Had we mentioned before that the meetings wouldn't be formal?
We literally "bumped" into most of the participants today, when we were taking pictures on the road, like Ian from 3a, Paddy, from n5 (both on the photo). they were not planning to come to the the meeting, to be fair, we sort of highjacked them, but it turned out to be a lovely meeting! good knowledge and input for the party, particularly about cables and electrical matters, and helping with finding places to place poles/posts for the bunting, among other things.
Not featuring on the photo are Bern (Chalpit Terrace), and Maia, who had left by then, and Jools (Chalpkit Terrace as well). Bern will help with sound matters, which means that between Paddy, Bern and myself we may now be able to put a music stage together, cables from here, speakers from there, etc. Don't worry, it won't be too loud. But if it is windy, it will be a good alternative to not hearing anything at all! Mind you, we are not sure at all we'll have all we need in time.
As for Jools, he and my elder son Alex are the first two of a "crew" of young local residents who will help, a little bit like "roadies", to make things happen: help people if they are struggling with taking their table/chairs to the road, help decorate, help clean up afterward, keep an eye on things. This is good news. If you want to hop on board, get in touch (mobile number on contact page).
Thanks to all those who joined tonight. It was so exhilarating that we thought we should meet up like that in the community gardens regardless, on a regular basis. It was so simple: bring your own glass and drink, the rest just follows (I have about 15 chairs. beyond that, well, hopefully it will be warm enough next week to sit on the lawn!).
Bear with us about the blog itself, we are not exactly webmasters (and i'm an intergalactically bad typist), but we're exploring what "blogger" can offer to make this web address the easiest information portal we can. Finding out about the "pages" option (home, blog, photos, main menu) was like a breakthrough last week!
We have just put our leaflets/posters online here for you to email them on or print them if you like.
We wrote a message about moving the cars away from the road on the 3rd, and will distribute it soon, let's say, a week before the event. (you can find it on the "road closure" page).
Last but not least: it was suggested that all the decoration gets put on between 11 and 12 on the day, and a photo is taken every 5 seconds to make a stop motion video of the street mutating into a party zone. Sounds like a great idea. get in touch if you want to help with it. (mostly by timing when the bunting goes up!)
All the best,
See you next week.
Contance
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