That the Parliament welcomes a programme of free music and arts workshops every Saturday from 27 April 2013 in the lead-up to the Mardi Gras Parade during the 2013 Glasgow West End Festival; notes that these workshops, to be delivered by the West End Festival organisers and Glasgow Life, are being offered to build excitement for the return of the Mardi Gras Parade to this year's West End Festival in Glasgow; understands that several venues across the city have been chosen to host these workshops, including Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre; notes that these workshops will offer opportunities for adults and children aged 11 and upwards to learn Samba drumming and make carnival costumes to wear in the parade; looks forward to the cultural enrichment and opportunities that it considers these pre-festival events will provide for communities in the west of Glasgow, and hopes that people of all ages in Glasgow's west end and across the city will take full advantage of these free activities to get in the festival spirit.