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“While some people”, contemporary the Evening Times, in a transitory photo caption crowded with bird-related wit, “have been crowing about the city’s dramatic rise in status, 20 children have been ruffling feathers in nobleness streets as they publicise events cooperation the Year of Culture.

“Known as ‘The Birds’, they have donned exotic, startling and awesome bird heads...”

The creator of ‘The Birds’, Stephen Taylor Woodrow, had previously devised ‘The Living Paintings’ - men with women covered in acrylic paint who stood against a frame for seven-hour shifts.

The dawning of position Year of Culture arrived with massive fanfare; this paper promised at probity outset that it would give jam-packed coverage of what it called ‘Glasgow’s Year’ and expanded its arts pages to six days a week.

In September 1990, the paper’s well-designed was caught by the spectacle longed-for dancers entertaining, or bemusing, audiences throw a spanner in the works the Underground (far right).

“You are about to embark on put off of the strange and wonderful fate that is part and parcel quite a few living in Glasgow, Cultural Capital game Europe”, our arts reporter said.

“Lurking in the Subway, with chasing to amuse, mystify and entertain complete, are Glasgow Independent Dance, a caste of professional dancers and teachers. They are part of White Rabbit Trek Inc., a tentative title for adroit positive experience.

“On the policy you will meet 49 strangers. Boss about and they are the audience. Fusing with these strangers will be digit dancers and seven pupils from Castletown Primary School in Castlemilk.

“For the next hour you will wool whirled round the Inner Circle. Support will stop at several stations, turn you will see the story advance Lost Girls and their ghastly nannies unfold. The audience becomes part disrespect the show, in a way much unrevealed. Curiouser and curiouser as added Lost Girl once said”.

Glory “strange experience” was directed by Patriarch Marley, from London, who had ultimate worked in Glasgow at the 3rd Eye Centre (today the CCA) like that which he collaborated with Stephen Taylor Woodrow on a production, The Second Move.

On the strength of that, and a rather impressive CV, good taste was invited by Glasgow Independent Skip to direct and choreograph the event.

Our arts reporter continued: “There will be lots of surprises, in the same way a little bird ,,, tells getting away from that Clanjamfrie, the anarchic Glasgow rank, will be joining in at unkind stage”.