Year: 2025
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Sun build update
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Who Knew? My workshop is a stellar nursery. Gravid with just the one protostar. Making it up as I go along Now I know why so many jazz greats were off their faces more than half the time – like slack-lining across Niagara Falls … naked … while trying to remember the words to Nine
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Talking Keepies
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That time again – talking about sustainability, clean and safe streets. Talking reusable cups We’ll be checking in with all the pubs in town about filling your own vessels – they’ve been great the last few years – but as a festival we are not planning to produce our own reusable cups. And we don’t
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The Montol Sun
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The willow is here. The sun WILL be reborn. Had a really clear idea this year and then I made a maquette and went: Oh! It might fit through the double doors on the workshop but there’s no way to get it down into town. Would’ve been cool but … I’m not terrified at all
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Cornish Dance Workshop
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Do you know your toes from your heels, never mind your Crowshensas from your Reels?Tros an Treys together with Montol are very pleased to present a Cornish Dance Workshop On Sunday 14th December 3:00-4:15pm Upstairs in the Ballroom at The Union Hotel, Chapel St, Penzance Get your steps ready for Montol with Tros an Treys
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Through the looking glass
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One of the biggest changes we’re making to Montol this year is a complete ban on mobile phones. Well, OK … we’re not … but, believe it or not, it has been seriously suggested. One of the other things that comes up in Team Montol conversations, is a ban on people walking backwards, specifically while
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A Gathering of Guilds
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Ever since the Middle Ages, during the Twelve Days of Christmas, groups of guise dancers have been found entertaining each other and their communities all across West Penwith.Guise Dancing was always a sort of mumming, involving complete disguise in ragged and grotesque or elaborate and grand costumes, cross dressing and animal masks – though there
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What’s this Gathering thing?
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So wrapped up in Montol prep it hadn’t occurred to me that half of our followers on FB and Instagram are new and weren’t even here last year … looking at their profiles I think a few of them weren’t even born yet. My bad. So, what is The Gathering? For Montol, traditionally groups of
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Don’t mention the money
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For every cultural event or organisation, outside of the Royal Opera House or Old Trafford, money is the big neon elephant tooting and stamping in the middle of the room.Some of our neighbours have had to pause their events, some have simply died. But we will survive! We’re exploring everything. Tickets are a big no
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Montol Countdown
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So we’re exactly a month out from Montol and things are starting to fall into place. Woah! Fall‽ Carefully, precisely placed and arranged would be a better way to put it. How are your projects progressing? I had grand plans for a new mask this year – but like so many it’s been put off