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The Spectacular Dancing Tent!

The Spectacular Dancing Tent!

DanceEast’s Spectacular Dancing Tent set down in Christchurch Park, Ipswich on June 27 and will stay open to the public until July 12. This magnificent Spiegeltent, literally meaning ‘mirror tent’ in German, will then makes its way to four further venues across the region at Stowmarket, Easton, Colchester and Bury. Housing various dance performances, workshops and classes, the Tent is set to provide a magical dance experience for all, and IP1 will be updating you on upcoming happenings which will get your body moving throughout its journey. So, stay tuned and remember, dance is not just for the dancefloor!

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Underline the Sky Play Hachfest!

Underline the Sky Play Hachfest!

Saturday August 1 is Live, Local & Loud day at Hachfest. Appearing on stage will be Road to V finalists Underline The Sky performing pop-punk gems such as Sweet 16, Haverhill new wavers Umbrella Assassins, classic rock from Walkway and energetic alternative brilliance from Ipswich’s I Know Jack. Upcoming indie band Jade from Southwold and space rockers Mohawk from Felixstowe will also be playing live, buy maybe not loud enough for their liking!

How to Design the IP1 Website Background…

How to Design the IP1 Website Background…

We encourage illustrators and designers to have a go at creating backgrounds for the the IP1 site.  However, designing for web is a bit different than designing something on paper, and I’ve struggled to communicate these constraints to people who are not familiar with web design.  So I’ve created this tutorial to try and make things a bit clearer.

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The Jenny O’Neill Exhibition at The Swan!

The Jenny O’Neill Exhibition at The Swan!

To help kick-start Swanfest this weekend, Ipswich’s undisputed heavyweight of music photography, Jenny O’Neill, will be exhibiting for one day only at The Swan. You may have stumbled across Jen’s brilliant work in publications such as IP1, Noise Makes Enemies magazine and even The Sun newspaper! There will be a chance to purchase Jenny’s work or just have a chat with her. The exhibition runs from 7pm on Thursday July 2 until midnight – don’t miss it!

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Howard: C’MON MURRAY!!!

Howard: my pleasure jen, love your work and good to meet you at long last. hangover - oh yes!

JenONeill: Hey! Would just like to say thankyou to everyone who came along to my exhibition last night! I hope you are all as hungover as me this morning… haha.

Howard: Glad the slam went well, Tipp. Anyone stand out from those that performed? And yes, I second what michael said about the curiosity collective exhibition - it’s great if you’ve not seen their work before. Although, there’s only a few hours left to catch them. And it’s a sunny day!

Andy: Just got back from the Ip-Art Young People’s Literature Slam. Good event. Enjoyed it.

Michael Morrow: I’ve just seen the curiosity Collective show.. Fantastic!  Get along & see it; so different, so engaging & so amusing.

lozz berry: im out :(

Howard: I am, but then I normally am.

Abram: whos at the meeting tonight?

lozz berry: its not a joke >.< its something heard on the tube

Howard: Lozz, i so don’t get that joke. And Rosie, there is indeed some great illustration on the ShowOff, e.g. Tommy Human, Kimbo, Sampeet… c’mon the boys!!

lozz berry: During an extremely hot rush hour on the Central Line, the driver announced in a West Indian drawl: “step right this way for the sauna, ladies and gentleman… unfortunately towels are not provided”.

lozz berry: you working on the toilet again?

rograves: There’s some great illustrations in the ShowOff at the mo! Loving Gemma Correll, LouiseDoesDrawings and Louise Abbott - come on the girls!

rograves: Loving Kimbos artwork on Truth’s album cover! I want to do stuff like this! V cool.

Howard: i’m at work and it sucks - all i can see is sunshine outside!

Abram: mmmmmmmmmmm the sun is goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

Howard: Does anyone have an open top Porsche I can borrow?

Tom: Does anyone have a HD Camcorder/Camera I can borrow?

Howard: imagine if it had a swimming pool!

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