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One World One Beat
GIRLGUIDING LONDON AND SOUTH EAST ENGLAND CELEBRATES WORLD THINKING DAY WITH ONE WORLD ONE BEAT
On the 20th and 21st February around 2,500 members of Girlguiding UK marked the Centenary World Thinking Day with a high-energy performing arts festival called One World One Beat in Cobham. Most of the members came from across Girlguiding London and South East England but some came from as far away as Stevenage and Gosport. Across the UK, nine One World One Beat events were staged so thousands of girls and young women could celebrate the occasion.
At two points during the day, a live satellite link-up from a studio at the One World One Beat event in York brought all 18,500 participants together to see what was happening at the other events.
The Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section and Leaders gathered at Notre Dame School in Cobham for the event that marked one of the most significant dates in the guiding calendar. World Thinking Day is an opportunity for the ten million Guides and Girl Scouts in 145 countries around the world to think about the diversity of the worldwide membership and show appreciation for each other's lives.
The girls and young women spent the weekend taking part in a range of inspiring workshops on the theme of world performing arts with sessions including junk and body percussion, Tai Chi, didgeridoo, steel band music and African dancing. Each day ended with a stage show spectacular of African drumming as well as dances and performances from the professionals who ran the workshops.
Anne Hudson, London and South East England Chief Commissioner said: "One World One Beat was a great event for everyone and the perfect way to make World Thinking Day special as it is a really important occasion for guiding. It is a chance for us to acknowledge that we are part of a huge movement that works to give millions of girls, young women and adults opportunities to try new things, gain new skills and most importantly make friends and have fun."
Danielle (11) from the 1st Shepperton Guides said; "I really enjoyed One World One Beat, my favourite workshops were street dance and drama. In the drama workshop we had to make up a scene and it was really good to use my imagination." Stephanie, also aged 11 added "I did karaoke and jive dancing but my favourite was definitely the karaoke because I got to sing and show other people my voice."