Nasheed Factor Audition Dates Released!

Salam WR WB,
The auditions are finally here!
Auditions will be held after Ramadhan 2012 in the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.

Glasgow - Radio Ramadhan Glasgow
Saturday 25th August 12 - 5pm
27 Arlington Street
Woodlands
G3 6DT

Edinburgh - Iqra Academy Edinburgh
Sunday 26th August 12 - 4pm
10 East Suffolk Road
Newington
EH16 5PJ

Dundee - Dundee Community Centre
Saturday 8th September Time: 12 - 4pm
7 Guthrie Street
DD1 5DR

Aberdeen Mosque & Islamic Centre
Sunday 9th September Time: 12 - 3pm
164 Spital: Off King Street
AB24 3JD

Males of all ages allowed
Females who are 12 and under are allowed.

No need for registration beforehand just turn up on the day! Plenty of team members will be at hand to take care of you.

Please do join the open auditions event on facebook, so that you could keep posted of any amendments or updates inshaAllah. Also please do share the event and invite your friends. Click on the links below to join the event. JazakAllah!

Glasgow and Edinburgh Auditions: https://www.facebook.com/events/325109317580319/
Dundee and Aberdeen Auditions: https://www.facebook.com/events/413173828730587/

We have been busy doing radio interviews! Recording adverts for Radio Ramadhan stations! Look out for us in featured pages of AwazNewspaper and Fifteen21! Radio Ramadhan Glasgow & Edinburgh! Castle Fm!

Poetry Qiraat & Nasheed Factor Touring ALL Of Scotland

Salam WR WB,

Recently it has been decided to incorporate a Poetry and Qiraat Category into the competition to allow a more diverse range of talent to be showcased.

SO we have 3 categories

• Nasheeds Naats Hamds
• Poetry
• Quran Recitation

An adult and a childrens winner will be selected from each category!

Quran Recitation is the bread and butter of Islam and we felt saddened to leave this out of the competition so it is back in, so if you know anyone who can hold their tone when reciting Quran please let us know and tell them to apply!

In addition we also have poetry now! Where Rap will also be allocated into this category so if you can lyrically impress us with your islamic words then apply!

OH! & We are also visiting ALL Scottish Cities.

• GLASGOW
• EDINBURGH
• DUNDEE
• ABERDEEN

We will be touring the whole of Scotland in the search for Scotlands Next Biggest Vocalist!

Watch this space for audition dates and more information!!

Remember this is for ............. THE POOR! We are singing .......... because they don't have the opportunity to!

www.nasheedfactor.co.uk

Jazakallah!

Nasheed Factor creating hype!

It's absolutely amazing, Alhumdulillah, everywhere the Nasheed Factor team are going - we see there is already some hype and buzz about Nasheed Factor! We have people thinking about nasheeds, artists, their meanings and Islam - as well as the contest itself.

After attending a nasheed concert in Birmigham (the Evening of Inspiration), it has confirmed to us that there definitely is a space for a contest such as Nasheed Factor to take place. We described it as a "Muslim X Factor" - a light hearted and fun way to perceive Nasheed Factor. But it is definitely more than that! It incorporates the need for charity and helping poor people as well as giving our youth a platform to showcase their voice and deen. And in another blog there are pictures of Native Deen supporting Nasheed Factor as well.

The team attended many events such as the Lifestyle show and Shawlands Mela. We have had a positive response and much valuable feedback. With one lady saying "I was just telling my son that we need something like this, it's brilliant."

We are planning to attend a dinner in Edinburgh - Palestine dinner, and here we hope to be inspired and touched by everyone. Coming together to help for a good cause really does make all the difference and that is the spirit with Nasheed Factor.

Something made me smile today, a young man from across the world in another country has asked to participate in Nasheed Factor - if we had magical transportation powers we would definitely want him on board, but for our semi finals and grande finale - the distance would be too much for him. But inshaAllah going worldwide would be a goal for the future. For now, Scotland wide it is.


"Compassion is very difficult to give away because it keeps coming back"


And indeed, compassion is very important.