Common Wheel
Common Wheel were out at Erskine celebrating the end of our BYOB Course where veterans learned to build their own bikes. It was a brilliant event, especially in the sun. Carnival Club showcased their colourful trike and our music team played some music for everyone to enjoy.
Carnival Club created these beautiful banners which were displayed on the gates of Queen’s Park at the Govanhill Festival. The banners celebrate the success in saving the Govanhill Baths, and the Occupation of the baths 20 years ago. The artists took inspiration from the Matisse technique of paper-cuts to create their designs.
Carnival Club and Tunes Up collaborated to perform Creative Collusion, a dramatic mix of visual arts and music, at the Hub at Gartnavel Royal Hospital. The piece began with a procession of lanterns down the hill and into the performance space. The audience enjoyed the music and our participants enjoyed showcasing their talents.
Our wonderful Carnival Club creations became part of the Bearsden Festival (10 – 19 May 2019) which ‘celebrated the positive impact of arts on our mental health and wellbeing’. For over a week our flowers, animals, characters – and totem pole – graced the proceedings bringing their own colourful charm and sense of fun.
Our bike engineer provided a Dr. Bike service for the Thorn Park Fun Run/Cycle Fest on the final day, and fixed loads of bikes of all sizes.
This new composition by Andrew Cruickshank, using lyrics written by people in and associated with Gartnavel Royal Hospital, was performed in the Hub at GRH. Feedback from the audience was very positive. There is a recording on SoundCloud.
A variety of Carnival Club creations were on display in the Christmas Parade on Sunday 25 November. The weather was fine, and it was quite busy. We would like to thank Neil for bringing Big Trike from Maryhill, our artist Jane for masterminding the display, the staff and volunteers who came along to help, and of course the clients who created the exhibits.
