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.
Meanwhile, the book is on sale at Suttons' Bookshop and the Tinners Rabbit in Ulverston,and will be soon available online at Ellie's Etsy page.
Thanks from all concerned, and to Ellie for a marvellous piece of work.
The pubs were chucking out. A folk gig at the Coronation Hall had nourished eyes and ears; the Oss was the port and stilton. Elsewhere, teenage Eurohoppers loitered in doorways and looked up to find themselves beneath the looming Oss: Clickclickclickpost.
The Oss toured the slumbering town, moving past upstairs windows, casting crisp shadows and measuring out its ground.
development of performance and public speaking skills,and the confidence that comes with a round of applause for a
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 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.
Felter Lex Blakeway was at the Cottage today. We were putting up
Another sunday and more beautiful work from our visitors as Ellie Chaney led a drop-in Block printing workshop.
Working on small blocks of soft lino our visitors made highly detailed bookplate designs reflecting Ellie's interest in the flora and fauna in the land around the cottage.
