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| 08 June 2008 |
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| SIMPLY OPERA!
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ref: D113 |
| Encore Opera, Director: David Chapman |
| 8.00
Dinner and concert: £24
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| A concert with some of the best known amateur singers in the area singing a programme of classical and romantic opera. Make an evenig of it with a 4 course dinner at 6.30pm before the concert. |
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£7.50
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| 15 June 2008 |
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| THE NAMES OF THE SEA TROUT – Tom Rawling, Poet and fisherman
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ref: D114 |
| Michael Baron |
| 2.00 -
5.00
including tea
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| Tom Rawling, two years younger than Norman Nicholson, is the other Cumberland poet. Little known here, a poet in middle age recalls growing up in the natural world of rural Ennerdale and ~ opening the memory box of childhood...poems poured forth (Anne Stevenson). A poetic biography in word and voice. |
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£13.00
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| 22 June 2008 |
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| INNOVATORS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL OF WATER COLOUR PAINTING
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ref: D115 |
| Patrick Oates. |
| 2.00 -
5.00
including tea
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| Essentially an East Anglian phenomenon of huge skyscapes, notable painters included Constable, Parkes-Bonnington, Sell-Cotman and Turner; who between them influenced successive generations of painters in their brilliant but delicate depiction of shifting light in Landscape. This talk is beautifully slide illustrated throughout with works that are evocative, atmospheric and nostalgic of Britain's rural past, but which also looks at stunning Landscape Watercolourists of the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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£13.00
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| 29 June 2008 |
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| NSPCC FAIR
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ref: D117 |
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| 2.00 -
5.00
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| Refreshments, stalls and events to raise money for the local NSPCC and a chance to enjoy the gardens at Higham. |
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| 29 June 2008 |
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| THE GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF TENERIFE
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ref: D116 |
| Marian Sutton, |
| 2.00 -
5.00
including tea
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| The Canarian archipelago, of which Tenerife is the largest island, is one of the world’s major oceanic vulcanic groups. MtTeide is Tenerife’s magnificant volcanic peak with a history of recent activity and the second biggest volcano in the world. The islands’ sub-tropical location has meant that the established flora and fauna were little affected by glaciation. All this and more will be explored in this talk. |
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£13.00
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| 06 July 2008 |
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| SONGS TO THE LUTE
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ref: D118 |
| Philip MacLeod Coupe ~ Lute and speaker. Karen Wilson ~ Mezzo soprano |
| 2.00 -
5.00
including tea
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| A talk about the development of the lute in Europe from 1500 to 1750. This will be illustrated with slides of paintings and historic lutes from the period and present day instruments in the course of construction. After tea there willl be a recital of English lute songs of John Dowland and his contemporaries. |
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£15.00
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| 26 July 2008 |
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| MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – an open air production
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ref: D119 |
| Open from 1.30pm for picnics |
| 3.00
(School children £9)
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| The wonderful Festival Players return with Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. An open air production in the gardens of Higham. Please bring your own seats. |
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£12.50
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| 08 August 2008 |
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| JAZZ CONCERT
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ref: D120 |
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| 8.00
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| A lively and diverting evening of mainstream jazz led by the irrepressible Len Philips and performed by all the players from the week’s rersidential jazz course. |
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£6.00
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| 09 August 2008 |
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| CERAMICS ~ the Japanese way
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ref: D122 |
| Shozo Michikawa |
| 9.00 -
6.00
including coffee, lunch and tea
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| A day of hand building and throwing, for beginners and experienced pottters, with a highly respected master potter from Japan. |
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£42.00
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| 09 August 2008 |
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| CALLIGRAPHY ~ the Japanese way
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ref: D121 |
| Ransetsu Ozawa |
| 9.00 -
6.00
including coffee, lunch and tea
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| An introduction to Japanese Calligraphy and an opportunity to learn from a leading calligrapher briefly visiting Britain. The day will start with a demonstration, followed by an explanation of tools and then writing with individual attention. |
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£40.00
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