Thursday 26 June 2008

cultural olympiad launch meeting

a little bizarre to start my morning travelling to the heart of Stafford for a meeting with Paul Kaynes, the West Midlands Creative Programmer for the 2012 Olympics, when we live five minutes from each other in birmingham. great to have the chance to see him though and talk briefly through ideas for the next four years. Stafford is the first of five cities Paul is visiting over the next month to knock the Cultural Olympiad Launch Weekend offering from the West Midlands into shape (more information here). The Cultural Olympiad Launch from 26-28 September happily coincides with the third lichfield literature weekend, so we are part of Staffordshire's contribution to kick starting the run up to the 2012 London Games. With the two themes of Open Up and Light Up coming down from LOCOG, the former is the one we are likely to be working best with. Currently thinking along 'open a book - open your mind' lines.

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