 years.
Finally the most important part of the project.. the young people themselves. Our young people have a wide range of backgrounds but it is the way they come together that is so spectacular. Thank you for your enthusiasm and your hard work. We are working with approximately 100 young people per week.
Website Additions
We have been working on creating pdf forms... Basically these are forms that you should be able to type directly into (via Adobe Acrobat which is free) and then email in to us. We are steadily working towards a paperless administrative system. These forms should make life easier for parents too. Simply fill them in and e-mail them to us.
FACEBOOK
Keep up to date of where Pulse of the Place are playing. Our Facebook page is updated regularly and can be found here www.facebook.com/pulseoftheplace.com

NOVEMBER 2017
 Another Big Gig
Pulse of the Place and the Drum Club Project will be performing at Light Night 2017, Sunday 19th November on the Green Stage in George Street in the centre of Edinburgh. We have two performance slots, mainly due to having too many youth drummers.. there will be 72 drummers performing as part of Pulse on the 19th.
10th Anniversary Souvenirs
Pulse of the Place have celebrated reaching double figures in style, there have been loads of gigs, we have been to Liverpool, Brighton, Manchester, London and Glasgow. Sarah Kelly started with Mairi and Jeanne in September 2016, Sarah is still heading up the band and Mairi joined us for this year's Edinburgh Festival Carnival. We have a calendar that can be ordered up until 24th November 2017 which has pictures that span the existence of Pulse of the Place, it looks superb.. definitely worth the £6.50. There is also a tour T-shirt with all the dates on the back of the celebratory tour. None of this should be really be mentioned ahead of the very cool fridge magnets. Fantastic souvenirs from a fanastic band. So just click the link--> http://www.jotformeu.com/form/73044698888375
Website Additions
We have been working on creating pdf forms... Basically these are forms that you should be able to type directly into (via Adobe Acrobat which is free) and then email in to us. We are steadily working towards a paperless administrative system. These forms should make life easier for parents too. Simply fill them in and e-mail them to us.
Big Annoucement Coming soon!!!!
Keep up to date of where Pulse of the Place are playing. Our Facebook page is Special annoucement coming soon...
JUNE 2017
 What a Month!!!
Pulse of the Place have hardly had time to draw breath this month.. Pulse got to lead the Fair Trade Parade from the City Chambers to Princes Street Gardens and then open the Fair Trade concert at the Ross Bandstand... and if that wasn't enough Pulse were then invited on stage to jam with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Video to follow soon. Then there was the Pulse of the Place 10th Anniversary Tour to Brighton, London and Manchester. Too many highlights to mention. Rohan went down ahead of the band and ran a couple of workshops at Downs Junior School in Brighton with their amazing head of music, Anna Rutsbatch. When Pulse arrived in Brighton they performed at Downs Junior School, before heading up to Varndean High School to meet their samba band and goats. Robbie Mitchell (Varndean music tutor and Pulse's first mentor) even came in on his day off. Both bands performed to each other before formng an awesome combined band. Both visits were tinged with something a bit different with a tour around the underground bomb shelters at Downs Junior and meeting the goats... yes...the goats at Varndean. The following day there was a chance for a bit of sightseeing around Brighton before our final performances in Brighton at The Beach, The Brighton Fringe Festival and the Palace Pier. Our final day of the tour was a visit and jam with the excellent youth band Jubacana in Manchester... We are already looking forwArd to the next one..
City of Edinburgh Council's from Studio to Stage
The Ferryhill Drum Club and Ferryhill Primary School Choir had a fantastic night at the Queens Hall putting on a joint performance as part of the From Studio to Stage. The Drum Club and Choir performed a medley of songs encapturing the theme of 'Around the World in 10 minutes'. We had so much positive feedback on the night. Well done all involved. 		posted on 13th June 2017
MARCH 2016
 Even More Positive Funding News
We have just secured a third year of funding from Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative. A big thank you to Stewart Crabb (Ferryhill Primary), Sarah Kinnaird (Craigentinny Primary), Laura Thomson (Victoria Primary), Catriona Ferguson (Pilrig Park School) and Jack Simpson (Leith Academy) for their amazing support. However most important are the young people that turn up every week and make the groups what they are. This means the Drum Club Project is funded at least until March 2018.
We have also got another grant from the Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership.. Thank you Elaine Lennon.
City of Edinburgh Council's from Studio to Stage
The Ferryhill Drum Club and Ferryhill Primary School Choir had a fantastic night at the Queens Hall putting on a joint performance as part of the From Studio to Stage. The Drum Club and Choir performed a medley of songs encapturing the theme of 'Around the World in 10 minutes'. We had so much positive feedback on the night. Well done all involved. 		posted on 13th June 2017
NOVEMBER 2016
 More Positive Funding News
We would just like to thank the Robertson Trust for the 3 year funding award and the Inverleith Neighbourhood Partnership.
