 |
|
|
 |
|
|
DAYTIME - BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHILDRENS PARADE |
|
|
|
On the Brighton calendar since 1989, this parade opens the Brighton Festival (England’s largest arts festival) and has grown to include participants of all ages and abilities from local infant, junior and secondary schools, nurseries and playgroups, community groups and a large number of street bands. Big, bright, colourful and fun, the Children’s Parade is one of the most spectacular community events in the country (with up to 4,000 participants from 75 schools and an audience of 10,000).
|
|
|
|
The Children’s Parade illustrates the empowering energy of creative processes for participants, collaborators and artists. By providing a safe, friendly and non-competitive atmosphere artists work alongside pupils and teachers broadening the individuals’ creative experience, expertise and confidence. We offer a selection of master classes and artist support workshops in carnival construction, samba or dance and chant. The whole project takes over four months to complete and its unique system creates a cycle of support, new skills and confidence to groups and leaders involved in the parade.
|
|
|
|
The event takes place on the first Saturday of Brighton Festival in May each year, and parades through central Brighton to the seafront. For details of this year’s event, please look at the Brighton Festival brochure or www.brighton-festival.org.uk.
|
|
|
|
Click here for Childrens Parade video
|
|
|
 |
DAYTIME - PRIDE IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE |
|
|
|
Pride has teamed up with Same Sky bringing free workshops to all those who are or want to become part of the summer carnival parade. With help from professional artists, a dream costume, extravagant float or what ever else partygoers imagine can become a reality. The programme aims to provide a training legacy in which groups and individuals return each year with increased skills and confidence.
|
|
|
|
The project has developed steadily with the quality of work and community participation improving over the years. We are aiming to develop this project into Same Sky’s third large-scale participatory community event for the city.
|
|
|
|
Click here for Pride gallery
|
|
|
|
NIGHTTIME - BURNING THE CLOCKS |
|
|
|
Burning the clocks is an antidote to the excesses of the commercial xmas. People gather together to make paper and willow lanterns to carry through their city and burn on the beach as a token for the end of the year. No money changes hands no lantern is better for its purpose than any other, all are unique to the maker and precious but all are given up to be burnt to greet the lengthening days.
|
|
|
|
Burning the Clocks combines a family centred, workshop based, seasonal parade with a high quality fire show and fireworks for the whole city. The lantern makers become part of the show as they invest the lanterns with their wishes, hopes, and fears and then pass them into the fire. Same Sky are creating new urban rituals to replace those traditional festivals that were lost in the dash to be new and non superstitious. These new events take elements of the past…. the delight in seasons… the celebration of place and home…the giving and sharing of thoughts and wishes… and put them into a secular format that can be enjoyed by all regardless of faith or creed.
|
|
|
|
The event has found its way into the fabric of the city and the programme of public winter events. Colleges now use the workshop programme as part of the visual and performing arts strand of their curriculum. Secondary schools use the workshops to enable students in all kinds of creative disciplines (art and design, craft and technology, theatre and stage set studies and visual and performance arts) as an excellent opportunity to expand their working knowledge of design and build practices.
|
|
|
|
Burning the Clocks began in 1993 and the event is traditionally held on the winter Solstice evening, with over 2,000 participants and an audience of 15,000. Further information about this year’s event and how to get involved can be found at www.burningtheclocks.co.uk.
|
|
|
|
Click here for Burning The Clocks gallery
|
|
|
