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| events -Community, arts, cultural and sporting; educational programmes, workshops; regional, national and international |
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| Olympic Bid - 18 months - Olympic Adviser |
| Torch Inter-Schools Relay |
Over 362 days – 270 schools & 70,000 children – G-Mex – a project per school |
| Opening Ceremony Greater Manchester Youth Games |
Creation of & including artistic direction - 10,000 children,
Indian, African, Latvian, Irish, Scottish, English, Disabled - choreography |
| Medal Competition & presentation - BBC Greater Manchester Radio |
Creation & design of for Greater Manchester Youth Games Closing |
| Blue Peter BBC |
Negotiation to bring first ever Outdoors Broadcast |
| World’s largest steel band |
Creation of G-Mex - 1,000 children |
| Pre-School Play Group Extravaganza |
Creation of Town Hall - 3,000 pre-school toddlers |
| Olympic song |
Creation of Competition for IOC visit & Opening Ceremony for Greater Manchester Youth Games |
| Olympic Health & Fitness Programme |
Design & implementation 30,000 children |
| Monte Carlo - 2000 Olympic Host City Decision |
Choreograph, management & delivery of 55 children in performance (Music & Dance) |
| Oxfam Cycle Race |
Creation & delivery of 200 children |
| Exhibitions |
Creation & delivery of art & sculpture: |
| - G-Mex Exhibition Centre |
| - Manchester Town Hall |
| - Olympic Museum, Lausanne Switzerland |
| - British Council – Manchester |
| Visits |
Management of: |
| - President Juan Antonia Samaranch visit to schools |
| - All IOC members visits to Manchester |
| - Spirit of Los Angeles - 20 American youths – exchange IOC visit
Whitworth Art Gallery Dance Workshop & sculpture performance |
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Global Forum – International Environmental Event, Manchester
6 months – Event Co-ordinator |
| Me & My City Educational Programme |
Design & implementation of 50 schools |
| Opening & Closing Ceremonies |
Choreography & management of |
| 650 pupils |
| 15 schools |
| Art in the Urban Environment Project & Exhibition |
22 schools |
| 1100 pupils |
| Pledging Cycle of Life Cycle Run Design & Management |
47 schools |
| 2115 pupils |
| House of Commons Debate, Agenda 21 |
Granada Studios Management & creation of
8 schools |
| Global Forum Painting Competition |
British Council Design & delivery |
| The Life Cycle Sculpture |
Manchester Project
(permanent City Centre installation) |
| Life Cycle Sculpture Workshops |
Project management of 12 schools |
| Co-ordination |
Art Galleries, Museums, theatre in presentation of Environmental themed programmes |
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| The City Centre Partnership – Manager 2 years |
| City Centre Partnership |
Creation and development of Manchester’s first City Centre Partnership |
| City Centre Ranger Scheme |
The creation of the City’s first City Centre Ranger Scheme |
| Hanging basket scheme |
Development of Manchester’s hanging basket scheme |
| Development, creation and delivery of all listed |
| 3 x major Christmas Campaigns |
12,000 – 40,000 people – inclusive of 5 location Switch-On |
| Drive-in movie |
| Classic Car Parade |
| Carol Concert Piccadilly1152 am |
| Hi-wire Santa & Trapeze |
| Christmas 6-week Projection Light Show onto Town Hall |
Schools Art Project in conjunction with Manchester Evening News |
| Climbing Santa’s Scheme |
Retail/property |
| Old English Christmas Market |
11 x traditional stalls |
| Carol Service |
7 x City Centre Churches |
| Theatre in store windows |
7 x stores |
| 7x theatres |
| Robins to the Rescue Arts Project |
2,000 robins attached to buildings throughout the festive season |
| King Robin sculpture – auctioned off |
| Creation of first ever Outdoor Ice Rink in the UK & On Ice Christmas Shows, workshops |
30,000 people |
| 3 x Christmas Light Campaigns Citywide |
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| Seaside in the City |
25,000 people - Mardis Gras |
| French Market – 1 week |
16 stalls 10,000 visitors |
| Kellogg’s Cycle Race |
200 participants |
| Clean Sweep Sculpture |
Permanent installation Manchester City Centre |
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| Euro ’96 – 6 months – Co-ordinator |
Complete Co-ordination of Manchester concept for Euro ‘96
