Planet Angel - Live an Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Way

Involved From/ To: May 2002 to date
Description: Party Crew, Percussionist
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Hi, my name's Beckyboo and I've been involved with PA since May 2002. That was my first party.... The next month I did a Happening (on the marimba).

July '02 I started crewing and rigging; and blimey, I haven't looked back since... Like many people I feel PA is my home and simply can't imagine life without it. 

Luckily I don't have to, my path is so utterly interweaved with Planet Angel on so many levels that I couldn't escape even if I wanted to; but you're reading this website so I guess you'd know all about that ;0)

er, not the not escaping bit, I meant the being into PA bit. Moving on.

Like most people around here, music is my passion. It's what I've done all my life and I wouldn't ever want to be without it. Also, like many people here I've had the joy of being able to share it with others, being from jamming at parties, to producing tunes, to singing, to dancing, to playing piano, to playing at festivals... yadda yadda yadda... you get the picture. Music isn't half so fun when you've got no-one to share it with and I count my lucky stars every day that I have my friends to share it with me.

I guess the thing most people at PA know me for is being in the dance and percussion show STOMP! For many years it had been an ambition of mine, and after graduating from Trinity College of Music in 2002 I auditioned for it. Knowing I had the love and support of this lot, made the auditions all the easier to get through, and was proud to mention PA in my programme notes when I got into the West End cast. After finishing STOMP! I did a collabiration with the dynamic percussion group BangOn culminating in another Happening at PA.

After that I joined Orchid Star, a global dance music band set up by Pete Ardron (another PA person/DJ) and yes, you guessed it, we performed at PA. However, we also found time to fit in a few other gigs, the highlight being Glastonbury 2005. We have just finished recording our new album (The Birth of the Orchid Star) and are busy gigging. We're not available for weddings or Bat Mitzvahs but definitely for clubs wanting good live global music :0)

I've also recently done some recording for the BBC, and in between all of this (just like any self respecting musician) I do some teaching. Luckily for me, lots of my pupils are also PA people so it never really feels like work.

In case you think I don't have a life outside if PA - I do - honest! In my spare time I work for a charity called Send A Cow, and like flower pressing and hill climbing. Ok, maybe not the last 2, but check out Send A Cow...

At parties you'll mostly find me organising or dancing, I'll be the one in pink. Cheers!

Website:  http://www.rebeccadell.co.uk