They All Became Very Animated
I've just been saying goodbye to the ever-cheerful bods from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Blast team. They've spent the past few weeks here in Inverness as they prepared for the Blast Roadshow at the Bught Park over the weekend. It was amaziing to see their big trucks transform themselves into performance spaces, radio studios and classrooms for workshops. I even managed to persuade my own children that they would benefit from a day of creativity and, by the six o'clock last night, they actually agreed with me.
The Zedettes had signed up for the animation workshop in the morning and the comic art session in the afternoon. Last night at home they were still raving about it and had my old video camera connected to the computer and little Plasticine figures could be seen dancing across the screen.
The Blast project has certainly come a long way since the days, years ago, when I used to manage the Scottish side of it. At that time the workshops tended to be one-off affairs, scattered across the country and across the year. Now they have trucks and tents and giveaways. I'm told they'll be back in Scotland next summer.
The Blast village in Inverness was set up just outside the enclosure for the annual Highland Games. Kids with a Blast ID card were allowed free entry to the Games, but adults had to pay six quid.
So, between workshops yesterday, I sent to the Zedettes in to check out the fun. Meanwhile, I sat in the car.
Look out for a soon-to-be-made animated epic about a Skinflint Dad .
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