St Helens Borough Council and Walk the Plank, as part of St Helens Borough of Culture 2023 are looking for community groups to get involved in the Amazing Parade and Town Fayre celebrating the talents and creativity and heritage of St Helens on Saturday 29th April 2023.
For one amazing day, St Helens Town centre will be transformed into a carnival of music arts, crafts, and magical street performance. Featuring a massive peddle powered “Stephenson’s Rocket” train, a huge chicken and hypochondriac hippopotamus, glass making, bee keeping, lino printing, a copper samovar, two acrobatic cats and a tap dancing canary and an amazing parade led by Mrs Beecham’s exploding monster (capable of the biggest farts in the cosmos) …….and most importantly your communities’ AMAZING CREATIONS. This is a day your group will want to be part of.
The amazing parade: showcases something “Amazing” you may have collected, found, or made during the run up to the event. This could be a costume, banner, puppet, artwork or invention or an object that you already have at home or represents your community worthy of a place in the amazing parade. You could try your hand at making something - a huge parade drum or the largest paper sunflowers in the world, or amazing masks, huge hats, or giant hands. Just let your creative imaginations run wild. Perhaps you’d like to perform an amazing song or dance as part of the parade finale? Or create a sculpture inspired by what you think is amazing about St Helens (past or present). Really there’s nothing you can’t make or bring along so long as you think it’s amazing.
To get more information about how your group can get involved and join in one amazing day in one amazing Borough of Culture year:
Email Bev@walktheplank.co.uk or to talk through your amazing ideas phone 07881810785.