Delicious and not nutritious - Trophy Workshop!

Yesturday we spent the day "carefully" covering and coating the most enormously well selected (thanks Zoe!) trophies in chocolate wax. Delicious and not nutritious! Darren hadn't covered a trophy in chocolate wax since Melbourne CCA in 2010. Lets just say it got MESSY and chaotic very quickly. 

We had such a brilliant time. The trophies looked incredible by the end. There are some serious gems out there. We even had to make a last minute dash to buy some extra EMERGENCY GLITTER. So we could smash it all over our faces and our trophies! Again we underestimated the power of glitter, how far it can travel, the mess it makes but most importantly THE WAY IT GETS THE PARTY STARTED - it's like the healthier version of red cordial. The Jury have it on their faces, on their chocolate covered hands ( and on their uniforms... whoops). We were getting silly in the best possible way.

A dance party started outside while the trophies were set to dry. Thank you to The Vale & Tony for letting us really, really mess up your kitchen (temporarily we hope)! And to all those who scraped every single scrap of chocolate wax off the ground (Andy, Tony, Selma, Zoe, Erica, and the Vale staff - we love you!)

Red Carpet Photos // Everything By My Side

Yeow.....!

Check out these photos of the Jury on the red carpet. The first time for The Jury strut their stuff. 

Special credit to the LIFT team for capturing offers of cartwheels, hamster crawls and struts down the carpet. 

Photo credit: Jalaikon

LIFT off // CCA in London

A busy morning of workshops, working with 30 students from Northumberland Park and The Vale Schools. A quick introduction into the idea of 'social practice' art, the idea that human relationships can be material for art too. Followed by a heated discussion around what kids can and can't do, looking at why it might be time to reconsider these rules. The group raising strong arguments for being able to drive, vote and party without adults.

And then on to designing the awards and making the magnets to spruce up the VIP van, which will chauffeur the jury to each of the performances. 

Theme of the day - too much glitter is not enough. 

The jury travelled in style to their first performance EVERYTHING BY MY SIDE, by Fernando Rubio.

With Teddy on the playlist, the squad killed it with their rendition of Fetty wap's Trap Queen, with Jonathan demonstrating his insanely fantastic moves, really killing it. Who knew that these dudes know every single word of that very confusing song. Aaaaaammmmmmaaaaaaaazzzzzziiiiinnnngggg.

The full playlist:

Work - Rihanna

Hold Up - Beyonce

One Dance - Drake

Lolly - Maejor Ali ft. Juicy J, Justin Bieber

Hair - Little Mix ft Sean Paul

Where Are You Now - Justin Bieber

Desiigner - Panda 

Trap Queen - Fetty Wap

The VIP treatment continued with a red carpet entrance.
You can't escape the paparazzi anywhere these days, with lots of onlookers taking snaps.

A pre-show huddle was made to explain the intimate nature of the performance - each jury member laid with a performer outside on a bed in Canary Wharf at Adams Place. The jury were excited and slightly apprehensive to see a performance in this format, but afterwards singing high praise for seeing a show that spoke so personally and delicately to each of them.

'The show blew us away, completely lost for words'
Maria (CCA jury member). 

After the performance the Jury got to interview the creator of the show Fernando Rubio. 

The Jury were treated to a special VIP tour of the Southbank Centre where we visited the Queen's Box and were told that the queen has tons of relatives around the world who love to use it.

A fantastic first day, ending with the Jury deliberating over the show EVERYTHING BY MY SIDE. The results to be revealed at the Children's Choice Awards Ceremony on July 1st. Stayed tuned!

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