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On Saturday June 29 from 3pm, more than 1000 participants will take to the streets of Ryde for New Carnival Company’s (NCC) spectacular IW Mardi Gras. The local Biosphere Island theme celebrates the Isle of Wight’s new status as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The news received last week from UNESCO HQ in Paris, was the culmination of […]
Read the article hereColourful costumes are currently being completed around the Island in preparation for this month’s Mardi Gras Biosphere Island parade in Ryde. An impressive cockerel-headed man is taking shape in workshops led by Mardi Gras organisers the New Carnival Company’s (NCC) lead artist and creative producer Gina Dyer. Five ladies from the Adult and Community Learning […]
Read the article herePerforming arts students from the IW College recently visited New Carnival Company’s (NCC) Studio in Ryde to develop costumes representing Queen Victoria’s children, for June’s Biosphere Island themed Mardi Gras parade. The group have partnered with English Heritage’s Osborne House, working closely with education visits officer, Laura Bosworth, to produce a performance celebrating 2019’s bicentennial […]
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