Buxton Olympic Torch Celebration

The Olympic Torch Relay comes to Buxton on  Friday June 29th – passing through from 5pm to 5.30pm.

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We will have a high profile presence and have organised a number of events.

The New Mills Project eARTh group have been busy with artist  Ruth Marsden and fabric paint on approximately 30 white umbrellas , and on the day will line the route near the Pavilion Gardens to  ‘twirl’  the colourful results as the runner goes  by!  Afterwards, the painted umbrellas will be on display in thePavilionGardens, near our Yurt.

We will also have our Yurt in the Pavilion Gardens in the afternoon to join in the Olympicnic – with free arts activities to make your own hand held ribbon twirler beforehand, and to provide story telling afterwards (from 5.30pm to 7.30pm)…look out for details

We are also launching a project to capture the moment that the Olympic Torch comes through Buxton.  We asked ourselves how many people will be shooting video footage on their phones or digital cameras, to remember the moment in years to come?

We also want to put a call out to gather as much footage as we can from the crowds that witness the event, and use it to create a piece of film to remember the day.  You may meet some of the roving reporters from Residents of Fairfield Association Dreamscheme – they will be out and about taking pictures and interviewing people who they meet.