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The Marina Ballroom Project is a project that is being run in conjunction with Heritage Lottery Fund. The project engages young volunteers between the ages of 15 – 25 in a variety of workshops held across a range of disciplines – namely:
- 1940’s History Places Availible, Enquire Now
- Textiles & Fashion – Fully booked
- Hair & make-up - Places Availible, Enquire Now
- Music – Places Availible, Enquire Now
- Dance - Places Availible, Enquire Now
- Graphic Design & Illustration – Fully booked
The aim of this project is to engage young people in the community, provide them with the opportunity to learn more about the past and provide them with the opportunity to learn new skills.
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Let us know if you would like to be involved in this exciting project!
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25/0610: ‘Work In Progress’ – Marina Ballroom Project Exhibition. 7th -21st July
There will an exhibition of work produced in the Marina Ballroom Project workshops, including Graphic Design, Fashion and Textiles. It will be held in the Washington Gallery, from July 7th- 21st 2010. It’s free – please come along to have a look at these exciting 1940’s and 1950’s inspired creations!
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18/06/2010: Testimonials from students:
“This project will help me incredibly to know the various roles the Pavilion has played in the community for when I speak to the Pavilion visitors – I want to ask if anyone remembers or visited the sun parlour!”
“Knowing about the history is important to understand the project. Also as we interview people involved with the Marina Ballroom we can show knowledge and understanding.”
“The trip to St Fagans was really interesting. We experienced what a house would’ve looked like in the 1940’s – it was very basic as the war had started and therefore the windows were blacked out and rationing was an evident strain on the family’s food supplies. We learned that there was not much on the family’s plates, vegetables were home-grown which they had to tend to themselves on any spare land they had. It was a real eye opener!”
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18/06/2010: New Summer Workshops | Marina Ballroom Project
The Marina Ballroom project, which is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots, recreates the atmosphere of the Pavilion Dance Hall during the 1940 and early 1950’s. It engages young people (15-25) in the community and provides them with a chance to learn more about the past. There will a new series of workshops running this summer:
Workshops include: 1040’s history, Textiles, Fashion, Hair & Make up, jewelry making, Music and Dance, Graphic Design and Illustration.
The next workshop will take place on Sep 5th, and will focus on costume and textiles.
If you would like to get involved in the Marina ballroom project, or the Pavilion Project, please contact us
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18/06/2010: Some of the brilliant results from the recent series of Graphic Design Workshops:
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The Marina Ballroom project aims to uncover the history of Penarth Pier Pavilion during its heyday. Workshops will be held in textiles, fashion, hair, music and dance styles, demonstrating old skills, and young volunteers involved with the project will be meeting older community members to talk about social occasions at the Pavilion.
The Marina Ballroom project will culminate in an exhibition of fashion styles at the Washington Gallery with a video diary of the project and a final retro dance being held at the Paget Rooms in late 2010.
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12/05/10 YOUNG volunteers continue to discover more about the Pavilion thanks to the Marina Ballroom project.
The scheme, launched in November 2009, aims to uncover the history of the 80 year old seafront building during its heyday in the 1940s. Experts in textiles, fashion, hair, music and dance styles have held a number of workshops demonstrating old skills – with around twenty young volunteers meeting older community members to talk to them about what it was like to attend social occasions at the Pavilion. The group recently used older printing methods to produce tickets and posters for the Marina Ballroom dance, taking place in December.
Alex Johnson, a first year student at UWIC who is studying Graphic Communication, inked up a chase and used original wooden type to experience letterpress and linocut printing.
