AIt did not become the highest level on a record night in the British where his band, Ezra, did not become the first group of jazz to perform live, but also got the best Gong collection, Fimi Colosu was quickly returned to Earth.
in Jubileel Youth Club In Infield, north of London, where he was a volunteer, the drummer player and the band leader was trying to teach children how to turn the pancakes, dealing with the flying and joking mixture only 48 hours after he was on stage in front of thousands.
“I had 100 children trying to celebrate the day of the pie without killing themselves,” he said. “It was just a chaos.”
Colleluu and the rest of Ezra, which was formed at the Warriors Club of Jazz in Camden, and was at the forefront of the British jazz music scene for nearly a decade, senior believers in youth clubs.
“This moment is here,” said Coliuu During the group’s acceptance speech“Because of the great clubs of youth, teachers and great schools who support young people who play music.”
The group wanted to use its platform to talk about the importance of clubs, which was a decrease for more than a decade. The number of youth centers run by the local authority in England decreased from 917 to 427 between 2012 and 2023, while the council spending decreased by 75 %. Agricultural allegations More than 1000 It has been closed since 2010.
Koleoso says that the clubs that have been closed must re -create a “network” that will stimulate the next generation of technical talents in Britain.
“The dream is that we reopen a lot of youth clubs and pay people’s salaries so that they can work full time with these children.” “Some of you know music, some teach them how to produce. Some teach them how to draw. All different types, all different shapes, all different sizes.”
Koleoso argues that we need to expand our understanding of what the youth club is. It is not just a “municipal hall, table tennis, a couple of biscuit,” he says.
Kenitica Blocko. Photo: Graim Robertson/Those
He cited an example of Arsenal Football Academy and Lee Valley Athletics Center, which was built in the period before the London Olympics in 2012 and was in the latest cases. “They had something if you wanted to train it, so you can,” says Coliuu. “In the last Olympic Games, it seemed that half of the team came from my school.”
Watch it as local athletes X ‘ujah and Desiree Henry competing for Team GB. “All of these are Infield children represent the GB team,” he added. I wish someone said: “Do you know why that happened? Because of this building is one. It is not deep. “
Group Ezra also practiced together at the South Bank Center Kenitica BlockoCharity for Youth Music for a long time, children have made copper, steps, steel and other tools.
When Ezra’s mass performance live in the British, they play small things with Georgeta Smith The current Kinetika Bloco collection of young talents brought on stage with them.
The closure of youth clubs is often associated with the high violent crime and other forms of anti -society behavior. But Koleoso believes that there should be more accuracy in the discussion, and understanding that youth clubs are not only reduced by violent crimes, but they are places where creativity can flourish.
“If I don’t have this club for young people, would you have just shot people? Maybe not.” “I don’t say that he saved me … Yes, I was born in a very working class, but I had my mother and father at home. My government school was great.
“My novel is different … I saw my future compared to the people around me who had no youth experience. I have long been with everything.”
The band is trying to visit the various youth clubs wherever a tour, and it appeared to the sessions before examining the sound and vehicles in the evening. Koleoso volunteers regularly in the local youth club, which was happy with his success.
However, this year’s SHROVE celebrations may be the last of the Dramas. “Maybe I will not do the day of the pie again,” he confesses.