Jack Iredale blogs about Flock to Ossett
After weeks of promoting, hours of rehearsing, it arrived. June 30th. The day of Flock to Ossett. And it. Was. Brilliant.
I had a good feeling about it when, walking into Ossett, you could see knitting everywhere, on bollards, on those things people put round trees to protect them...tree fences?... and my personal favourite...a fully knitted bike. Though the giant woollen caterpillar hiding in the grocery store was funny as hell.
As for our performance of the myth of Ossett town, it went down a treat. We had to battle against wind, and at one point, church bells, but we pulled off another great performance, and the reception towards it was heart-warming.
The last thing on our agenda was to take part in the parade. As one of the people leading it, turning round to see a full samba band, and 9 schools worth of kids holding up giant sheep, with the rest of our little band of news paper sellers in the middle was amazing. The amount of people lining the streets to see the parade, who had turned up for the whole Flock to Ossett event, was marvellous, showing that the work not just yew tree, but the whole council, from the knitting groups, the other performers at flock to Ossett, was a great statement that a community can be brought together. Maybe only for a day now, but hopefully the idea of community will stay in people’s heads. Who knows, maybe they will be another day next year. I’d love it.
After weeks of promoting, hours of rehearsing, it arrived. June 30th. The day of Flock to Ossett. And it. Was. Brilliant.
I had a good feeling about it when, walking into Ossett, you could see knitting everywhere, on bollards, on those things people put round trees to protect them...tree fences?... and my personal favourite...a fully knitted bike. Though the giant woollen caterpillar hiding in the grocery store was funny as hell.
As for our performance of the myth of Ossett town, it went down a treat. We had to battle against wind, and at one point, church bells, but we pulled off another great performance, and the reception towards it was heart-warming.
The last thing on our agenda was to take part in the parade. As one of the people leading it, turning round to see a full samba band, and 9 schools worth of kids holding up giant sheep, with the rest of our little band of news paper sellers in the middle was amazing. The amount of people lining the streets to see the parade, who had turned up for the whole Flock to Ossett event, was marvellous, showing that the work not just yew tree, but the whole council, from the knitting groups, the other performers at flock to Ossett, was a great statement that a community can be brought together. Maybe only for a day now, but hopefully the idea of community will stay in people’s heads. Who knows, maybe they will be another day next year. I’d love it.
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