Jack In The Green - Hastings 2009

[ImBecKa]

I was there! & i was there also on monday :) jack on the green 2011 ! bam:D i live in hastings woohoo :) hehehe

[andymooseman]

@ImBecKa I couldn't get down into town to see the procession etc this year, but i hear a good day was had by all.

[greaserleo]

Wicker Man!

[adhvideos]

haha i saw myself in that video

[andymooseman]

@adhvideos Well spotted.

[mickbolton1]

We moved to Hastings 12 years ago and have joined in 11 processions. This is the best video of Jack in the Green we have seen, as it really captures the atmosphere of this gloriously eccentric and fabulously colourful event.

We thoroughly enjoyed the video of the bikers which we have never seen close up before, as we are so involved in watching 'Jack in the Green. Thanks for sharing this video with everyone. It's just like being there all over again. from Carol Ann Bolton.

[andymooseman]

@mickbolton1 Thanks very much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[Sylvia441]

so when do you celebrate Jack in the Green?

[andymooseman]

It is celebrated around May Day weekend.

There are celebrations throughout the whole weekend. But, the actual processsion is held on the Monday morning. This year it will be on May 3rd.

[princessannikki]

omg i love this stuff!!!

[andymooseman]

I'm pleased you liked it :)

[SilverButterflyWings]

pagans dont do things by halfs

[andymooseman]

Too right they don't :)

[shazzypbear]

Rightthats it! I'm defo coming to live in Eastbourne! BB x

[andymooseman]

It's certainly a sight worth seeing & Eastbourne is only 15 miles away across the bay :)

[oONilaOo]

i was on a class trip in hastings ... but when i have holiday again and i have money i came to hastings again ... its a nice town ... =)

[oONilaOo]

uhh i was there on jack in the green :P ... i love hastings ...

its a amazing city ...

greeting from germany <33

[andymooseman]

You came all the way from Germany to see this?

Let's hope to get to come to Hastings again someday :)

[fehquig]

Looks like a fun festival! What happens to all the effigies after the procession?

[andymooseman]

Good question & one i can't really answer i'm afraid.

The 'Jack' is ceremonially 'killed' & all the leaves taken off. This is supposed to bring good luck to those who get the leaves.

As for the others? Maybe they're stored away for next year? :)

[fehquig]

Oh... I was under the impression that they were placed somewhere in poses that somehow tell a story or commemorate an event, much in the way the the Nativity scene is put up on people's lawns at Christmas...

[spottycarrots]

My dream is to become a Bogie, you know, one of those people who paint peoples boses green?

[andymooseman]

There are certainly worse ambitions to have.

Best of luck. Maybe next year? :)

[jotaman65]

I was in the rock that the mermaid sat on!!

[andymooseman]

Wow, i bet that was tiring?

That was a really good statue & got some very nice comments as it went past.

Well done :)

[dl737]

Very cool - we really don't have anything like that over here. Thanks for sharing this :)

[andymooseman]

My pleasure Danny. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[lindasko]

If I were independently wealthy, I would SOOOO move to England!!

North America is such a backwater.

[andymooseman]

I'll admit, this is something that we do very well over here. I love the history & this type of event. It's one of the great things about Hastings.

Funnily enough, i think a lot of Brits would happily move to the USA, if they could! :)

[swannavon]

Wow! This is fantastic!! I'm moving to Hastings.

Thanks for posting this.

[andymooseman]

My pleasure & we'd be pleased to have you here :)

[devestationn]

OMFG.. dont move to hastings.. its been voted the 3rd worst place in england to raise your kids.. its one of the most run down towns ever... the only reason why any body comes to our small town of hastings is the for the history...

[swannavon]

Why do you live there?

[petuniabelle650]

That looked like fun. Very nice and pagan. I liked it. Thanks for posting.

