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MAY 2013 Follow us on Twitter IPSWICH24MAG Available in and around Ipswich, Woodbridge, Felixstowe and Hadleigh Every Month

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Meet Titan, just one of the attractions at this year’s Suffolk Show.

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We Have Become A Grandfather There are various moments in one’s life that signify great change. The first day at school, the first day at work, getting married, your first child and… becoming a grandparent.

At 9:30pm, 11th April 2013 the 7lb 12oz Charlie Ryan Hazell heralded the latter.

Like all of these major moments in your life, a steep learning curve has been embarked upon. This surprised me somewhat because when you are approaching fifty you sort of hope you have attained sufficient wisdom to cope with whatever life has left to throw at you. But the surprises just don’t stop coming…

So, after a mere three days of being a Granddad, here’s my hastily complied mini-guide to grand parenting…

1. Children born today are highly likely to see the turn of the century. You, like me, hear things in the news and on documentaries about 2050 and beyond and think, ‘ah so what, I won’t be around’. My grandson is expected to live until 2115. All babies born today have a life expectancy of 102 years.

All of a sudden you start to notice things that ‘will not happen for another 70 years’.

2. You are not very important. When you are ‘the child’ it’s all about you.

The focus, the attention, the visits have you firmly in the spotlight. When you are the parent you are afforded certain rights and involvement –

This year Ip-art sees a positively pulsating programme of local, national and international talent make up an exciting and stimulating summer of festivities for Ipswich in 2013.

Although you feel slightly left out – particularly as a Dad – you still get the occasional glance when someone is discussing your child with you. When you are a grandparent, forget it. The words ‘I am his grandfather’ mean nothing to almost everyone in authority. A full 18 hours after Charlie was born I was still discussing my ability to visit him in hospital with the powers that be – and that is simply not good enough. When we are told on a daily basis that ‘family is everything’ then can we at least examine the rules and policies that stand in the way of family?

3. There is no substitute for experience. Whilst there are a myriad of books, college courses and university degrees on the subject, the chances remain high that Nana really does know best - Because she has done it.

Furthermore she did it without the internet and a trendy app on her phone.

Of course, when it comes to professional medical advice never dismiss the NHS – but when it comes to those little subtleties of babies, ask Nan. 4. Agree a name. I know it sounds daft but a huge discussion broke out over the terminology of the old folk. Nan, Nana, Nanny, Grandma, Granny, Gramps. Pick one early on and stick with it!

5. Stop Being Boring. Very quickly, people get fed up with hearing about your Grandson. I bet you are already getting bored reading this, right?

Agreed. I will be back to normal next month – but not before I whip out a picture of the little love…

Here’s Charlie…

See you in June

Running from Friday 21st June until Sunday 7th July, the Festival launches with a weekend of free events as “Celebrate Ipswich” brings fairies to the Cornhill, craft markets to St Peter’s Street and Ironmen to the Waterfront.

Christchurch Park is once again the scenic backdrop to festival favourites, including the exotic tempos and flavours of Global Rhythms and the Indian Summer Mela, as well as local superstars showcasing their talent Ipswich Music Day. Highlights this year include; Brian Blessed hosting The Film Night Spectacular, with a firework finale, Les Miserables on the big screen in the park, Sherlock Holmes investigating some curious goings on at the Mansion Lawn as the Pantaloons perform the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective, Silent cinema’s

• Ipswich Music Day - Jenny O’Neill Photography

• Sherlock Holmes on the Lawn

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Golden Years of Comedy come to DanceEast’s Jerwood DanceHouse, with Chaplin and Keaton classics accompanied by a live pianist, and, if that’s not enough for you the spectacular Big Top arrives to entertain audiences with international burlesque, vaudevillian circus performers, fire breathers, aerial artistes and the weird and wonderful Benjamin Bloom.

James Young, Ip-art festival organiser, 2013 said, "Ip-art 2013 combines established

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favourites with some new 'faces' and is designed to appeal to everyone not only in Ipswich but in the wider region. Highlights include Music Day, a films night concert in the park with Brian Blessed, the Mela, Sherlock Holmes, a silent cinema series and a Big Top. Literature will feature in its own right as a stand-alone autumn festival. It will also feature the county's first openair screening of smash hit Les Miserables in Christchurch Park. Ip-art continues to attract hundreds of thousands of people and is now the biggest arts festival in East Anglia. Importantly, many events are free so while we offer a wide cultural experience we are not elitist and attract people from all walks of life."

So get down to the festival this summer, it’s elementary my dear.

Tickets available online now at www.ip-art.com

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INSIDE THIS MONTH MAY Win Penguin Spy DVD:

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Taking birdwatching to a whole new level, your opportunity to get up close and personal with penguins in this fantastic DVD.

It’s Suffolk’s biggest day out and it’s not all about farming – there’s lots to do for quite literally every member of the family.

4&5 Pulse 2013:

7 Homes & Gardens: Improving your home inside and out we have ideas from small decorative features to major refitting of rooms and garden ideas too.

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The Pulse Fringe Festival has put Ipswich on the arts world map in the past few years with an eclectic mix of performance.

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Lifting the Lid on the 182nd Everything you love about living, working, relaxing and visiting Suffolk is waiting to be discovered when the gates of Trinity Park open for the 182nd Suffolk Show on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May.

Show Director, David Nunn

Whether it’s sports, shopping, eating, drinking, cooking, entertainment, gardening, interiors, music, rural activities, socialising with family and friends, agricultural machinery or sampling the best

foods produced in the area, the county’s biggest two-day pop up event is a true reminder of all that makes Suffolk great and is packed with new and exciting surprises.

Visitors to this year’s Suffolk Show will be treated to a fantastic display from the 23rd engineers regiment at Rock Barracks, who are bringing two teams to stage a demonstrate a frontline task, to construct a battlefield bridge. Component parts will be dispatched into the Grand Ring and in a gruelling time challenge the teams will create the

bridging which in battlefield situations has to take the weight of a 70 tonne truck .The teams include a female member as this is the only area that women in the British Army can serve in the front line.

The apache will join static displays from other members of the armed forces in the Military Village.

Where, organisers are delighted to announce that for the first time, there will be representation from the USAF base in Lakenheath with it’s military hospital.

From ground to air - Freestyle Motocross display team the amazing Broke FMX stunt bikes fly in the air and over obstacles and ramps in a jaw-dropping Grand ring display. In horsepower of a different kind, the fast and furious Shetland Pony Grand National returns as part of the national qualifiers.

The Suffolk Show will once again host the prestigious Horse of the Year Show qualifiers in the Working Hunter Pony and Mountain and Moorland Working Hunter Pony section, as well as the Royal International Horse Show qualifiers for Ridden Hunters, Working Hunters, Hacks, Cobs and Riding Horses, Ridden Skewbald and Piebald, Ridden Ponies and Show Hunter Ponies.

Olá! The new Lusitano Horse display to music brings some traditional Portuguese style into the President’s Ring and the Percheron Society will hold its Breed Society Show.

Don’t know your horse breeds?

Then a new display in the Equine Village will help you distinguish between them as many will be exhibited in a stable block near the Trinity Ring; the location for a timetable of new events in the equine demonstration area, including displays by the Suffolk and Highland Horses and Caspian Horse Society and the Bowen therapy technique.

The Newmarket Experience is a brand new tradestand drawing together every element of the racing world. The pop-up Travelling Paddock comprises two race horse simulators, including one from the

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Suffolk Show British Horse Racing Association enabling visitors to discover life from the perspective of a top jockey, a display from the National Horseracing Museum including silks that visitors can try on and interactive heritage displays.

Street style entertainment takes place all around the show ground. Visitor’s favourite, the gigantic 8m Titan the dancing robot is to return to the show, Jitterbug Dancers will be boogying and teaching dances of the 1940s, the Caribbean Steel band will entertain in East Street, the Living Statues will try not to move, and The Military Wives Choir from Wattisham will sing near the bandstand and Glasswells as part of their stand are introducing an ice-skating rink!

will be available for visitors of all ages to try including gymnastics, Archery, netball, tennis, cycling and judo. Optua and Suffolk Disability Sport Academy will provide information for those with disabilities.

