eight foot square

Did this giant dream-catcher in the Ore Adventure playground help us find our fortune today? Not quite, but old, new and foreign coins, a foil- wrapped shell, bulldog and hair clips, a paintbrush, half a marble and a ball containing metal were unearthed from The Bridge Community Gardens today. For more metal-detecting fun join us at Eight Foot Square Day on The Stade Open Space, Rock-a-nore Road, Hastings 1-6pm to hunt for treasure on the beach.

Children, parents and grandparents got stuck into Steve Barbe’s Junk Percussion Workshops today with Eight Foot Square. Experiment with rhythm and rhyme, bash and beat with Steve when he joins us on The Stade Open Space, Rock-a-nore Road, Hastings, for Eight Foot Square Day, Saturday 18th August, 1pm – 6pm.

1.00pm – 6.00pm FREE FAMILY FUN – Click here for more information
Have a go at chalk-art, junk percussion, metal-detecting on the beach and sand-sculpting, have a shed load of fun with Daddy Papersurfer and more @ The Stade, Rock-a-nore Road, Hastings. As the evening draws in, support those walking on hot coals for the H20 Charity or sign up in advance for the challenge of a lifetime.

7.00pm – 9.00pm FIREWALKING ON HOT COALS – Click here for more information and how to sign up!

Sand-sculptor Zara Gaze of www.sandalism.com fame led our free 8ft square event last Sunday 22nd July at the packed out, World Guiness Record setting, Hastings Pirate Day in glorious sunshine.

More free sand sculpting fun join us on The Stade Open Space, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW Saturday 18th August from 1pm.

Inspired by how the fishermen of Hastings responded to the challenge of fitting huts to dry their nets on an 8ft square footprint between the cliffs and the beach, building their huts three storey high, our project looks to see what other people in the area can creatively do in 8ft square.

Request your free 8ft long ribbon to measure out your own eight foot square space. Experiment; create your own performance, installation, exhibition or workshop, individually or in a group. Then book your square for Saturday 18th August 2012 on The Stade Open Space, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings. All good family friendly fun, everyone is welcome to join in.

To be sent a ribbon or make a booking e-mail Jacqueline.Ede@hotmail.co.uk

Ahoy me hearties! Join 8 foot square for some free pirate themed sand-sculpting 11am – 5pm at the Stade Open Space, The Stade, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings this Sunday as part of Hastings Pirate Day.

Dress as a pirate to help Hastings attempt to reclaim the Guinness World Record for “Largest Gathering of Pirates” at 1.00pm on the beach.

With pirate music, stunt action sword fighting, a pirate market, real pirate wedding and spectacular finale by the Royal Air Force Red Arrows as they conduct a full display over the skies of Hastings for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century.

For details and a Treasure Map showing you where you can find all the events see www.hastingspirateday.org.uk.

For anyone who is in or around Hastings – or who feels like a trip to the seaside – on Wednesday June 6 Parrabbola will be hosting the first staged reading of a new play by Brian Abbott, ‘Half a Cod a Day’, based on conversations with the Hastings fishing fleet. It’s a fun piece looking at serious issues which affect fishing communities, and we plan to tour it later this year.

If you are aged between 12 and 20, come along and enjoy a day of free dance and music workshops with Hofesh Shechter’s leading modern dance company. Just turn up, parental permission forms can be completed on the day. For further details click to view flyer Hofesh Shechter Workshops and Stade Saturday Performance Flyer or email publicart@hastings.gov.uk or call 01424 451105.

Wed 6 June 11am – 4pm
Hollington Youth Centre
1 Wishing Tree Road North
St Leonards TN38 9LL
Thurs 7 June 11am – 4pm
Ore Centre, 455 Old London Road
Ore TN35 5BH
Fri 8 June 11am – 3pm
Croft Road Dance, St Clements
Church House, 2 Croft Road
Hastings Old Town TN34 3HJ

Sat 9th June Free Performances at 5.30 and 7.30pm
Hofesh Shechter Dance Company perform “Uprising” and an extract from “Political Mother”                               Stade Open Space, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings TN34 3FJ