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Events  Summer 2008

music		The Plymouth Symphony Orchestra in concert, in aid of Totnes Caring Saturday 14 June at 7.30pm   The Plymouth Symphony Orchestra can claim to be one of the longest-established orchestras in the country, with an amazing record of continuity: the founding conductor Samuel Weekes was succeeded by his son; his grandson, John Weekes, was a vice-president until recently! The present conductor, Anne Kimber, is only the sixth in 132 years. In addition to making appearances in Plymouth, an important feature of the orchestra's work is to present concerts in other centres which professional symphony orchestras rarely, if ever, visit, such as Liskeard, Totnes, Dartington, Christow and Buckland Abbey. But the purpose of Samuel Weekes in founding the orchestra has remained central to all its activities: to bring friends together once a week to make music.   The programme is: Walton Crown Imperial Butterworth A Shropshire Lad Coates The London Suite Britten The Gloriana Dances Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto  –  soloist Steve Williams Glazunov Symphony no. 5   Tickets  £15.00  students  £8.00  (to include a glass of wine) Available from Ariel Centre, KEVICC; Totnes Tourist Information and Totnes Caring Office.
music		Midsummer charity dance event with Siga la Salsa raising funds for help in the Cameroon Saturday 21 June… 8pm 'til late   Charity event to raise money in support of children in need in South West Cameroon. Also to provide mosquito nets for township of Lobe Townand village of Ekondo Nene and metal beds with bedding for local clinics. Performing band Siga la Salsa, and African dance music with D.J.   Tickets  £8.00 (to include a glass of wine and tapas)

Recent events that were well received at the Ariel Centre

folk		Recent event …    Harberton Folk present Fairport Acoustic Convention   Fairport Convention is not just arguably the greatest folk-rock band of all time, but also a musical institution and still one of the busiest bands around.
dance		Recent event …    EDge … London Contemporary Dance School postgraduate performance   The eleven exceptional dancers of EDge performed a selection of new work. From high energy explosions of pure movement to narrative work combining film and projection, the varied and thrilling performance showcased an exciting new generation of contemporary dancers.	photo by Nuno Santos
arts		Recent event …    KEVICC presented India   This end-of-term performance evening, with an Indian theme, reflected the educational link KEVICC have with the Mathieson Music School in Kolkata, India. Money raised from the evening will go to the M.M.School to benefit the musical and general education the children receive there. Many KEVICC groups took part – choral, instrumental, dance & drama, together with the SaMS choir and players from Dartington College. Artwork from KEVICC students using Indian techniques was displayed, and Indian refreshments made by students and parents were sold in the interval. Students reading from their own writings during the performance and it was a fascinating and enjoyable evening.
folk		Recent event …    Harberton Folk presented Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham   Widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative accordion players of the times, Phil Cunningham has taken this instrument from strength to strength and Aly Bain is Scotland's supreme traditional style fiddler.   They are simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear… Mike Russell, The Glasgow Herald
folk		Recent event …    Harberton Folk presented Kathryn & Peter Tickell   The acknowledged icon of Northumbrian music joins forces with one of the UK's hottest new talents to produce music of an electrifying energy, vitality and virtuosity.
theatre		Recent event …    Big State Theatre Company presented Fallen Angels   Fallen Angels is a darkly comic and hilariously surreal new show set in a field hospital somewhere in time. Characters find themselves cast in a crazed and desperate world. It's mind-bending! Innovative Big State combine film with live action.   I loved it! Fun, surreal, great characters, story and script. I can't fault it! Bridport Arts Centre
folk		Recent event …    Harberton Folk presented St Agnes Fountain   Chris While, Julie Matthews, David Hughes & Chris Leslie in seasonal mode. Local support was from Margaret Duffy.
music		Recent event …    The Shout presented Fingerprint   Celebrated and inspirational choir The Shout returned to Dartington, staged at the Ariel Centre, with their new show Fingerprint. This powerful piece of music theatre, directed by Orlando Gough, journeys through one school term, exploring the tension between personal identity and group identity through monologues, conversations, solo songs, group songs and ensemble songs. The Shout extends the possibilities of what a choir can do, delivering intelligent, thrilling and emotional choral theatre. An ensemble sound and attitude like no other… entertaining, funny and deadly serious The Guardian
folk		Recent event …    Harberton Folk presented John Spiers & Jon Boden   They work as a duo, as part of an eleven piece folk mash-up ensemble Bellowhead and as the backing band for the Mercury nominated Eliza Carthy. They are currently nominated for the best duo category again in the annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, having won in 2004 & 2006!
folk		Recent event …    Harberton Folk presented Show of Hands Duo 'Backlog' Tour   Following major festival dates in the summer, including Glastonbury & Sidmouth, Steve & Phil go back to their roots as a duo when they embark on their 'Backlog' tour with a retrospective trawl through their vast back catalogue.
theatre		Recent event …    Forkbeard Fantasy with Invisible Bonfires starring The Brittonioni Brothers   As part of their pan-global Tour of International Climate Change Conferences, the fabulous Brittonioni Brothers jet in to chew on the hot potato mishmash of Global Warming. Forkbeard's much-loved surreal comedy, spectacle and invention, film and cartoon combine with the Brittonioni's astonishing apparatus, fabulous 3-D projections, and ultra-slick smoothy-pant presentation to provide a hot night out on the tiles. Invisible Bonfires is based on their RSC Complete Works commission Rough Magyck, with Live Music by The Lotus Pedals (of HOMELIFE fame) and special guests Mammon and Pan.   Forkbeard's flickering mixture of celluloid and theatre combines technical virtuosity with utter screaming mayhem &, sheer inventive wizardry. The Independent Whatever they're on should be made available on the NHS. The Scotsman

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