Dandifest 2017 Indigogo crowd funding

Dandifest 2017 is going to happen with a little help from our friends.
Please do buy some art from this lovely indiegogo website all the funds go towards our match fund from Arts council. Match funds very hard to find with Council cuts in Norwich City. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/presenting-dandifest-2017-art-community/x/15896079#/

A very Dandy Village fete time-lapse film

While the very Dandy village fete was all happening Ruski from the Art of Norwich made a fantastic time-lapse film. Its like a dream looking at the film and we all looking like were buzzing around doing lots of fun things. There is so much in the film Ivanov teaching art by the giant still life, the stalls, Norwich rising Drum for justice drumming, Dress, pose and paint like a dandy in the garden, Poets on the 5th plinth, Dandi the clown and the end is Eloise O'Hare's Lewis soft scultpure chess set being played Link to film is here http://norwichdandies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/flaps-theatre.html

Drum 4 Justice at Dandifest

Maddi Cassell led the drumming at Dandifest which was held at the very village fete at St. Margaret's church of art.

Made made a special dress for the occasion with the joker all over it.

Poet, musician, clown cab driver from Brighton Dicky Lee Lupton-White

Maddie with her wooden spoon and flan tin ready to drum 4 justice to stop violence against women. 

Men taking part in the drumming to stop the violence.

Each year we normally do something new on the 14th of February outside the Forum, this year it was drumming and we spent along time learning a tune that Julian Culpan created for us using morse code.

Dani the clown came all the way from a small Italian town to join in the drumming at dandifest

Jasmine from Future radio joins is a big supporter of Norwich Rising and lets us go on her radio show every year. 

A tin of roses now makes a very good drum.

Mick Hardy DPAC and Equal Rights supporter joins in the drumming

Dugald the Doodle Dandy likes to drum on a wok

David Mills also a big drummer 

A lovely lady who drummed, dressed up, painted the model

Primal screaming to get the drumming going

A flan tin and roses goes a long way.

All the pots were donated from people all over Norwich. 

Shelly Telly hits a note with a twiglets tin

Fryin up some music to end violence

Hit the pan not people

Maddi has written out the words so we can use them to help us drum out the beat

Vince and Poppy rocking it out

Next years Norwich Rising on the 14th February in front of the forum 1pm. Dancing, drumming and something new. 

Bank Holiday weekend of Dandifest

Dandifest! Bank holiday Weekend
Friday 2 May start of Bank Holiday weekend.
1.30pm-5pm Vince Dandy Laws turning jars into lanterns, using various techniques, bring empty jars, paints provided.
6pm-Late candle lit event with live art, including Hayley Hare with The Black Dog Runs At Night; Find Me Plant Me Bury Me with Kayla St Claire; and Poetry in the Dark, experimental pieces with Vince Laws, Trudy Howson, and Dugald Ferguson.

Bank Holiday Saturday 3 May
1.30pm-5pm Ann Nicholls, Dandy Snap is in the house.
2pm Free Pilates with Diane from Companionate Pilates.

Epic Studios, Norwich
6.30pm for 7.30pm start, don't miss drag star Pequlia Bigtopp hosting a one-off Dandifest game-show extravaganza 'Art With A Capital F!' Special Guests & Amazing Prizes! Tickets via epic-tv.com or 01603 727727, cost £10 pre-booked/ £12 on the door /£7 concs. “Quick witted, sharp tongued temptress!”

The Birdcage, Pottergate, Norwich
8pm-Late The Dandy Disco! Fancy dress if you fancy it! With DJs Di, Jules, and Jasmine from Future Radio, the Official After-Party for Pequlia Bigtopp's Art With A Capital F!

Bank Holiday Sunday 4 May
10am-1pm Portrait Painting Masterclass with Gena Ivanov. Bring your own canvas/paper/materials. First Gena explains his techniques, then helps you paint a portrait.