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Transport, accommodation, visitor services, events, marketing & media, health & safety, transport, liaison with external agencies eg Manchester United, The Football Association & all related services |
| ‘Soccercity’ Festival of Arts & Sport |
Museums, art galleries, theatres, clubs, pubs, cinema, shops – all festival programme including all community arts |
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| City of Manchester – Head of Events |
3 x annual Christmas lights Switch Ons
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Celebrities, all media, all communities, schools – 20,000 people per annum |
| Wild West Day |
Re-enactments, horses, stunts & shows – 15,000 -
T-In the Park – Older people’s afternoon t-party City Centre – 2,500 |
| Alpine Village 6 week |
First ever real snow slope and attractions, exhibitions, tubing, snowboarding, skiing, snow sculpture, snowfield play area, beginner’s artificial slope, carousel, market – 30,000 |
| German Markets |
4 week - 13–30 stalls |
| European Markets |
6 week - 150 stalls – 7 European countries |
| Millennium Manchester’s Coming Home Parade |
25 International artists with 20 communities
2,000 participants & 30,000 visitors |
| Reminiscent workshop |
50 elderly residents |
| Rolls Royce Sculpture |
(permanent) – Hulme Park |
| Millennium New Year’s Eve Events |
6 large-scale events – 50,000 visitors |
| Magnificent Manchester |
| Mellow in Manchester |
| Manchester Night Fever |
| Meltdown in Manchester |
| Made in Manchester |
| More Laughs in Manchester |
| Fireworks display |
| Annual Programme of Events - Team Manchester – a 1 year’s programme |
Christmas Light Switch On |
| Largest Risotto in the World |
Food for 5,000 Italian Chamber of Commerce, city centre hotels & MCC – largest noodle bowl in the world, Wagamamas & MCC – food for 3,000 |
| International Women’s Day |
Including delivery of class for women in dance |
| Lord Mayor’s Corporate Challenge |
| Xtrax & Streets Ahead International Street Theatre Festival |
| Italian Festival |
| Manchester Jazz Festival |
| National Bike Week |
| Bastille Day |
| Asian Mela |
| Unity Festival |
| Britain in Bloom |
| Manchester Show |
| Caribbean Festival |
| Salsa Day/Hola Cuba |
| Independence Festival |
| Northern quarter Festival |
| Watersedge Music Festival |
| D Percussion Music Festival |
| Manchester Marathon |
| Triathlon |
| YMCA /10k Race |
| Great Northern Brass Festival |
| Mardis Gras |
| Castlefield Carnival |
| Queer Up North |
| In the City Music Convention |
| World Track Cycling |
| Food & Drink Festival |
| F-F-3 International Snowboarding Festival |
| Manchester Poetry Festival |
| MCC Awards For Excellence |
| Manchester United 3 x Cup winners Parade 250,000 |
| World Cycling Championships |
| Pensioners Carol Concert |
| Night of Mischief |
| Manchester Comedy Festival |
| Winter Ales Festival |
| Chinese New Year |
| Irish Festival |
Great Northern Women’s 10K Race |
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| Pure Wyllie Events |
| Sport Scotland ‘Take
Advantage’ |
Tennis event, Aviemore
- 250 |
| Aviemore Walking
Festival |
PR & co-ordination
Year 1 |
| 4 x Christmas Parades
2002/03/04/07 |
Aviemore 2,000 –
3,000 ‘Santastic’; ‘Glitterati’;
‘Robins to the Rescue’ - children’s
workshops
‘Festive Feast’ |
| 3 x Easter - Eggstravaganza,
Aviemore |
Parade & mixed
activities – children’s workshops - 1,000 |
| Harley Davidson Rally |
Co-ordination - 1,200 |
| Think Pink Breast
Cancer Awareness Campaign 2005 |
Fundraiser - (limited
venue) – 55 |
| The Trampies Re-union |
350 sell out |
| Laughski Comedy Festival |
800 sell out |
| Laughski Ladies Night |
300 sell out –
comedians (including choreographed spiff of Full Monty) |
| Carlton Bingo Inverness |
Opening & closing
nights |
| Brands Retail Fashion
Show |
Created, managed & choreographed - 550 sell out |
| Dingwall ‘Christmas
Light Switch On & Torchlit Parade’ 2005 |
Reindeer & sleigh
- 3,500 |
| Dingwall ‘Rock
& Frock’ 2005 |
Fashion show & internet voting talent final 100 – 4,500 hits in 1 week |
| Highland
Feast |
21st Century Kilts
Fashion Show 2005, 2006 |
| Boat of Garten Bonfire
Night & Guy Competition 2005 |
600 |
| Highland 2007 ‘Coming
Home to Roost’ 2005 |
