We had some amazing creative workshops. Biscuit Tin Pans, Costume Structure and Mask Making... check out the photo album on Facebook
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Paul Midgley from @TwinWaveCIC showed us a number of instruments that were made out of reclaimed materials. His bicycle wheel drums have some serious kick to them, and look very colourful in the crowd.
Check out this video of Paul in Action.
Panel Discussion #2 The Art of Greening Carnival
The second panel of the day was filled with practical insight on how to create the art of carnival, with more sustainable practices, with a focus on production, costume and making music, using natural and recycled materials.
We had some great ideas from the room for cable tie alternatives
- potato sack ties, made from metal and reusable
- elastic down onto buttons for non load-bearing cable ties
- inner tubes - also good for movable joints of big puppets
Going green isn’t easy! #greenercarnival
For this panel discussion we were joined by a live link from Rio, where 1000s of costumes from the Sambadrome go straight to landfill, there must be something more that can be done to reuse and recycle the carnival costumes.
Norwich Lord Mayors Procession has been going since medieval times. When they first announced that diesel lorries and floats would be banned from the procession, there was resistance from the locals
