350 Wonderful Ladies Raised £2220 for Parkview School Lisburn @ Corick House Hotel & Spa, Clogher, Ladies night!
The Corick House Hotel & Spa, Clogher Ladies night was started by Our late Mother Mrs Jean Beacom 10 years ago with only 25 ladies in attendance and is now hailed as one of the must attend events in a ladies calendar!
The Christmas market with local handcrafted gifts and crafts for Christmas was on show and gifts and vouchers were purchased on the night.
Goodie bags and gifts for everyone made a fine evening even more special.
Guest speaker this year was the vice principle Nicola Kelly of Parkview special School in Lisburn for whom we will be donating all monies raised to put towards the running of their music provision at the school.
Here’s why
http://www.parkviewspecialschool.co.uk/school-facilities/musical-provision-in-parkview
This year we are proud to support a cause that many parents out there will relate to, and a cause very close to some off our staff members
Children with disabilities or learning difficulties have been proven to benefit from one to one interaction through music
Formed in 2002 by Ulster Orchestra musicians Ricky Matson and Chris Blake, RiChmusic exists to provide opportunities for music-making for children with Special Educational Needs. From 1:1 tuition to performances with over 200 children in the Waterfront Hall with the Ulster Orchestra, for over 13 years RiChmusic has enabled many children to experience the joy and delight of being involved in making music.
In 2003 Chris Blake began working at Parkview Special School and very quickly discovered the extraordinary responsiveness of many of our children to music. Right across the school, children of all ages and abilities have responded to opportunities for music-making.
While working at Parkview, Chris has studied for two separate Masters Degrees. The first in Autistic Spectrum Disorders at Queens University gave him a deeper understanding of the specialness of music for those with ASD. The second has just been completed at Goldsmiths, University of London, Chris studying under leading research expert in music and ASD Professor Pamela Heaton. Prof Heaton’s work has shown that music can help children with ASD in understanding emotion, and that many children with ASD have unusually advanced skills in listening and responding to music. Other research shows that music can help in developing communication and relationship. Musical involvement gives enjoyment and fulfilment but can also help our children overcome some of the problems they deal with every day.
Being able to communicate feelings and simply engaging with the world can be daunting to most children and young people with SLD, PMLD and ASD. Music can help them, each in their own unique way.
RiChmusic is very proud that after beginning to work with just a few pupils in 2003, the work has grown and over 120 pupils in Parkview now benefit from musical opportunities in the school. Word is spreading and each year Chris has applications from young musician and teachers to come and volunteer their time to be involved and learn the RiChmusic approach. This coming year we are very pleased to welcome pianist, song-writer and drummer Pete McCauley, woodwind teacher Janine Close and student flautist and guitarist Jack McNight. Chris’s dream is that the word will spread and that there will be more and more children in Parkview and beyond benefitting from the specialness of being involved with music
