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So it finally happened! Our first pumpkin carving festival! Jamie and I had wanted to create a pumpkin festival for a few years now. We create pumpkins for all types of reasons towards Halloween. PR, TV, Private commissions and events. We thought that it would be great to create our own event where we live. The beautiful and creative Hebden Bridge. We wanted to create a festival that included everyone. Local businesses, schools, artists, community groups and families. We worked with Hebden Royd Town Council to engage with the locals to create the first Great Pumpkin Festival. After planning the event with Emma, we then got to work engaging with local businesses to get involved. We offered pumpkin carving workshops to pass on some of the tricks of the trade so they could create their own fabulous displays. In Hebden Bridge we are very lucky to have a community where people like to get involved in something different. We then set to work with our talented team to start to work on a series of pumpkins displays which would pop up around Hebden. Our team consisted of Myself, Jamie, Rich, James, Yadgar and Rodrigo.

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We managed to gain quite a bit of media attention on the run up to the parade day from BBC Breakfast, to Look North and lots of local and national press coverage.

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Sand In Your Eye display at Hebden Bridge Picture House. Image by Craig Shaw

We created various different scenes including a frightened ticket booth worker at the Picture House, a cast away pumpkin, the Hippies of Hebden Bridge, and even a pumpkin kayaking down the river! One the day of the parade, we also create a live carve display in the square, with pumpkin carving workshops at the Town Hall and a trail map so everyone could follow the map to see all the wonderful window displays and our displays too. Also ghost walks by Emmerdale Star Ursula Holden Gill. In the evening it was time for the Great Pumpkin Festival Parade! People started arriving with their own carved pumpkins to watch the entertainment from Hebden Radio, Mr Wilsons Second Liners and Bazzmatazz! Mr Wilson’s Second Liners then led the parade through Hebden Bridge to the square, were prizes were given for the best pumpkins and window displays announced by our Mayor. It truly was one of the best events we have ever done and it meant so much more, as we were humbled that so many people got involved and supported what we want to create. Made even better that this was all from the people in the town we call home.

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Hopefully we will get the opportunity to make it even better next year and who knows what ideas can be realized!

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Pumpkin parade. Image by Craig Shaw

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"It’s been a pleasure to collaborate with Sand In Your Eye over the last two years. Together we’ve created a 60 metre sand portrait , a giant tennis ball mosaic at Wimbledon and a huge mud toilet sculpture at Glastonbury, all of which have helped us secure high quality media coverage for our campaigns. Working to the highest ethical and environmental standards, Sand In Your Eye go above and beyond to problem-solve and create unique activations that help WaterAid to reach new audiences. I look forward to more collaborations in future."

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"Hebden Royd Town Council have been proud to partner with Sand in Your Eye on a number of events and projects over the past 10 years. Sand in Your Eye have continually surpassed expectations and consistently deliver creative, engaging artworks of the highest quality which help the Town Council to connect with the community."

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"We were delighted with the outcome of our climate-themed Coal and Ice event at Woodhorn Museum. The Ice Trail looked stunning, with visitors really connecting with the poignancy of seeing beautifully carved endangered animals slowly begin to melt away. Throughout the project, the Sand in Your Eye team were enthusiastic, professional, collaborative and full of brilliant creative ideas. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Sand in Your Eye again and would highly recommend them to others."

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"We had a really great experience working with Sand In Your Eye on our project raising awareness of UK nature loss. They were consistently friendly, professional and able to give us valuable advice where needed, and we were so impressed with the quality and detail of the final sand drawing, drone footage and final video."

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"We were really excited to work with Sand In Your Eye on this important project. The attention to detail and the tutorial videos we received to help our children put together the paper bees were just fabulous. The engagement in the project from all year groups was lovely to see. The team at Sand In Your Eye are creative, innovative and have a can-do attitude; no project is too big!"

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