Brendan Bunting

 I was a volunteer for the day at last weekend's Tram Sunday event in Fleetwood and was privileged to view the events from a different angle which gave me more of an appreciation of the intricate delivery of such a day. When Sean Payne and I arrived on the day we were briefed by the LeftCoast team on our roles and given a rough schedule of the day, most of which was common sense; muck in where's needed and even though the festival had the name Spare Parts it didn't mean we had to impersonate one, which we were highly…

The hotly anticipated launch of LeftCoasts arts programme for 2014 was the buzz of the town last week. Some had a vague idea of LeftCoast through the much publicised Blam! and the Spare Parts Festival, but for some there was still an air of mystery to exactly what LeftCoast was all about. A brief overview of Blackpool and Wyre's successful Creative People and Places bid came from the two Michaels, both executed with razor sharp wit.  LeftCoast's Creative Director, Michael Trainor, used funny anecdotes of collecting vacuums to explain the importance of the three year project. Whilst Wyre Council's Michael…