In association with Juice 107.2FM With thanks to our decade sponsors: University of Brighton, The Care Home Insurance Service, Hudson & Bridges and Tyler Accounting Services, and our regular supporters Brighton and Hove City Council THANK YOU! To all our sponsors, artists, volunteers and artists for all your work to create a fantastic 13th event this year. This year there were lots of really high quality medium sized makes on the parade which prove that the cycle of support we provide for group participants has really been working. We had great feedback from the family workshops about the slightly harder design we chose, and we were delighted that everyone who came successfully made a ziggurat shaped lantern. Most of the pyramid candle lanterns were made by families at home from our kits this year – we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who bought a kit as this helps us to put on the event, and to congratulate them on their excellent lantern decoration this year. Some people wrote poems about their families abroad, and about time, some people had translated their wishes into another language entirely. We are delighted to see that everyone really embraced our theme of Building Babel. Do visit our 2007 gallery for pictures of this years’ event - if you have any pictures you have taken that you’d like to share with us please email them to photos@burningtheclocks.co.uk. If you’d like to see some video taken at the event by Chill Films go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcPxhKsF9ho There is also video of the event on itvlocal, go to http://www.itvlocal.com/meridian/ Same Sky would like to thank everyone who came to watch and generously donated towards the event. Thanks to your support we raised £2429.16 on the night, which will help us to secure the event for next year. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities for this event, we have a variety of ways you can be involved. To discuss the possibilities, please call Bec Britain on 01273 571106 or email bec@samesky.co.uk We hope you enjoyed the occasion and look forward to seeing you there on Sunday 21 December 2008. ABOUT BURNING THE CLOCKS Burning the Clocks is an antidote to the excesses of the commercial Christmas. People gather together to make paper and willow lanterns to carry through their city and burn on the beach as a token for the end of the year. No lantern is better for its purpose than any other, all are unique to the maker and precious but all are given up to be burnt to greet the lengthening days. Burning the Clocks combines a family centred, workshop based, seasonal parade with a high quality fire show and fireworks for the whole city. The lantern makers become part of the show as they invest the lanterns with their wishes, hopes, and fears and then pass them into the fire. Same Sky are masters at creating new urban rituals to replace those traditional festivals that were lost in the dash to be new and non superstitious. These new events take elements of the past…. the delight in seasons… the celebration of place and home…the giving and sharing of thoughts and wishes… and put them into a secular format that can be enjoyed by all regardless of faith or creed. Burning the Clocks is produced with a small grant from Brighton and Hove City Council and the goodwill of local companies and individuals. The parade regularly consists of around 1,000 participants and attracts audiences of 20,000 people from the region. If you would like to help secure this event for this and future years, we would welcome offers of support and donations. There are great benefits, such as: association with a high profile, high quality community event, credits in attractive publicity material, press and PR opportunities, a VIP reception on the night and opportunities for your staff and their families to engage with the project (perhaps with your own lantern making workshop!). Please call 01273 571106 for further information or use our contact form or email info@burningtheclocks.co.uk :: Home ::  Join In :: Gallery :: Links :: Contact Us ::