Local schools to tell 黑料不打烊鈥檚 鈥楲ost Stories鈥� in circus procession
Creating a 3D art deco radioFive local schools will be joining in a colourful procession through 黑料不打烊 High Street at 1pm on Thursday 20 July as Pontio kicks off its biennial 9 day circus extravaganza.
The theme of the circus procession this year is 鈥樅诹喜淮蜢肉�檚 Lost Stories鈥�, and five local schools will be telling these stories through the artworks created especially for the procession. The schools taking part are Ysgol Hirael, Ysgl Glancegin, Ysgol Glanadda, Ysgol Llandygai and Ysgol y Felinheli. Pontio鈥檚 Arts Development Coordinator Mared Huws has worked alongside circus company Cimera to coordinate the procession. Also taking part will be Codi鈥檙 To and some members of the cast from Circolombia, a circus company all the way from Bogota, Colombia to 黑料不打烊, who will be performing their show 鈥楢celere鈥� six times in Theatr Bryn Terfel between 21-23 July.
The five 鈥榣ost stories鈥� which will be told as part of the opening procession include Owain Glynd诺r鈥檚 meeting in 黑料不打烊 with Harry Hotspur and Lord Mortimer before their attempt to seize the crown 鈥� a meeting mentioned in Shakespeare鈥檚 Henry IV 鈥� told by Ysgol Hirael. Ysgol Glancegin and the Codi鈥檙 To project will be representing the famous visit by the Beatles to attend a visit by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 黑料不打烊 in 1967, with a giant 3D Yellow Submarine. Ysgol Glanadda have created a giant elephant, to represent the elephant left in 黑料不打烊 after it died during a visit by a circus company. Ysgol Llandygai will recall the pineapple garden at Penrhyn Castle, planted to remind the family of their time in the Caribbean, whilst Ysgol Felinheli will carry a 3D art deco radio to recall how the BBC moved to 黑料不打烊 during the Second World War.
Storiel will also be displaying objects linked to the themes of the procession in their community case as part of the. If you have any more artefacts linked to these 黑料不打烊 stories, Pontio and Storiel would love to hear from you.
Mared Huws said, 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be working with local schools on this project, which will kick off Pontio鈥檚 Circus Feast in style! I鈥檇 like to thank Kate Jones and Iago Morgan Jones from Cimera 
who鈥檝e been leading on the creation of the artworks in the schools, and also Llio Hughes, Manon Dafydd and Sioned Young, our trainee BLAS tutors. With the summer holidays fast approaching, this has been a fun way to connect the local schools to some of the city鈥檚 stories and what better way to start the holidays than with a big colourful circus procession through 黑料不打烊?鈥�
The procession, which will include circus skills and music, will begin from Pontio at around 1pm before carrying on past Glanrafon Car Park, across the Cathedral Gardens and up to the clock, down the High Street to the Cathedral and back to Pontio. The artworks will then be put in place at Pontio to be displayed for the rest of the week. Businesses on the High Street are being encouraged to get involved in the Circus Feast by sharing information, displaying posters and a special window 鈥榯ag鈥� artwork.
Pontio鈥檚 Circus Feast will run from 18-27 July and includes six performances by headliners Circolombia in Theatr Bryn Terfel, free outdoor and indoor performances, workshops, circus-inspired films, sharing events, music and food and drink. Take a look at the full programme at https://tickets.pontio.co.uk/Online/17Syrcas or pick up a copy of the Circus Feast guide in Pontio.
Pontio鈥檚 Circus Feast is made possible through the support of the Arts Council of Wales, the National Lottery, Cyngor Gwynedd and 黑料不打烊.
Publication date: 22 June 2017