A Henbury Plan

Further Info

This story was made in a four and a half day training workshop for facilitators and artists working in Henbury. It was led by Aikaterini Gegisian, Liz Milner and Paddy Uglow with support from Helen Boal and was supported by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

Transcript

Another meeting. A Henbury meeting. But wait! There is an air of excitement in the room. A sense of anticipation, of concoction, of something being cooked up.

It is approaching Christmas. I learn that a transformation is occurring. I hear talk of reindeer, of piles of sweets, of digging out costumes from church hall cupboards. “Who will be the elf?”

The rotund St Nick will shower children with confectionery (marshmallows or similar so as not to dent tiny heads).

A whirlwind of glue, paper, scissors whips around the room, catching me up in its wake. It swirls on to talk of illuminations, lanterns… HEALTH & SAFETY! NAKED FLAMES!

“It’s ok! We can use torches!” (A sigh of relief, Henbury can sleep safe).

The whirlwind pauses, and it’s explained: A lantern-making workshop will take place! Light up the shops! Truckloads of mince pies!

And my favourite part of this Henbury plan? A SNOW MACHINE!!!

Credits

Cup picture created by Powerbook Trace, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Rollercoaster picture created by Freaks anon, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Boiling created by Vortistic, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Reindeer created by Scubadive, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Reindeer created by Pixietart, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Reindeer created by Fimb, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Sweets created by Kacey97007, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

3 pictures of sweets created by Gaetan Lee, flickr.com, used under copyright licence.

Lantern created by kanko, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

Lantern created by Bialy Fox, flickr.com, used under copyright licence.

Fire poi created by kedebreeze, used under Public Domain licence.

Eggs created by Rich G, flickr.com, used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.