The Birdcage, Pottergate, Norwich
2pm-5pm Woolly Workshop, with Kally Davidson. Experiment with your yarn, new twists on old techniques, spin with a twig, play with mini, massive and interactive body knitting. Materials provided but please bring fabric, yarns or items to recycle that you’d like to incorporate into the collaborative installation piece at St Margaret's church at the end of the workshop.

6-9pm at The Birdcage, Dandifest! presents Sunday Servix, an evening of music, learning dance routines, performance art and theatre, with Kayleigh O’Keefe's Flaps Theatre, Baltic resident DJ of the Turner Prize Party Hayley Hare, Kayla St Claire's dance commenting on the nature of pop videos, and Body of Work Jerrica invite you to make your mark on them.

Chapelfield Gardens
11am-4pm The Norwich Dandies are at the Norwich & District Trades Union Council May Day celebrations with Dress Like A Dandy! Pose Like A Dandy! Paint Like A Dandy!

Bank Holiday Monday 5 May
The Norwich Dandies Do A Very Village Fete!
10am-1pm Portrait Painting Masterclass with Gena Ivanov. Bring your own canvas/paper/materials. Gena explains his techniques, then helps you paint a portrait.
11am Dandi the Clown is coming from London to open the Village Fete! with stalls (bring your own table/blanket to sell your wares, pay what you can) with performers, Debbie Sutton's Flower Power face painting, Tricia Frances' Photo Light Painting workshops (bring a camera or camera phone), and modern twists on old fashioned games.
12 noon Drum For Justice, make a noise against violence against women and children, with Maddie Cassell, rehearsals and performance at 2pm.
2pm Dandifest! Poetry from Vince Laws, and Dickie Lee Lupton-White aka Bonk, with Open Mike opportunities.
4pm Dandi the Clown closes the Village Fete!

11am-2pm Woolly Workshop, with Kally Davidson at The Birdcage (details as yesterday).

Norfolk Can Inspire volunteers

Today Norwich Dandies signed up a partnership with Norfolk Can Inspire, so we can now have volunteers. The volunteers at Norfolk can inspire are aged from 16 -26 years old. They gain experience and life skills from volunteering. I have put a list of amazing jobs on the Norfolk can inspire website so if your in that age group, sign up to it and check them out. If your over 26 you can volunteer as well to Dandifest. Just contact us direct and leave a comment under this post. 

Norwich Rising Drum for Justice the movie premier

Norwich Rising Drum for Justice the Movie Premier at Dandifest. Shelly Telly and Eloise O'Hare organisers of Drum for Justice have Editing the Movie to be shown at Dandifest.
Also we will be Drumming again Secret beats with pots and pans once again at Dandifest from 12pm - 2pm. Bank Holiday Monday 5th May

Woollenwood workshops

Kally will be Yarn bombing at Dandifest. She will be running two Woolly workshops at the birdcage on the 4th and Monday 5th May from 10am -1pm
Check out Kally's Facebook page

Drum for Justice the Movie

Shelly Telly and Eloise O'Hare from Norwich Rising will be editing together the official Norwich Rising film which will be premiered during Dandifest on the Mayday Monday 5th May 

Shelly Teddy waving the Norwich Rising flag, ending the violence against women. Bring your pots and pans along to the Mayday bank holiday event and make join the Drum for Justice band.

Drum for Justice at Dandifest

Drum for Justice which was a fantastic event that was organised by Norwich Rising for One Billion and Rising the International event to end all violence against women. Norwich had its own unique drumming tune that was created by Australian artist Julian Culpan. All over Norwich groups, schools and individuals learnt the tune and brought there pots and pans to the forum to play the tune together. Inside the tune was a secret morse code which spelled out enough is enough to domestic violence. We also raised money for Leeway women's refuge.

Here is Eloise O'Hare in front of her Drum for Justice poster of Norwich Rising.

Women drumming with pots and pans

Maddi Cassell will be leading the drummers on Monday the 5th May at St. Margaret's church of Art for our Dandifest fete. It will be a unique opportunity for people who missed out on drumming with us before and for others to drum again.