The weekend of the 26th-28th September, saw the national Launch of the Cultural Olympiad celebrations to mark the start of the four year run up to the 2012 Olympics. In Southampton, Scrapstore jumped at the chance to take a central role in local celebrations by decorating the Bargate in the Olympiad colours of blue, green, pink and orange.
It was a three-pronged attack; the lions were dressed in bows at the front and 15m twisted banners, all made of scrap material, hung from the roof; the gates at the back showed off the range of scrap from the Scrapstore, with the appropriate colours all carefully sourced by Scrapstore volunteers; and then to finish off, during Saturday's Arts market, Scrapstore volunteers and members of CB groups came together to turn the Bargate into a wishing tree, making 3D wishes for the next four years and tying them to the gates.
It was a great opportunity to advertise the Scrapstore and show its valuable contribution to culture in the city. But more importantly for the CB Project it was the chance to get Scrapstore and CB groups involved at the heart of the city. Indeed the Mini Millbrook group got themselves on the front of the council's brochure for the event - show offs!
All round, it was a great team effort, with volunteers involved at every stage. Special thanks must go to Scrapstore volunteer Mark who helped decorate the gates on the Friday, Morley (Treasurer) who used his science expertise to secure the banners on the roof of the Bargate, and John (Co-ordinator) who sourced the silk rope needed from as far as Dorset Scrapstore.
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