Here is the calendar, a work in progress, an exercise in progression and regression in the form of a table. Ps. The below table is very technical, its only polite that we point this out. Cheers. Also, some dates from the below table have already been added into the MAD fest calendar. Here it is: http://sites.google.com/site/mappingalternativederby/calendar
| Day | Event | Time and Location |
What is it? |
| Oct Thurs 1st | Hearty Handshakes & Hugs Half Hour, supported by the Mobile Moustache Embassy |
The Ram outside HMVCity Centre7.47 – 8.17pm
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Hearty Handshakes and Hugs given freely by members of the Union of Play, Freedom, and Critical Thinking to welcome everybody to the feste. |
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| Sat 3rd | Paint Your Junk Gold | At the Opening Plenary, Bramblebrook Community Centre, Stockbrook Street, 1-5pm | Be it an empty crisp packet or an ironing board without panache – give it to us and get it a good golding. |
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| Wed 7th | Train Station Procrastination | Derby Train Station | 7.30-9.30pmWarning this event may run over allotted time!Have a decision to make? Not sure which direction to take? Join fellow procrastinators for pondering, chat, and over priced beverages. Warning: this event may run over allotted time!
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| Fri 9th | Programme Recital | at City-Zen, Bramblebrook Community Centre, Stockbrook St, between 9-10pm | Hear Ye, the programme of the Moustache, read to a suspenseful jazz drumbeat, plus moustache sideshow games…. |
| Sat 10th | The Great Hair Debate | BooSadlergate 7pm |
Come and see moustaches and eyebrows slog it out into a hair tangle in amongst a mess of moustache based panda-monium (and fat loads of food). |
| Sun 11th | Hyde Park Style Superhero Soapbox under a Willow (capes provided if required) | Under the Willow under the curly bridge, Mark Eaton Park. 2pm onwards (and upwards!) | Soapbox for all budding marvel maestros with your grandiose or mediocre schemes. |
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| Wed 14th | Sing for Supper |
End of Boden Street (see signs) 6pm – 10pm | Come round when you’re hungry and sing, or hum, for your nosh. |
| Thur 15th | Circus skills workshop | 7pm – 11pm, The Bless | Sy is a very nice gentleman/clown with some very good gentleman/clown skills. Go and learn them. |
| Fri 16th | Free walking (in clown Suits) | Not sure yet – 5pm | Walk like the ministry of silly walks, jump impossibly easy jumps preposterously (whilst youngsters jump preposterous jumps impossibly easily), and other general larking about which could all end in tea |
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| Sun 18th | a)Tea for 2 hundred…b)Artistically Challenged Workshop
c)Cake not Hate |
a)Meet at Derwent Bridge 8.58amb)Time and place uncertain.
c)Time and place to be decided. |
a)Join the teapot crack squad on a clowndestine carboot mission, followed by celebratory subterranean tea
b)We’ll be gathering outside a local eyesore to paint our own impression of it with our finest watercolours/oils.The best painting will either be put up in the Tate or given away at one of our competitions/gatherings somewhere. Cheers/thanks c)After the recent successful Love Music Hate Racism festival, we’ve decided to combat all forms of hate with cake by handing out cake to people who don’t hate cake. Would you like a slice of cake? Here you go |
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| Thur 22nd | A Day of spooning and spoonerisms. | All Day. Talk to Holly at Boo | Holly likes all forms of spoons (and probably the word spoon as well). She can even hang one off her nose. Have fun with spoons, advice will be provided. More info on this event when we’ve worked out what it is |
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| Fri 30th | Hoolaweeneen | 6.6.6.pm at Bass’ Rec | Including demonic hula hooping and fire stuff |
| Sat 31st | Dead Cool fancy dress breakdancing | TBC | Dress up Dead, ghoulish or just someone from the paaaassst… and maybe there’ll be some Dead Cool breakdancing or just us making fools of ourselves quite likely… |
