Occupy Sheffield Dream

Dream

Occupy sheffield

We are all heading down to the city center, as there is some important
event going on.

Something for everyone, that's the idea for this event... I am
attracted to the free workshops, music and healing.

I meet Ruth, she is on a motorbike, a red one. We set off together for
the city center.

When we get there, there is a big football match just starting up. I
get involved. Something seems odd about the football pitch... One of
the other players tells us that its a new football pitch.." It never
used to be here, under neath this grass and soil is an old waste tip.
Rubble and junk. They decided to cover it with a layer of top soil and
turn it into a football pitch. In places the soil is only a few inches
thick."

I leave playing football for a while and decide to go and see the
herbalist who has set up stall for the day. The queue is really long,
so I don't stay in it. There is too many other things I want to see.

There is a band playing on a stage and people are dancing to the
music. The sound system they have got is really good, and you can hear
everything really clearly.

This band are quite good, but when they finish, some DJ comes on who
plays some really bad tunes. Its so bad that at the end of one song I
get really angry and want to break something... I notice how the music
has a powerful effect on my emotions. This lady stood next to me also
notices how it effects her emotions too, also invoking an angry
response in her too.

We find this a bit weird, like we have been brainwashed or something,
so we wander away from the dark energy music, but just as we do, I
hear a voice that sounds familiar. Its Bobby Mcferren!

He is doing a solo vocal performance, and very few people are taking
notice of him. I am so impressed that I get up close to try to video
him performing. He notices me trying to catch him on film, and hands
me the mic and says "tell the people who I am"

I get all tense and nervous being put on the spot, and forget what his
name is, .. "Bobby mcferren" I hear someone whisper to me. "Taby
mcfaran" I say, confused, down the microphone.

Its turns a few faces, and now he starts to do performance based upon
his Shakespeare training. He talk about this special posture that old
english actors were expert in, and proceeds to demonstrate this. Its
all to do with the angle of the eyes and the head. "You can control
peoples gaze by knowing what way to hold your head and angle your
eyes."

I have to admit that it is quite captivating watching him!