"Recognised
by LOCOG as the biggest community event of the London 2012 Festival
closing celebration, the Bandstand Marathon will see hundreds of events
in bandstands and other open spaces happening across the UK.
Taking
place on 9th September 2012 between 1pm – 5pm, this will be the largest
Bandstand Marathon to date, a truly national event linking local
communities and London 2012 "
I was really thrilled when @67 and the Wrexham Community Choir asked me to come along and photograph this event, at The Llwyn Isaf Bandstand . Having been given the information, I asked fellow photographer, Holly Cooper to come along and cover it with me - aside from the fact that it promised to be a big enough event to warrant at least 2 photographers, as mentioned in a previous blog, planning was taking place for the carnival celebrations, and some of the people taking part and attending the Bandstand, would also be heavily involved in the Carnival, and it was a great chance for Holly to meet them .
As well as the choir performing, there would also be several other local bands, and Yum Yum, (The Project) were also organising a community picnic to take place on the green at the same time .
Holly and I got there about an hour or so before the event was due to start, and I introduced Holly to some of the choir and the @67 members, and we were introduced to the crew handling the sound and some of the musicians taking part . Again, I'd been asked to get video footage, if possible, as well, so had brought not only my cam corder, but after the technical Gremlins had showed me just what they could do at the previous days Africa Entsha performance, I also had my HD film-capable camera, and a back-up DSLR too !
The day kicked off with the fabulous voices of the Wrexham Community Choir , first rehearsing, and then opening the music
And the music just kept on coming- it was fantastic to see so many talented local bands and groups .
Jo Marsh - Baby Brave
Baby Brave
40 Days
40 Days
The Crow Hearts
The Crow Hearts
And it was also good to see so many people enjoying the event - Gay, from Yum Yum had said that they wanted to see kids playing ball games and having fun - and they certainly did, not a gameboy or ipod in sight :)
The following is just a selection of images and video's of the bands, the audience and the team that helped put this day together
The Ready Get Set
Laura Leigh and Joey Dickenson, from 'Heal The Last Stand '
Dave Elwyn Band
Dave Elwyn Band
Dave Elwyn Band
Steve Hywyn Jones
Steve Hywyn Jones
It was a really good day to be a part of . Every time I do an 'event', I feel like I am learning new skills, which is obviously valuable , and as a bonus, again I get to meet a lot of new people and enjoy a lot of creative talent . Thanks to @67 and The Wrexham Community Choir - always a pleasure doing event with these two organisations, and this was definitely no exception .
It was nice as well, to see two of my images, and one of Holly's, used in a write up of the event, about a week later
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