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December 2004 Clarence in the Media Clarence has been getting some fairly high profile media attention. Following participation in a Radio 3 broadcast of a Northern Sinfonia concert in September, Clarence's December has included more high profile media atention. At the beginning of hte month he took part in an interview with Libby Purves in Radio 4's midweek programme (listen to it here) and later was featured in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle (read it here). I wonder, has our star of the North-east outshone the opening of the Sage Centre??? (NB the external links may only be available for a limited time) Brian Nichols January 2004 Review of 2003 I wish you a very happy and peaceful new year. Am I one year wiser now with another year experience on my shoulders ? 2003 has proved to be a very exciting year from the treatment side and a tough year for care cover due to sickness and holidays. Despite this the sun has shone through it all. Being on another disability board (which deals with all the different types of disability equipment) is making life fairly hectic with meetings that have to fit along side my Orchestra Animateur work.
I was treated for four hours a day, five days a week for three weeks. I really enjoyed the challenge of such an intense work out. Everyday I was put on an electric exercise bike which did good work on my arms and legs. Among a whole host of different physical and mental challenges was an amazing hand held machine that would encourage the brain to renew old pathways. This machine is a result of a hand held device developed in Moscow for Russian astronauts. With only a few hours of usage my fingers started tingling again for the first time in eight years since the accident. This tingling does not guarantee future movement but we are alot further along the track than ever before with more sensations and possibilities. I'm on an exercise regime now I am home, to continue the progress I have made whilst planning a possible return trip back to the States in 2004. December 2003 has just ended with me having finished reviewing another new brass CD; arrived at the end of another term of school workshops and university brass teaching; having prepared the local church brass group with their Christmas music but I’m realising that Newcastle United will not survive the next couple of weeks without me supporting their home games. It has been a fantastic year for Trust concerts again, (not wanting to single one out) which have taken place from Newcastle down to the South coast. I am always humbled by the responses of these events and the loyalty and sincerity of people. Its only as I print this update with an immense amount of gratitude to God and to you my encouragers that the words 'The Clarence Adoo Trust' takes on a real meaning. Clarence Adoo
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The new music centre for the Northern Sinfonia (called The Sage Gateshead) has sprung up on the Quayside which is due to be completed autumn 2004. This project has kept me off the streets working closely with the architects, looking at general access issues for the building. 
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