[andymooseman]

Thanks. It's a great 'alternative' way to spend a day :)

[morrisndoris]

Great footage ! What a fantastic festival ! Saw myself briefly in your film, dancing with Bakanalia Border Morris - one of the blue, as opposed to green, people ! And yes, we were very proud of our nudey blue mascot !! Rupert the Bare !!

[rupertducker]

No problem, it was SO nice to be reaquainted with some warm Midlands spirit ! !

[andymooseman]

I'm pleased you saw yourself.

LOL @ Rupert the bare!

It's a great day & i'm so pleased that i live in a town that does something like this every year.

Long may it conitinue :)

[rupertducker]

That was me with the Leicester Border Morris side ; I was the one in the blue bodypaint ! ! The French minstrels were AMAZING ! ! !

[andymooseman]

Well done. I remember thinking at the time that you must have got pretty cold!

I thought the whole procession was amazing :)

[rupertducker]

And which JITG person were you then ?

[andymooseman]

I was just an innocent bystander with a video camera, i'm afraid.

Maybe next year? :)

[GVB1939]

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[andymooseman]

Thanks Gerald :)

[TamHickey67]

Andy, I think it's great the way local customs remain intact. Long may they continue.

[andymooseman]

I totally agree :)

[Neferkit]

Thanks so much, Andy, for making this! Do you have more footage? I'd love to see more if you have it. Hugs,

Pat

[andymooseman]

My pleasure. I'm glad you liked it.

This was the best of the footage that i took. So, there won't be any more. Well, not this year anyway :)

[americannamor]

That was great. I can't believe how many people there were. We have cheap holiday parades that go through town and most of the time it's maybe a dozen people per block-even at the starting point you would never get enough people that you were standing shoulder to shoulder. It's sort of sad, I've seen pictures from when it was big event and the turn out was amazing-I wonder what it would take to get people interested again.

[andymooseman]

I think this goes back to that history thing. This event celebrates a part of our ancient culture & that can't happen everywhere.

It was re-invented some years ago & seems to go from strength to strength. It's great that so many people enjoy & support the event. Long may it continue :)

[NaturalTwentyFilms]

Fantastic! I would enjoy Hastings on a day like that. All hail Jack in the Green!

[andymooseman]

Thanks. It would be hard not to enjoy yourself on a day like that :)

[ZMoulton]

Great footage AMM!

[andymooseman]

Thanks. Glad you liked it :)

[randomwritings]

Fascinating - love these old customs

[andymooseman]

I had a feeling it would appeal to you Brian. Glad you liked it.

Do you have anything like this down your way? :)

[randomwritings]

Not quite the same so far as I am aware though we are on the look out this year as I am sure there must be some festival of some sort given the age of the town. Of course we do have Widecombe fair which goes back a long way - I have some footage of May Day celebrations in a little village we visited at the weekend. When I lived in Clitheroe as a kid I remember the torchlight processions though I don't know if they had any particular historical significance.

[andymooseman]

One of the good things about the Jack In The Green event is that it's not commercialised at all. That spoils so many so called 'traditional' events.

I've been to Widecombe in the past & i'm not surpised that something happens there for Uncle Tom Cobley & all :)

[brojoghost]

oh fun!!!!! are those festivities for Mayday or Beltane or something? I wish there were celebrations like this where I'm from

[andymooseman]

Well, they celebrate both really.

The event lasts for 4 days over the May Day bank holiday weekend, every year. This was the final day & the culmination of the festivities.

We are lucky to have something like this here :)

[1DRock37167]

How is it that this vid has been up for HOURS and has only had one view? The tubes are screwy I tell ya!

I love the history of the event and the fact that it was brought back from near loss by a group of dancers!  Hooray for the hippies and drunks:-)

[andymooseman]

I had to upload the video overnight, as it was a big file.

I always tend to keep videos as 'private' until the quality is correct. That explains the delay & also the fact that i couldn't check it until i'd woken up!

This was the first time that i'd seen the procession at the start & i really enjoyed it. it's a great event & fairly unique as well :)