Suffolk New College have become the new sponsors of the Flower and Garden Experience, to mark the start of their new horticulture course. Cambridgeshire based seed growers Thompson and Morgan will create a display of vegetables grown from their own seeds to show how they really should look! The theme for the Flower Arrangement Competition is “Proverbs and Sayings.” This year there are six model gardens all measuring at least 7x7m and freestanding enabling visibility from all angles.

The designers will be on hand, to offer advice and inspiration.

Farminanglia takes sheep as its theme. There are about 70,000 sheep in county and the aim of this area, run by the SAA is to demonstrate one aspect of agriculture. Here students from the Suffolk New College will demonstrate the use of wool on a warp and weaving, and host a fashion show wearing garments they have made. There will be a butchery demonstration and a chance for families to cook a lamb recipe together with Emma Haines from Cook with Me Kids. The finals of the new Suffolk's’ Farming Schools initiative involving a cook-off will also take place.

There is also plenty of opportunity for a little retail therapy at this year’s show, Fifth Avenue, the high-end fashion village has been extended with even more gorgeous clothing from local boutiques including Artichoke, Ninni Noo, Laura Jane, Anna Park as well as Capital Cashmere, Dolly Mixture 1950s inspired designs, Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing shirts and Gallarde and Blaine handmade jewellery designs. Plus Steward Angi Ashby-Hoare has introduced a touch of pizazz, introducing a Pimms tent and place to drop in between the shops!

For the foodie, The Adnams Food and Drink Experience continues to grow and has 70 stands for sampling and buy to take home goods, plus the Cookery Theatre where you will find local chefs’ recreating their favourite recipes using local and seasonal products. And the Greene King Eat Street section of the show has expanded this year to include a lawn area with seating fronting the Trinity Ring.

With so much to see and do at the Suffolk Show it’s hard to know where to start, so, Healthy Ambitions Suffolk has sponsored a brand new fun Family Health Trail to follow, collecting ‘sheep stamps’ along the way, the Health Trail will take you to all four corners of the show ground stopping off at eight different locations where you can try an activity. If you collect all of the stamps you can enter a competition to win some great prizes, including tickets to next year’s Suffolk Show!

As the public becomes more and more aware of where food is produced and its traceability, so meat is moving further up the agenda. As well as the pedigree pig classes there are six commercial classes, following which many of the entrants are entered into the commercial pig auction. Members of the public are able to bid for a pig to be butchered for the freezer – and we anticipate heightened awareness of this.

On the fun side, pig farmer Peter Mortimer will be putting some little porkers through the Olympigs: through the slalom, up the ramp and round the obstacles.

Suffolk Sport’s success in the county over past few years has been rewarded by several national organising bodies providing their kit for Show including The Cricket Factory with coaches on hand to teach bowling, the RFU and a New Orienteering maze. Over 40 sports

The Show is a value for money day out equating to about £1 per person per hour for a ten-hour dwell time. Ticket prices have been held at 2012 rates and etickets are on sale on line now. A family ticket with parking purchased in advance costs £40, gives a saving of £18 on the on the day ticket price with parking that costs £58.

• Book now to take full advantage of discounts only available in advance priced: Adults £18 preshow, £20 on the day, children (4-16) £5.50 or £7, Senior citizens (60+) £16 or £18 on the day. Order on line at www.suffolkshow.co.uk/buytickets or call 01473 707117.

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Sailing Barge Victor is ready for Summer Following a busy 2012 as official representative of Suffolk and Ipswich at the Queens Diamond Jubilee on the Thames in 2012 and a successful programme of bird watching cruises with RSPB over the winter months sailing barge, Victor is now ready to start another Summer season.

experience sailing on a stable, majestic and historic vessel but also have the satisfaction of knowing that they are contributing to her continued survival and the preservation of fastdisappearing skills.

Victor is now in her eighth year providing many local people and visitors to Ipswich and Suffolk form other parts of the UK and overseas with an opportunity to sail on a fully rigged sailing vessel on the beautiful River Orwell, Harwich Harbour and River Stour.

Launched in 1895, Ipswich-built Victor is a major attraction on Ipswich Waterfront and is amongst the last of more 5000 barges that played a

crucial role in the trade to and from London in East Anglia and once filled Ipswich and other docks in 19th and 20th centuries. Victor is on the National Historic Ship’s Register and her, like other surviving fully rigged Thames Sailing Barges, is made possible by the work of volunteers, some Trusts and dedicated private owners. Critically, these are working vessels and guests can not only have a unique Working closely with Ipswich Tourist Information Centre, their official partner, guests can now book from a range of scheduled crusies including a Cream Tea or Supper, or the popular ‘bring your own picnic’ cruises or book private parties and events.

For further information and all bookings, please contact Ipswich Tourist Information Centre, St Stephen’s Street, Ipswich on 01473 258070 or email tourist@ipswich.gov.uk • Visit www.sbvictor.co.uk to download the 2013 sailing cruise schedules

Classics line-up for 43rd Historic Run Five hundred classic cars, motorcycles, lorries, buses and military vehicles will take part in the 43rd annual Ipswich to Felixstowe Historic Vehicle Run on Sunday 5th May. The event is expected to attract over 20,000 visitors to Ipswich and Felixstowe. Vehicles have to be over 30 years old to take part in the event.

Entries include a 1913 Ford Model T car, a 1915 Sentinel Steam Lorry and a 1976 Leyland Atlantean bus, which used to run in Ipswich.

One of the newest entrants is a 1982 Land Rover.

Hundreds of onlookers are expected to gather along the route to Felixstowe, which is free to watch in Ipswich, Felixstowe and en route. There will be a souvenir programme produced especially for the event available from event stewards.

The Mayor of Ipswich will inspect vehicles in Christchurch Park before they depart for Felixstowe at 12pm. The first vehicles are expected to line up on Felixstowe Promenade from around 12.45pm.

Rally organiser Trevor Ling said, “In 1971 the run attracted about 100 entrants. Nowadays we get five times that. It proves the popularity of the event and our love of nostalgia - the event has become a fixture in the calendar for over 40 years and continues to be one of the most popular events in Ipswich. It’s a tribute to all the volunteers who organise the event and vehicle owners who take part.”

Museum officials are hoping for good weather as the event is one of the busiest days of the year for Felixstowe's sea front traders.

• For more information visit www.ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk

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Free Family Fun Day at the Otley Campus in May

Win DVD of fantastic nature documentary

Spy on a Penguin PRIZE COMP

The Otley College campus (of Easton and Otley College) is getting ready to stage their free family fun day on Saturday 11th May 2013. The Big Day Out is Otley’s version of a mini county show that opens at 10am and closes at 4pm.

Entrance is free and so is the programme and parking.

Last year over 4000 visitors came along. This year’s theme is entitled ‘Careers Start Here’ at an occasion that will be raising money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance and Guide Dogs.

Areas on site will include a marquee of crafts and plants, a food and drink village, cake stalls, a farmers market and loads more entertainment for all the family.

Land zorbing, dog shows, treasure hunt, face your fears, college tours, helicopter landing (weather permitting), mini land rovers, falconry displays will be on offer.

All departments will be on hand to chat to students, parents and guardians about the variety of courses that they have at Otley.

Sarah Cousins is one of the organisers of the event. She said, “As well as being a great day out for all the family, our Big Day Out gives visitors the chance to see the all the fantastic facilities that we have, talk to staff about career options and find out what makes studying at Otley such a unique and positive experience.”

From the makers of the brilliant Earthflight and Polar Bear – Spy on the Ice, the spycameras are back and they’re revamped, updated and with even more gizmos on board for the brand new BBC series Penguins – Spy In The Huddle.

In this extraordinary series we visit Anatarctica and the southern oceans, where the spycameras cleverly disguised as life size penguins infiltrate the colonies to capture the emotional and often comical lives of the most charismatic and popular bird on Earth.

Narrated by David Tennant, this exceptional three-part series proves with no doubt that penguins are one of the most entertaining animal subjects on Earth and comes to DVD courtesy of Acorn Media.

