[13
DEC 00] COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE PROMOTIONS NEWS
Youngsters Prepare Their Lights And Lanterns
Coventry
schoolchildren will be displaying self-made artwork and costumes in
a special lights and lanterns procession at the end of the month.
TWO SHOTS FROM
THE 1997 PROCESSION
250
children from seven city schools are learning how to make music,
costumes and lanterns during workshop sessions with local artists in
preparation for the city centre lantern procession on 31 December.
 The
six primary schools involved are being taught costume and
lantern-making techniques. The children are being encouraged to
produce original work for display in the procession.
The
only secondary school involved will be taught African drumming
techniques to provide a musical element.
Starting
at The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum at 5pm on New Year's Eve, the
procession will wend its way through High Street, Broadgate, The
Precinct, Market Way, Shelton Square, Hertford Street, Broadgate,
Trinity Lane, Cuckoo Lane, Bayley Lane and Priory Street.
It
will visit four city centre performance spaces before ending up on
the main stage in Priory Street.
Each
of the schools has received support from local companies and
organisations to help pay for the artists to work with the children.
They are:
-
Eburne
Primary with artist Lorella Medici, supported by HSBC.
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Hawkesbury
Fields School with Peter Chaplin, supported by Herbert Art
Gallery & Museum.
-
Joseph
Cash Primary with Tanya Collins, supported by Jaguar.
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Sir
Henry Parkes Primary with Anna Norris, supported by National
Grid.
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Southfields
Primary with Kirsten Kennedy, supported by Focus Housing Group.
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Stoke
Primary with Trudy Ress-Marklew, supported by Elliots Car
Accessories.
-
Stoke
Park School and Community Technical College with Saskia Watkin,
supported by Coventry Chamber of Commerce, Training &
Enterprise.
Joe
Hermitage, Procession Co-ordinator for event producers Coventry and
Warwickshire Promotions said:
"The
procession is a great way to get the community involved in the
event, it provides an opportunity for local artists to pass on
their skills to local children.
"It
would be great if the city could reward their hard work with a big
audience."
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[12 DEC 00] CLOWNS COME OUT TO AMUSE IN
COVENTRY
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