Intergenerational workshop 300 robins + 2 giant robin sculptures; robin rapp workshop – 15 |
| Oldham
‘Spring Thing’ Festival |
Tree element, forestation
project |
| St. Andrew’s
Concert – ABA |
Mix of youth music |
| Talent competition
– ABA |
Local talent competition |
| The Big Splash 2005 |
Music element –
500 |
| Dingwall ‘Garden
of Delights’ 2006 – 2,500 |
Turfed high street,
decorations by schools workshops |
| Dingwall Viking Festival
2006 |
Viking procession,
Viking boat building & burning, Norwegian craft market,
Fun day, Viking guided walks, Viking Challenges - 3,500 |
| Boat of Garten ‘Coming
Home to Roost’ 2006 |
Osprey sculptures & Strathspey Steam Railway, Steam Fair – 1,500 |
| ‘Art in the
Park’ 2005 |
Visual arts exhibition – Open Studios – Grampian artists |
| ‘Art in the
Park’ 2006 |
Visual arts exhibition ‘Wilderness’ International environmental artists |
| Manchester City Council
- North Manchester Regeneration Team 2006 |
3 festivals &
5 events |
| The Crumpsall Carnival |
3,500 |
| The North City Festival |
‘All things
Bright & Beautiful’ Arts workshops - 5,000 |
| Multi-faith Festival
– Global Village |
Unique tents eg yurts,
Bedouin, medieval, tipi etc for each religion - including
Dance Festival of Islamic, Indian, Caribbean, contemporary,
show, Irish, Turkish dance – 3,000 |
| Northern Lights |
Firework & fire
display/poi, lantern workshops & light sculpture parade
- 6,500 |
| Bogart Hole Clough
– Teddy Bear’s Picnic |
Songs from Disney
& shows sing-along, meet & greet giant bears,
face painting, workshops, refreshments |
| Mad Hatter’s
Tea Party |
5 x workshops in
the woods differing cultural instruments, woodland trail,
hatter’s workshop, duet singing & refreshments |
| Afternoon T-in the
park |
Swing band, afternoon
tea & scones, duet singing & public dancing –
300 |
| Moston Christmas |
500 |
| Cheetham Hill Christmas |
Father Christmas
& real reindeer parade, competition elves, Santa’s
house & garden, Characters from the pantomime, hot
drinks & mince pies/Indian sweets, poi show, gospel
carol singers - 600 |
| Dingwall Christmas
Tableau 2006 – 1,000 |
6 x real Reindeer,
competition elves, sleigh, lights and Santa. |
| Tartan Army Annual
Gathering 2006, Family Fun Day |
Tartan procession,
pipe bands, street theatre, bars, refreshments,
toss the caber, Wellies, haggis & large sporran interclan
TA, family rides, stalls - 2,500 |
| Think Pink Scottish
Breast Awareness Campaign 2006 |
Sell out - choreography
fashion, singer & dance, refreshments, prize draws
- 55 |
| George Wyllie Exhibition
2007 |
Charles Rennie Macintosh,
Hill House Helensburgh |
| ‘Dingwall Viking
Festival’ 2007 |
Norwegian Art Exhibition,
Norwegian Craft stalls, Re-enactments, genealogy workshops,
museum Viking exhibition, international ‘Gulating’
conference, parade & animated effigy workshop, fun
day - 3,500 |
| Fish & Ships
Fiesta 2007 |
Buckie 2007 ‘Food
for Fun’ healthy eating programme 7 x schools, largest
Cullen Skink in UK fed 1,500, Norwegian & Scottish
crafts, Message in a Bottle, RNLI open day, Library /heritage
open day - 3,000 |
| ‘Let there
be Lecht’ 2007 |
Autumnal Equinox
event at the summit of The Lecht, procession, landmark
sculpture ‘Cosmic Reach’ launch, beacon bonfire,
fire sculpture, fireworks, entertainment, 4 x schools
sculpture/parade making workshops – 1,600 |
| Manchester City Council
- North Manchester Re-generation Team 2007 |
2 festivals &
3 events |
| North
City Festival |
The Secret Garden
– 3,000 |
| Multi-Religious activity
Around the World theme - Arts workshops |
Multi-faith Festival
– Dance Workshops & Choreographed dance piece
for Dance Festival - 2,500 |
| Fireworks & Fantasy
(Bonfire Night) |
Fireworks to music
& Heliosphere performance – 12,000 |
| Cheetham Hill Switch
On |
800 |
| Moston Switch On |
550 |
| Midsummer Madness,
Blackley |
Medieval theme knights
& jousting display themed activities & workshops
including Knights School & minstrels - 3500 |
| Summer Knights, North
Manchester 2008 |
As above - 5000 |
| Tartan Army Gathering
2008 |
Highland Games Fun
Day - 1000 |
| Teddy Bear's Picnin
2008 |
Themed children's
picnic including magic shows, picnic, Be my Bear Workshops,
strolling bears, balloon making and face painting |
| Cheetham
Festival 2008 |
Feasting & Fasting
- Irish world Heritage Centre Feast & Welcome; Dashmesh
Sikh Temple 'Langar' 'free kitchen' with talks & tour;
