Birthday Cake Recipe

 and then there's CAKE

                      Miles pre birthday Shallal2 celebration at the end with Jo and ? and Demelza

an important part of family occasions especially Birthdays which we like to keep....

(we have vegan recipes but they are other peoples and copyrighted and tend to be tray bakes)

and then of course fruit as a healthy option so... 

for basic cake...which can be adapted for many flavours..just add your own...

"Toby regularly asks me to share a birthday cake recipe so here goes:

Very simple adaptable basic sponge recipe from my mum!

( i try to use organic, free range and local suppliers)

ratio 1:2

4 eggs

8oz butter or margarine

8oz self raising flour

8oz sugar ( i like dark sugar unless making victoria sponge type)

(put oven on at 160 or gas 3 to warm up)

add all to a bowl 

mix and beat to make light and airy

oil - 2 shallow tins (or put into bun cases or larger tray bake or...)

put mixture in tin/s

cook at 160 for approx 20 minutes then check and leave in until firm to touch  

( approx 10mins cooking time for buns)

leave to cool then turn out onto wire rack

for Carrot cake add 2? grated carrots, and cinnamon 2 tsps ( can also add raisins, mashed banana and grated apple) other spices nutmeg, all spice, lemon or orange zest etc

for Chocolate cake add cocoa powder 1-2 tbsps

Have Fun ....happy baking

love Jo x"

National Climate Events links from CDE

 

from CDE....

.....so many things happening with a climate & environment focus,.....November is when COP26 should have been, and December is the 5th anniversary of the Paris agreement. Climate x Culture - a season from the Climate Heritage Network, a virtual global forum for arts, culture and heritage-based climate action. 12 October - 27th November calling for affiliated events  https://www.culturexclimate.org/ Remembrance Day for Lost Species - weekender around 30th November. Focus this year is on links between racism and ecological justice/species extinctions. A call for events anywhere, with a strong emphasis on the arts as a means to commemorate. https://www.lostspeciesday.org/ Mock COP26 19th Nov to 1st Dec. A big, inclusive online Mock COP. The event will be run by young climate activists, with a focus on the Global South. https://www.mockcop.org/ Bio-diverse festival, an inclusive, welcoming space for underrepresented and minority groups in biology and conservation. October. http://bio-diversefestival.org Countdown is a global initiative  from TED to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. To build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 in the race to a zero-carbon world – a world that is safer, cleaner and fairer for everyone. Every organization, company, city and nation and citizens everywhere are invited to collaborate with Countdown and take action on climate. It is a movement open to everyone – and everyone has a vital role to play. Launched on 10th October. https://countdown.ted.com/ London Climate Action Week. creates space for London’s world leading array of climate professionals to come together to find solutions. 14-20 November  https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/ UN Climate Summit. UK to host high level climate summit with UN for the 5th anniversary of Paris. 12th December. https://www.firstpost.com/tech/science/un-britain-to-co-host-global-climate-summit-on-12-december-to-mark-fifth-anniversary-of-paris-agreement-8846791.html Also, as you will have seen, the BBC is giving platform to David Attenborough following screening of Extinction: The Facts and the distributed screening of his film A Life On Our Planet. He was on BBC the other day with Prince William to announce the Earthshot Prize https://earthshotprize.org/  Nominations will open on 1st November, with over 100 nominating partners from across the world being invited to submit nominations of those individuals, communities, businesses and organisations who could win The Earthshot Prize.

Dance Delivery & more

Hi

Some of our latest projects/events below Dance Delivery 

Aims to engage and deliver short performances for Dancers who are isolated and connected to Shallal performance groups: Shallal Dance Theatre, Shallal 2  and Out There.

and we are awaiting the Poetry book, coming soon, and the Zine which is being sent out from Picture Post. 

Back Lane West has a range of remote and in the studio activities....http://backlanewest.org/residents/shallal-2/

Really pleased to be working with Manda again.

