On Thursday, the Alley Arts Centre welcomed young people and adults from schools across the district for a unique preformance involving Open Arts.

The performance marked the culmination of an eight weeklong project in the use of percussion instruments from Indonesia.

It provided the first community event in which local preformers graced the stage of the new auditorium, with an awe-inspiring preformance leading to rapturous applause.

The participants involved pupils from schools including Knockavoe, Edwards, Dooish, St Mary's Boys, Glenside Adult Training Centre and Lifford Rehabilation Centre.

Through the Council's arts development programme a rehearsal schedule was led by musical director Beverly Whyte and Aine Flynn provided the stories of exotic places around the world. The children explored their chosen country in school through verbal and artistic work.

The unique Gamelan musical orchestra provided the perfect medium to interpret the children's idea recreating the roar of lions from Africa, the snap of crocodiles and the patter of rain forests and much, much more.

Students from the North West Institute for Further and Higher Education's media programme recorded the participant's progress throughout the project and used the footage to provide the visual backdrop to the show.

This project was supported by the Creative Youth Partnership, the Western Education and Library Board, BBC Children in Need and Strabane District Council.