St Chad's exhibition Elizabeth Prout; Jamia Mosque 'breaking
the fast' at sunset during Ramadan; Higher Crumpsall Synagogue
architectural guided tour; Jewish Museum Hat's off exhibition
& kosher food sampling. Guided walk Jewish heritage
trail; Ukrainian Catholic Church ornate interior tour;
St John's RC Church Harvest Festival Exhibition, Gospel
choir & Eritrean Coffee Ceremony & choir. |
| Moston Light Switch On
2008 |
Black Eagles Acrobatics, Hog Roast, Accord Gospel choir, Rodeo Reindeer, Christmas craft workshop |
| Cheetham Hill Light Switch On
2008 |
Choc fountain, Christmas Craft Workshop, Polar Bear Theatre, Accord Choir, Rodeo Reindeer, Street Theatre |
| Fireworks & Fantasy
2008 |
Dream Engine Cone Dancers, Fireworks to music. Fire acts - 9000 |
| St Modwen's Shopping
Centres Manchester |
Santa Claus House, Ice Sculpture Demo, Chainsaw Robin Sculpture, Hog Roast spit, Musical acts, Street theatre, Be My Bear Workshop, Arts and Craft Workshops, Bunjee, Rodeo Reindeer, Christmas Magic shows, Huskies, Reindeer Procession, Polar Bear theatre, Choc fountain, Winter Planting workshop. |
| Inverness Bid Easter Eggstravaganza 2009 |
3-day City Centre themed Easter activities/entertainment 12,500 |
| North Manchester Regeneration Team annual event programme 2009 |
2 festivals, 8 events |
| Midsummer Madness Goes West |
Wild West themed village/panning for gold lassoing cacti, rodeo bulls, rifle range, horse & rider stunt teams; Country & Western bands ; Falconry; Line dancing; 2000 |
| Moston Day Monster Parade & Party 2009 |
Community participation Procession; Animatronics Monsters Street Theatre; Monster workshops; monster 11 piece Motown Band - Monster Hits; Stalls, Moston Lane Memories Exhibition; 2500 |
| Teddy Bear's Picnic 2009 |
Ongoing |
| Broadhurst Fieldfest 2009 |
Youth event; Workshops for jewellery, tag, painted t-shirts, commissioned spray can art piece, badge making, hair design, nail design, face & body art; Talent showcase; youth theatre; Beat the /goalie, World Cup Table top footie; Dept. Of Enjoyment. 1500 |
| North City Festival 2009 - Magic of Queens |
Professor Kautz’s Magic School; The MAGIC Circle 9 magicians; Magician’s Close Up School; Balloonmagical Balloon School; Body Stencils, tattoos & fantasy art; Dept. of Enjoyment; Displays & Demos of illusion, mentalism, close-up, puzzles, cabaret, ventriloquism & stand up; talent showcase. 5000 |
| Cheetham Festival 2009 |
The journey – The Welcome party/ Irish world Heritage Centre; A moment’s Reflection/ Trinity church; Transported through time/ Museum of Transport; food & Film at the temple/Dashmesh Sikh Temple Langhar; Break Fast at the mosque/Alkhizra Mosque; Anniversary of art deco at the synagogue/ Higher Crumpsall synagogue; A history & heritage trail/The Jewish Heritage trail; Anne Frank(+you)/Manchester Cathedral; Live at the Museum/Jewish Museum ; The Journey/ guided tour of 18 faith houses within the area 4 major stops, Central Gudwara, Jewish Museum, Woodland’s Mosque, St John’s church Eritrean church. |
| Extreme Sports Day 2009 |
World BMX Champion display/ Q & A; team demos skateboard, in line skate/BMX; Skate park graffiti jam; customise your kit workshops; Create a tag xl; pasta xtreme; face/body art; street dance/break-dance; Big air thrill bungee; Dept. of Enjoyment, climbing walls. Rodeo bull, bungee trampoline; open mic talent show. 3000 |
| Fireworks 2009 |
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| Cheetham Hill Switch On 2009 |
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| Moston Switch On 2009 |
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| Wythenshawe Regeneration Team - Downtown Dance Festival 2009 |
54 participating dance schools; open floor; dance workshops, demos, professional performances Physical Jerks bboys; Kyle Mc Kitty Crew. 3000 |
| Onsiders Fringe Festival June 2009 |
Music showcase all Aviemore venues and village green - including Shooglenifty; South paw; Blue Horizon & others |
Hollyhedge Hoedown 2009 |
Event management only |
| Santa's Magical House - Snow World 2009 Manchester City Centre |
A true Arctic and magical experience, 4 weeks |
| North City Shopping Centre 2009 |
Christmas 2-week themed programme of events including street theatre, Santa on tour, workshops and themed food |
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