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Mask-making Workshop
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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Mask-making WorkshopRemember – the third rule of Montol is: you wear a mask – you’re in disguise. Super Saturday Montol Workshops On Saturday 20th December at Pixel at the top of Causewayhead from 10:00am until 2:00pm Bits and bobs and base masks provided – bring anything you think might work – and your imagination whether it […]
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Montol Zero
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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Montol ZeroJoy is something we make, not what we consume. I was just checking our socials and I thought … It’s all a bit focussed on alcohol. If there’s one thing you don’t need at Montol, it’s artificial stimulants. There are loads of you out there who don’t drink for personal, historical, medical or religious reasons. […]
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Montol’s Weather Eye
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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Montol’s Weather EyeYeah – I looked out the window too … I know. Blowing a hooley up here as well. But the forecast for Sunday is still … not terrible. Know any spells? Willing to offer up any spare organs to the Bucca. Good with prayers? We need all the help we can get. It doesn’t look […]
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Super Saturday Workshops
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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Super Saturday WorkshopsSo we’re less than one week out from Montol! If you’re anything like us you might well be a wee bit behind on your prep. So Saturday 20th December is Super Saturday! At Pixel at the top of Causewayhead from 10:00am until 2:00pm There will be speedy sessions to help you with Last minute guise […]
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Sun build update
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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Sun build updateWho 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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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Talking KeepiesThat 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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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: The Montol SunThe 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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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Cornish Dance WorkshopDo 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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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: Through the looking glassOne 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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CONTINUE READING AND COMMENT →: A Gathering of GuildsEver 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 […]
