A day in the park for War Child
After successfully avoiding the bouncers and their strict 'under 18s
only' policy, War Child set up shop and started what turned out to be
an amazing day.
Luckily the rain held off for the better part of a day which saw some
great performances and a 7,500 strong turn-out in the second Underage
festival since last year's hugely successful event.
So, after rigging up our 7ft tall War Child banners and covering our
table with as many leaflets and free badges as we could fit, we set
about generally making ourselves heard. Many of you will no doubt
remember us for our frenzied stickering of anyone who came by our tent,
but hey, free stuff is good right?
With Victoria Park buzzing with energy and enthusiasm, War Child's
tent was soon jam-packed full of young festival goers eager to learn
more about our amazing work. That said, we broke out the email sign up
sheets and hundreds of you put pen to paper to sign up to our
newsletter. With a bag full of photographs and the odd video thrown in
for good measure, we'll be keeping you all updated of our Facebook,
MySpace and Flickr pages when everything's up online.
War Child was also lucky enough to sneek backstage and grab a
photograph with Dizzee Rascal, who had just finished playing a short,
but hugely crowd pleasing set on the Converse Century Stage.
With the headlining bands finished, we packed up and headed home,
unable to keep up with the pace of the 14 - 18 year olds, although we
showed our true grit by blessing Victoria Park with our presence in the
same spot on the following day's Field Day festival, but that's another
story.
That's all from us for now, so thanks for stopping by and we'll keep you posted on any new developments.
You can see our Facebook and MySpace pages which will have all our Underage photos available for your viewing pleasure.
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