Sunday, July 10, 2005
Mouth of the Tyne
Mouth of the Tyne Festival
What a weekend folks, something for South Tyneside to really shout about, interesting and entertaining events in at least four locations (Customs House and Harton Staithes, South Marine Park, Bents Park, and the Town Hall.) I visited the Mill Dam both yesterday and today and went inside the "Illumitorium", a kind of gigantic air filled structure rather like a children's bouncy castle but it was designed with a number of shapes and geometry with different coloured panels in it's roof space which allowed the sun to filter through, colouring each room, or cave, in strange hues. As music played, you were able to wander through at your own pace and discover tranquility and moods according to the colours, all very strange, but hugely interesting.
Today I returned with the kids and they loved it too, we were also entertained by the Custom's House Youth Band outside, A quick trip around "The Reaper"followed, an 1800's herring drifter which now belongs to Scottish Fisheries, a veritable floating maritime museum.
However yesterday's piece de resistance was the evening parade by Malabar: Les Voyage des Aquarêves, this was an astonishing and stunning experience, a lunar ship (in the shape of an iced galleon complete with frozen crew) which travelled along the coast from Gypsy's Green to Littlehaven Hotel. All the while it's crew were playing live music much akin to Enigma accompanied by gigantic "stilt creatures" like something out of War of the Worlds. The stopped and gave an acrobatics exhibition at the roundabout at the foot of Beach Road before continuing the journey to Littlehaven Beach where the fun really started, a huge foam party, accompanied by lasers and fireworks - what a finale!
This afternoon we were in the South Marine Park, which surely has never enjoyed such crowds in it's history, witnessing Dreamstate Circus performing death defying acrobatics suspended from thin silk bands, there were other live music events going on as well, and rather like in Australia people had brought there own disposable barbecues and spent the whole day in the park. Similarly the Bents Park was very full, I wish I could tell you about, but we ran out of time enjoying ourselves in the Marine Park.
The final event is this evening where the Town Hall is going to become one incredible water feature, you can be sure I'll be there getting some more great shots for readers of Curly's Corner Shop.
I only have a few pictures of yesterday's events to post ( I have so many more to process over the next few days, so keep your eyes open)
I must say a big huge "thank you" and "well done" to the organisers of the Mouth Of the Tyne Festival, this one short weekend is turning into a huge success, and it is a rare thing when I prais this Council. We must now go full tilt and promote an event bigger than North Tyneside's Window on the World (Fishquay Festival), we have the facilities, we only need the will. Better still, and I've argued this before, peruade the event organisers to bring it over to this side of the river.
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What a weekend folks, something for South Tyneside to really shout about, interesting and entertaining events in at least four locations (Customs House and Harton Staithes, South Marine Park, Bents Park, and the Town Hall.) I visited the Mill Dam both yesterday and today and went inside the "Illumitorium", a kind of gigantic air filled structure rather like a children's bouncy castle but it was designed with a number of shapes and geometry with different coloured panels in it's roof space which allowed the sun to filter through, colouring each room, or cave, in strange hues. As music played, you were able to wander through at your own pace and discover tranquility and moods according to the colours, all very strange, but hugely interesting.
Today I returned with the kids and they loved it too, we were also entertained by the Custom's House Youth Band outside, A quick trip around "The Reaper"followed, an 1800's herring drifter which now belongs to Scottish Fisheries, a veritable floating maritime museum.
However yesterday's piece de resistance was the evening parade by Malabar: Les Voyage des Aquarêves, this was an astonishing and stunning experience, a lunar ship (in the shape of an iced galleon complete with frozen crew) which travelled along the coast from Gypsy's Green to Littlehaven Hotel. All the while it's crew were playing live music much akin to Enigma accompanied by gigantic "stilt creatures" like something out of War of the Worlds. The stopped and gave an acrobatics exhibition at the roundabout at the foot of Beach Road before continuing the journey to Littlehaven Beach where the fun really started, a huge foam party, accompanied by lasers and fireworks - what a finale!
This afternoon we were in the South Marine Park, which surely has never enjoyed such crowds in it's history, witnessing Dreamstate Circus performing death defying acrobatics suspended from thin silk bands, there were other live music events going on as well, and rather like in Australia people had brought there own disposable barbecues and spent the whole day in the park. Similarly the Bents Park was very full, I wish I could tell you about, but we ran out of time enjoying ourselves in the Marine Park.
The final event is this evening where the Town Hall is going to become one incredible water feature, you can be sure I'll be there getting some more great shots for readers of Curly's Corner Shop.
I only have a few pictures of yesterday's events to post ( I have so many more to process over the next few days, so keep your eyes open)
I must say a big huge "thank you" and "well done" to the organisers of the Mouth Of the Tyne Festival, this one short weekend is turning into a huge success, and it is a rare thing when I prais this Council. We must now go full tilt and promote an event bigger than North Tyneside's Window on the World (Fishquay Festival), we have the facilities, we only need the will. Better still, and I've argued this before, peruade the event organisers to bring it over to this side of the river.
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