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Just to copy and paste lots of words...
I've been asked to have 4.5K words by end of July, for a chapter of a book by Caroline Frizell. https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/frizell-caroline/
It is always surprisingly nice to reflect, and most of my life in work is watching and reflecting ( and being bossy ) and the joy of such lovely people and such creativity.
So i wrote something this morning but rereading it i probably wrote it better somewhere else, so i am very grateful for this blog as somewhere i dumped many musings over the years, and i can come back to.
2K words already via copy and paste
My brother has written a draft book recently and i thought i might ask his help and our chairperson and acting admin Henny Boex is also a great wordsmith, but i think i might just ask Caroline to unravel it into some sense.
I often say i'm reasonable/good at the first 80% but not a finisher, thank you to everyone who helps me tidy things up!
We have two short shows coming up which are more structured than i like to do these days, due to the venue and situation. So that is quietly challenging.
5 -6 dancers holding 20 minutes in Shallal2 and up to 20 dancers holding 10-15 minutes plus words in Shallal Dance Theatre.
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The pressure is to enable people to be seen at their best, they are good, can i do them justice by the creative decisions i make re music etc
They make ongoing creative conversations and decisions in their performing and it was a joy to hear some someone in the session audience recognise and appreciate that recently.
Onwards and upwards...
a joy to be making work on the themes of Helens artwork and her first invited solo show!
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We are embracing more Makaton now as we have three dancers who enjoy using it and Becca has offered us help...had such a good chat with her recently https://www.artcentrepenryn.org/woc-rebecca-hulbert
maybe we will do a podcast?
Art work comes on a pace in the studio, lots of good plans for exhibitions and sharings, and Shallal Dance Theatre artists are working large 1m plus canvases. It's been a joy to background support in the Wednesday group run by Amy.
Many of the community groups are growing especially Friends and Dancing now approx 30 participants!
so much of this is due to the security of 3 year funding as well as the friendly facilitators and participants - thank you to Henry Smith Foundation https://supportingcommunities.org/funding-news-1/2025/8/5/henry-smith-foundation-launches-new-together-we-begin-fund
Today was St Pirans Day and in true Cornish fashion the event this Saturday 7 March Open View exhibition and Shallal 2 dance (see posters above) has tea, coffee and cake - thank you to Becky and Maddie and Julie and Annie for offering to help serve this and
the event at Newlyn Art Gallery on Friday 27th March has free cream teas, first come first served ...so...
nearly finished this ramble and chocolate cake made for Colin and Alisha, who had birthdays this week.
Shallal Dance Theatre eat lunch together ( in a square /circle not on separate tables) and i remember reading that two basic childhood securities are eating around the table with loving family, makes sense.
Eddie's doing some wonderful double portraits hope to share some soon.
