Talking Stones!
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| richly fossiliferous limestone |
Derwent Stories and BM125 at Altitude 2018
First there were rocks. And some lovely stones. And fossils.
Chalk and limestone, granite and gabbro. Rocks to hold and think about.
Trilobites, goniatites, crinoids and teeth.
We hoped these would feed into lovely puppet and word activities inspiring
quiet conversation around mineral stories and the arguments of crystals.
Then it rained.
The Altitude Youth Arts Festival at the Mt Cook AdventureCentre where we were working was a lovely afternoon. There was some excellent
music to keep us entertained. Songs from young musicians, dance from another
young group, some quiet storytelling from others. There was a cap fire in the
woods and bushcraft activities to try. And us making pebble puppets on a field while people sailed, shrikeining, down a zip wire overhead.
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| great fun - and he seems happy! |
Great fun!
Our carefully planned activity dissolved a bit in the rain
but we made some wonderful puppets all the same. We got people holding rocks. Talking
about what they might find in their gardens at home or out on a walk. And they
went home with some wonderfully crazy little characters….
Make your own pebble puppet: instructions will follow
shortly
BM125: setting out to take the Buxton museum and Art Gallery . Follow the link above to find out more about BM125
collections out into the Peak District landscapes as part of the
celebrations for the Museum's 125th birthday, Altitude gave us the
chance to talk to people, show them rocks from local places, comapre
these with not so local rocks, take that rocks and fossil knowledge and
build characters inspired by that knowledge
For all our DS events, we post a "where did we go" note with advice and experience that might help people decide if they would like to go themselves on another occasion
Visiting Altitude
When: Altitude is a Youth Arts Festival within the bigger
Wirksworth Festival. As such it happens once a year - watch for dates for next
September
Access: activities happen at different sites. Mt Cook
Adventure Centre has parking, easy access for wheelchairs and good toilets.
Activities were free. The music was great. On a good day it would have been a
lovely afternoon to sit on the grass with a picnic, do a
bit of making, enjoy the music, and generally relax. At the Eco Centre next door there was more
acoustic music
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