The 5th August was the Kingstanding Carnival, which was a fantastic success!
On the 3rd we had the graffiti workshop (the results of which you can see in the photos above), and drumming workshop, both of which went well, although there was more interest in the graffiti!
The 4th was completely taken up with preperation for the next day, Mel, mum and i along with my dad, a mum from the estate and four children all pulled together to decorate the float, and then Mel and i had great fun in my back garden creating the t-shirts with the left over spray paint!
On the day we had an amazing time. We sounded fantastic (even if i do say so myself!) and the crowds were dancing away to the rhythms we played! On a personal note, it was so amazing to be doing something like this in the area i'm living in, along the streets that i want to impact, there was a great atmosphere, and everyone had a good time.
After the parade we had the YFC football cage set up which was also a great success, with lots of the lads from the area coming for multiple goes!
All in all, it was definately worth it. I'm glad we took that step of faith a week before the carnival in saying that we'd 'go for it' despite the obsticals, and if we were given the chance, i'd do it all again!