Back in June some of you may remember we brought our 7m tall giant fisherman puppet, jellyfish and funky prawns to the back alleys of Keyham for an exciting, musical parade.
We were so thrilled with the responses from the neighbourhood that we want to come back with more giants on an even bigger scale. This time for a giant’s party – with the puppet giants co-designed and co-created by the Keyham community
The community participants are very important to the project. We want your voices and ideas to come through. You’ll make decisions about the music the giant moves to, the clothing it wears, the shape and colour of the giant, its name, its strengths, even its favourite foods (it is a party after all and giants do tend to have big appetites!) You’ll be building a symbol of all that you are proud of in Keyham. Perhaps the two giant characters will represent ‘community giants’ in your own local area. Or be characters designed to acknowledge the huge size of Keyham’s community spirit : BIG pride, BIG celebrations, BIG voices, BIG hearts.
Once our puppets are made we’ll have a FREE party in March at Keyham Green Places Centre with food, live music and the giants. Then later on we hope to build even more giants for an even bigger Giant’s Tea Party for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
To make this happen we really need the support (and votes!)from residents of the Keyham and Ford area. So if you like the sound of this please vote for the KEYHAM GIANTS by clicking here:
(online voting closes 12noon Thursday 27 January 2021 or you can vote in person at 1st Keyham (St Mark) Scouts HQ, Knowle Ave, Keyham, PL2 2AZ between 6pm to 8pm on Thursday 27 January)
Ps. Watch a film of the Keyham Giant Puppet Parade back in June 2021 here:
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