As part of the previous film module we were asked to attend the opening of the Stanza Stones at the literature festival. After getting the taxi to the village hall we were greeted by the people who planned the festival as well as writer and poet, Simon Armitage.
Soon after we got a coach ride up to the moors and all settled down in a hollow where we listened to Simons poems about different forms of water, ideal as just off from the moors was a large resevoire. Other groups then read out poems and a dance group interpreted each word as they read.
The event itself was quite interesting but it could have been carried out more professionally, we had to wait around for an hour past the starting time of the event and then when we went up on the moors we spent nearly all of our time powering bikes hooked up to generators to power the microphone amplifiers so that Simon and the other people could speak. I also felt a bit disheartened when we got back to the village hall and people began leaving when were showing our films.
All in all I did enjoy the time out at the festival but not so much for the being invited to go there and more the time I got to spend with my friends in a new place.
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