Godiva Carnival 2010 - Take Care of the World | Saturday 3 July

URGENT

Coventry Godiva Carnival Needs You!

We are looking for volunteers on Saturday 3rd July 2010 to push some of the floats in the procession. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Kathi Leahy on 07904148346 or email kathi@imagineerproductions.co.uk

Designed by Jane Hytch of Imagineer Productions, this year the Godiva Carnival Procession celebrates some of the most colourful, exotic and extraordinary creatures from the natural world made more extreme and beautiful through carnival costume.

Carnival Procession Route:

• University Square,
• Bayley Lane,
• Earls St,
• High St,
• Broadgate,
• Trinity St,
• Hale St,
• Corporation St,
• Queen Victoria Road,
• Greyfriars Road,
• Warwick Road,
• War Memorial Park.

The procession leaves University Square at 1pm and estimated time of arrival at the War Memorial Park is 2.30pm.

Titled ‘Take Care of the World’ the Godiva Carnival Procession will feature an army of Penguins,  Zebras, Chameleons,  Meerkats, Foxes  and Otters  amongst many other  large scale spectacular costumes – a Lionfish, an Arctic Owl, a Polar Bear, an African Lion and Flamingo. The beautiful masquerade costumes include wild flowers, arctic dancers, and rain forest dancers.  

The procession starts with a quote from London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Chairman Sebastian Coe; “Sustainability has to be at the heart of everything we do” and through the design of the floats tells a darker story of how man has had a negative impact through deforestation, non eco tourism, greed and the threat to biodiversity.  It finally ends with an image of a lone white tiger – the last ever to be seen in the wild was shot in 1958 – A symbolic reminder that we need to ‘Take care of the World’.

Live music in the procession will be provided by Coventry’s Dave Barrett & Drumestra, Dhol drummers - Masterclass, Phase One Steel Band, Triumph RBL Pipe Band, and guest band -  Bloco Fogo from the South East  playing Brazilian, Cuban and African Rhythms. Various sound systems will keep all the dancers jumping with all the latest Soca road marches from Trinidad.

Carnival masquerade camps are currently being set up across the city – in Willenhall, Radford, Wood End, Walsgrave, Charterhouse, Bell green, Canley and Hillfields. Here participants will work alongside professional artists to make their costumes and create their performance ready for the procession on Saturday 3 July.

On 3 July the ‘Carnival Warm Up’ Live  will be provided by the BBC and Imagineer Productions from 11.30am onwards in Broadgate  getting everyone into the Carnival spirit with carnival themed entertainment!  

As Coventry builds towards the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the carnival will include an Olympic themed section featuring 200 young people from across the West Midlands carrying the flags of the 206 nations taking part in London 2012.

This year’s carnival will also include the work of internationally acclaimed and award winning Carnival designer Brian McFarlane from Trinidad. Brian McFarlane is working in partnership with Imagineer Productions on Godiva Awakes and will return to Coventry in 2011 to design part of the 2011 Godiva Carnival.

Groups who would like to join the Godiva Carnival Procession in 2010, join one of the masquerade camps or simply wish to volunteer on the day by helping push one of the amazing wooden floats should  contact Imagineer Productions:

Website: www.imagineerproductions.co.uk
Email: info@imagineerproductions.co.uk
Telephone: 024 76992480  

Godiva Carnival is funded by Coventry City Council, Imagineer Productions, CVOne and CSWP 2012 Partnership.