As the year reaches closer to its end, Festive Road aren’t about to go quietly.
In fact, it’s quite the reverse with even more activity than usual, including a number of commissions and projects in the area and nationally for MKs outdoor arts development organisation.
They were thrilled to be invited to work in partnership with Transported Arts in a collaboration with the East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Arts Network on a commission for the Spalding Pumpkin Parade; which entailed working with a Lincolnshire secondary school on creating a large scale structure for the Parade; which ended up being a rather fabulous roman chariot, with pumpkin wheels!
Additionally, the Festive Road Education Team has been busy running carnival workshops in Bridgwater, Somerset; Northampton; and Towcester.
Closer to home, Festive Road got ghoulish at this year’s The Parks Trust’s organised Spooky Walks. The annual event send shivers every Halloween in the new city.
Festive Road was also delighted to be invited, once again, by the Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation, to help organise the annual Northampton Diwali Parade, last week.
Hundreds of people lined the streets to join in the celebrations and not only did they see Harminder (the Festive Road life-size elephant), but also ‘Shanti’ - the newly commissioned big bird.
Harminder was also very happy to be the centre of attention at her very first wedding at Hagley Hall in Worcestershire!
