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“The potential to go all the way” was the ringing endorsement for the winner of ‘The T Factor’, the biggest and best talent show Thamesmead has ever seen.
Praise was heaped on rap singer Byron Parara by the judging panel, which included ITV’s X factor star Tabby, although tribute was also paid to the other 75 acts which lined up to perform in front of a packed house at Woolwich Polytechnic on Saturday (4 March).
They were all competing for the prize of a 15 minute slot supporting the headline act on the main stage at Trust Thamesmead’s Summer Festival, on 15 July, and whilst Byron, of Federation Road, will have that honour – four other fantastic acts, all from Thamesmead, were considered to be worthy of time on the main stage too. Five-piece band The Illusions, dance group Mystikal and solo singer Danielle Staras will each have 10 minute slots, with a judges’ special award of a main stage spot going to young girl singers Abisola and Kansola Ogunledun and Morayo Omoniyi.
But the wealth of Thamesmead talent doesn’t end there as 15 other acts will also have the opportunity to show what they can do by performing on the community stage at the festival which is taking place in Birchmere Park, Thamesmead on Saturday 15 July.
The chair of Trust Thamesmead’s board of trustees Jackie Smith said she was “overwhelmed by the level of talent andprofessionalism on display” and that “the sheer quality, energy and enthusiasm shown by all the performers were a joy to see.”
“This may be the first time we have organised an event of this kind but it certainly won’t be the last”, she said. “We want to do this every year from now on.”
Tabby wowed the audience with an impromptu performance of his own and stayed on after the competition had finished, meeting many of the young members of the audience who took the opportunity to be photographed with him on their mobile phones.
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TGR SOUND (Thames Gateway Radio Sound) has just been awarded a five-year licence to transmit in the borough on the FM dial.
The long awaited announcement finally came from industry regulator OFCOM today. It means that the station can now reach even more than the 3,000 listeners already logging on.
The station hosts programmes ranging from sport and the latest community news to specialist music shows including rock, soul, indie and classical.
Transmission will continue on the internet while OFCOM works towards allocating a frequency. The volunteer members of the station are working towards a November launch date.
Development Manager Andrew Sayers says: “Bexley & the surrounding Thames Gateway is finally getting what it deserves, a dedicated radio station that serves the interests of its community, giving the listener a real alternative to commercial stations which dominate the airwaves in this area.
As a community station we have much more flexibility with our programming ,and can be much more reactive to what residents want without the constraints that other stations have. The station is run purely by dedicated volunteers who are professionally trained, live in the community they serve and know who their listeners are.”
TGR Sound has built up a solid listenership since launching more than a year ago on the internet and has hosted three of the borough’s biggest community events.
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