i hope singing never goes away. it was good that people showed that they liked their community of the whole entire world. i was so proud of myself. i was smiling. basically, the children of coventry are taking over all of coventry s independent radio stations. and hopefully it will spread all the way across coventry, from the centre outwards into the beautiful suburbs. time, then, for the people of coventry to come together in their musicalfinale. we re having the street party to end all street parties. the residents of stanley road determined to make their contribution as loud as possible. we ve got the street decorated, we re celebrating, city of culture! i think it will be really fascinating to see how all the different streams come together and work as one. i m really excited to see how that s going to play. like a symphony of radios i to create one piece of music. a bit anxious, but fingers crossed
and social media for people to enjoy at home. we ve created an event that runs from almost dawn to dusk and is animating the entire city. # high rise above, life below, riverflow. it s eight o clock and the city of culture celebrations begin. live on a bridge in a part of town knows as spon end. with a smattering of early birds treated to a dawn chorus featuring pauline black, lead singer of the ska revival band the selecter. coventry through and through. # river flow.# i ve lived in coventry for very many years and to even be in a city that is coventry city of culture was good, but to be asked to perform at the opening ceremony, ijust thought was, wow.
across the city, making change within the cities with some of the city s most disadvantaged communities. people who are active, particularly during the pandemic. the original lady godiva rode naked through the streets of an 11th century coventry in protest at high taxes for the townsfolk. today s 21st century riders are more modestly dressed and most of them had to learn how to ride a horse. rena, a teaching assistant who has also founded her own theatre company, is one of them. here we go, this is delaware. i m the kind of person that probably would ride on a horse naked if it was to fight social injustice. and kind of protest in a creative way, like lady godiva, so i think that s probably why i was nominated and selected. i ve come from a community that s considered to be the lowest of the low, we re very downtrodden, we re the untouchables of india,
and to test. i think compared 18 years ago, it s been very different, people have been very positive. i rememberjust outside there i was bullied at the bus stop for being, you know, queer. all the time. and now i canjust happily walk across the city without, you know, a few smiles, a few glares but. we need to start appreciating each other. and i hope that city of culture does that. it s time that we kind of accept each other because we are all here. meanwhile, somewhere in the suburbs, people and horses are gathering. modern day lady godivas are preparing to ride into town from the four corners of the city. we have 1a women who do extraordinary things
quiet, i play relaxing music. when it s quiet. my quiet, i play relaxing music. when it s quiet, my mind quiet, i play relaxing music. when it s quiet, my mind is quiet, i play relaxing music. when it s quiet, my mind is so quiet, i play relaxing music. when it s quiet, my mind is so relaxed. l and we just stood in the middle of the road and we could hear all the different pieces of music, and yeah, it made me feel really emotional. it made me feel massively proud that i am from coventry. i was like, yes, we ve got our place on the map now. you know, sometimes people or places can get you know, sometimes people or places can get caught up in the past, but i think can get caught up in the past, but i think it can get caught up in the past, but i think it is can get caught up in the past, but i think it is really important to focus think it is really important to focus on think it is really important to focus on the theatre and i think oven focus on the theatre and i