Sheffield Childrens Festival 2007
| Published: 14th May 2007 22:13 |
10 May 2007
SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL 2007 BROCHURE LAUNCH
The Sheffield Children's Festival 2007 brochure will be launched on Thursday 17 May at 9am. The Deputy Lord Mayor and Andrew Percival, Public Sector Director from Taylor Woodrow, official sponsors of the Festival, will be presented with the first copies of the Children's Festival brochure by Pauline Eveleigh, the Festival Director, and the colourful Children's Festival Jester. Taylor Woodrow Construction is leading the consortium, Paradigm, which was recently selected as the preferred bidder for Sheffield's Building Schools for the Future programme.
Brochures will be available from libraries, the Winter Garden or by calling the Festival Office, Sheffield City Council on 0114 281 4050.
Sheffield Children's Festival is a major annual event in Sheffield's civic, cultural and educational calendar. The festival transforms Sheffield into a giant stage and art gallery from 16 June to 21 July and is unique because the youngsters themselves produce all the work. The theme of this year's festival is ‘Bollywood' in celebration of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, being held at the Hallam fm Arena on 9 June. The five-week festival provides over 20,000 children and young people from 130 schools in Sheffield with the opportunity to take part and learn from a variety of creative activities.
The Deputy Lord Mayor, Arthur Dunworth, said: "This year's Bollywood themed festival looks set to be the most colourful and exciting Children's Festival we've ever had. The events are so creative, unusual and imaginative they will bring amazing opportunities for the 20,000 or so children taking part. It will also provide the city with a feast of wonderful entertainment."
Pauline Eveleigh, Festival Director and Cultural Events Manager for Sheffield City Council, said: "There is quite a buzz about as Yorkshire begins to prepare for the Bollywood Awards. Linked to this major event thousands of children and young people around Sheffield are learning about the culture of the Indian sub-continent as they work with artists, dramatists, dancers and musicians in preparation for this year's Children's Festival. Now in its fifteenth year the Festival promises to be an extravagant celebration of our youngsters' skills inspiring everyone's imagination."
Taylor Woodrow Construction board director, Gerald Slack, said: "Taylor Woodrow is delighted to be involved in such an important annual event which involves more than 80% of city schools and 20,000 children from nursery through to further education. We will also be working closely with the City Council over the coming years to deliver this programme of new schools and we welcome the opportunity to put something back into the community that will directly benefit city children.
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