Pomegranates Festival – Family Sunday with Wee Shows and a Family Ceilidh
Schedule
Sun Apr 28 2024 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
Location
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC
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Join us for the first-ever Pomegranates Family Sunday, celebrating Scottish and world trad dance – all FREE and open to all. The day is packed with a lot of wee trad dance shows by and for the bairns, as well as a ceilidh expertly called for all the family accompanied by live music.*
10:45 Doors open
10-11am Junk Food – Sample a wee show devised by pupils and performed by students asking if junk food should be allowed at school? Book your FREE ticket here: https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5336/913:22231/
11-11.45am CeilidhKids – Peel the bannana? Just one of the moves in the big hoolie called by Caroline Brockbank of CeilidhKids. Book your FREE ticket here: https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5337/913:22230/
2-4pm Dancing Around the World – See pupils and Pomegranates dance artists-in-residence at primary schools across Edinburgh take the stage. Book your FREE ticket here: https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5338/913:22232/
4pm End
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"Ever since we launched Pomegranates festival in April 2022 we wanted to sow the pomegranate seeds of Scottish and world traditional dance in the hearts and minds of the new generation of dancers, especially after the pandemic when dance provision was badly affected. This Family Sunday celebrates our efforts to make trad dance one of the primary ingredients of the primary education of our children. We do hope to extend the residency opportunities for Scottish and world trad dance artists beyond the primary schools of Edinburgh and the Lothians and make them an essential part of the curriculum." Iliyana Nedkova and Wendy Timmons, Pomegranates co-curators
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Established in 2022, Pomegranates is Scotland’s annual festival of international dance. Initiated and curated by Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland, the festival is produced in partnership with Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh City Libraries, Dance Base and the Scottish Storytelling Centre. This year, the festival season features 25 trad dance events, including artists’ residencies and social dance sessions, exhibitions and tours, shows and workshops, plus our first Pomegranates Family Sunday.
Browse the full festival programme of Pomegranates 2024 here: https://linktr.ee/pomegranatesfest
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Where is it happening?
Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 43 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR, United Kingdom,Edinburgh, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
