The Sheffield Samba band got things started as people gathered
A large chicken
An even larger bike lead the carnival
A pram doubled as a sound system and a lantern
People make their way through the streets
Yellow Submarine
Flower and dragonfly
A huge star that was carried through the streets
Fire display and fireworks at the end in the park
Fire twirlers in the park
Drummers entertaining the crowd in the park
That's the world in the background!
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That's not a large chicken...
06.04.2005 11:30
Some hugely impressive stuff, pity doesn't come out too well on the photo's. Huge hugs to everyone involved, was a really good do, specially the putting together of the globe and the fireworks which was ace!
Bloke in a lantern
Chickens are cool!
07.04.2005 11:28
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Sharrow Lantern Carnival
08.04.2005 00:58
Good stuff - gimme some of that good stuff.
Sharrow Lantern Virgin.
Sharrow Lantern Virgin
Lantern Carnival- an incredible event
08.04.2005 20:35
Are you are kidding? An event like the Lantern carnival (and what an incredible and magical event it was) definately does play a part in the larger scheme of things: had it not existed then it would likely have been another drab evening in front of that TV trash you talk of for many of the people involved. As it was- I've rarely seen an event that brought so many different people from the local area together (both famalies and students), producing a small true moment of that 'community cohesion' which government offices only dream about. And that evening and the bright, creative, energy it brought will stay in the minds of the children and adults involved far longer then any TV programme they might see this week.
So well done to all the people who put in the work to make it happen. I only hope that Peace in the Park in the summer can recapture just a fraction of that magic.
Having said all of this though, I did hear a comment, made by a small group of young people in front of me when arriving into the general cemetary green, clearly local kids, dressed in their urban attire, which put a different perspective on things for me.
"We use it every friday. They just come once a year..."
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