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Secondary Teachers Pack KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND AND AMPHITHEATRE Heritage learning for secondary pupils in a spectacular designed environment Introduction Contents The much loved Kelvingrove Bandstand and Amphitheatre Background to the Bandstand welcomed a global audience during the Commonwealth and its park setting Games in 2014 after a sensitive repair programme and Copies of additional comprehensive upgrade of facilities. complementary resources The historic venue now programmes regular concert series. Resource for teachers: It has greatly enhanced accessibility for performances and 1. World class leisure, audience. it is able to host a variety of performances as well Kelvingrove Park and as learning visits from education groups and families keen to Kelvingrove Bandstand discover more about the fascinating history and heritage of 2. Designed environments, the Bandstand. enhancing experiences This resource has suggestions for learning centred on the 3. Commemoration, memorials heritage in Kelvingrove Park, the Bandstand and the many and memory other structures, sculptures and features of interest. Learning and strategic context The ideas could be relevant to pupils studying: • art and design Curriculum for Excellence • design and manufacture quick guide to outcomes and • history experiences • modern studies Pupil worksheets: • as a stimulus for literacy 1. Art and design (drawing In addition to the suggestions for using the Park setting as a from life) learning environment, this pack contains copies of resources 2. Social Studies (using maps) developed by the Scottish Civic Trust for the My Place 3. Social Studies (people and Photography project, and links to other helpful materials to place) help teachers and pupils enjoy meaningful and memorable 4. Social Studies (people and learning experiences. place) 5. Kelvingrove map This pack has a quick reference grid of Curriculum for Excellence experience and outcomes at third and fourth level. PAGE ONE Background to the Bandstand and its park setting Kelvingrove Bandstand was built in 1924 by the City Parks Department, and opened in 1925. It is a rare example of a bandstand with associated amphitheatre style seating, which cleverly fits into the natural shape of the land around, sweeping down to the River Kelvin, an unusual and picturesque setting. In its heyday, there were two performances a week in the Bandstand, and numbers in the audience could be up to 6,000. The performances could be by military bands, variety acts, singers or choirs. There were regular performances up until the 1950s and 1960s, and many people have fond memories of being in the audience for different shows at this time. Kelvingrove Bandstand is the only working bandstand left in Glasgow. It was almost lost, having fallen into disuse and poor repair in the 1990s, but a long hard fought campaign by the Friends of Kelvingrove Park, the unique skills of Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, and the support of partners and funders including Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, and the Heritage Lottery Fund, meant the building was saved, and re-opened in time to play a starring role in the city wide celebrations of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. PAGE TWO Kelvingrove Park is an outstanding designed landscape, and has high historical and cultural significance as the first public park in Scotland. The formal arrangements of paths, terraces and planting were designed by the esteemed Victorian Sir Joseph Paxton, world famous for the daringly modern Crystal Palace, star attraction of London’s 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. Originally called the West End Park, Kelvingrove Park was laid out in “conscious curves” between 1852 and 1867. Paxton also designed Queens and Alexandra Parks, and Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens. A series of major exhibitions were held in the park. Among the 6 million people who came to the International Exhibitions of Science and Art in the park in 1888, was Queen Victoria, who visited twice! She loaned her Jubilee presents, which were displayed in Kelvingrove Museum. Even more people, 11 million, came to the 1901 International exhibition. The 1911 Scottish Exhibition of History, Art and Industry, drew 9 million, and had an overhead railway connecting the University of Glasgow to the Park. The oldest of the bridges over the River Kelvin as it meanders towards the Clyde is the Snow Bridge of 1876. This originally had opening gates on the parapet, allowing snow to be swept easily into the river. Lower down the bridge, at water level, between the arches are cut waters: the angled shapes cleverly divert the water flow towards the arch openings. Among the many statues and sculptures in the park is one by Archibald Macfarlane Shannon of