Follow the lives of three different types of penguins the Emperor, the Humboldt and the Rockhopper. The Emperor penguin has the most incredible life story of any bird and the spycameras give this penguin’s amazing story a fresh perspective.

Whilst the Humboldt penguin lives in the hot desert regions of South America and its problems have more to do with heat than cold. The Rockhopper is one of the more entertaining penguins, nesting on cliffs in the Falklands islands they brave incredibly rough oceans to reach the shore.

The trials and tribulations of these other penguins cross-cut the narrative of the Emperor penguin, highlighting the differences at the same stage in their lives. When the Emperors huddle together to protect themselves against minus 60 degree temperatures, Humboldt penguins are tolerating plus 40 degrees in the driest desert on Earth! While Emperors are negotiating huge snowdrifts, Rockhoppers are trying to jump up vertical cliffs Penguins: Spy In The Huddle is shot from a totally new perspective and this breathtaking series reveals what extreme survivors these engaging birds are.

— COMPETITION — Ipswich24 has got two copies of Penguins: Spy In The Huddle to give away to lucky readers. Just send your answer to the following question, along with your name, address and a contact telephone number to: Penguins: Spy In The Huddle Competition, Ipswich24, PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW or you can enter online at www.ipswich24.co.uk.

The closing date for entries is Friday 31st May 2013.

Q. Who is Penguins: Spy In The Huddle narrated by?

“We hope people will feel inspired to support one of the biggest events in the Suffolk calendar,” she added.

• For more information about the Big Day Out, please call Louise Ling on 01473 784177 or email louise.ling@eastonotley.ac.uk

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Affordable half-term fun at museums During the May half-term holiday, why not come along to the great family activities that are being held at the Colchester & Ipswich Museums, Suffolk venues.

Ipswich Museum has everything from mammoths to Egyptian artefacts, plus many other weird and wonderful curiosities. While, Christchurch Mansion houses the biggest collection of John Constable paintings outside of London.

All six Colchester and Ipswich Museum venues offer fun, hands-on sessions that encourage children to express themselves through a variety of mediums such as art, music and literature.

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The activities are best suited to children aged two and above and many keep Mum and Dad amused too!

Ipswich Museum are putting on a familyfriendly adventure, Museum by Magic Lantern Light, 17th May, that takes you into the world of fairytale animals using imagery, performance and play. The audience travels through the museum galleries to discover that the animals come alive, perform and engage with their visitors. Get down Under the Sea, Ipswich Museum, 28th May, press your own clam shell and make the treasure to hide inside it or Make your own underwater creatures, Ipswich Museum, 30th May, using balloons and brown tape to create a Puffa fish.

Get creative and Make your own photo frame, Ipswich Art School, 31st May, to put your special photos in. Join the Food Glorious Food Trail, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, 25th May – 2nd June, complete the quiz around the museum and design your own drinking glass using the Museum’s China Room as your inspiration.

Bring your teddy bear along to the Teddy Bear’s Picnic Event Day, Christchurch Mansions, Ipswich, 29th May, and listen to some much-loved stories, make a waistcoat for Teddy and enjoy a picnic.

Closer to home, why not Go Potty, 30th – 31st May at Colchester’s Natural History Museum. Decorate a flower pot using materials of your choice, add a seed and then take it home to nurture.

• For further information and to book an event place at all Colchester and Ipswich Museums venues, please visit www.cimuseums.org/whats-on

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Win a birthday party with All Fired Up!

All Fired Up is now a mobile ceramics painting service in the Ipswich area so you can spend time with family and friends and get creative in the comfort of your home or any location that suits you and your group. Ceramics painting is a great activity for hen parties, team building, office parties, schools and youth groups.

All Fired Up also offers ceramics painting at Jimmy’s Farm every Friday.

It’s the ideal place to create special gifts, either by painting them yourself or with your baby’s hand and footprints. And if you’re not feeling particularly creative, you can simply order a personalised gift, hand painted by their talented artist. With Father’s Day fast approaching, All Fired Up can help you capture the moment with a perfect present for Dad and Grandad.

All Fired Up also hosts ceramics painting birthday parties either a mobile service or at Jimmy’s Farm, after school, at weekends or in the school holidays. It’s a fun party that appeals to children of all ages and is sure to be remembered for many years. The children get to choose from a range of ceramics and a friendly and experienced member of staff supervises the painting. The ceramics are then glazed, fired and gift wrapped, ready for collection two weeks later.

Prices start from £10 per painter and the minimum number is 10 painters. If you choose to have your party at Jimmy’s Farm, food can be ordered from the Jimmy’s Farm restaurant and you can bring your own birthday cake.

For more information telephone 0770 6040441, check out the website www.allfiredupceramics.co.uk or email ipswich@allfiredupceramics.co.uk.

New e-Audio books launched

by Suffolk Libraries A new catalogue of electronic audio books is now available for Suffolk library users.

The new OneClick digital books are available to download for free for anyone with a Suffolk Library account. The new e-Audio catalogue includes nearly 1,200 UK titles, including a range of literary fiction, romance, historical, crime and non-fiction as well as a collection of children’s books. There are also new titles being added each month and the collection includes bestsellers from Stieg Larsson, David Nicholls and Dan Brown. e-Audio books are electronic and audible versions of books which people can download like a podcast and listen to. They are ideal for listening to whilst travelling or for people with visual impairments or who cannot read physical books for other reasons.

The new service is being supplied by W.F.Howes, who are one of the main publishers of large-print and spoken word CDs in the UK. All you need to access the collection is a Suffolk Libraries membership number.

Suffolk Libraries already provide free access to a collection of e-Audio books but this new collection provides a wider range of titles.

The e-Audio books can be downloaded to most devices capable of playing MP3 files, including iPod, android phones and tablets, PCs and other mp3 players. Instructions for accessing the books are available at www.suffolklibraries.co.uk under the eBooks section.

Paul Howarth, Stock Manager at Suffolk Libraries, said, “I’m delighted we’ve been able to add these titles to our catalogue. eBooks and eAudio books are growing in popularity all the time and are part of a service we provide which many people may not know about. It’s important that we keep up with modern technology and provide books for people in different formats.”

— COMPETITION — Ipswich24 has teamed up with All Fired Up to offer a birthday party for 10 children worth £100, to a lucky reader. To enter just send your answer to the following question, along with your name, address and a contact telephone number to: All Fired Up Competition, Ipswich24, PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW or you can enter online at www.ipswich24.co.uk. The closing date for entries is Friday 31st May 2013.

Q. Where will you find All Fired Up every Friday?

New Season of Guided Town Walks The new season of Guided Walks around historic Ipswich commence on Tuesday 30th April.

Regular walks start at the Ipswich Tourist Information Centre, St. Stephens Church, St Stephens Lane at 2.15pm every Tuesday and Thursday until the end of September as well as some Wednesday evening walks throughout the season. This year some great new themes have been added, bringing to life different aspects of the town’s history including Royal connections and the origins behind Street Names. The walks are popular with local people as well as tourists, and are a great way to discover local history, happenings, and famous people that have helped shape the town.

The price per walk is just £3 per person and, for most regular public walks, there is no need to pre book.

Full details, and a new leaflet of Guided Walks, is available now, free, from the Ipswich Tourist Information Centre giving information about the walks.

Contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01473 258070, email tourist@ipswich.gov.uk.

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Orwell Walk 2013 + Orwell Cycle Too! The Ipswich East Rotary Club, who organise the Orwell Walk each year, raising over £60,000 for Suffolk charities, has announced that this year’s event, on Sunday 30th June, has a brand new element - The Orwell Cycle.

This year will be the 37th Orwell Walk but the very 1st Orwell Cycle.

The Orwell Walk, which began in 1977 with just a couple of hundred walkers, is now the most successful fundraising campaign for Ipswich East Rotary club, to date raising more than £1.3m for local charities and good causes. Last year’s walk was attended by a massive 2,000 people, all raising money for their chosen charities. The Orwell Walk has three routes to choose from

catering for most abilities; 12 miles, 18 miles and the full route of 25 miles. The brand new Orwell Cycle launched this year has two routes to choose from four miles and 14 miles.