Thanks to Rohan who with the support of Penny (Our Chair) has been applying for funding. Check out our latest film

Caitlin Munn
As the most bitter Presidential campaign in the United States draws to its conclusion, Caitlin Munn travelled to the US to be part of the last week of the election with 3 fellow pupils from Leith Academy. Caitlin has been in clubs for a long time (since p5) and we have some pictures of a very young Caitlin. She is a thoughtful and intelligent young woman. Although we know she will learn from the experience..we also think people will learn from her..
Leith Academy
With the support of Head Teacher, Mr Jack Simpson, we are about to kick off another Drum Club with Leith Academy. The club will be led by Leith Acdemy 6th year pupil, Beth Tomney, as part of her work towards her Platinum Youth Achievement Award 		posted on 5th November 2016
JULY 2016
 Carnival Weekender
Pulse of the Place will return this coming weekend to play at the Liverpool Brazilica Carnival. We are looking forward to a spectacular night-time carnival. This is our 3rd visit to play in the Night time carnival in Liverpool, our last time was in 2011... but we are doing more... Edinburgh Carnival kicks off from The Mound and heads along Princes St at 2pm the next day and we will be there too.
A.R.Ts Afternoon continues to provide a fantastic vehicle to give young people opportunities to take part in these high quality events. Thanks to our Awards for All and Youth Music Initiative Funding from Creative Scotland/ Scottish Government.		 posted on 11th July 2016
JUNE 2016
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Website returns..
We were alerted to the fact that our website had disappeared, this was down to our old host deleting web space and not offering web hosting anymore. We have a new host and the site is back up. Apologies for any inconvenience this caused.
Good News
We have received another year of Youth Music Initiative Funding from Creative Scotland/ Scottish Government. This enables us to continue to run the very successful drum clubs in the North Edinburgh Area. Thank you to the schools and community venues that support this venture. More news about drumming and funding to come in the new newsletter.
10 Year Anniversary
Although our website has been down, we have been incredibly busy, with performances at the Newhaven Gala, Drylaw Festival, Hermitage Park Fayre, Craigentinny Primary Music Night, Deans Gala, Glasgow Massed Band and Glasgow Youth Showcase. In the next month we are performing at the Scottish Parliament, Winchburgh Gala and then down to Liverpool for Brazilica.
Brazilica Festival in Liverpool will be the start of a year of celebration to mark our 10 Year Anniversary and it will include performances in Brighton and London.... Exciting times... The beat is building...		 posted on 28th June 2016
FEBRUARY 2016
 New Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is available to view or download CLICK ON THIS LINK
This issues contains a centre pages collage of photos from last year, if you are in Pulse of the Place or the 'Drum Clubs' check it out and see if you can spot yourself!!
Pulse of the Place Web Pages
Check out the new Pulse of the Place Web pages click here
Some parts of the site are still being worked on. Part II of the Pulse story will be on-line soon. Keep checking back as we will be looking to have new features especially as this is Pulse of the Place's 10th Year...
Drum Club Project
We have just started our 5th Drum Club at Pilrig Park School, the first week was fab!! This is part of our 'Drum Club' Project which is funded by Creative Scotland's Youth Music Initiative
posted on 4th February 2016
DECEMBER 2015
 Christmas Video
We have had a great year and would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Check out the new Pulse of the Place Web pages click here
ALL CLUBS START BACK WEEK BEGINNING 18TH JANUARY 2016
 posted on 15th December 2015
NOVEMBER 2015
 Edinburgh's Light Night
Sunday 22nd November, it's Edinburgh Light Night. The 'Drum Clubs' and Pulse of the Place will be performing together forming a youth band of nearly 70 young people. The young people come from a wider geograpical area than before and the Drum Clubs main representation is from Ferryhill Primary School, Craigentinny Primary and Victoria Primary School.
Light Night provides a fantastic opportunity for young people to be involved in a big city event and without the funding from Creative Scotland this opportunity would not have been possible. The Drum Clubs have put a thunderous performance together. Pulse of the Place will also have another performance later on in the afternoon, giving them a chance to showcase their skills... the first opportunity for many of our new members.
St Andrews Day Performance
We have been asked to perform for the St Andrews Day Event in St Andrews Square on Sunday 29th November, which is also part of Edinburgh's Christmas. The main part of the performance will be from Pulse of the Place, but our adult Samba/ Rock Band will also add to the proceedings. A special mention to the four girls from the Sound and Film Club for stepping forward to sing, (Rona, Murren, Emily and Arwen). 		posted on 20th November 2015
JULY 2015
 Edinburgh Carnival
Sunday 19th July at The Mound and into Princes Street... it's the Edinburgh Carnival.. This is a spectacular event and Pulse Of The Place will be there. For some of our new drum clubs members this will be there first performance. So if you see us give us a big cheer!!
