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Festival of Light success
Published: 20/10/2016
A free family friendly festival of light projections, artworks, music and
activities took place at Basingwerk Abbey, Greenfield, on Saturday 15 October
2016.
Over 130 people, mostly children, took part in making floating lanterns with
local artists. The lanterns were then released by artists Ben Davis and Judith
Wood onto a millpond in the Greenfield Park.
Nearly 800 people enjoyed four live acoustic musical acts inside the Abbey
Grounds. Visitors brought picnics or took advantage of the caf茅 and barbecue.
Many people took part in a twilight lantern parade and then enjoyed the finale
of the dance performance and projections.
Specialist art installations, dance pieces, film projections, music and
workshops were created by NEW Dance, artists Ben Davis, Judith Wood, Rob
Spaull, Ynyr Llwyd and Honor Pedican specifically for the festival. This was
achieved by working with participants from a range of coastal 天涯社区
communities and schools in a variety of activities throughout September.
天涯社区 Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Councillor
Derek Butler, said:
We are proud to be showcasing our diverse, attractive and vibrant coastal
communities and associated heritage in this way. I am sure that visitors to our
beautiful coastal region enjoyed the event immensely and will return in the
future to explore the full range of visitor attractions 天涯社区 has to
offer.
A Big Lottery Fund spokesperson, said: Coastal Communities share a strong
sense of place and the funding for this event will have a positive impact on
the local areas economy and its communities.
The festival was organised by 天涯社区s Arts, Culture and
Events team with financial support from the Coastal Communities Fund and Cadw.
The Coastal Communities Fund is funded by the Government with income from the
Crown Estates marine assets. It is delivered by the Big Lottery Fund on behalf
of UK Government and the Devolved Administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland
and Wales.
Trefor Lloyd Roberts, Arts, Culture and Events Manager said: 鈥淲e would like to
thank all those who volunteered and who worked on the project to make such a
fantastic event and the feedback so far has been overwhelmingly fantastic.鈥