President for the Ipswich East Rotary Club, Steve Flory explains, “The walk is phenomenally successful due, we believe, to the fact that each walker can choose their own charity to support, and also due to its accessibility. It’s a walk which takes in some of the most beautiful parts of the Orwell Estuary which are normally inaccessible to the general public.” He continued, “By adding a new dimension of two cycle routes this year we hope many more will take part with either with friends or as part of cycling groups.”

Both cyclists and walkers are asked to make their way to the start of the walk which will be at Gainsborough Sports Club where there will be ample free parking and refreshments at either end of the routes. The club has their own website which has full details of the routes and how to book yourself a place whether you are planning to walk or this year to cycle.

This year’s participants will each receive, not only a welcome drink bottle with fresh water kindly provided by key sponsors Healthy Ambitions, they will also each receive a medal for their efforts.

As in previous years, the routes will have regular check points along the way where refreshments are available and volunteers from both

Rotary and the St Johns Ambulance are on hand to lend support to any walkers who feel they’ve reached their maximum distance and need a ride back to base.

Steve concluded, “It should be a very enjoyable day for all with the new routes picked out by a myriad of bright colours as the walker’s and cyclist’s stream through the pathways along the Orwell.”

• To find out more and to register online log onto www.ipswicheastrotaryclub.co.uk or walkers can call Walk Administrator Norman Haines on 01473 215333.

Getting up-close and personal with nature Although winter lasted all the way through to April, spring is really here. At Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm the daffodils are blooming and the lambs are in the field, leaping and running around in gangs.

The February piglets are now on their own and their mum, Polly, is enjoying a well-earned rest. There are also a couple more pigs who should have their piglets in May. Two things you may not know about pigs. First, that

a pig is pregnant for three months, three weeks and three days.

And the second is that pigs are the fastest growing mammals. But this latter fact won’t surprise you when you see how big Polly’s piglets are now!

By the end of May the pygmy goats will start to kid and then the trouble really starts. Every year the kids refuse to stay in their pens and think nothing of climbing on to visitors’ laps or even trying to cadge a ride in a pushchair.

While we all hope the weather will continue to get warmer - the sheep will be getting more hot and bothered. They will certainly be a lot happier after the Festival of the Naked Sheep takes place, on the 2nd June. The Festival is all about sheep shearing, wool and the production of all things woollen. Once the sheep have no need for their coat, the staff at Baylham, shear off their fleece and put it to good use.

• For a day out in the lovely Suffolk countryside, getting up close and personal with some friendly animals, visit Baylham House Farm.

Open Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays, 10am until 5pm. Visit the website for more details at www.baylham-house-farm.co.uk or phone 01473 830264.

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Cruise and dining experience with Lady Florence Lady Florence River Cruise Restaurant provides a unique and exciting dining experience offering two and a half hour Brunch (Breakfast) and three and a half hour A la Carte Lunch or Dinner Cruises.

Serving freshly prepared, on board, wholesome food and drinks.

Leaving from Orford Quay cruising the calm waters of the Alde and Ore. Taking up to 12 passengers on this historic 50-foot MFV built in 1944 with ample space on deck and in the wheelhouse and a comfortable dining saloon.

Every cruise includes an informative commentary on both the intriguing history that made this area, and the wildlife which now inhabits it.

Hidden Hoo — a New Chapter

Your meal is freshly prepared on board while you cruise using local produce.

The Lady Florence is available for private charter, or individuals may book independently, sharing with other passengers, Lady Florence operates all year round, including Christmas Day, with a cosy coal fire in winter.

There is also a small but comprehensive wine list.

Daily Cruises 9.30am - 11.45am Brunch … … … … … … … … BREAKFAST 12 noon - 3.30pm a la carte … … … … … … … … … LUNCH 4pm - 7.30pm a la carte … … … … … … … … … … DINNER For more information about Lady Florence, the cruises on offer or to book a place telephone 07831 698298 or visit www.lady-florence.co.uk

In 2000, archaeologists uncovered numerous Anglo-Saxon graves and cremations in a previously unexplored area of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, now the findings are revealed in a new exhibition…

Before building the new visitor centre at Sutton Hoo back in 2000, the National Trust funded an excavation of the construction site. No one could have guessed what the archaeologists would uncover – an Anglo-Saxon burial site, pre-dating those of the world-renowned royal burial mounds nearby.

Now, a new exhibition ‘Hidden Hoo’, begins to tell the exciting story of this excavation, with many original finds on display - on loan from the British Museum.

The graves predate the royal cemetery of the early 600s AD and reveal our ancestors from a cross section of the community, from local aristocracy, warriors, possibly their bodyguards and farmers who tilled the sand soil.

In addition to the new exhibition, families and those with curious minds will be able to follow the trail, which takes you to some of the graves. Discover interesting facts about these burials, such as what coffin flies are and why all that was left were sand bodies. With a bit of imagination, you’ll see a landscape not so different to the person in the grave some 1,400 years ago.

Sutton Hoo’s Learning and Interpretation Officer, Martin Payne, has been pulling everything together; “This is a really exciting time for us and our visitors, the main exhibition in the treasury will provide a stimulating look at this fascinating new chapter to Sutton Hoo’s history. The full report on the 2000 excavations is set to be published and available later this year.

“There are plans afoot too for lots more hands-on activities this year, Anglo-Saxon den building, arts and crafts, not to mention our increasingly popular family burial tours ‘Gruesome Graves’ to name but a few!”

The exhibition is open to visitors, normal admission charges apply, National Trust members go free. For more on Sutton Hoo, visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/suttonhoo

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Second International Polo event planned for Suffolk Hot on the hooves of last year’s successful event, fast and glamorous international polo returns for a second time to Trinity Park, Suffolk on Saturday 29th June.

Organised by the Suffolk Agricultural Association in conjunction with Hopkins Homes, East Anglia's premier property developer, Hopkins International Polo in Suffolk 2013 features top international teams and is a rare occasion to see this exhilarating sport played outside of London and the Home Counties.

Organisers promise you don’t need to know much about the game as the commentary team will keep visitors informed of the rules and key terms.

Various improvements made to the layout will ensure good visibility and accessibility on site and the Members’ Bar will host the The Flaming Cheeks band to keep the new post-polo party going from 5pm until 7pm.

The big five chukka match of the day features teams from England and South America and is expected to draw a crowd of more than 5000.

Many of the players will have competed around the world before arriving at Trinity Park, so visitors are assured of a high quality game at an

event that enjoys ratification from the sports’ UK governing body the Hurlingham Polo Association.

Matches begin at 11.30am with a medium goal Patrons Cup featuring stars of last year Las Marias, followed by a four chukka Young Players Challenge Cup encounter between local rivals Ipswich, sponsored by J M Finn, and the Newmarket team provided by Jeremy Allen, Polo Manager for Suffolk Polo Club. Following every match winners presentations will be take place on the lawn in front of the Bruisyard Hall VIP Enclosure.

Organisers are keen to stress that the sport enjoyed by HRH Prince Charles as well as Princes William and Harry is a great and highly social family day out that is accessible to everyone and have created a number of ways to enjoy it.

To entertain the family, friends or clients, the Bruisyard Hall VIP hospitality area is the ultimate way; but only a few tables of 10 at £110 per head remain. Ringside gazebos

give a private area to entertain right by the pitch side, complete with table and 10 chairs, access to the Members’ area and Grandstand seating and complimentary forward parking for £500. If you would rather not cook or want to treat your party to a special picnic, then a range of hampers and drinks can be ordered in advance from Trinity Park Events and delivered to your gazebo on the day.

Members’ tickets for access to the enclosure with full pay bar and choice of hot foods are £35 each, £25 for SAA members, or for £25 bring a car full of friends, or enter on foot and pay just £5.

Gates open at 10.30am when the tradestands will be open for business. Grandstand spaces must be booked in advance and cannot be purchased on the day.

“This day is now a real annual fixture for Suffolk,” said Peter Over, joint chairman of the Business Development committee that has organised the event. “Games of this standard are usually only played at the big well-known polo venues in Berkshire, Gloucestershire and Surrey. We are really fortunate to

PRIZE COM P have it at Trinity Park and are looking forward to another successful day.”

