Celebrating
Cultural Diversity
in Welwyn Hatfield
"Shared neighbourhoods, shared values"
Kaleidoscope 2008 was organised by the
Welwyn Hatfield Ethnic Minority Group
and held on
Saturday 19 July
at
Stanborough Park
Welwyn Garden City
Here are some initial comments about the event which maintained local interest and stimulated some interesting suggestions!
The Music was the most popular - 40% explicitly mentioned it:
although not performing on the music stage, the African drums were also well received
... and ...
we had no adverse comments about the sound level interfering with other activities
Dance, too, was still popular this year
... but ...
the Indian dancing was missed
This year 24% of the responses were from people outside the WH area
There were very few "negatives" in the feedback:
the number porta-loos (ie too few) continue to receive criticism
the rain (a bit of drizzle!!), too, was unpopular, so how about a prize for the first practical suggestion for a solution to British weather?
... and some suggestions:
a few people would like to see more stalls
there were comments by 12% that more entertainment for teenagers and more promotion in local schools would improve the age diversity; however every school is sent posters - perhaps it's a reflection on the pressures schools face to concentrat on achieving their targets?
There were several suggestions to extend the scope of the festival:
more stalls would be welcome
more activities for children
Last year the most general suggestion was that more promotion was needed, this year there were no such comments - perhaps the large banners around the area and the free adverts in the Review newspapers had an effect?
There was overwhelming support for the scope and format of the festival - summed up as:
"Just keep going from strength to strength"
"Not sure if you can improve at all"
"Just more of the same"
"Nothing to improve"
Welwyn and Hatfield Review (our sponsors) have an article here.
You can read a Welwyn Hatfield Times article here.
You can look at an additional picture gallery here.
To look at Geoff Collins' pictures of Kaleidoscope 2008, click here
Kaleidoscope 2009 will be held on Saturday 18 July 2009, to contact us about Kaleidoscope 2009:
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