Happy customers at Farncombe

Feedback from students is really important to the Team at Farncombe Estate. Not only does it relay the satisfaction and gratefulness of customers to the staff but helps us improve our service each time. Here are a few of the comments left by our students this month:

• 'The staff at the centre were very hospitable, friendly and efficient.'
• 'Thank you for the wonderful experience'
• 'The staff couldn't be more helpful.'
• 'Brilliantly brilliant, very uplifting course!'
• 5* event as always. I'll be back!'

Thank you to all of the weekend staff at Farncombe Estate for maintaining such a high standard of service.

Special Non-Residential offer - The weekend for only £110

Due to bedrooms being ‘sold out’ on the Estate 4-6 February 2011, a limited number of last minute non-res places are currently available on a first come, first served basis. The special price is £110 for a non-res place. Broadway and the surrounding area have a number of B & B's offering competitive rates.

Learn something new in 2011

Rag rug heart cushions

Last few places available on these 2011 courses...

Art and Imagery in Stitch Textiles with Sandra Meech
04-06 February 2011 (Weekend Course)
This workshop will make the connection between the images we take for inspiration, the drawing and painting we do for fun and their important connection to fabric and stitch. This is a workshop for all who want to express themselves in creative new stitched textile directions.

Painting Buildings using Watercolour and Ink with Rosemary Hale
04-06 February 2011 (Weekend Course)
Join tutor Rosemary Hale and get to grips with a subject many find unnecessarily daunting....perspective. Over the course of the weekend, tuition will be given, often on a one-to-one basis and with frequent demonstrations. There will be opportunity to complete a step-by-step painting (suitable for beginners) or, for more experienced painters, to work from your own source material.

Boudoir Rag Rug Heart Cushion with Debbie Siniska
08-10 April 2011 (Weekend Course)
As seen on Channel 4's 'Kirstie's Homemade Home'
Learn to use traditional hand tools for hooky and proggy techniques, and make a beautiful little heart cushion. You will be using recycled textiles and experimenting with colour and the textured surface. Materials list provided.

Last few places available. Call us on 033 3456 8580 and book today to avoid disappointment.

Tchaikovsky - the life and times of a troubled genius

Book a place on this weekend before 31 January 2011 and receive a £50 gift voucher to spend on a booking in our 2012 Programme. To make a booking ring 033 3456 8580 or email us today!

Tchaikovsky - the life and times of a troubled genius (Part One) with Julian Williamson 16-18 December 2011.

Rag rug making in Kirstie's Homemade Home on Channel 4

If you missed Farncombe rag rug tutor Debbie Siniska in the last programme of the series, you can still watch it on Channel 4oD - click here for programme information.

Those contemplating signing up for Debbie Siniska’s craft course at the 370-acre Farncombe Estate in the Cotswolds get a sneaky preview of what the weekend will entail when she featured on Channel 4’s Kristie’s Homemade Home.

Debbie teaches the traditional techniques of hooky, proggy and proddy, and viewers who want to also learn the art of rag rug making can sign up for her course at Farncombe Estate which is held over the Friday and weekend of 8 April 2011.

That unique Christmas gift is only a phone call away!

Do something different this Christmas and give your friends and family a weekend course at Farncombe Estate.

You can choose the course yourself from the huge range on offer, or you can give them vouchers and let them choose for themselves. Either way, they will be delighted with the gift!

It's a wonderful present to give, and it's only a phone call away.

Call 033 3456 8580 or visit our website to find out about our Farncombe Estate Gift Voucher offer 2010.

Voice Workshops with Dan Evans 2011

Dan Evans was told as a child that he couldn't sing and was made to mime in the school choir. Later, in adult life he attended a number of voice workshops which transformed his musical career. He now performs professionally in the UK and USA singing with dulcimer and guitar. "Dan has a rare talent for getting the very best out of people" "Dan - the Voice Whisperer"

This voice workshop will help your to find your voice and project it with ease and confidence. You may feel you can't sing or you may be an established singer of any level, style or genre. No former musical knowledge is required. You will be shown how to listen carefully, in order to sing in tune. You will learn how to breathe effectively to sustain notes and you will be taught the powerful open-throated calling technique to project your voice. You will experiment with arrangements to make songs come to life and you will be shown how to sing from the heart, moving others with your song. Through a carefully balanced mixture of relaxation, laughter, breathing, listening, best practice vocal technique and lots of confidence development, participants frequently progress more than they thought possible and are sometimes moved. Everyone can sing and it's great fun.

"Everyone Can Sing - A Voice Workshop" will be taking place at Farncombe Estate on 5 dates in 2011 - click here to enquire about the Voice Workshops with Dan Evans .