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EVERYMAN ART GALLERY A preview of exhibitions at Everyman Art Gallery In July
DIDSBURY ARTS FESTIVAL 2013 A look back on the latest and greatest Didsbury Arts Festival
JUly IN YOUR GARDEN Fat Grass Gardens with seasonal gardening tips for July
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Didsbury People Elise Nurre Dye
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merican soprano, Elise Nurre Dye, is blessed with a light coloratura, prized by critics for its ‘silver quality’. She regularly appears on concert and recital platforms which have included performances with the Northern Sinfonia, the Hallé and Manchester Camerata. Elise talks here about her love of opera, cupcakes and her work with the homeless charity Streetwise Opera. www.streetwiseopera.org | www.elisedye.com How did you come to be in Didsbury?
After studying singing at the University of Montana in my home state, I moved abroad to continue my postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music. Didsbury was the first place in Manchester that felt like home! I’ve been here seven years now.
What do you miss about home?
Apart from family, the space; and the mountains. And definitely, unquestionably, Fudruckers, my favourite burger joint!
You describe opera as your ‘passion’. What is so special about opera compared with other musical genres?
To do well it’s an ideal very seldom achieved. The physical and mental demands of using your body and natural acoustics to fill a space for the duration of a show can in itself take a lifetime to achieve. The acting skills required for the long arias, often no more than a few words repeated over several pages, are a challenge and
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actors (wisely?) stop at just developing these skills alone. The necessary dramatic skills, coupled with the technical requirements of completing several shows a week, are a challenge to achieve simultaneously. Opera poses an immense challenge to get right, and when any company or individual is able to pull it off the metaphysical rewards for an audience as well as participants are immense.
Which operatic role/roles do you most covet and why? Hmmm...hard - ideal or wish list? Right now I’m really identifying with the scrappy, frustrated character of alien Blonde from Die Entführung, but some day I’d LOVE to perform the title role from Baby Doe in Colorado. Such a romantic story and lots and lots of tangents for my mind to wander away and explore! But only after several years when the lyric part of my voice is a bit more established.
Tell me about your involvement with Streetwise Opera. Streetwise is an incredible
organisation that uses music as a tool to help 500 homeless people a year throughout England and Wales move forward with their lives. I co-lead weekly workshops at the Booth Centre, Manchester, with a team of other leaders; we’re on a rota. The idea is that we teach them an opera currently being worked on by one of Streetwise’s partners, Opera North, and at the end of a module the group performs their own version and attends the production by Opera North. It’s such an amazing thing to watch an individual who initially doesn’t possess enough self-confidence to speak their name in front of peers develop in a matter of months the confidence to sing or speak a solo in front of strangers.
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Book Reviews Zoë Heller Notes on a Scandal
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hen the captivating Sheba Hart arrives to teach pottery at a shabby, North London comprehensive she is immediately the focus of admiration and envy on the part of her less fortunate colleagues. Within weeks, however, an unlikely friendship develops between Sheba and the vinegarish history teacher, spinster Barbara Covett, now nearing retirement age. When married Sheba becomes the focus of tabloid outrage, having
been caught out in her affair with an under-age school boy, Barbara remains her staunchest ally, electing to chronicle events in her friend’s defence. But all is not as it seems and the witless Sheba must eventually face the truth regarding the
treachery of her only friend and confidante. Zoë Heller’s sly little tale of obsession and betrayal literally drips malice from the first page. Narrated in Barbara’s dyspeptic tones, the novel is infused with her troubled – and troubling - psyche. Lonely, repressed and
snobbish, Barbara exhibits, in her sinister fixation with Sheba, a volatile jumble of love-hatred, desire, rage and social envy. And while the narrative is apparently concerned with the younger woman’s crime and resulting media circus, the novel’s real impetus is provided by the barbed and disquieting observations of its unreliable narrator. ‘This is not a story about me,’ insists Barbara, but of course it is.
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EVERYMAN ART GALLERY what’s on in july
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t is hotting up in Everyman this July! We have been very busy with preparing four shows in our programme this month.
Five Trees on the Road to St Cirques by Rob Jenkins
Freedom of Reflection by Pauline Parsons
Summer Art Show 29 May - 4 July. The exhibiting artists include William Tillyer, Marie Wood, Ewa Konior, Simon Plum, Helena Hulova, sculptures by Pauline Parsons and others.
Contemporary Landscapes: 6-14 July Prints and paintings by Julie Hamer and Jayashree Jaipal. The two artists are also joining forces in tour de linocut on the Family Day 7th July, 3-5pm. Whoever visits can take part in the workshop, and artists led competition with a surprise for the winner.
