Forget #BlueMonday right now and join us for #NotBlueMonday21 on Monday 18th Jan
In fact let’s see the glass half full - let’s think of it as #HappyMonday21 (feel better already?)
A live streamed day of talks and dancing grounded in Creativity, Gratitude, Happiness and Good Luck - Our Art, the thing that connects us and makes us human
Inspired by a book and a chat we overheard with Kylie.
All kicked off when we hung a mirror ball in a tree in the street and the feedback we got from the neighbours.
So it’s a day of dance and good vibes.
What’s haPpening and when?
5am - a cuppa with our colleagues in the #Teacher5OClockClub - trending most days on twitter
7am - a Live Streamed intro to the day with a throw back to 24 hours of Happy!
12.30pm - an exclusive talk from Dr Peter Lovatt - Dr Dance at the University of Herts
4pm - Community Dance with Luci Napleton
7pm - a chat with School Community leader Mike Fairclough about his book 'Wild Thing' about embracing childhood traits in adulthood that helped inspire today
8 - 10pm - a live Disco set with Disco Dad Crispin Dior, once resident DJ at Fabric and DJ at Kate and Will's royal wedding
DANCE DANCE DANCE
WIN WIN WIN
We’ll have a Zoom Room open for disco dancers 8 - 10pm and have 21 disco mirror balls to give to the best community minded dancers around the country to hang in #DiscoTrees21 around the country
All you have to do is come in to the Zoom Room here and dance and then enter the form we’ll give you access to in the Zoom Room.
PLEASE NOTE
A disco mirror ball is for life not just for #HappyMonday21, and due to the health and safety considerations of hanging disco balls, the competition is open to over 18’s only but may be one on behalf of a family but most importantly for the community.
Condition of competition entry, is being prepared to hang the mirror ball safely in a range of locations, subject to the health and safety advice that we will supply and sharing it on social media over 2021 to help us #InspiraNation21
WhEre to find us
We’ll be live streaming on the following platforms and will update these links during the day:
YouTube - find and follow us here
Facebook - find the event here now and say you’re coming, Facebook will then tell all your friends!
Twitter - see pinned tweet here
OUR INSPIRATION
Our Inspiration came from:
The January Challenge - the response to our #ILoveArt competition really jump started our year.
Wild Thing - the wonderful book by Mike Fairclough
Kylie - her ‘Make a Difference’ show on BBC Local Radio over Christmas contained a lovely reference to the community power of disco and how mirror balls shine a light in the darkness
Dr Peter Lovatt - we were blown away by the Doc’s talk at our #ArtConnects conference in King’s Cross three years ago and are sharing it today for the first time. It’s a wonderful combination of good-vibes and theory on how to Dance Yourself Happy