William Thompson, 1st Baron Kelvin, the famous scientist best known for the Kelvin scale, who was at University by the age of 10, and had become a professor by the age of 22. There is a monument in the park to An Clachan, which is all that remains of a model Highland village built as part of the 1911 exhibition, and a very popular exhibit. An Clachan is Gaelic for ‘the village’, the name now adopted by the small cafe beside the early years play area within the park. PAGE THREE World class leisure, Kelvingrove Park and Kelvingrove Bandstand Kelvingrove Park is the setting for the extraordinary Kelvingrove Art Gallery. The park was designed by Joseph Paxton, one of four parks he designed for Glasgow. Paxton had been head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth House, and is famous for garden designs in a number of cities as well as Glasgow including Liverpool and Halifax. Paxton designed the Crystal Palace, a global wonder in glass and iron, that drew millions to the Great Exhibition in 1851 in Hyde Park, London. Kelvingrove was the first public park in Scotland, laid out between 1852 and 1867. It was the setting for no less than three international exhibitions, in 1888, 1901 and 1911, attracting 6, 11 and 9 million visitors respectively. The paths would have been quite full, as they are today, with people enjoying the green spaces, the respite from busy roads, the flowers and plants. Recreation in the park in Victorian times, as now, could be passive or active. The current Bandstand was built in 1924 and replaced an earlier one. The natural formation of the sloping site down to the riverbank has been exceptionally carefully and skilfully designed to create a natural amphitheatre setting. On a visit: briefly explain the design history of the Park to the pupils, then allow them to explore, using either worksheet 1, with a drawing task to enhance their observation of the chosen element within the park, or worksheet 2, where pupils use the park map to locate different highlighted heritage assets, and later at home or in the classroom, transfer their acquired knowledge to the worksheet. Worksheet 1 – Worksheet 2 – Art and design (drawing from life) Social Studies (using maps) Learning outcome – understanding through Learning outcome – find and check facts on focussed observation in order to reproduce in elements in the designed landscape. drawings, the planned park layout, relationships For answers, next page. of avenues and paths, green space, planting, PUPIL WORKSHEET 2 bridges and water courses. World class leisure, Kelvingrove Park and Kelvingrove Bandstand Social Studies (using maps) Pupil’s name .......................................................................................................................................................................................... PUPIL WORKSHEET 1 Use the Friends of Kelvingrove Park map (pupil worksheet 5) of the park to navigate your way to World class leisure, Kelvingrove Park and Kelvingrove Bandstand (and tick when visited): Art and Design (drawing from life) Kelvingrove Bandstand and Amphitheatre The Stewart Memorial Fountain Pupil’s name .......................................................................................................................................................................................... The Prince of Wales Bridge Make notes in the box below or take photos so that later you can answer these questions: 1. Look at the bandstand roof. Think about what you see there and discuss and describe at least two. • Walk through some of the paths and routes though Kelvingrove Park, and make your way to the Stewart Fountain. 2. Think about the shape and location of the Bandstand and the Amphitheatre; why might it be here? • Sit on a bench on the outer path, and make sketches (in the box below and on the back of this Why is the seating shaped this way? sheet) of the designed landscape. For example, the axis of the path, and what terminates the view; 3. Make a sketch diagram of the paths and benches which surround the Stewart Memorial Fountain; the relationship of the fountain to the paths and green space around it; the shrub and tree planting think about the shapes and reasons why they might be planned like this. patterns in relation to the path edges, or another aspect. 4. Consider the shape and style of the Prince of Wales Bridge, its purpose, and what can be seen when looking in different directions. PAGE FOUR Answers to Worksheet 2 World class leisure, Kelvingrove Park and Kelvingrove Bandstand 1. Look at the bandstand roof. Think about what you see there and discuss and describe at least two elements. Topics for discussion: • Glasgow Coat of Arms (resculpted and recast to match the original in 2014) • Scrolled ironwork supporting crest • Conical loudspeakers (these are now lights) • Ventilation box with
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