It's been a busy lead up to Latitude Festival for me, with a Leeds Met open day last Friday and Faculty of Arts & Society graduations on Monday. I talked to prospective students about our festival volunteering opportunities and used these as an example of how Leeds Met offers more than just a degree. I then congratulated and interviewed graduates who have already taken up these opportunities.
Yesterday I was on one of the two coach loads of volunteers from Leeds to Latitude. Everyone was eager and excited, and I brought them fresh British strawberries as a welcome to the festival season. After getting settled in, which involved me helping to set up lots of tents, we had a BBQ round the campfire. This morning I took the stage crew, film crew and BBC runners on a tour of the site, and after lunch I observed the Flamboyant HATs workshop. Their ideas included performing everything from an imaginary swimming pool to a human fruit machine, spontaneous mass crowd drumming and tea leaf reading.
Tomorrow evening, after three days with the Leeds Met crew, I start my work as Woods Zone Manager for Festival Republic. I look forward to seeing the popular pink t-shirted Leeds Met volunteers all around the festival.
Gavin Freeborn
Cultural Partnerships Officer
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