The New Park Swingers made their debut performance at a New Park Day Centre summer event earlier this week (27June 2005). <br><br>The newly-formed pensioner rock band played classic hits from Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones and up to 40 service users joined in as lead singers. <br><br>The Swingers got together after a ten-week music project at the day centre with the Islington Music Forum. They are currently fundraising to buy more instruments and expand the band to include more service users at the Islington council day centre for older people with physical disabilities. <br><br>The Islington Music Forum is a voluntary organisation funded to provide music programmes in Islington.<br><br>ENDS
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