Sponsors of the event include Hopkins Homes, Adnams, Archant, Binder, Brewin Dolphin, Bruisyard Hall, J M Finn, Lavenham Rugs, Pickett and Savills. Programmes will be available on the day priced £2.

For a full list of all the teams playing visit www.internationalpolo.co.uk and follow on Facebook and Twitter.

— COMPETITION — Ipswich24 has got six car passes for the international polo event at Trinity Park on Saturday 29th June to give away to lucky readers. Just send your answer to the following question, along with you name, address and a contact telephone number to: Polo Competition, Ipswich24, PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW, or you can enter online at www.ipswich24.co.uk. The closing date for entries is Friday 31st May 2013.

Q. How much does it cost for a car pass for the international polo event at Trinity Park?

Charity Variety Show Norman Carter presents an Evening of Variety at the Woodbridge Community Hall, Station Road, Woodbridge on Sunday 12th May, with proceeds going to Barnardo’s.

The show starts at 7.30pm and promises a great evening of entertainment with music, magic, songs and comedy.

Acts will include comedy from Peter Holloway, vocalists Geneva Downes and Dianna Minter, Dennis Maisey with his ukulele, The Colneis Singers, Hep-Two-Step Dance group, Chris Wilson with his accordion and The Natasha Free Duo. There is ample parking at the venue and the interval will include refreshments and a Raffle.

• Tickets cost £7 in advance by calling 01473 719761 or £8 on the night at the door.

Bait digger bye-law warning Bait diggers who flout a voluntary code may cause the introduction of a bye-law to limit damage to mudflats at Ipswich’s Orwell Country Park and at Stutton on the Stour, conservationists warned today.

The voluntary code of conduct came in three years ago to establish seasonal limits to bait diggers by closing the mudflats between November and April each year but some bait-diggers have ignored the voluntary ban. And, say officers from the Stour and Orwell Estuary Management Group, the diggers have been aggressive and abusive when challenged by the public. “This might lead to a bye-law to protect the estuary’s wildlife,” said a spokesman.

Ipswich Borough Council is represented on the estuary management group.

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ITFC Charitable Trust is off on another African Adventure!

ITFC Charitable Trust teamed up with African Adventures two years ago to offer supporters the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to sign up for an African Adventure in Kenya. It was a truly life changing trip for all involved, working hard, the team left lasting improvements for the children and memories that will last a lifetime.

This year African Adventures has shared with ITFC their work with new projects in Ghana and the pressing needs of the community there.

Inspired by this the ITFC Charitable Trust is offering you the opportunity of an African Adventure in Ghana. From Monday 18th November 2013, the ITFC Charitable Trust African Adventure team will spend 11 days working in schools and Health Clinics in Woe, a deprived rural coastal area of South Eastern Ghana.

The trip aims to raise £20,000 for the ITFC Charitable Trust, whilst also supporting African Adventures’ partner projects in Ghana, and providing those who take on this challenge with a life changing experience.

The ITFC Charitable Trust, which began in 1995, is an independent charity that has helped over half a million young people across Suffolk. In the last 12 months the Trust has gone from strength to strength as it continues to inspire, motivate and improve the education and life chances of those young people in Suffolk who are in need. As a charity, funding from this joint project with African Adventures will be critical to continue this vital work the Trust carry out.

African Adventures works with community projects in developing areas of Africa. If you sign up as a Volunteer you can choose how you help, with project roles ranging from teaching in schools and working with underprivileged children, to football and multi-schools training. This next trip will support African Adventures’ Community Development Pledge, which provides resources and micro-finance to all projects it supports.

Volunteers of all ages are welcome to join the ITFC Charitable Trust team, but under 16’s must be accompanied by a parent/guardian and there is no upper age limit.

Jo-Ann Barker of ITFC Charitable Trust is eager for supporters to enjoy this opportunity and said “There will also be an adventure weekend with a visit to Cape Coast and the rainforest, which will be included within this unique experience. Volunteers can also enjoy the beach, just minutes from their accommodation, after a hard day’s work.

Dan Mew, UK Development Manager at African Adventures, said, “We are delighted to continue our partnership with ITFC Charitable Trust. In Ghana at this time the needs of the community are particularly pressing and we are truly grateful to the Trust, additionally, we are excited at the prospect of supporting the ITFC Charitable Trust and their vital work in the Suffolk area.

Most of all, volunteers will have a life changing experience as will have positively engaged with over 1000 children who live in extreme poverty.”

All aspects of the trip will be organised by African Adventures and ITFC Charitable Trust including on-going fundraising support and ideas. To find out how you can also be part of this next African Adventure in November call JoAnn Barker on 01473 400940 or log onto www.itfccharitabletrust.org.uk.

Extreme Stunts The most exciting, exhilarating and fastest growing motorsport event in Europe is heading to Suffolk. From monster truck mayhem to back flipping motocross, the Extreme Stunt Show has it all, live and unbelievable.

Extreme Events Europe prides itself on delivering quality family entertainment with a difference. Monster stunts have been perfected and the stuntmen and women are sure to bring Extreme to Ipswich and make Extreme a state of mind.

The Extreme Stunt Show Arena is home to all the favorites including the show’s very own monstrous trucks Extreme and Lil’ Devil (Guinness World Record). Drivers Glen Wise and Mark Glover will show you how to handle a 2000 plus horse powered mammoth machine. These mean machines have been in Extreme’s Monster Garage getting a full MOT before returning for the 2013 Summer Season.

Look to the horizon as you witness the motocross madmen fly through the air Dave Wiggins and Josh Grindrod will reach new heights as they perform their death defying FMX stunts. This isn’t for the faint hearted – this daredevil duo don’t believe in boundaries and you are sure to witness the impossible, add to this the PRO BMX Trials and Mountain Bike Riders of tomorrow These trained professionals are typical showman.

Ignoring all fundamental forces and defying gravity, these guys will be flying through fire, turning themselves into a human inferno, jumping ramp to ramp on quads and buggies and putting anything with four wheels onto two wheels.

What are you waiting for, come and join other like minded Extremists and witness the unimaginable!

• The Extreme Stunt Show will be at Trinity Park Thursday 9th May at 7.30pm. To book tickets contact the Box Office 08444 771000 or you can pay on the gate on the evening.

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174th Hadleigh Show Weird and Wonderful Wood This year’s Hadleigh Show takes place on Saturday 18th May 2013 with gates opening at 8am.

Located in the beautiful setting of Holbecks Park, with plenty of free parking, it is also just a few minutes’ walk from the centre of the Suffolk Wool Town of Hadleigh with its historic buildings and array of independent shops.

Hadleigh is one of the oldest oneday Agricultural Shows in the Country; this year it will be celebrating it's 174th show!

Organised by the Hadleigh Farmers Agricultural Association, this annual fund raising event has all the features you might expect from a traditional celebration of the best of rural Suffolk but also a great deal more…

This year’s focus is “Families & Farming”. New to the Showground is a Kidszone, which is all about children! Get up close to lambs, Goat kids and piglets; take a ride around the ground on the Land Train; watch “The Sheep Show”, a humorous yet educational live stage show about sheep and wool with some surprisingly talented dancing sheep!

Ringside entertainment features the Adrenaline Tour - the awesome Quad and Motorcycle Stunt show, starring Jason Smyth; the Flying

Fergies – tractor display team, the agricultural equivalent of the “red arrows”; the East Anglian Fire & Rescue team who light some fires but fortunately are also on hand to put them out; the Young Farmers who battle it out in Tug-O-War but also with some less traditional lawn mower racing.

There are more than 150 classes of cattle, sheep, goats and horses on show; over 170 trade stands exhibiting; the Art Exhibition and Sale; Rural Crafts and the popular Flower Tent; “Have a go” areas and an even bigger Food Hall than usual featuring local food and drink producers to sample and buy as well as numerous outside stalls selling drinks and snacks to keep you going all day long.

