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Christopher
Turner, Josh Dorrington Jay Brickell and Lewis Green with Peter Duncan. they
are standing in front of a portion of "The big Left Handshake"
We were given the opportunity to be the last few contributors to this
massive project which has been entered for the Guinness Book of world
records. It is 700ft x 1100ft.
There are 30,006 hands on the collage.
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Jay and Lewis in front of our painting of
the world.
Did you know that Indonesia has over 9 million Scouts ? That's 3 million
more than the USA. Great Britain has about half a million.
Ah but did you know that Cookham Scout group
has 180 members? That's big!
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One World. One Promise
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 Here
is our finished gateway as displayed in the Tate Modern. This
is what the judges said about it.
"judges
view: An awesome effort from a large group of people, including some
members of Girlguiding UK. Technically complicated and ambitious in scope,
this piece really pulls together the work of a large group to great affect
- a fantastic celebration of the "One World" of international
Scouting, and 100 years of friendship and active participation. A lovely
memento for a scouting
community"
Our
second prize of the night was for the individual adult category which Akela
won for the painting of Cub Scouts , Longridge.
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 Judges
View:
'In this excellent painting of Cub scouts canoeing at Longridge on the
Thames, Gail says that she aimed to "capture the light as the sun was
setting on a summer's evening,silhouetting the figures against the sparkling
water...a muddle of inexpertly wielded paddles forms the central motif - a
flotilla of confusion and laughter gradually making its way down
stream." This is an outstanding adult entry to the ArtSmart 2007
Competition, and shows that it is possible to depict active modern scouting
creatively to a very high standard. We hope that it inspires others to take
up their brushes and do likewise.'
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