Mouth-Off 2.06: Pride Month Special Feature – Sense Memory: Knee Deep in Rainbows

This Pride Month, Mouth-Off revisits a milestone from the archive: Welsh and Proud – Schools’ Songwriting Sessions (2014). Funded by the Arts Council of Wales and produced by Forget-Me-Not Productions — our first project as a Ltd company — this initiative brought together over 150 pupils from five Cardiff secondary schools to create original LGBTQIA+ themed anthems.

The winning song, The Person Within, was professionally recorded, filmed, and screened on the main stage at Cardiff Pride 2014.

A decade later, we untangle the cables, revisit the voices, and reflect on the queer legacy of music, memory, and visibility.

🎧 In this episode:

• Archival clips from the original project

• Interviews with participating teachers, judges, and community figures

• A musical montage of student submissions

• A tribute to late supporters and judges Scott Travers and Ian Bazzard (Bazz)

• Audio from sister projects United Community and Homophonic is Gay

• Reflections on ageism, allyship, and protest

• A Cwtch live set snippet

• An excerpt from Claire Dowie’s Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? as part of the Cultural Cwtch

🎵 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Theme music: Intro and Outro by Clary Saddler

• Featuring:

  • The Person Within – by pupils from Mary Immaculate School

  • United Community – by pupils at Willows High School and Clary Saddler

  • Live Out Loud (LOL) – by pupils from Fitzalan School and Clary Saddler

  • Don’t Hide Away in the Shadows – by pupils of Michaelston Community College and Clary Saddler

  • Pam Padlocks – by pupils from Ysgol Plasmawr and Radyr Comprehensive School

  • Mirrors – by pupils from Bro Edern and Clary Saddler

  • Unity – by pupils from Bishop of Llandaff School

  • Forget-Me-Not – by Cwtch

  • Good Thing – by Cwtch

  • Confide in Me (Kylie Minogue Cover) – by Cwtch

  • Shiver – by Cwtch

  • Remember Me – by Cwtch

  • Turn to You – by Cwtch

  • Unreal Reality – by Word Groove Collective

  • Claire Dowie monologue excerpt – Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?

  • Additional clips from Homophonic is Gay

  • Interview snippets from Radio Cardiff and Vibe Creative archives

  • SFX: Pixabay

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