I’ve just arrived home after a day at Lancaster Fun Palace.
Today I have:
- made music using a hardback book (rhythmically slamming it was particularly therapeutic!)
- listened to jazz, show tunes and more
- watched people making lanterns, jelly prints, craftwork and maths structures
- played with words
- staggered through a few steps of a dance routine (it wasn’t pretty!)
- clapped along to a samba drum band
- witnessed babies and toddlers singing and playing with toys, puppets and bubbles
- learned that a radio image of a mouse’s tumour looks very similar to a distant galaxy
- sung harmony to a pop song with a scratch choir
- met a local author and listened to him read extracts from his books
Yesterday, I did a lot of the above, plus I:
- taught several people to juggle (or at least gave them the basics to practise at home)
- became absorbed in a graffiti artist at work
- met the Mayor (and posed for a picture with him and a skeleton…)
- saw a schoolfriend and her family for the first time in years and years
- watched some people drawing comic panels and learning Bollywood dancing (I wasn’t brave enough- I will be next year!)
- tapped my feet to a ukulele orchestra alongside my mum, husband and mother-in-law
- listened to a winning Write Science poem
- played theatre games with a father and daughter
- worked with friends to make a 15 minute show in just under 2 hours and performed it to an appreciative (small and select!) audience
And there was lots more I could have done, but I ran out of time…
Throughout it all, I:
- made some new friends and caught up with people I don’t see often enough
- marvelled at the friendliness and flexibility of Lancaster Library
- had FUN!
Can’t wait for next year! Long Live Fun Palaces!
elaru xx
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