Wednesday 28 November 2018

STORYTELLING AT THE CORO. DOMINIC KELLY AND SJB YEAR 3 AT FURNESS TRADITION FESTIVAL

Brilliant project and proud that Furness Traditions could be a small part of it.

Gordon Jones,Furness Traditions Festival.

The Supper Room at the Coronation Hall has held many great events...Laurel and Hardy waved from its balcony to the crowds below in the 1950's, it has hosted plays, concerts, lectures, arts workshops and the performers at Furness Tradition festival perform an afternoon show that is always special.

This year we were part of the festival, as Dominic Kelly and his Year 3 Storytellers took over the space an delivered their complex, detailed and funny stories to a full-house  that moved around the room, from alcove to alcove.The room was never still or silent, there was activity and interest everywhere.

 Dominic had taught the children the techniques of the Oral Tradition; nothing was written down, all was memorized and delivered with
energy and a degree of theatricality that surprised the audience and underscored the contribution
 of Dominic's methods to the
development of performance and public speaking skills,and the confidence that comes with a round of applause for a
story well delivered.

We captured the atmosphere and the stories with a roving mic..young
people often play up to a microphone..not here; they were engrossed in what they were doing.
It was rather like eavesdropping.

https://soundcloud.com/sjb-three/dominic-kelly-sir-john-barrow-school-artspace-furness-tradition-festival-ulverston-2018

Our thanks to Dominic, his storytellers and the
school for a fine project and a
marvellous morning.

Friday 23 November 2018

FORD PARK ,HALLOWE'EN.

Many thanks to everyone who came along to take part in our Halloween video for Ulverston's Candlelit Walk...the theme at Ford Park was "Birds", and our SJB3 artist Ellie Chaney rose to the occasion with her performance in John's film, projected al fresco from a ramshackle screening booth on a muddy slope. Visually less Hitchcock than Bill Oddie, the film's soundtrack is from Ste Tyson, who DJ'd on the night with a mashup of classic suspense music and audio tropes.

The Candlelit Walk was ticketed for the first time this year, in order to avoid any crushes, and it seems to have worked; over a thousand people were in attendance, and as the rain kept off till the end it was a very good night of music, light, story, music and mashup, performance and installation...



https://vimeo.com/299477195

The evening aims for homemade  atmosphere rather than Body Horror. More Carpentry than Carpenter. The digital elements evoke Lumiere and Magic Lanternry.  The  workshops involve a lot of artists and makers of all ages and produced an enormous amount of imaginative and highly individual work for the event. You can participate from the inside.
The Walk in many ways is a step into a new world for our youngest attendees and audiences; colour, lights, smoke, distant murmurings  and the smell of wet undergrowth are a potent mix. The liminal nature of these nighttime events affects the onlooker and participant alike and we often hear of examples of a decision having been made in the dark: "next time I'm going to involved." The maker of the magic rather than the subject of it.





Wednesday 14 November 2018

ELLIE CHANEY "TINY VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY" BOOK LAUNCH, DEC 8th.

 Ellie Chaney's work for SJB3 is coming to fruition with a book launch
on Dec 8th at Ulverston Library.


"Tiny Voyages Of Discovery" is the result of  9 months in which Ellie has  been researching both freshwater and marine wildlife in the area.  The book is an illustrated journey down Dragley Beck out to the sea, inspired by the story of Lady Barrow who was an accomplished botanical illustrator in her own right.

Ellie's book is available as a softback and limited edition hardback, 

Join us  to meet Ellie and see what she has produced, and to hear more about the project. There'll also be the opportunity to  make your own bookplates to take home.