Edinburgh Carnival Photoshoot
We were asked by the Edinburgh Carnival to take part in their official photoshoot to launch the publicity for this years Carnival. So after a quick trip round a number of schools and donning some costumes... we were ready. The nuts and bolts really aren't that glamorous but we made onto STV News that night.
Hoots on the Street and the West End Festival
Pulse of the Place took their place alongside three other youth street bands to perform at the Glasgow West End Festival. The piece that was performed was written by Sarah and Holly, they also had the joy of having an hour to pull it together before the performance. The performance marked the end of this leg of Hoots which has looked to support the 4 youth street bands. Olivia Furness referred to this performance as being the debut of the Scottish National Street Band. Fantastic event with a brilliant performance by the combined youth bands.
A.R.Ts Afternoon's first Newsletter
Our first newsletter is now out. It's on the web only... and can be found by CLICKING ON THIS LINK 		posted on 9th July 2015
OCTOBER 2014
 Friday Clubs
We have decided it is time to re-vamp our Friday afternoon clubs... so from Friday 24th October we will be running "Find Your Voice" from 1:15 - 2:45pm and "Find The Beat" from 2:45 - 4:15pm. Both clubs will be for children aged 5 to 12 years and will primarily focus on building confidence and having fun! "Find the Beat" will build from our Beat The Bin project using body percussion, tap and clapping to create rhythms.. as well as some interesting sounds using handbells. Check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/artsafternoon either for information or as a means of contacting us.
Charitable Status
We are pleased to announce that our application to OSCR for charitable status was successful and A.R.Ts Afternoon is now a registered charity. A big thank you to those who worked on the application.
Edinburgh Festival and Edinburgh Airport
Pulse of the Place took their place alongside some amazing street performers at the Festival busking sites. There were 3 performances at the allotted venues: one at the Art Galleries and two in Parliament Square. There was a fantastic atmosphere and the Festival staff could not have been more helpful.
In September we headed off to Edinburgh Airport to try our first drum flash mob. It was a fun way to spend a few hours and we came away with lots of ideas of how we could do more... so watch this space! Special thanks to Sandra Tomney for her help in organising this gig... always helps to have people with the right contacts.
 posted on 20th October 2014
AUGUST 2014
 Edinburgh Carnival
In July, Pulse of the Place took part in this years Edinburgh Carnival. The feedback from the organisors was extremely positive. We also had a parents band supporting the fantastic rhythms of 'Pulse'. The carnival itself was spectacular and it was yet another amazing opportunity for young people to take part (and be valued) in a huge event. The crowd was estimated to be around 40,000 people who lined The Mound and Princes Street.
The day was full of special moments, however there was a point when Pulse of the Place were involved with a call and response impromptu jam with Samba Ya Bamba (an amazing band)from Glasgow.
These moments would not have been possible without our two projects, 'Beat the Bin' (funded by Leith Decides) and 'Bash The Trash' (funded by Starbucks and Youth Scotland). Thanks to our funders for helping us provide this amazing opportunities to young people.
A BUSY JUNE
Pulse of the Place were very busy in June, playing at galas in East Whitburn and Shotts. Both communities enter into their gala days with real gusto to make them brilliant and friendly events. 'Pulse' also played at Trinity Primary School Fair which seemed to use every inch of the school to contribute to what was a fantastic event. Pulse then travelled to Glasgow to take part in the West End Festival Parade complete with a Samba Jam with The Edinburgh Samba School and Samba Ya Bamba. Special thanks to Michael Dale... who asked to come back again next year.. but also to bring more drummers... The Commonwealth Torch through Dalkeith was up next, new friends were made with young people at Mayfield Primary and the mass drumming band was organised by Jenny Gardener an event with a great community feel.. a few memories came flooding back about the Olympic Torch Parade in 2012.
FEBRUARY 2014
 Leith Decides is on Saturday 15th February from 1pm - 3pm at Leith Community Centre. A.R.Ts Afternoon has a funding bid to enable us to run junk percussion and carnival costume sessions for p1 - p6.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR SUPPORT AND MARK '5' FOR A.R.Ts AFTERNOON (WHICH IS NUMBER 3 ON THE LIST).

We will post whether we are successful on this news page.
WEBSITE We are currently developing our website... some links won't work yet but hoping to have it all fully up and running by the end of March 2014. 		posted on 13th February 2014