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Titherbarn Tea Party by Simon Plum
Danny Cowley show: 26-31 July
Still Life with Blue Vase by Helena Hulova
Nude & View: 16 - 24 July Artwork by Rob Jenkins, never shown before! The preview night is on the 16th July 7-9pm. Chorltonite Rob, well established and known for his textured paintings of trees is bringing something new. Paintings never exhibited before and kept private will be on view for 8 days. Most of Rob’s work is done on his farm in France. We celebrate Rob’s recovery from long standing illness and working even stronger then ever before. Well done and keep painting!
Danny, known for his abstract canvases and Blue Moon Rising is coming to exhibit and brings some music on his opening night - not to be missed! The artist will be present in the gallery throughout his exhibition. Last but not least, have you heard the new release by an actor and musician Matt Thomas Thompson? “Songs For Little Boy Wonder” can be downloaded on iTunes and is truly a little gem. We hope you find the lyrics, music and visual art in Everyman Art Gallery inspiring for this July and beyond. Come and see us soon.
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DiDsbury arts festival 2013 Another successful year
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undreds of families enjoyed picnics and puppets in the park as the sun shone down on the final day of Didsbury Arts Festival 2013. More than 500 people were entertained by Punch & Judy, Mother Hen and huge, exotic birds during a magical afternoon of puppetry and storytelling at Didsbury’s mysterious Parsonage Gardens on Sunday 30 June. The event was one of the closing
highlights of a nineday celebration which drew 5000 festival goers to the area’s bars, churches and other venues to enjoy music, dance, comedy, literature, theatre, film and visual arts. Other highlights of Festival week included an evening of poetry
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and brass with Simon Armitage and sell-out performances by jazz star Matt Halsall and world-class pianist Kathryn Stott & Friends. The Kathryn Stott concert raised nearly £2,000 for local charity, Francis House Hospice. Festival Director, Maria Stripling, said: ‘We were delighted to see so many people of all ages enjoying such a fantastic and diverse range of events during DAF 2013. The festival brought together some of the best artists – not just from Didsbury and Manchester – but from all over the UK. ‘I’d like to thank
everyone involved - all the artists, sponsors, volunteers and local organisations who have been so generous with their time and support and have helped make this year’s DAF such a great success.’ Organised by a group of enthusiastic local residents, the aim of DAF is to celebrate the arts and the wealth of talent, diversity and the vibrant community that make Didsbury so special. Since its launch in 2009, the area’s annual celebration of the arts has now become a fixture on the local calendar.
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JUly in your Garden
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he spring romp through June, displaying the vibrancy of the expectant garden in all its fresh hues and promise, brings us to a calmer July where the garden pauses for breath and revels in all its glorious, colourful display. This is our summer and we now see the height of flowering potential in the garden borders with perennials that will take us through until September crossing over with the last of the late spring colour. We’ve seen the best of some perennials that will need a tidy up now (some will reappear for an encore later if we’re lucky) – geranium, aquilegia, nepeta, penstemon and alchemilla mollis for example can be cut back and wisteria pruned. Lavenders can be clipped once they have flowered as can early summer flowering shrubs like philadelphus and weigela. For a stunning sunny border try a selection of silver foliage
and look great with other complementary colours – Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’; Eryngium giganteum; Echinops bannaticus – the latter holding perfectly formed blue or white globes on stately silver stems. Other silver foliage plants you could try are the various varieties of Artemesia – ‘Powis Castle’ being one of the most famous; Santolina chamaecyparissus – also known as cotton lavender for those who don’t want to attempt the nifty Latin title and for a stalwart shrub, Eleagnus ‘Quicksilver’.
plants such as Brachyglottis (formerly Senecio) – a lovely shrub that has leaves with sliver undersides and a surprising yellow flower. Team this with Stachys byzantina at the front of the border, also known as ‘Lamb’s ears’ not surprisingly because of its glaucous, furry, bunny-earshaped leaves.
For a slightly prehistoric look, you could try some of the Verbascum varieties (V.bombyciferum for a particularly silver variety). This is not for the feint hearted – Verbascums are serious statement plants and will require a bit of space. Vita Sackville West described the colours of her Verbascums as “dusty, fusty, musty” which is not dissimilar to how I would describe myself after a day in the garden in July.
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Great celebration for Peter’s 25th
eter Barber is one of the region’s most respected professionals being a coach for both Cheshire and England and has enjoyed the last 25 years at Didsbury Golf Club which he joined after leaving the European Tour. Peter’s achievements as coach and player were recognised in a day of celebration at the club. The principal organisers were his close friend and former European Tour colleague Andrew Murray, a life member at Didsbury, and President Paul Dalby. The day began with a pro am which attracted many top professionals including Didsbury course record holder Paul Eales and David Screeton.
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The winning team led by Peter’s close friend and Euro Tour official Paul Carragill included Captain Sandy Jones, past Captain Mike Campbell and Cheshire President Ron Harrison. The buffet meal saw the friends and family entertained with pictures of Peter’s long time in the game, which has seen him win numerous local titles, as well as being the Northern PGA Captain, stirring many fond memories.
