Junkfest Report

I wish you could have been there. It was, in its small way, an historic event of significant proportion. The artists (the Junkyard Symphony and car artist Steve Classic Jasik ) provided everything you could hope for - representing the spirit of play, creativity, and repurposing with great passion, warmth and humor.

(your local Junkmaster, posing proudly in front of Classic Jasik's 2-Way Car - here's a clip of the car in action)

The games were significant fun - inviting creativity, inclusion and playfulness, exactly as you might hope.

Flying Golf

Giant Pick-Up Sticks and 4-way Trashbag, two-level Volleyball - all presented a genuine invitation to play, each offering a different level of physical and social activity.

Recreation leaders from across Redondo Beach participated in a two-hour training and intense cardboard construction.

We had a great write-up in the Daily Breeze. Even the local cable channel came out to help document this landmark event in the celebration of the spirit of fun.

Senior Services led the junk swap and much junk got swapped.

Maybe 50 people attended. OK, so it wasn't what you'd call a huge success. On the other hand, given the goings on in the rest of the world, it was a genuinely remarkable celebration.

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith