Meet Farncombe tutors at Evesham Arts 4 All on Sunday 31 May

Evesham Arts4all - drama, song, dance, poetry, writing, painting, pottery, crafts, theatre and more 12-5pm Sunday 31st May 2009 Evesham Arts Centre, Victoria Avenue, WR11 4QG http://www.eveshamarts4all.co.uk/

An afternoon to sample all sorts of art, craft & entertainment by local artists, groups & businesses. Entrance FREE.

This really is an afternoon with all sorts of things for you to see and do!

There's a packed timetable of performances, workshops, demonstrations & tours you can watch or take part in - plus a hall full of stalls with things to buy, information to pick up & people to answer questions. In addition to the long list of contributors below we'll have professional facepainting, childrens' storytelling, an exhibition of drums & Irish dance and the rising local band The Irony will play a set.

Entrance is FREE to the public (some activites may make a small charge to cover material costs). Sandwiches, cakes, soft drinks and a licenced bar will be available. There is a free car park next to the Arts Centre. Most areas are accessible to wheelchair users.

The fun starts on Sunday May 31st at 12 noon and goes on to 5pm - come & see what's going on!

Dartmoor Arts Summer Schools

July 25th-July 31st

Courses for anyone wanting to learn a new skill or be refreshed. Bursaries available.

Spatial structures,

iron casting,

digital photography,

stone carving,

documentary filmmaking
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painting in the landscape,

drawing masterclasses,

creative writing,

cob and ceramics.

Evening arts events.

For more details: www.dartmoorarts.com

Sudeley wins top garden award

Sudeley Castle's gardens have been voted as one of the top 5 favourite gardens to visit in the South West by Gardeners' World fans. The gardening team are delighted with the accolade and it has spurred on their preparations for this year's Rose Week at the beginning of June.

Over 6,000 Gardeners' World magazine readers and gardenersworld.com web users voted for their favourite gardens to visit from each UK region. The winners in each of the eight regions received the accolade of 'The Readers' Choice Rosette' and Sudeley was voted into the top 5 destinations in the South West, with the nationally acclaimed Eden Project coming number one in the region.

Sudeley's magnificent gardens are celebrated annually during Rose Week, which this year takes place from Monday 8th to Sunday 14th June. Daily Garden Tours are on offer all week at 11.00am and 2.00pm. From Monday to Wednesday you can meet the Sudeley gardeners and find out more about the principles used at Sudeley. From Thursday to Sunday visitors can take an Historic Garden Tour which encompasses the fascinating history of the Castle and the development of the gardens throughout the centuries.

Find out more about Sudeley's glorious gardens and Rose Week at http://www.blogger.com/www.sudeleycastle.co.uk or call 01242 604244.

Weekend Intensive Creating Writing course in London

'Creative Writes'

Due to the success of the weekly Creative Writing workshops in Muswell Hill, London, N10, there will be a weekend intensive workshop in June 09 at the same venue. We write in beautiful, inspiring surroundings.

Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Some places are already booked and there is a maximum of 10 places.

The weekend will give you an opportunity to really get into your work and perhaps create a longer/more sustained piece. But there is no pressure and we will keep the fun element!
We will have more time to develop character, structure, language, poetry and story. There will be both individual and group work. There will be free-flow writing and there is no feedback.

WORKSHOP DATES AND TIMES:

Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th June - WEEKEND INTENSIVE, 2 - 6pm (it is not necessary for you to have attended the weekly workshops in order to attend the weekend intensive).

Cost/Booking:

The weekend intensive will be £60 for the whole weekend.
There will be a small group - a maximum of 10 people.
For further information and to make a booking, please contact Nichola Charalambou:
theatre_luvvie@hotmail.com 0794 109 1313

Selmer bundy bass clarinet

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Good condition Selmer Bundy Bass. Just completely overhauled with Premium tan leather pads, year warranty.

How to Look at French Impressionist Paintings Course at Farncombe Estate

How to Look at French Impressionist Paintings with Alice Foster

Today, images by Monet, Renoir and their contemporaries are usually viewed with affection and ease but we forget that in the 1870s when these paintings were first shown, they were treated with suspicion and derision. It was a time of experimenting with new artificial colours and new paint brushes. New subject matter challenged the traditional. Alice Foster leads this study day, exploring the avant garde nature of the Impressionists; she demonstrates the reasons why they were considered to be so strange at the time and the effect they had on the Modern Movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

If you are interested in attending this course then please contact Mandy, Nikki or Charley on 01386 854 100 or e-mail enquiries@farncombeestate.co.uk

Mini Marvels in Floristry - Day course at Farncombe Estate

Mini Marvels in Floristry with Katherine Kear

The day is spent on ideas to get you started on the route ‘less is more!’ It’s not how much you have but what you do with it. We include: From me to you; Love the blooms; Cast iron idea; and Solo run. Materials are provided at cost, approx £30 to £35 paid on the day.

