Trevor's Tribute Tea Party!
Meanderings...
Well we have celebrated and mourned friends before in Shallal Dance Theatre.
Eileen, Phosphoresence in our show Mind the Gap,
Marjorie, 'Remembering Marjorie' June 2018
our poetry book to Helen Thompson, Eileen and Marjorie and now our dear Trevor.
Oh my, i have boxes of tissues at the ready.
Trevor died during the pandemic and we only could send 3 people to his funeral, no wake and we weren't meeting up, so now we are here.
Gathering today surrounded by flowers, friends, art, dance, song, an ode and cake to remembering someone whose words were sometimes limited and indistinct but whose personality and gift for friendship was huge and we all carry in our hearts.
For me Trevor represents so much history, so many others.
And a real loss.
So, Giles plans to come, we are so pleased, he and Trevor with their support worker Duane, were like 3 very cheeky musketeers they had fun and we all shared it! They made the journey from St Mawes to Newlyn for Shallal Dance Theatre every Friday. The door into the room at St Peters hall had a sense of 'theatrical entrance' and there was always a cheer and welcome when they came in! The humour of ( Trevor's) outfits, which we will again enjoy tonight as many of us dress up to remember him.
They came via the wonderful longstanding community group Friends and Dancing and so Friends and Dancing have made 2 dances to share as well this evening.
I'm off now to do last minute preparation and some sandwich making.
Thank you to Anna for her help and Leigh for today, to all the artists, performers and makers who have created and contributed and to helpers and supporters and Princess Pavilions staff and Falmouth Town Council for the venue and much more!
See you there!
and if not in person please join our live stream! or catch it later, we hope to keep it up on youtube.
There will be slide show uploaded after the event as well.
We look forward to being with you tomorrow on Live stream and then Zoom
The films we are using are also available to watch here:
The judge said that they really understood the human element of the case - hurrah! Thank you so much everyone for coming.
Heidi gave a speech outside the court (she was too busy with ITV, and so missed her opportunity to speak in court, the life of an activist!)
And so now we wait........................we expect the judgement to be in October time, Please keep talking about the case, telling everyone you know. It is surprising how many people don't realise that there is this level of discrimination in our law.
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