Taylor and St Aidan’s High
Radio Stars Recognised
Jamie Kelly of S5 and former student Josh Miller have been recognised for their creativity and commitment in the field of radio production.
Under the DJ names of “Deepcat” and “Ginger” they have been producing and starring in regular internet podcast radio programmes.
These music and chat based shows have attracted listeners from as far away as the USA and China.
The success of their venture has been recognised through the receipt of a Lanarkshire Radio Award.
Josh and Jamie were interviewed by our sixth year journalism and media students and revealed lots about how the show came into being and how they forged their creative partnership.
Jamie “Deepcat” Kelly said: “I was encouraged to get going by workers in the Getting Better Together group in Shotts. After a couple of months it was suggested that I could interview Josh as a guest.
“Our chat was pretty natural and relaxed and Josh just seemed to fit into the programme, so he became my copresenter.”
Josh, who has recently left St Aidan’s and is attending college, added: “We play all sorts of music, sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties and modern stuff. One taste we have in common is Pink Floyd, but you could expect to hear anything at all.”
Jamie added: “We are really keen on building the broadcast up and have been looking at doing Skype interviews with singers and musicians in the USA to develop the show.”
Jamie and Josh are certainly enjoying the world of broadcasting and have also started to DJ at events and functions, making the most of their talents at the microphone. Modern Studies London Visit
The modern studies department are just back from London.
In a whirlwind weekend visit over 30 students and staff took the train to the metropolis to inspect the institutions of government in the UK capital and have some fun along the way.
Sixth Year student Nicolle Muir said: “It was educational in that we enjoyed a really in-depth tour of parliament, so you get a really good idea of how government goes about its business.
“I noticed that security was a bit tighter this year after the recent events in London, but the atmosphere was friendly and relaxed and you weren’t aware of any tension.
“We really saw a lot of the capital city and visited Buckingham Palace, took a boat trip on the Thames, shopped on Oxford Street, ate in the Hard Rock Café and had a great time in the London Dungeon.”
It certainly seems like the students were kept busy, which might have accounted for the relatively quiet train journey home, where it is reliably reported that some students might even have dozed off for a while.
Thanks to Brenda Young, Caroline McHenry and Brian McGurk, the staff who accompanied the student and who made this fantastic visit possible.