Creative Community Festival, Radstock

photo by June Wentland, BathNES Reader Development Reader

Creative Community Festival: art|works in Radstock
Alan Summers of With Words: Renga at Radstock Library!
September 26th 2009
2.15p.m. - 6p.m.

Alan Summers holding the second shisan renga (12 verse group poem of shared writing) that we did with people before the library closed!

June Wentland, BathNES Reader Development Officer and myself travelled to Radstock in order to get a renga poem happening as part of the festival. Little did we know that people would love the idea of renga so much that we would complete two renga group poems!

This was also due to the wonderful, friendly, helpful Radstock Library staff, and nesa people.

Renga is a group poem of shared writing, and great fun!
We were all so pleased with Radstock Library users being so keen to get involved.


photo by Mel Day (wire sculpture artist: http://www.melday.co.uk/)

L-R: Judy Terry, Radstock Library Manager; June Wentland, BathNES Reader Development Officer; and myself at the end of a long but delightful day!

We just loved all the verses from the public!

This was the second of two With Words haiku related events on Saturday in the South West of England.

Match the Haiku to the Picture: Bradford on Avon Arts Festival

photo by Terry Hogan
With Words Match a Haiku to the Picture Competition
Saturday 26th September 2009
3.30p.m. - 6p.m.

With Words held a Match the Haiku to a Picture Competition at the St Laurence Street Party*.

Kathy Hogan and Karen Hoy ran the competition and stall while I was away at Radstock Community Festival with Reader Development Officer June Wentland as part of Japan-UK 150 and With Words partnership with Bath Libraries.


photo by Alan Summers
Our event was sponsored by Bradford on Avon's own fantastical independent bookshop Ex Libris!


*St. Laurence Street Party
"A festival within a festival: Bradford on Avon comes alive with haiku, music, dance, food, drink, stalls and entertainment for every age!"


photo by Terry Hogan

Kathy and Karen and festival goers sharing a joke.


photo by Kathy Hogan

Re-enacting the very serious moment of randomly picking the winning entry.

Forty five people entered our competition where they had to pick five out of ten haiku that matched five photographs. Out of those forty-five forms handed back we had nineteen correct forms so I had to pick out an overall winner!


photo by Kathy Hogan

I'm holding up the Ex Libris book voucher, and behind me is a painting of Bradford on Avon that hangs in the big room next to our little office in town.


photo by Kathy Hogan

Match the Haiku to a Picture Competition was sponsored by Ex Libris, Bradford on Avon's own fantastic independent bookshop.


photo by Karen Hoy

The Winner!

Emma is a nurse at Bath's A&E Department, a very deserving and enthusiastic winner.

Emma is going to enjoy taking her time deciding which book to buy at Ex Libris as it will be a great excuse to pick Jim's brain about 18th Century novels. Jim runs the always sell out Literary Quiz in the Bradford on Avon Arts Festival.

photo by Karen Hoy

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Favourite Word Slam!

photo©Alan Summers 2009
FAVOURITE WORD SLAM!
Organisers: With Words Friday 25th September 2009
8pm The Fat Fowl, Bradford on Avon
The Fat Fowl is only minutes from the train station if you turn left! ;-) Tickets: £5 (price includes a glass of good wine).
FAT FOWL: http://www.fatfowl.com/
MAP: http://www.fatfowl.com/contact.html

We had a terrific bunch of people, some local, some from out of town as far afield as Corsham and Nailsea if you exclude two Americans who fell in love with the West Country years ago.

What is FAVOURITE WORDS what is a Slam!?
It's like a poetry slam except you only have to perform a single word that you might just adore and didn't even know it!

Or it could be a word you are fascinated by, or a word you absolutely hate but need to get that fact off your chest, because you just have to say it!!!


Alan's spelling is rubbish, and his favourite word!

All this in a fun filled laid back three-round event, where you are invited to share these mad cap fab favourite words of yours!

During the breaks we ran little word games with daft prizes!

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Bob, Jane, and Damien seem delighted with their Alphabet Spaghetti!

Every round, the audience can vote for the word that got them laughing, or philosophical, or just plain confused!

The audience have fun putting people through they love or hate so they have to say another word for the second round, and yet again if you get through to the third round!


Even though it was an individual game people enjoyed giving each other support.

So have three words ready just in case you get through to the final!

You don't have to be a "writer" or a "poet" to take part and really enjoy this.


Dictionaries are available on the night, but you'd better start thinking now to be in with a chance of winning decent 1st, 2nd or 3rd prizes!

2nd and 3rd Prizes of With Words Haiku Mugs went to Tom from Boston U.S.A. and David from Corsham.


David wins a With Words haiku mug!

Our Favourite Words Winner!!!!

Tracy wins a fine voucher from our Favourite Words sponsor "Wild Mary Ellis"
A lovely new business just opposite the With Words office offering Holistic Beauty and well being at 5 Market Street, Bradford on Avon, Tel. (01225) 866470
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USEFUL FESTIVAL INFORMATION
The map of Bradford on Avon:
http://www.theartsfestival.co.uk/information.html#Venue
On the map, Fat Fowl is "L"

About the Festival:
http://www.theartsfestival.co.uk/about.html

TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS cars cars!
BRADFORD ON AVON RAILWAY STATION
(about 5-7 minutes away from the Fat Fowl
and ample parking if coming by car):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford-on-Avon_railway_station

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