When we launched nearly ten years ago, Blackball was an unknown, untested and underfunded program.
Electronic music workshops for children and youth were not a thing—picture a roomful of children and youth who wanted to play synths and no pocket money to buy synths with.
Enter Chris Wardman, venerable producer, songwriter and guitarist, and the source of Blackball's first major donation, this O.G. 1987 Yamaha DX7ii.
Aspiring young synthesists have been taking on the DX's wobbly * keys and musty sliders ever since.
Five cities, countless live performances and hundreds of participants later, The Guelph Arts Council, The Guelph Community Foundation and the Musagetes Fund have given Blackball the much-needed funds to restore this classic synth at Kitchener's illustrious Anodyne Audio.
And there were just enough kroner left over to keep our beautiful DX safe and warm in a DX-fit gig bag direct from Sweden's Slickbag. But that's a story for another blog-day.
A bigger, bolder and better-equipped Blackball will be starting workshops at a school near you very soon.
* Chris Wardman's favourite adjective, probably.
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