For the second year running, tickets can be purchased on-line as well as the usual retail outlets. If booking before 5pm on Friday 17th May, visitors can take advantage of the ‘Early-Bird Discount’, which reduces a Family Ticket (2 Adults with up to 3 Children) to just. £24.00. Other Early Bird prices are: Adult - £9 (£12 on day); Child 5-16 – £5 (£7 on day); Senior Citizen £7 (£10 on day). Parking is FREE. Make sure you have 18th May in your diary for this year so that you don’t miss out!

Weird and Wonderful Wood is a specialist event with a difference dealing solely in wood - For those with a capacity for wonder it will be a celebration of many aspects of woodwork and woodworkers.

Weird and Wonderful Wood has become an annual experience not to be missed. For those who love wood, those fascinated by the beauty of wood and beautiful wooden objects, it is a rare chance to see how objects are made and an opportunity to try making things. This indoor and outdoor wood festival will again by held in the stunning grounds of Haughley Park and the beautiful barn dating from 1600’s.

This year’s two-day event is set to feature even more demonstrations and workshops. Visitors will be able to meet over a hundred artists and craftspeople, enjoy watching their practical skills and appreciate their work. Each year we have more and more visitors but the event retains its very special feel.

There will be new demonstrations including carving and sculpture, fine furniture making, musical instrument making, displays by traditional fletchers and bowyers, chain saw carving, wheel wright, hurdle making, wood turning, pole lathe turning, sign writing, labyrinth making, flute maker as well as coracle making and traditional gypsy caravan displays. There will be a working mobile sawmill on site, so if you want to bring your own tree, it can be cut for you!

Workshops, for both adults and children are free and include activities such as archery, willow weaving, spoon wittling, withy work, papermaking, gypsy flower making, pole lathe turning, scrap wood, puppet making, jewellery making, den building, and Monkey-do tree climbing.

If you have not been before, you will find it a friendly, relaxed and somewhat extraordinary event with something for all the family. Allow time to enjoy a wealth of excellent locally sourced and produced food and drink (including a licensed bar) and beautiful surroundings to explore when you want a break.

Weird and Wonderful Wood is a unique and exciting event which is never the same from year to year.

There are new things happening and new experiences every time, including many spontaneous happenings from street performers and acoustic musicians alike. This year are different stalls, demonstrations and workshops for children and adults - as well as established favourites. But one aspect never changes, the event’s very special atmosphere that sees people coming back year after year.

Weird and Wonderful Wood takes place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May at Haughley Park, from 10.30 until 6pm on the Saturday and 10.30 until 5pm on the Sunday.

The event is organised by Stow Hundreds, a non-profit making organisation, and Robert Williams has once again kindly invited us to use his lovely grounds and beautiful barn at Haughley Park.

• For more information visit www.weirdandwonderfulwood.co.uk

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Now also online at: www.felixstowe24.co.uk To Advertise Call: 01473 715599

Working together to ensure value for money beach huts After his latest meeting with representatives of Felixstowe’s beach huts and chalets, the Council’s Leader has given them a full set of answers to their questions and confirmed once again that this April’s licence increases will not be stopped.

“It remains the case that we firmly believe that we are justified raising our prices closer to the market value as it will help ensure our Council Taxpayers see a fair return for Council facilities.

The meeting on the 8th March followed a recent public meeting set up by Julie Downton in response to the decision taken two months ago to increase rents for the 77 chalets, and the annual licence fees for over 900 beach huts, by 20 per cent and 12 per cent respectively.

As a result of the meetings, the Council has agreed to extend its pay by installment option to four quarters, rather than four months, allowing licence holders to spread their payments over a longer period. The administration fee has also been halved to £10.

“This was a good opportunity to deal directly one by one with the questions that Julie had received following the public meeting and to give her all the information that she had requested,” said Cllr Ray Herring, Leader of Suffolk Coastal.

“She has now been given the facts, and all the questions and answers are now on our website so everyone can see them. However, the real fact remains the same – that this Council has a duty to be as efficient and business like as possible to ensure value for money for all our communities.

Church Open Days

The United Reformed Church, Orwell Road, began a series of Open Church Days on Saturday 20th April. This will be followed by open days on Saturday 4th and Saturday 18th May from 10am until 12pm. Coffee and tea will also be available. There will be people on hand to answer any questions about the church and information leaflets will also be available.

The scaffolding has gone and the front window and stonework been repaired with help of a grant from Suffolk Historic Churches Trust, so this is also your chance to look around now that the work has been carried out.

that quite a few people felt that they should be getting more from their annual licence fee. Cllr Herring has said that he wants to make sure that they are getting the quality of service they are entitled to and that the proposed new association could have an important role in making sure that is happening.

However, we will review our prices and listen to the views of the new Association when we look at what to charge for 2014/15, and we make sure they are getting value for money from their licence charges,” added Cllr Herring.

One of the themes of the original meeting was

As well as Julie and other representatives of beach hut and chalet licence holders, the meeting was also attended by Cllr Geoff Holdcroft, Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Leisure, Homira Javadi, the Council’s head of finance, and Catherine Thornber, the Council’s economic regeneration and development manager.

The website is www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/ yourfreetime/tics/beachhuts/

31 Days in Felixstowe in May A packed calendar of events has been lined up for Felixstowe this May, making the coastal town a great family destination.

The Bank Holidays this May fall on the Mondays of 6th and 27th. The Ipswich to Felixstowe Historic Vehicle Run comes to town on Sunday 5th May, with around 500 vehicles displayed along the promenade.

May 6th sees the Felixstowe Fun Run, raising money for good causes – entry is £4 for those aged under 16 and £6 for adults. The Whitsun bank holiday sees a Birds of Prey Display in Langer Park.

Among the other upcoming events are a fun Half Term Trail at Landguard Fort on Saturday 25th May 25th until Sunday 2nd June, the Craft and Food Fair at Manning’s Amusements also on Saturday 25th May and the Felixstowe Culture Fair at the Triangle Canopy on Sunday 26th May.

“The Visit Felixstowe website has around 300 events for the next 12 months taking place in the town and the surrounding villages. They recently created a Facebook page

which has already gained the support of over 400 followers and counting,” said Cllr Geoff Holdcroft, Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Leisure.

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Email: info@ipswich24.co.uk Post: PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW

EVENTS

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Every Monday

Every Wednesday

Thu 2nd May

Badminton, Handford Hall School, Gatacre Rd, Ipswich, 7.15pm - 9.30pm, Experienced players and beginners always very welcome, for a free taster session or more information contact Adrian 01473 464920 Yoga, Holbrook Village Hall 9.30am - 11am, Suitable for beginners and intermediates, Contact Cathie 07734469038/ 01394 388379 for details Yoga, Henley Community Village Hall, Ashbocking Road, 7.45pm – 9.15pm, 01473 690762 Badminton. Handford Hall School, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, 7.15pm - 9.30pm, Experienced players & beginners always very welcome. For a free taster session or more information please contact Adrian on 01473 464920.

Line Dancing, Bramford Road Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm – 9.30pm Suffolk Promenaders Square Dance Club, Rushmere Village Hall, Humber Doucy Lane, Ipswich, 7.30pm – 10pm, Only £2, tea and coffee provided, contact 01473 422663 after 2pm for further details

Ipswich Croquet Club, Fynn Valley Golf Club, Ipswich, 2pm, experienced players and beginners always very welcome, for a free taster session or more information contact Fran Rousham 01394 671642 Voices Together, award winning female singing group, Whitehouse Baptist Church, Waterford Road, Ipswich, 7.30pm - 9pm. Friendly rehearsals. No auditions, Easy listening music, Interested? Call Kath 01473 652351 New Voices is a friendly, enthusiastic choir who sing a wide variety of choral music.

7.30pm – 9.30pm, Seventh Adventist Church, Rope Walk, Ipswich, New members are welcome. Email info@newvoices.org.uk for more information.