Culture Declares Emergency meeting today 

and had good short chats with Sarah Nicholls https://www.sounduk.net/events/12-Years-Sarah-Nicolls-12-Streams/

and Claire Macdonald

https://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/opportunities/thinker-in-residence-claire-macdonald/#:~:text=Revd%20Dr%20Claire%20MacDonald%20is,creating%20conversational%20space%20across%20communities.

Need to remember we are in an emergency and culture affects politicians and the public, we need to use our voice.

Thank you to everyone backstage in Shallal and to our funders, and of course to all the artists we love to work and play with.

News Dance Delivery, Studio opening, Open Hose meet up..and more

Point to where you see the Art work?

One of the frustrations with Zoom!

Which hampers really easy working together, as well as you can't hear music in breakout rooms,

 so we continue and have fun and make films and dream of how and what we can do

especially in our future R&D in Back Lane West time,

 any suggestions welcomed 

excited by https://www.instagram.com/janessaclark/?hl=en Communion project

Also ...I've returned to this and i'm not sure what i was going to write here as so much going on!

One of our groups Open House Penzance have managed 2 meet ups within Covid19 restrictions in Penlee Park Open air Theatre, many thanks to the council for their support

Liskeard group are leading the way in lots of small manageable physical initiatives and started a film project over August with Janice.

I've had some time off and realised why i usually don't work August! 

So have had a September break instead!

However grants etc don't break, so we articulated what a 'Time to Shine' leader role could offer us and put in our application and are through to interview! 

https://rankfoundation.com/engaged-philanthropy/time-to-shine/ 

I return to work having searched for new music and then was inspired to formulate an idea thats been brewing so

Dance Delivery starts forming this week, employing solo dancers from the groups, mainly Shallal Dance Theatre, to deliver dance to those who are isolated, initially visiting those from our performance groups: to rekindle and remember what we love, the physical, the kinetic, the in the moment, the spontaneous, the connection and joyful fun of it all.

Using music by Kyle Coleman http://kylecoleman.co.uk/

and

Charles Heykoop http://www.charlesheykoop.co.uk/music.htm

Invitation being designed for this 

and posters being created for Wonderful Words and Zoom events, thanks to Mike Brett and Anna and Michael Willis.

Many thanks as ever to the whole team background and foreground for keeping this all happening, supported and current. 

Leading into winter we are using time in our residency in November to explore our Vision,

 as Shallal is the sum of its parts new people bring new visions and possibilities and we look at our wishes and dreams and our realities and potential.

Good news that the Studio opens up gently this week, again within Covid 19 restrictions.

So many people in Shallal cannot (or do not want to) access art via technology which we all accept is generally a poor second to the real thing!

However there are many benefits of it as well, so we are grateful for all the ways we can reach and be with each other.

Terri, returning to Cornwall to live in  the most southerly village the Lizard with no car, has reconnected via Zoom and we are so enjoying seeing her and a stream of suggestions and creativity, many thanks to Teddy Chilton ( her son) and Sophia Muir ( her friend) for wonderful music to use.

When this intense period of restrictions end and we can meet up again we don't want to loose the capacity to reach people on Zoom and phone, post etc and work 1:1 and intimately and in online groups with those who can't reach us physically.

There is a window of opportunity for positive change at this time, when we are halted and challenged,

 and which we all need to embrace and support positive system changes for people and planet.

as a PS you may remember i went to Tsavo National Park in Kenya to visit my brother and his wife and team making their film 5 years ago https://shallal-arts.blogspot.com/2015/06/news-and-summer-performances.html

It has gone onto become The Elephant Queen bought by Apple TV and won numerous awards,

 recently it collected 4 from one festival! including cinematography!

https://youtu.be/nASSJtpGovo ....a quick chat interview with them. 

Congratulations to them and all the wonderful team for years of hard work and dedication, 

with a real love and understanding of their work, and again it highlights the work we all need to do to stop this crisis getting worse and build our futures, in community with the creatures we share this beautiful planet with.

also Congratulations to Jacca their son who was nominated for his first film! 

Hope for a Highland Sea

 https://vimeo.com/447860387