There will be free pancakes, African drumming and a pancake flipping race during our Pancake Day event on Saturday 25th February 2012.

 

We will set up a marquee and give away pancakes then oversee competitors as they race around the bandstand (adult race 3pm, children’s race 3.15pm).

 

And Henri Gaobi will give two performances of African drumming with an acrobat and dancers from 2pm to 2.30pm, and 3.30pm to 4pm. He will also carry out a workshop so people can learn drumming.

 

The music is funded by the Big Lottery’s Awards for All scheme and the pancake making session will be funded by the Big Lottery’s Local Food Fund.

 

We would love to hear from volunteers who can help us set up, put away and steward, and also people who can help us cook the pancakes (we’ll supply all the equipment and batter). Also any donations of cake for the café will be gratefully received. Please contact me at this address if you can help.

There will be free pancakes, African drumming and a pancake flipping race during our Pancake Day event on Saturday 25th February 2012.

We will set up a marquee and give away pancakes then oversee competitors as they race around the bandstand (adult race 3pm, children’s race 3.15pm).

And Henri Gaobi will give two performances of African drumming with an acrobat and dancers from 2pm to 2.30pm, and 3.30pm to 4pm. He will also carry out a workshop so people can learn drumming.

The music is funded by the Big Lottery’s Awards for All scheme and the pancake making session will be funded by the Big Lottery’s Local Food Fund.

We would love to hear from volunteers who can help us set up and put away, and also people who can help us cook the pancakes (we’ll supply all the equipment and batter). Contact me at this address if you can help.

 

Our Christingle carol concert and Christmas market will be held on the bandstand from 1pm to 5.30pm on Sunday 11th December.

 

Last year’s small market on the bandstand went very well with vendors selling everything from jewellery to pottery and plants and so we’ve decided to repeat it this year.  The market will run from 1pm to 4pm with tables on and around the bandstand.

 

Children will be able to make Christingle candle holders (complete with sweets and a candle) from 4pm to 4.30pm, and then members of St Johnthe Divine church choir will lead the singing from 4.30pm.

 

Everyone is invited to apply for a stall at the market (a table on the bandstand) for £10 which will be paid to Myatt’s Fields Park Project to help with the charity’s administration costs. If you would like to do this, please contact Victoria Sherwin for an apl .

 

We are grateful to the Minet Conservation Association for funding the Christingle event.

 

Children and adults dressed up for a Halloween celebration at Myatts Field Park on Sunday 30th October.Henri Gaobi led a drumming session on the bandstand and children competed for top place in the fancy dress competition. The music was funded by the Big Lotterys Awards for All programme and the event was organised by Myatts Fields Park Project in partnership with London Borough of Lambeth.

Everyone is welcome to come along to our Halloween event which will take place by the bandstand from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday 30th October 2011.

We’ll have an African drumming workshop on the bandstand when Henri Gaobi will invite people to come up onto the bandstand and drum from 2pm.

And at 3.15pm we’ll be judging a fancy dress competition, with prizes to win for the best costumes by under 5s, under 12s and all other ages.

We welcome any donations of spooky cakes to the café.

  Following on from the Review and Photos of our first Sleepover in the Park we can now make available this video too.

Everyone is welcome to come along and draw around the bandstand on Saturday 15th October 2011 when we hold our Art in the Park event in Myatt’s Fields Park.

This will include a free music performance from 1pm by Coco Xpress, who will play an infectious blend of Latin American dance rhythms including meringue and salsa, accompanied by dancers Garcia and Maria, as well as three art workshops for all ages during the afternoon.

 

I am writing to ask now for help:

·                    Setting up from 11am to 1pm

·                    Stewarding during the event

·                    Helping on the cake stall

·                    Clearing up from 5pm to 6pm

·                    Baking cakes for the cake stall

Also, local artists are welcome to display their work in the roundhouse. Please contact me as soon as possible if you would like to do this and if you can help during the afternoon.

We’ll be offering a free vegetarian feast and free French African music on the bandstand during our celebration of this year’s harvest on 18th September 2011.

 

MUSIC

 

RUMBA DE LONDRES will perform popular Congolese Soukous dance rhythms and songs in Lingala and French (1-3pm) and at 3.30pm ORGANIC, a local band who started life in the Funky Monkey, Camberwell, will showcase their talents.

 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

 

Everyone will be invited to sit down to a free vegetarian feast from 1pm which will include food grown by volunteers on local estates and in our greenhouse. The feast will be prepared by local cooks.

 

London Orchard Project will bring a large juicer and people will be able to take away (or drink) fresh juice made from locally-foraged fruit.

 

We’ll also have a jam making session - bBring along some fruit and a jar and take home jam at the end of the day. Children will be able to design a label for your jar.

 

Invisible Food will join us after a morning forage for wild food and will make elderberry chutney during the afternoon. Their walk starts at the Loughborough Centre, SW9 7PD at 10.30am.

 

We will have a bee keeping demonstration with honey from Myatt’s hives.

 

The music for the day has been funded by the National Lottery’s Awards for All programme, and the cooking activities are funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food fund. The day is organised by Myatt’s Fields Park Project in partnership with London Borough of Lambeth.

 

HOW CAN YOU HELP

 

·                    Volunteer during the day, helping to put up and take down marquees, working on a stall, general stewarding. Do as much or as little as you like (agreed in advance)

·                    Help in the café or on the cake stall

·                    Help our cooks in the morning as they prepare food for the feast from 11am

·                    Bake for our cake stall

·                    Bring along fruit gathered locally in your garden or anywhere around the park for making jam or juicing. Bring a jam jar and take home jam we’ve made during the afternoon.

 

Please contact me if you can help with any of the above.

Families with children under five years will be invited to join a music workshop at the Mulberry Centre on Friday 19th August led by gypsy duo Katherine Toy on accordion and Nick Goode on violin.

They will play rousing melodies for dancing, clapping and singing together during the free session which runs from 1.30pm to 2.30pm.

The workshop is funded by the Big Lottery’s Awards for All fund.