Actor, actress dressed in Biggles costume, with scarf and flying helmet at Calderdale, Yorkshire, 7th June, 2015. Sue Walpole at Hebden Bridge Festival. The 8th Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade, the art of the handmade. A festival of events with artists and performers who create a stunning event.
The Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade is a community-made parade in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. Produced by local arts organisations Handmade Parade CIC, the parade celebrates the creativity, variety and the uniqueness of Hebden Bridge and its surrounding areas. The parade takes place in June each year. The Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade was first proposed in 2007 by puppet and mask artist Andrew Kim who had worked as a lead in several community parades and festivals in the USA. The 2008 and 2009 Handmade Parades were co-produced by HEADS and Thingumajig Theatre. A new not-for-profit community interest company was set up in 2010 to organise the parade and the making and performance workshops beforehand. The art for the parade is created largely in open public workshops in the weeks leading up to the parade. These workshops, led by a team of professional parade artists and volunteers, provide ideas, skills and materials for children and adults to make their own parade costumes, banners, puppets and carryable parade art. This workshop structure is styled after In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre's MayDay Parade. To keep this parade a community-based, non-commercial handmade parade, the Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade has two rules: no written words or logos and no motorised vehicles. These rules are based on the rules for the Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant.
Size: 3600px × 2400px
Location: Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, Yorkshire, UK
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License: Licensed
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