Route 34 Legacy Summer 2023

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Route 34 Legacy Summer 2023

Moving Souls Dance are supporting two emerging Producers to co-create Carnival dance events over the summer with partners ACE dance and music, Black Voices and Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton. This project has been awarded funding from Arts Council England to invest in developing producers with bespoke training in outdoor arts management, work placements in a variety of outdoor arts Carnival events and co -creating an event as part of the Same Different Festival with neurodiverse young people in Wolverhampton. Research into event management, audience development and participatory engagement will include participants aged 5 years to 75 in singing, dancing, carnival costume making and dancing. Come and watch these events listed below.

Two producers, Shireenah Ingram and Veniece Patel will be updating this website and social media platforms with their feedback on the events and what they have been learning over the summer. This will provide a legacy from the Commonwealth Games project Route 34: Embracing Cultures that Ginnie Wollaston co-produced with North Birmingham Alliance (NBA).

14th July: Dance & Carnival schools festival with Black Country Dance Hub in Walsall Art Gallery

23rd July: Community Spirit Festival in Symphony Hall, Birmingham

5th August: B2023 Festival appearance in Victoria Square, Birmingham

6th August: Ace Dance and Music carnival appearance of Windrush 70th anniversary with Black Voices at National Arboretum (https://www.thenma.org.uk)

13th August: Same Difference Festival with Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton

26th August: Doorstep Carnival GRS, Perry Bar Birmingham, led by Black Vouices

27th August: Birmingham Weekender CEDM Carnival costume & dance procession from Hippodrome Theatre to Bullring

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The Family Fun Day in Perry Hall Park on July 16^{th 2022}. All the 13 schools, who had received 6 sessions of dance and craft sessions to build their costume and headdress were involved. 225 children performed from the school groups with 26 Teachers present and many family and friends to support them. T

The 5 ACE youth and adult dance groups (total 83 Adult and youth dancers were present) wearing the amazing colourful costumes of 11 Caribbean flowers designed by Clary Salandy and processional costumes designed by Anna Lewis. The event was hosted in a marquee in Perry Hall Park and the procession led by Community Flora (worn by Bano the lead artist) followed by 15 KCM women in their hand crafted headdresses danced around the park by the Community Orchard and main entrance.

The Reggae Choir conducted by Carol Pemberton sang the commissioned Anthem We Rise by Ken Burton and the Commonwealth schools choir (drawn from 5 schools) sang the anthem Let’s Come Together composed by Peter Daley and co-written lyrics with the young people.

The Family Fun Day was very well organised, well attended and thoroughly enjoyable. Children and audience participation was good. It was the first Carnival of this scale to be seen in Perry Hall Park in my life time and we would like more of the same in the future - so good to be part of this.

Helen Banks. Friends of Perry Hall Park

The impact of this project has been phenomenal for the community and organisations involved. It has been heart-warming and powerful to see young people coming together to show their talents and observe the impact that community organisations (from NBA) have had.

Merisha Stevenson BBC Radio WM