Celebration , another show and feedback from workshop for Wheal Martyn Memory Cafe

We do like a tea party: throw in nice people and some inspiring art and 27 people showed up!
Also such fondness for this room, which we have often used as a dressing room! 
Huge table, wonderful hospitality - Thank you to Henrietta and all the Falmouth Art Gallery staff and ....

one thing leads to another so ....

..... we will be performing at Falmouth Library on Friday 8 March 7.30pm

International Women's Day 

which is "is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever that looks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, International Women's Day has been occurring for well over a century - and continue's to grow from strength to strength."

/www.internationalwomensday.com/About

Monday i ran a session at the Memory Cafe at Wheal Martyn Clay Museum, interspersed with tea and biscuits and conversation.....and 

"Thank you so much for today, the session really was lovely and I felt so much better after it."

I enjoyed the session and it is a hallmark of sessions that ideally they should be enjoyable for everyone! I look forward to returning next month. There is often so much talent in the room: ballet, line dancing, ballroom dancing, keep fit, aerobics....none of which i can do!

The week ended with rehearsal for Hear My Voice - yes i do love this show and am happy and pleasantly surprised that we have ended up with a piece of 'political' theatre, and am in awe of the writing and delivery, effortless and moving.

A challenge could be for may of us in Shallal to each come up with a group to perform this to! 

Listening again to this homage to unsung heroes, it could be called the 'Mrs Hunt tribute show!' and maybe we need to get it out to some Salvation Army groups.

It's a grateful reminder of all those who have gone before us with thanks for their selfless acts, and all that we have to be grateful for and need to (fight to) retain.

The afternoon saw art work and meetings, listening to Ken Turner describe a new project some dancers might get involved in - looking around the internet for traces of his work i found this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awnFTSlsQJg
HIs project is cross art form and about being 'here,' and i just watched this 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi3MqufJ5iU&feature=youtu.be...
both have echoes of elements present in Embodied Space, although tackled/viewed through a Shallal collaboration prism, always interesting that similar themes and idea percolate in culture/creativity at the same time.
Exciting to bring artists together ( one off projects and performances) and also wonderful to see artists who know each other well ( established company over time) and can communicate effortlessly and take risks.

Demelza took some photos on Friday afternoon...

Joseph finished his Heron drawing

Katie and Zo

Tina

Molly and Colin

Photos from Shallal 2 rehearsal just in from Emily Alden, so grateful, might put them into film slide show don't know yet and possible help with filming from a conversation today.