THE largest festival in Harrow comes to end and preparations begin for next year.

Thousands of people came to the Kodak site, in Harrow View, for Under One Sky, a celebration of the diverse talents in Harrow.

Large nunmbers of young people attended the event, which featured a wide range of musical performances from hip hop and rap to jazz and bollywood.

Stephanie Crawford, 16, a pupil at Nower Hill High School, said: "I think it's a positive event that people are putting on to keep kids of the street.

"It's also good to see a good message against knife crime."

Highlights of the festival including a performance from hip hop star Jay Sean on the main stage, Gig in the Park, a youth music stage organised by local teenagers, and a parade of different schools, organisations, and musical groups around the whole site.

Councillor John Nickolay, Mayor of Harrow, said: "This is becoming an established part of calendar in Harrow now, and I'm very pleased about that."

There were 72 performances, 53 different activities to take part in, and 83 stalls run by a wide range of organisations.

More than 25,000 people were involving in organising Under One Sky, and it was the best attended yet in its fourth year.

The clear-up process is now underway, as the marquees, stalls, and stages are dismantled and the site is returned to being a sport ground.

Sports Central, a new feature this year, offered people the chance to try out new sports varying from beach volleyball and rock climbing to five-a-side football and trampolining.

Nina Cooper, 15, one of the organisers, said the response had been very good, and said they wanted Sports Central to return to Under One Sky next year.

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