There were video tributes from the PGA Captain, top PGA referee John Parrymore and coaching legend John Jacobs. Peter gave a great insight into his life as a pro at Didsbury and was presented with a watch to commemorate his service to the club to conclude a real day to remember for Peter, his family and friends in the game.
Soccer legends ready to complete their charity mission
group of former soccer legends with East Didsbury based Bedians FC are ready to complete the last leg of their charity walk along the Macmillan Way in the South West of England next month. They are a group of six to eight men, who enjoyed their soccer for many years with Bedians and also played a big part in developing the club’s fine facilities on Millgate Lane over the past three decades. Each year they walk between 150-160 miles in a week and over the past three years have been enjoying the Macmilllan Way which stretches across England for well over 400 miles. In July they will complete the Macmillan Way West to raise funds for Genesis, Breast Cancer Prevention Research,
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based in the Nightingale Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital. Leading the walk will be 80-year-old Peter Fleming who is suffering from breast cancer. Peter was operated on in 2005 and all seemed well but it has returned and is now inoperable. Walk organiser Keith Marsden said: “The illness has not stopped Peter from participating fully in life and he will be taking part in this year’s walk as normal.” Peter added: “Male breast cancer is rare but our aim, as well as raising funds, is to raise
awareness amongst men of the condition especially where a female member of the family has had breast cancer during their fertile years. “Also we need to raise awareness amongst women that the male offspring may be at risk in later life as well as their daughters.” Anyone wishing to sponsor the walk can donate by contacting www.justgiving/genesis
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Community Societies & Groups
Didsbury Village East Residents Association www.dvera.co.uk
Acting For Fun Central Didsbury 431 4794
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Didsbury Amateur Dramatics www.celestaplayers.co.uk Didsbury Civic Society www.didsburycivicsociety. org.uk Didsbury Cricket Club www.didsburyccsports. co.uk Didsbury Dinners http://didsburydinners. wordpress.com For general enquiries/ Community growing group: didsburydinners@ yahoo.co.uk Community cooking group: community. cooking@yahoo.co.uk Didsbury Good Neighbours Every Tues 10-11.45am coffee morning. Didsbury Sure Start Centre, Didsbury Park 07749 504298 www. didsburygoodneighbours. com Didsbury Ladies Probis Club Meets on alternate Monday afternoons in East Didsbury. Please call Joan Woodall 0161 434 2532 for more information
Manchester Flower Lovers’ Guild First Monday of the month for flower demonstrations. Refreshments at 7.15 for 7.30 start. Visitors welcome £5 St Werburghs Church Hall, Chorlton M21 0TJ Anne 881 6591, collierann@btintnet.com flowersnorthwest.net
South Manchester U3A Meet on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 2pm, Emmanuel Church. Contact Edna 434 2509 South Manchester Dance School 107 Clyde Road West Didsbury, 445 5308
Environment on Call 954 9000 Mersey Valley Countryside Warden Service 905 1100
West Didsbury Residents Association Pam Siddons 445 5406 www.westdidsbury.org.uk
Andrew Simcock cllr.a.simcock@ manchester.gov.uk
Friends of Fletcher Moss Park Alan Hill 215 0971 awhill@globalnet.co.uk
Social Circle Social and activity group. Walks, meals, weekends away, quiz nights, live music, dancing, theatre, comedy Tel: 0161 434 0098, or 07767 686 177 www. social-circle.co.uk
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Long hard road to success for Didsbury Greys Greys had to enter a play-off programme involving a month of extra training and three further matches against the winners of other leagues.
fter just missing out on promotion to North Division A One last season Didsbury Greys were determined to succeed in 2012/13. An influx of new players, a determined coach, captain and vice captain produced a bright pre-season which continued throughout the season in a battle for top spot with Formby.
A big 8-1 win at Mossley Hill in the final game saw them overtake Formby to be crowned North Division Two champions. But a restructuring of the North League meant that the
They drew 1-1 with Neston, beat Newcastle 4-0 to face Leeds in a final crunch match which went to the wire after Greys had secured a 3-1 interval lead only for Leeds to level with two minutes to go. Leeds were then awarded a free hit just outside the D but tight defending saw it deflected wide to set up great scenes of celebration as the culmination of nine months of hard work and dedication from all involved.
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Stud partition & plasterboard work All aspects of internal joinery Decking & fencing
Guaranteed Results! Normal Price £229 Quote 'Community Index' to receive the full course for just £189!
High quality work
Training takes place at The Northern Tennis Club on Palatine Road, West Didsbury
for a competitive price
Call Jon on 07710 168 566 www.121fitnessdidsbury.co.uk Do you have a Tag card? Receive £10 off your first session if you do! Or sign up with us and receive a FREE card
For a free quote contact Pete
07947 242 339 0161 427 9317 evolvejoinery@yahoo.com
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