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It’ll be sometime in the next week or so that the judges for the HantsWeb Awards come to their decisions...
Shademakers
Shademakers are one of the leading carnival groups in Europe. They are an Island-based artist-led company and if you’ve stood on the street and watched a carnival parade pass through your town, you’ve probably seen their troupe dancing past whilst donning spectacular costumes.
Below are articles relating to Shademakers.
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Prototypes for opening ceremony costumes to be revealed
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Rollup for the parade on Saturday in Ryde, featuring over 100 disabled and non-disabled performers in amazing costumes. Parade sets off at 3pm.
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It's great to see that Isle of Wight-based carnival group, Shademakers, will be collaborating at this year's Bestival to help bring the 'Carnivale' to Robin Hill in September.
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After being destroyed in the devastating fire in Cowes at the beginning of the year, the Cowes Carnival float has risen from the ashes. Show your support at the illuminated carnival this Saturday night.
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There are a whole host of different activities at Quay Arts in Newport in response to the upcoming Impressions of War exhibition, films, music, spoken word, not to mention the fascinating exhibition. Make sure you check it out.
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This innovative annual event combines the arts, community, health and wellbeing, heritage, environmental issues and much more. Get involved, take part, or just head down to the Bay on the day.
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Head to Sandown Bay on Saturday between 10am-10pm for this innovative annual event that combines the arts, community, health and wellbeing, heritage, environmental issues and much more.
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The two Isle of Wight carnival companies will benefit for a whopping £500,000 of Arts Council funding.
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TeamPride have been blown away by the reaction and response from the Island’s community to the very first isle of Wight Pride event. See our photos and video from the glorious day and find out how you can help make it happen again next year.
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The Hullabaloo Soapbox Challenge takes place over the 12-13th May next year. Head to the launch event to find out more about getting involved.
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The Sandown Town Councillor Chris Dupre was referred to by a fellow councillor as a "raging animal" after last night's meeting and there have been calls for him to step down.
