DUBLIN CYCLING CAMPAIGN Psitin: Chregrapher fr Cycling Presence in 2016 St Patrick s Day Parade DRAFT BRIEF V2 - Wednesday, 03 February 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Backgrund Fr the last six years, Dublin Cycling Campaign has rganised the cyclists presence in the St. Patrick s Day Parade The theme f the 2016 parade is The Future. Sme phts f ur 2015 presence are shwn belw. Chregrapher We want t use the pprtunity f being in the parade in frnt f ne millin peple n the streets and many mre n TV t send ut a strng visual message arund celebrating the bicycle s rle in making cities vibrant, healthy and fun. We see bicycles as being at the heart f the future f urban mbility! We have sme initial ideas n what type f flat we might create and we have sme terrific vlunteers amngst ur crew, but we are nw lking t bring smene n bard with a strng creative backgrund wh can help crdinate ur grup and bring chesin t ur mvements within the parade in essence a chregrapher! We are a fully vluntary rganisatin with all f ur members giving ver their time and talents fr free, but we are wrking n securing sme funding t enable us t pay fr the services f a chregrapher in the run-up t the parade. Mre details f the inputs and deliverables frm this persn are prvided belw. Cntact If yu think yu can help ut, we wuld lve t hear frm yu! Please email Damien Ó Tuama, Events Crdinatr with Dublin Cycling Campaign n damdublin@htmail.cm ASAP (ideally by midnight n Thursday 4 th Feb 2016). At this pint, we need t find ut if anything crucial is missing frm the draft brief, wh might be interested in this psitin and, rughly, what fee wuld be apprpriate. We will then tweak the brief and reissue it seeking a final fee. Any questins, give Damien a shut directly 087-2840799. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dublin Cycling Campaign is a vluntary grup lbbying gvernment fr 20+ years t bring abut imprved cnditins fr cyclists and greater recgnitin f the benefits f cycling (www.dublincycling.ie). We are the largest member grup f Cyclist.ie - The Irish Cycling Advcacy Netwrk (www.cyclist.ie), itself the Irish member f the Eurpean Cyclists Federatin (www.ecf.cm).
Further details f what we are seeking The aim is t make ur cycling presence as alluring and entertaining as pssible, by applying chregraphy skills t ur mtley crew f cyclists within the St. Patrick s Day Parade! The persn will wrk with a vlunteer cmmittee (f, say, 5 persns) with ne main pint f cntact. We will have a brader team f vlunteers t help with preparatins in the days befre the parade. The persn will als liaise clsely with an artistic directr/crdinatr wh will cncentrate n develping initial cncepts t interpret the parade theme and hence visual appearance f ur crew, and take the lead n the making cstumes etc.. At this pint, we expect: 60-80 cyclists n the day 10-15 n carg bikes, sme with kids n bard The remainder either n Dublin Bikes r ther types f bikes (t be decided) T have a budget fr materials f arund 300 t 500. Nte that the parade is estimated t take 1 hur 10 minutes t pass thrugh the city centre (nt including the hanging arund time befre the parade). The main elements f the cmmissin / deliverables fr the Campaign wuld be: Meeting ur Parade Wrking Grup and taking initial ideas n bard (say, meet this grup in early/mid Feb say by Thu 11/Feb) Develpment f a wrkable cncept arund bringing chesin t the mvements f cyclists n the day and present t Wrking Grup fr feedback/further develpment (late Feb say by Fri 19/Feb). This might mean just sme f ur 60-80 cyclists, as ppsed t all f them since in previus years this aspect f ur parade presence has prved difficult! Liaisn with the Parade Wrking Grup building up t a practice sessin fr apprx 20 persns (say n Sun 06 r Sun 13 March in Smithfield Market (it is suggested)) Further develpment/enhancement f cncept and liaisn with Wrking Grup and Artistic Directr in the days befre the parade! Active crdinatin n the day, starting early (8:00/9:00am) n Thu 17 th March, and bringing the prject alive! This is likely t invlve shuting rders at a mtley crew f cyclists f all ages, including while n the mve! Please als nte the fllwing (based n ur previus years experiences): Sme stretches f the parade rute are very narrw (say less than 6 metres wide) while ther stretches are very wide (e.g. arund Parnell Square nrth) On sme stretches, ur cyclists presence needs t mve frward at a reasnable pace (say a gd bit faster than a fast walking pace!) while at ther spts we remain in the nce place fr several minutes. At sme perids, we have tnnes f rm in frnt f us (50-100 metres free), while at ther perid, we are squashed up against the crew ahead f us and behind us! The chregrapher must be able t handle these variables, as well as dealing with children n bikes and ther difficult-t-crdinate peple-wh-haven t-practiced-in-advance! ENDS
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