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PRESS RELEASE (10/6/2014)
Saturday, June 14, a Loano, the sixth edition of the YEPP Music Festival, organized by the youth of YEPP Loano with contributions from the’Youth Policy Department of the City of Loano, of Finalese Social and Health District, of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, of A. Foundation. De Mari.
The absolute stars will be the young and very young musicians and DJs from the area: rock bands, up-and-coming singer-songwriters, students of band-oriented schools or popular instruments such as the ukulele. In addition, the central stage will host the performance of the formation Live-Evil which brings together young people from the MusicLab YEPP ensemble music workshop and the Keeper of time, a musical group that won the fifth edition Of the young band competition “YEPP Factor only for Up'n'Coming.
The initiative will mark the closing of the sixth edition of YEPP Arts Workshop, project that through the activation of art workshops (music, video, photography, web radio, juggling) offered young people opportunities for gathering, socializing and learning.
“Great energy and lots of music are the ingredients of this new edition of the YEPP Music Festival, which will enliven the waterfront and the historic center. - says Councillor Luca Lettieri - This initiative puts young people at the center, and not only from an artistic point of view, as it is part of a broader youth policy project in which young people are aware of their needs and active in promoting actions that help produce positive change.”.
The central stage on the Waterfront, in the cultural space Maccagli Garden, will be dedicated to the rock bands that took the top three positions in the music competition ““YEPP Factor only for Up'n'Coming. From 8:30 pm will take turns on stage the Keeper of time (winners of the 2014 competition), the Crimson Roses and the 25Degrees. The closing will be in the hands of the ensemble music formation Live-Evil with singers from the’Modern Jazz Dance Academy headed by Teo Chirico and the students of the Attimo Danza Civic School headed by Lorella Brondo.
From 20.30 will also come alive on the stage also set up on the waterfront, in the space adjacent to the Fountain by Bruno Chersiscla. Here they will play four groups: Afterlife, Brain Less, 20 Dropout, Lost in Lust e The Lonesome Pines.
In Palestro Square, from 7 p.m. will be a succession of performances. The musical appetizer will be provided by the sixteen very young members of the ukulele group “The jumping flea jumps.”. This will be followed by a performance by debut singer-songwriter Samuel Puppo and guitarist Dario La Torrre (C. Tomagnini Alassio Music School). Then it will be the turn of the students of the Guido Moretti Band Pietra Ligure and below from the singer-songwriter Chiara Lobina. In closing, the lineup will play Midori Rain, che combines acoustic guitars with percussion.
Fortress Square will finally host the DJ, which will come alive from the 20.00 with the DJ from Centro Aquilone Pietra Ligure, Centro Ragazzi Borghetto S.S. and Giovani per Pietra Onlus.
In conjunction with the music festival on the waterfront, near the Sea Workers' Cottage, the thematic festival will be held. “Fish and Chips”, organized for the benefit of Loano Volleyball.{:}
