Maynards were awarded the contract for this project. The contract was a partnership with 3 companies. Maynards did the lighting installation, Ridge did the lighting design and Architainment did the programming of the lights. There are  7 lights on the grass area in the semi-circle pointing in front of the memorial with colour as well as white lights.

Lights Up! The launch event was 11th November 2018. There was a moving commemorative service from 6pm by Reverend Andrew Spurr and songs and poems by Deborah Rose, Martin Riley and children from St Mary’s Primary School, Broadway inspired by interviews with older people. This was based on Bridging The Gap an intergenerational project. People were given out candles to hold.

About 300 people of all ages attended the event on a cold but clear night to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One. The lights are permanent so they are there for all to see from dusk to 11pm.

        

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‘It Began with Light’ projection launch

The launch of the new projection at the Almonry Museum was attended by a small number of Wychavon and Evesham Town Councillors, Illuminos the video projection artists who designed the work and representatives who have supported the development of the project. Sue...

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Evesham Library Exhibition

We held an exhibition at Evesham library over the month of November 2018. The content was the results of the community engagement work that has been happening in Evesham with young and old. From painting, to knitting, to collage and creative writing local people have...

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Animation workshops

Children's animation project. Tom Cross ran 2 x 1.5hr sessions in Evesham at Garage Arts, which was a  brief and a fun introduction to how to make an animation. The children drew what they loved about Evesham and were shown how you can make their drawings come alive....

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The Hut of Silence

Lots of people immersed themselves in the 'Hut of Silence' a contemporary sound and film installation based on the untold stories of WW1 and other wars at All Saints Church, Evesham from 18th October to 15th December 2018. The installation was designed by Creative...

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The Launch Events

On Saturday 15 December we launched the new permanent lights to the Bell Tower from 5.30pm to 7.30pm.  After some speeches from Chairman Tony Rowley and Reverend Andrew Spurr people saw all the colours that we can have on the Bell Tower now- green, red, blue, white,...

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Drop in arts and crafts workshops

We ran drop in arts and crafts workshops at The Battle of Evesham in the summer using ideas from the Evesham coat of Arms and those of the leading families involved in The Battle of Evesham. People made their own family coat of arms. We were also at The Valley and The...

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