DAY ONE AT THE CORO WITH CHURCH WALK

We've just cleared up the tools from what was the first Green Room session at the Coro. Alex and me are both really impressed with what the Church Walk boys and girls have done today. We've heard lots of good ideas,  seen lots of ways of making trees , houses, roads and fields, and had a lot of fun.

The group divided itself into 4 teams, each making a different part of the map. Firstly we got the roads and lanes into position, and then added the first of the fields and green spaces while  the others were making houses and bits of woodland to be placed on the board. 

  It was great to watch the work begin to take shape, and to see people work things out for themselves. 

A lot of the materials came from the boys and girls themselves, which was very useful.  It was important to get the roads and lanes in place in order to get an idea of where the houses and fields were going to be.  The roads were laid out very carefully in black strips of cloth, and the lanes were made of bootlaces and wool. 

 Everyone seemed to be making careful decisions about colour, and texture and scale.  The people making trees were coming up with lots of  design variations, which was very good as there are a wide variety of trees in our bit of town.

 The housemakers used lots of colours to describe the houses on Soutergate, while  different shades of green were  used to make a  realistic- looking Ford Park.  We had time for a drinks break and a chat, and towards the end of the day we had a couple of visitors, Charlie from the Coro and one of the actors  from a visiting show called in to see what was going on, and were full of praise for the boys and girls and their work. 

At the foot of this page you'll see the piece of work as it was at the end of Day One...look out for an update tomorrow!!