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Pix of Kingston Green Fair (S) – People-Procession, Mon 30 May 05 - Set 3 of 6

Tim D Jones | 03.06.2005 10:56 | Culture | London

Pictures of Bank Holiday Monday's sunny and satisfying Kingston Green Fair.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For a link to the other set of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

KGF - rococo recumbent
KGF - rococo recumbent

People - the cleaner A
People - the cleaner A

People - the cleaner B
People - the cleaner B

Performers - rococo recumbent
Performers - rococo recumbent

Performers - twirler A
Performers - twirler A

Performers - twirler B
Performers - twirler B

Performers - twirlers C
Performers - twirlers C

Performers - twirler D
Performers - twirler D

Procession A - rococo recumbent + young unicyclist
Procession A - rococo recumbent + young unicyclist

Procession B - rococo recumbent + hi-tech stilt walker
Procession B - rococo recumbent + hi-tech stilt walker

Procession B - rococo recumbent + hi-tech stilt walker
Procession B - rococo recumbent + hi-tech stilt walker

Procession D - hi-tech stilt walker aloft
Procession D - hi-tech stilt walker aloft

Procession E - dragon
Procession E - dragon

Procession F - white boxer barks at black dragon
Procession F - white boxer barks at black dragon

Procession G - colour wheels, white
Procession G - colour wheels, white

Procession H - colour wheels, rainbow
Procession H - colour wheels, rainbow

Procession I - colour wheels, rainbow too
Procession I - colour wheels, rainbow too

Procession J - colour wheels, white boxer
Procession J - colour wheels, white boxer

Procession K - the cleaner
Procession K - the cleaner

Procession L - Rhythms of Resistance
Procession L - Rhythms of Resistance


Despite the train to Kingston getting drummed upon by torrential heavy rain, and my having to buy fresh batteries for my new juice-hungry camera, the Kingston Green Fair 2005  http://kingstongreenfair.org.uk turned into a grand day out. I knew that some clownbattants from CIRCA – the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army  http://www.clownarmy.org – would be clowning around in civvies; but what came as a lovely surprise was my friend Myriam, enjoying the warm sunshine on the grass before the World Music Stage. And she was there to perform on vocals with Pete Ardron's Orchid-Star  http://www.peteardron.com/orchidstar, of whom I took many photo's (not all shown here).

Politically, the bias of the stalls on show was well toward woolly-minded liberal reformism, with a couple of honourable exceptions: London Rising Tide  http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk and Destroy DSEi  http://www.dsei.org. And it was good to see such radicals getting the message about global climate chaos and arms trading across, alongside green transport and energy folks, during what was targeted as a family-friendly day trip outing.

This was only my second time at the KGF, and I hope to make it a personal regular annual event. If you could do with some rest and relaxation in a stress-free festival atmosphere, not unlike the Green Field at the Glastonbury Festival in scale and feel, I commend the KGF to you.

In International Solidarity,

Tim D Jones

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03.06.2005 18:33

Here are clickable links to 5 sets of photos and 1 of video clips, taken at the Kingston Green Fair on Bank Holiday Mon 30 May 05.

Set 1 of 6 Architecture-Music
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/06/312570.html

Set 2 of 6 Music-People
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/06/312549.html
Set 3 of 6 People-Procession
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/06/312528.html

Set 4 of 6 Procession-Sideshows
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/06/312507.html

Set 5 of 6 Sideshows-Transport
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/06/312486.html

Set 6 of 6 Samba & Twirler Movies
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/06/312591.html

Tim D Jones
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