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events go online for 2020
Sma’ Shot celebrations go online for 2020
local community, local life .........
Paisley’s annual Sma’ Shot day event will take place this year on
Saturday 4th July, but not as you know it. For the first time a
full programme of online events and activities will take place to
celebrate this historical date in the town’s calendar.
The move to take the event online for 2020 is in response to
the current COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure celebrations can still
take place in adherence with social distancing rules and national
guidance.
The traditional Sma’ Shot holiday in Paisley takes its name
from a famous dispute between the local shawl weavers and
manufacturers in the 19th century. In 1856, following a long dispute,
the manufacturers backed down and an agreement was reached to
pay for the Sma’ Shot, the invisible stitch which bound the Paisley
shawls, with a new table of prices published on 1 July 1856.
This year’s event will not only mark this important date in the town’s
history but will also celebrate our fantastic key workers.
The day will commence with a mass drum-off on Saturday 4th
July where the community will be invited to come together and
make noise to mark the start of the day’s celebrations which will
include a range of activities from film, dance and music, to spoken
word performances by members of the local community and online
tutorials and workshops.
Aerial dance theatre company, All or Nothing, will be delivering a
dance and music project called Connecting Threads, inspired by
the background and history of Sma Shot. The group will be inviting
local groups and individuals to get involved by setting creative
tasks and asking people to submit videos for inclusion in a short
film that will be published online on Sma Shot Day.
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