For further information, contact Mandy, Nikki or Charley on 01386 854 100 or e-mail us at enquiries@farncombeestate.co.uk

Win tickets to Spirit of Summer Fair

The Spirit of Summer Fair will be held at London's Olympia from May 14th to 17th in association with House and Garden. The summer shopping event will include workshops with respected florist Paula Pryke and Champagne tastings themed on alfresco entertaining with the Champagne Bureau. If you'd like to win one of ten pairs of tickets The Oldie is giving away, email comps@theoldie.co.uk with Spirit of Summer Fair in the subject line, including your postal address and telephone number. The ticket hotline is 0844 412 4623 and adult tickets cost £14.80.

Fair Trade Bag Competition - winner announced

The voting has now closed into our fair trade bag design competition and the visitors of our website have voted for Jo Hodge’s I Knit India as the winning design.

We will have a limited edition of 100 of the bags printed, which are available to buy through our website. The bags are priced at £5 each including delivery, and £1 from each sale will be donated to The Fairtrade Foundation to support the wonderful work they do.

The bags are expected to arrive from India on 26 June, to pre-order yours or find out more information please click the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://payment.thehothive.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=97
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The Metamorphic Technique

Would you like to be more creative? Do you want more freedom and fulfilment in your career and personal life? The Metamorphic Technique is a wonderful way of releasing your inner potential. If transformation is going to happen it’s going to impact your life in a physical way, so we use a light touch to the feet, hands and head. If you are going to become more than you are already, if you are going to spread your wings, then defunct beliefs and old patterns need to dissolve. MT does this effortlessly. By using detachment and awareness your life force can propel you to fulfil your creative destiny.

Contact Nikki, Mandy or Charley on 01386 854 100 for further information or to make a booking...

The Big Lunch 19 July 2009

The Big Lunch is inviting you and all 61 million people across the UK to simultaneously sit down to eat lunch with your neighbours, in the middle of your street as a simple act of community.

A new initiative run by the Eden Project, The Big Lunch encourages communities to come together through growing food and flowers, creating street music, art and theatre, dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.

The day after the Big Lunch, people will walk down their street and know someone in most windows. However, the legacy of The Big Lunch is much bigger than just the day after ... The aim is to give people the tools to strengthen their communities through activities such as neighbourhood-watch, improving local amenities such as youth centres, taking care of the elderly or disabled, making imaginative improvements to the local environment, sharing resources from lawnmowers to cars, and supporting local charities both with money and volunteering time.

Organising a Big Lunch in your area is really easy. The Big Lunch website and printed manual will take you through the process step by step, giving you the tools, templates and resources to make it as simple as possible. You’ll find inspirational ideas and top tips from our ambassadors on the website and you can set up your own Big Lunch, or find others planning one in your street or area by simply entering your post-code on our Big Lunch map.

To find out more visit http://www.thebiglunch.com/ or call 020 7636 8152.

A FREE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITERS AND DIRECTORS

DATE TO COLLABORATE - A FREE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITERS AND DIRECTORS, as part of The Accidental Festival 2009 at The Roundhouse.

Sunday 24th May 11am

Date to collaborate is a FREE networking opportunity for emerging writers and directors looking to create new collaborations, meeting in the form of a ‘speed date.’ Whether you are a director looking to engage with new writing or a writer looking to distribute work to potential directors, this is the perfect opportunity, to meet new collaborators, exchange, connect and potentially create new work.

For more information please visit: www.accidentalfestival.com Date to Collaborate is free to attend, in order to book your place for Date to Collaborate or if you have any further questions, please email Nessah Muthy at: nessah@accidentalfestival.com Within the email please state whether you wish to attend as writer or director, please also include your name and a contact telephone number.

Places are limited, so early booking is recommended.

Parish Music Concert 16th May

"Wind music for a summer's evening".

Saturday 16th May 2009 8pm St Nicholas’ Church, Teddington admission £10
(students free)

Trio Ébano makes a welcome return to Parish Music. The group last played for us in November 2004 shortly after their leader, flautist Nicola Shorland, had become Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year. She continues to be a dedicated chamber musician and has acquired an interesting collection of flutes, some of which she will demonstrate at the concert. The programme will also include solos for flute (Debussy’s ‘Syrinx’) and clarinet (‘Tricolour Capers’ by Eric Mandat), duos for flute and clarinet by Rutter, Elgar and Villa-Lobos, and trios by Shostakovich and Mozart.

Nicola is joined in the current ensemble by clarinettist Lucy Tugwell and bassoonist Hannah Wrieden. In 2006 Trio Ébano took their music to Singapore where they performed with the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and gave recitals and led workshops in various schools. All the members of the trio value teaching as part of their portfolio. Nicola originally learnt by the Suzuki method with Susie Alington and is now herself an accredited Suzuki Flute teacher.

If you need further information please contact 01386 882060 or Gill Humphrey (01386 881479).

Recommend a Friend

Gift vouchers in April were issued to Mrs Murzyn from Buckinghamshire, Mrs Pearsall in Birmingham and Mrs Fisher from Oxon. Our Recommend a Friend voucher draw takes place every month - complete the form on our website to submit your details !