Story of Lewis Boardman
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Topic: Successful Persons
Lewis Boardman Lewis Boardman is carving out a career as a DJ, working alongside one of the country's best-known music talents, Yousef. Lewis knew that he was on the right track when a clubgoer asked for his autograph. He won his big chance after signing up as an entrepreneurial apprentice with the CAMEO project. After attending an induction course at LIPA, Lewis set his sights on working as a DJ with Liverpool organisation Chibuku, which organises dance events, including Circus club nights at the Masque in Liverpool’s Seel Street. Chibuku agreed to take Lewis under its wing as an apprentice and within weeks he was seeing his name appearing on posters for house music nights at the Circus club nights. Chibuku founder Richard McGinnis said: “We were told that Lewis wanted to come to work with us, and after he started we heard a demo CD he had done and realized he was a talented DJ. So now he has his own residency at Circus. “What impressed Yousef and me was that Lewis did not tell us he had already done some dee-jaying. He was prepared to start at the very bottom and work his way up in a true entrepreneurial fashion. CAMEO is ideal for somebody like Lewis because he is able to learn from people already experienced in the profession, people such as Yousef. Merseysider Yousef, who DJs on Radio One as well as at top nightspots across Europe, has helped Lewis by passing on experience to the 21 year old from Ormskirk. Yousef said: “When Lewis started to do dee-jaying I went into the room at the Masque and the place was totally rockin'.” Cameo