Swap till you drop with Willis, Willis Building, Ipswich, bubbly, Nibbles, Pamper Stalls, Manicures, Pedicures, Gel Nails, Massage, Hand Bags, Reflexology, Beauty Products and Jewellery, £5, 01473 276196, www.each.org.uk/swish

Every Tuesday Art Group, meeting at J Parker Studios, Ivy Cottage, Wenham Road, Great Wenham Beginners welcome tuition available, for details 01473 313100 www.jparkerstudios.co.uk Ballroom & Latin Classes, Methodist Church Hall, Seaton Rd, Felixstowe, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Further info 01394 282285 Co-op Ladies Choir meet at The Co-op Education Centre from 2.15pm to 3.30pm, performing a variety of music including chart hits, musicals and classical. If you would like to join us please contact Lynn Scannell 01473 710820 Senior Singers, Co-op Education Centre, Fore Street, Ipswich, 10.30am – 12pm, Male & Female singers, 55 plus, join in this ling established & friendly group of singers, No auditions, Call Maggie on 01473 713597, Ipswich Croquet Club, Fynn Valley Golf Club, Ipswich, 6.00pm, experienced players and beginners always very welcome, For a free taster session or more information contact Fran Rousham 01394 671642 Dance & Music Improvisation, Northgate Arts centre in Ipswich, 7pm -8pm (studio available from 6.45-8.15pm for warm-up and warmdown) £5 / £3.50 (freelance dance artists and concessions) Telephone 07830755070 Martlesham Heath Country Market, The Pavilion, The Square, Martlesham Heath, 9am, home-made, home-grown, and home-crafted items for sale. For further information Tel 01473 623849 or www.martleshammarket.co.uk Ipswich Folk Dance Club, St Johns U.R.C, Cowper St, 8pm - 10pm. Experience not necessary, as all dances are walked through first, and then called, for full details call 01473 212085.

Tea Dance, Ballroom & Sequence Dancing, Sidegate Lane Community Centre, 2pm -4pm, £2. Includes tea and biscuits, for further information call 01473 257593.

Knit ‘n’ Natter Group, Bags of Handles, Walton, Felixstowe, 6pm – 9pm, Knit, Natter and browse through hundreds of knitting magazines available to the group.

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Every Thursday Jive & Swing Classes, Felixstowe Conservative Club, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Further info 01394 282285 Badminton, Handford Hall School, Gatacre Rd, Ipswich, 7.15pm - 9.30pm, Experienced players and beginners always very welcome, for a free taster session or more information contact Adrian 01473 464920 Ipswich Croquet Club, Fynn Valley Golf Club, Ipswich, 6.00pm, experienced players and beginners always very welcome, For a free taster session or more information contact Fran Rousham 01394 671642 Carpet Bowls, Sidegate Lane Community Centre, Ipswich, 2pm – 4.15pm, £2.80 includes tea & Biscuits, for further information telephone 01473 725274, Woodbridge Country Market, Woodbridge Community Hall, next to Deben Pool, 10am 11.15am, Local Home Produced Food, Plants, Vegetables and Hand made crafts for sale, Comfortable tea room to meet your friends, Open to all Free Entry.

Ipswich Country Market, Rushmere Village Hall, Humber Doucy Lane, 10.15am to 11.30am, Local Food, Handmade Crafts Open to all, Free Entry, Coffee and Chat: informal coffee morning with activities, 10.00am – 12noon All Saints Church Hall Blenheim Road, Ipswich

Fri 3rd May An Evening with Amanda E. Barrymore – Medium Clairvoyant & Author, Felixstowe Leisure Centre, The Seafront, Felixstowe, 7.30pm Martlesham Heath Aviation Society Event, Martlesham Heath Community Centre, Old Felixstowe Road, 7.30pm, The Society AGM followed by a lighthearted Aviation/Military themed Quiz, where all can compete for a prize, Free Admission, Open to members, Tickets are not required - just turn up in good time, nonmembers can join the Society at the Meeting, www.mhas.org.uk, 01473 274300

Sat 4th May – Mon 6th May Flower Festival/Craft Fair, Holy Trinity Church, 10am - 5pm, Free Admission, Refreshments

Sat 4th May Suffolk and Slavery: The 180th Anniversary Lecture by Clive Paine, Record Office, 77 Raingate Street, Bury St Edmund, 10am Ipswich RSPB Local Group Field Meeting around Upper Hollesley Heath for birds of the Sandling Heaths. Meet at 8am at Upper Hollesley Heath car park. Map ref TM335471, 3 hrs, 5 miles, Contact 01473 258791, All welcome Plant Sale, Seaton Road Methodist Church, Felixstowe, 10am – 12pm, the plants, which will include perennials, bedding plants and some small shrubs, will be supplied by Katie’s Garden Centre, so you can be assured of both quality and value for money. The proceeds will be for the Church and for the MacMillan Cancer Support.

Volupté Burlesque Bonanza, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 7.30pm, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Sun 5th May

Every Friday Ballroom Class, United Reformed Church, Ipswich St, Stowmarket, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, further info 01394 282285

Every Sunday Lions Club of Ipswich Car Boot Sale, Portman Road Car Park, Ipswich (Weather permitting), Gates open at 6.30am, Pitch fees - car £5.00, Car & Trailer £10.00, small van (Escort size) £5.00, large van (transit size) £10.00 all payable on entry, Refreshments and toilets on site, Other details visit www.ipswich-lions.anglianet.co.uk Car Boot Sale, Stonham Barns Leisure & Retail Complex, Stonham Aspal, Stowmarket, from 9am

Thu 2nd May- Fri 3rd May ‘Indulgence’ Ladies Night in aid of Breast Cancer, Novotel, Ipswich, 7pm, Bulesque Workshop, Luxury Stalls, Treatments, Welcome Cocktails, Canapes, Raffle and Goody Bags, Tickets £10, http://bit.ly/ZlFF4N

Thu 2nd May - Sun 12th May 7th Annual Festival ‘High Tide’, Halesworth, www.hightide.org.uk

Vintage Car Rally, Christchurch Park Ipswich – then The seafront, Felixstowe Sunday Afternoon Concert, St Andrews Church, Rushmere NR Ipswich, 3pm – 4pm, Graham Trew, Baritone, Alan Loader, piano, Admission £5 May Day Festival, Alexandra Park, Ipswich, 12pm – 6pm, Ipswich and District Tuc, bringing our community together on International Workers Day Family Event Day, Suffolk Punch Trust, Hollesley, Demonstrations of working horses, pets paddock and more, www.suffolkpunchtrust.org

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Email: info@ipswich24.co.uk Post: PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW Tue 7th May Lunchtime Concert, St Mary-Le-Tower, Ipswich, 1.15pm

Thu 9th May Britten and the Documentary, Museum Street Methodist Church, Ipswich, 1pm, Admission Free / Donations of at least £2

Fri 10th May

person. Tickets not required - just turn up, Branch A.G.M. Followed by: Dave Steward, who explains how "I found Royalty in my Family Tree." Come along and see how this lesser Royal did it! New Family History Researchers are welcomed to this Event - can we help you in your researches? For more information on this talk, and the Branch, call H King on 01473 274300

Altered Skin Power Games, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 7pm, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Thu 16th May – Sun 2nd June

Sat 11th May

Freedom, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 7.30pm, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Festival of Green Ideas, Quaker Meeting House, Fonnereau Road, Ipswich, 10am – 5pm, Children’s activities, Local group Stalls, Talks, Discussions and Local food Café, 01473 257649, www.suffolkquakers.org.uk/green-ideas Wolsey Orchestra – Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Corn Exchange, Ipswich, 7.30pm, Open rehearsal for under 21s 2.30pm - 4pm, Adults £12, Conc £9, Box Office 01473 433100 The Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries of RAF Lakenheath by Jo Caruth, Record Office, 77 Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, 10am Community Open Day, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, 10am – 4pm, 01394 675900, Admission free Plant & Bric-a-brac Sale, Church Room, Bramford, 12pm – 3.30pm, Lunch will be served between 12pm – 2pm, The Befriending Scheme May Ball, Pinewood Community Centre, Ipswich, 6.30pm 10.30pm, Dancing to live band Infrared, Buffet supper, £25 per person, All proceeds raised to The Befriending Scheme, Please ring Amanda on 07906 758036 for more info

