Angie A's VE Day Pop Up & Black History month event,

About the event

The VE Day 80th Anniversary celebrations happened this May and as part of that, as a person of colour, I felt it necessary to also acknowledge the much valued input from people of colour during the 2nd World War. 

The May Pop Up on Weymounth beach was alot of Fun, though breezy but went down well. Please see YouTube video edit; this was a performance showing the older version of a popular song, We'll Meet Again,  being followed by my new version excursion.

This performance will be followed up by a Black History month venue based event this October 17th in Dorchester.

Having looked around the local area of Dorchester and spoken to a few I was surprised to realise that not many are aware that African American GI soldiers were stationed in Dorset in 1944. I would like to make more people aware.

Also, during my research I came across a film that was released late last year..The 6 triple 8, about the African American female army members who played a significant role during the 2nd world war.

As a professional vocalist, my aim is to not only to share knowledge about these incredible people but also to share the songs that kept them going.

This is where my Pop Up performances came in on Friday May 9th on Weymouth beach. Weymouth and other significant areas in Dorset played a crucial role in the defence mechanisms used during the 2nd World War and it is my aim for Black History month this October to perform the song versions from old skool to new plus a few songs that not only uplifted and kept African American soldiers going but also uplifted an army of soldiers of various races on that beach.

Through this project we aim to educate in a respectful way, uplift and unite. It is hoped that the Weymouth beach performance is a prelude to a bigger and more informative Black History month event this October.

For me, I feel some of the input and help from people of colour during the 2nd World War is slightly under the radar and if you feel, like me, more should be done to bring this to light any donation to support this project is very much appreciated. 

On the beach of Weymouth we inspired, educated and motivated at our VE Day Pop Up and for my single release which is a reggae dub trap version excursion of Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again song, we also aim to mix the 'ole skool' with the new.

We did this manually during the performances of songs of the Pop Up and of course there was a slight pause to prepare the next track for the performance. However for the October event performance we'll need to actually go to a studio to get an mp3 backing track edit for the song 'Mash up' so to speak. The funds via sponsorship, your donation would help with this as well as support the delivery of the entire project...the further rehearsals, posters including a scalable pdf of all information gathered.

Thank you,

Angie Anuforo 

Why should you sponsor?

Black troops served in all major military branches during World War Two. From logistics and transports to pilots and aircrew, naval crewman, frontline troops, and medical personnel, black people from around the world made a strong contribution to the war effort and I would like to show representation for this. I feel the above information is under represented and as a Sponsor you help redress the balance. 

This will definitely show the Sponsor in good light, who has an awareness and acknowledgement of historical fact and is of good standing and education and who believes others plus the youth and younger generation should be made more aware.

Angela Anuforo

Hi, I'm Angie Anuforo aka Angie A, a vocalist of soulful jazzy reggae flavours. A professional vocalist/songwriter/entertainer teacher and Speaker who is a seasoned performer.

As founder of the community group Angie's Keep Calm and Sing group; Promoting BETTER BREATHING [ AKCAS group],  I hope to also share how our workhsops can help people, organistions and small to medium sized businesses.

My events like the VE Day Pop Up aims to educate, inspire and help raise funds for our workshops, 

I have sung as backing Vocalist with some great established artists including Yazz, Shakatak and was backing vocalist to Olive who got to number 1 in the national charts with the song 'You're Not Alone'. [ YouTube - https://youtu.be/EsTZOLWJpzo ] 

 

I have performed on Top of The Pops and was a Britains Got Talent contestant.

 

As well as my original music, I sing a range of styles from the 1920s, 1940s/50s swing/ jumpjive,  plus soul, Motown, reggea,jazz, 

 

Her shows invites everyone to " Get A Good Feeling & Pass It On" and will bring you joy'. 

 

Her new releases ' The Moment Has Come and her reggae dub trap version excursion of Vera's We'll Meet Again have been receiving some positive reviews and aim to unify and motivate others.

For the VE Day Pop Up we aim to mix the old school with the new, performing the original Vera Lynn's version of We'll Meet Again into the Angie A version excursion 

AKCAS group website:

 

https://angieskeepcalmandsinggroup.co.uk/

 

 

Angie A website:

 

http://www.angiejazzya.co.uk 

 

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