Performance Zone

The Performance Zone Marquee will feature all the heats of this year's Breeze has Talent competition – as well as exciting line ups of up of future stars and up and coming talent from all across Leeds and special showcases of acts from 10Jam, I Love South Leeds Jnr Superstar, CLAMP and Rock School UK!

The Performance Marquee opens up at 12.30pm every day with performances from Rock School UK at 3pm and on Thursdays the heats from Breeze has Talent at 3.30pm.

l-r - Clamp, RJC Dance, Traffic Wire in the Performance Zone

This week in the Performance Zone

Performance Zone @ Breeze on Tour Kirkstall Abbey

Wednesday 24 August:

Speak to the Streets Shane Fenton promotes the positive side of street culture through the power of dance with ace Leeds break dancers the Shoalin Shadows.
Lily Jackson – inspired high energy street dance from 9 year old Lily!
Jyoti Bagwanji – Bollywood dance performer
Angel Patel – another chance to see Angel’s beautiful solo Bollywood dancing
Dance Academy – street dance showcase
Aviator Allstars – outside the Performance tent, the Allstars will give another thrilling demonstration of acrobatic Cheerleading!

Krista Daisy – low-fi fuzz rock from a unique and talented singer-songwriter
CLAMP – back by popular request! - young up and coming rappers and experienced heads spttin’ fast an’ furious bars – doin’ what they do! – find out more about them at Future Arts
Hannah Trigwell – with her single ‘Headrush’ one of the biggest selling downloads from iTunes, Leeds born singer/songwriter Hannah will be performing live and unplugged at 2.20pm: you can check out Hannah’s new video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNnU7adW6lk or go straight to her website www.hannahtrigwell.co.uk for more info – make this a must see!
Katz & Co – a second chance to see a dance extravaganza showcasing the hard work of all the performers at this amazing dance academy!
Rock School UK Showcase – a line up of the best bands and performers who have taken part in Rock School UK

Thursday 25 August:

Dance Academy – street dance showcase
Ben Floyd – great solo guitar versions of some classic tracks mixed in with Ben’s own original songs
Apollos Basement – Indie 5 piece based in Leeds creating memorable, catchy tunes – have a look at their sites: www.reverbnation.com/apollosbasement and www.myspace.com/apollosbasement and download some great tracks
Ruby Hendry – Ruby came 2nd at the 2009 Breeze has Talent finals – now showing off her wonderful vocal skills – don’t miss!
Alex Parker – piano performance – a real treat!
The Creeks - indie rock from the suburbs of East Leeds bringing you cheeky beats and basslines with fuzzed out guitar rock – visit their site and download their debut album FREE here: www.thecreeks.co.uk
The Gonzos – loud, exciting, funky, chunky rock from this award winning Boston Spa band
The Taster Session – part of the Rock School Uk showcase: a band created in a day to learn, rehearse and perform!
Bianca Gerald – Leeds singer / songwriter performing a georgous mixture of soul, pop and dance – find out more by following any of these links:
www.youtube.com/BiancaGerald; www.facebook.com/BiancaGerald; www.twitter.com/BiancaGerald; www.soundcloud.com/BiancaGerald or go to www.biancageraldsmusicallife.blogspot.com

3.30pm Breeze has Talent – HEAT 5 – the last of the Breeze has Talent heats is a bumper helping of talent with 6 acts competing:

Ceara Dunnigan - singer; Niamh Murray – vocal and guitar; Sarah McKie - singer;
Tamara Sharp - singer; Robert Smith - dancer; Niamh Dunnigan - singer

Previously in the Performance Zone...

Some of the exciting acts we have seen so far this summer are (in order of first apperance):

Speak to the Streets - Shane Fenton promotes the positive side of street culture through the power of dance with ace Leeds break dancers the Shoalin Shadows.
Lily Jackson – hi energy funky street dance Atomic Kidz – creative street dance from this talented duo
D47 – Breakdance and streetdance quartet show off their amazing skills
Seas of Green – unique and original low-fi indie pop – find out more about their new CD on
Katz & Co – a showcase of dance talent from this amazing academy
I Love South Leeds Junior Superstar finalists showcase - featuring Clapgate Year 3 Choir and Kate – street dance quartet
Cast in Stone – cool indie pop from this young and exciting Leeds band
Bianca Gerard - singer / songwriter from Leeds
Katie Richardson – Breeze has Talent finalist from 2010 performing with her new band!
Sophie Norris – country folk guitar music from this talented singer-songwriter
The Creeks - indie rock from the suburbs of East Leeds bringing you cheeky beats and basslines with fuzzed out guitar rock – visit their site and download their debut album FREE here: www.thecreeks.co.uk
Krista Daisy – unique and talented singer / songwriter performing her own brand of low-fi-fuzz-rock - very catchy!
The Gonzos – kickstarting your day with some loud, exciting, funky rock from this award winning Boston Spa band: prepared to be Gonzoed!
Apollos Basement - Indie 5 piece based in Leeds creating memorable, catchy tunes – have a look at their sites: www.reverbnation.com/apollosbasement and www.myspace.com/apollosbasement
Eighteen Yards – brand new Leeds 3 piece hard rock band – and they really rock!
CLAMP – rappers from Future Arts – spttin’ the bars
RJC Youth Dance – a local dance force with a big reputation, RCJ Youth Dance have performed locally, regionally and nationally and have represented Yorkshire 3 times at Youth Dance England U Dance – we are delighted to welcome them back to Breeze!
10 Jam Showcase - helping artists get their big break 10Jam include Grammy Award nominated and Brit winning writers and producers supporting new talent to get recognised - if you're an artist or love new music, join and follow them http://twitter.com/#!/10_JAM_ning
10Jam and Breeze are proud to showcase the exciting talents of:
Adessa
Tila and Travena – vocal duo
Yorkshire Terriers - rappers
Kyrann Robinson - rapper
Angelina - singer
Dreddman - rapper
Caution – vocal group
Shaniqwa - singer
Rory Ingam Quintet – Cool jazz from this highly rated Wetherby jazz group
Traffic Wire - formed at Rock School UK, a rock / indie band
Hannah Green – beautiful vocal skills from this rock pop and soul diva.
Angel Patel – wonderful Bollywood solo dance
Ashleigh McGarrity – former member of Rock School UK performing her own songs.
Ingi Hughes – Breeze has Talent finalist from 2010 performing her own special brand of folk rock
Retrograde – bouncy, lively, catchy, scratchy – and lots of fun: this pop punk /easy core quartet are bound to get your feet tapping and are guaranteed to chase away any rainy day blues! – find out more about them: www.youtube.com/retrogradeofficial or www.facebook.com/retrogradeofficial

Watch...
Here is just a taster of the talent we have had !