Sun 12th May Suffolk Wildlife Trust ‘Spring Birds’, Redgrave and Lopham Fen, Nr Diss, South Lopham, 10am – 4pm, Adult Wild Learning Course £20, Conc £17, 01473 890089 Sunday Afternoon Concert Jenny’s Accordianists, St Andrews Church, Rushmere NR Ipswich, 3pm - 4pm, Admission £5

Mon 13th May Suffolk Wildlife Trust ‘Introduction to Water Voles’, Redgrave and Lopham Fen, Nr Diss, South Lopham, 10am – 1pm, Adult Wild Learning Course, £15 Conc £12.50 01473 890089

Tue 14th May Ipswich RSPB Local Group Midweek Walk round Pipers Vale Ipswich, Meet at 10.00am at car park at Vale entrance, 2 hrs, Map ref TM178419, Contact 01473 714839, All welcome

Wed 15th May Ipswich RSPB Local Group Field Meeting around Alton Water for Nightingales and summer birds, Meet at 6.30pm at Lemons Hill north car park, Tattingstone, Map ref TM137377, 2 - 3 hrs, 3 miles max, Contact 01473 258791, All welcome,

Thu 16th May Monthly Meeting of the Ipswich Branch, Suffolk Family History Society, The Red Cross Hall, Chevallier Street, (entry via The Lloyds Bank Car Park), 7.30, Admission £2 per

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Mon 27th May Family Event Day, Suffolk Punch Trust, Hollesley, Demonstrations of working horses, pets paddock and more, www.suffolkpunchtrust.org

Wed 29th - Thu 30th May

Fun Park, Alderman Road, Ipswich,

Fri 17th May – Sat 18th May

Fri 17th May – Sun 19th - May The Waterfront Food Festival, Ipswich Waterfront, featuring a line-up of regional, national and international hot and cold foods, a beer festival, wine seminars & tastings and cookery demonstrations by a TV celebrity chef The Community Light Orchestra presents a Summer Concert of Light Classics and Music from the Shows, River of Life Church, 2 Carr Road, Felixstowe, 7.30pm, free admission with a retiring collection in support of two local charities, contact Paul Taylor 01394 272592

Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Felixstowe Rd, Ipswich – See feature pages 4 & 5

Wed 29th May Splash’s Welly Walk, Needham Lake, Needham Market, 10.30am – 12pm, Join Splash the Otter and become a wildlife Outdoor Wanderer, Recommended age 8 years old, Children £2 per person, accompanying adults FREE

Sat 18th May Midnight Walk/ Run, Ipswich Town Football Club, Portman Road Ipswich, Men and Women Unite together, 5/8 miles, www.midnightwalkipswich.co.uk Ferreting about in History by Pat Murrell, Record Office, 77 Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, 10am Trianon Singers and Strings, St Michael's Church, Framlingham, 7.30pm, Tickets are available at £6 each (£5 for FOSM members) from Framlingham Stationers on Market Hill IP13 9AN or contact 01728 724244

Sun 19th May Ipswich Jazz Club presents Warren Vache and Alan Barnes, California Social Club, Ipswich, 7.30pm, £14 Car Boot Sale, Cliff Lane Primary School, Ipswich, 10am – 1pm, refreshments and bacon rolls for sale, £5 per pitch, must be booked in advance. Ring Vicky 07548 621917 Photography Workshop ‘Formal Elements’, Landguard Nature Reserve, Felixstowe, 10am – 1pm, www.james-fletcher.com Sunday Afternoon Concert, St Andrews Church, Rushmere NR Ipswich, 3pm – 4pm, Rushmere Hall Primary School Choir, Admission £5

Thu 23rd May – Fri 24th May Imogen Knight & Levantes Dance Theatre, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Sat 25th May The 67th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in World War 11 by Jane Bradburn Record Office, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, 2.30pm Abba and the 70s with Skywalker Disco, Orwell Lady River Cruise, call 01473 258070 for tickets, www.orwellrivercruises.com

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Hightide Festival The 2013 Hightide Festival promises to be the biggest to date with eleven days of brilliant new plays, music, talks, book readings and performers from around the world.

HighTide Festival highlights include the premiere of the Verity Bargate Award winning Pastoral by Thomas Eccleshare, Smallholding the main stage debut play by Chris Dunkley, two European premieres Moth by Declan Greene and Neighbors by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Luke Barnes’ acclaimed Bottleneck concludes its national tour at the Festival.

This year will see live music added to the programme for the first time (Late Night Jazz with Ronnie Scott’s & the Hackney Colliery Band) alongside the return of comedy nights (Thom Tuck Goes Straight-toDVD) to the Festival.

There will also be a number of visiting companies and artists performing at the Festival including the Suffolk based Eastern Angles, with Wings, Tamasha, Mark Borkowski and the Alfred Fagon awardwinning Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Coel.

Plus, organisers are delighted to present a reading of Stuart: A Life Backwards based on the acclaimed biography by Alexander Masters and adapted by the BAFTA award-winning Jack Thorne (This is England 88).

The successful HighTide Talks return featuring: the director Roger Michell (Notting Hill), the writer/director Stephen Poliakoff (Dancing on the Edge) and the writer Michael Frayn (Noises Off).

The Hightide Festival runs from Thursday 2nd until Sunday 12th May in Halesworth, Suffolk. To book your tickets contact the Box Office on 01603 598606 or visit www.hightide.org.uk/festival_2013

Friends Ticket Offer Join as a HighTide Friend for only £115 and receive four pairs of standard price tickets at a discount of 20%! To find out more please visit: www.hightide.org.uk/hightide_friends

Festival Day Passes Also on offer are Festival Day Passes from £50 standard price and £30 concession.

To find out more please visit: www.hightide.org.uk/day_passes

2nd – 12th May Halesworth, Suffolk

Seven of the world’s best modern Irish Dancers have combined forces to smash boundaries, heralding an awe inspiring new era in Irish Dance.

Dance troupe Prodijig, led by Alan Kenefick, often referred to as the Michael Flatley of his generation, will perform their breath-taking debut show ‘Footstorm’ at the Regent Theatre, Ipswich on Saturday 11th May. Prodijig’s powerful and unique performance style has already captivated the UK & Ireland. The group – who fuse Irish dancing with more modern moves - have wowed audiences and prompted widespread critical praise, five star reviews and standing ovations for their world-class crowd pleasing style, powerful, heart-stopping moves and magnificent energy.

Prodijig will be at the Regent Theatre, Ipswich on Saturday 11th May. Tp book tickets contact the Box Office on 01473 433100 or book online at www.ipswichregent.com.

Shaolin Warriors bring touch of the east to Ipswich The Shaolin Warriors are embarking on an 80-date UK theatre tour, including Ipswich. Shaolin kung-fu is something which you will not only see with your eyes, but you will also feel with your heart.

Returning to the stage with a brand new show, this breath-taking theatrical performance vividly showcases the rarely seen Kung Fu masters’ feats of agility, strength and skill. Featuring Buddhist meditation and rigorous martial arts training, the show is an extravaganza of gorgeous scenery, atmospheric music, beautiful lights and hundreds of costumes.

The Shaolin Warriors is a spectacular production, choreographed by the official choreographer of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, featuring 22 professionally trained Kung fu masters.

Audiences of all ages will be amazed and thrilled by their death defying Kung Fu disciplines such as chigong and animal imitation boxing with 18 kinds of dangerous traditional weapons.

Setting out on an 80 date tour in 2013, the Shaolin show is a must see for family audiences and martial arts experts alike. Now a huge hit in over three continents, The Shaolin Warriors have been seen by over 500,000 people of all ages. Suitable for all, this is a production that will amaze and entertain the entire family long after the final curtain falls!

• The Shaolin Warriors martial arts spectacle will be taking place at The Regent Theatre, Ipswich on Wednesday 1st May at 7.30pm. To book tickets contact the Box Office on 01473 433100.

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Award-winning Dance

Miss Nightingale

Award-winning choreographer Jasmin Vardimon returns to DanceEast this May with her hotly anticipated new work Freedom.

The teasing art of burlesque has become a huge trend in entertainment, provided a fashion with a new vintage look, and inspired a major Hollywood movie starring Cher and Christina Aguilera.

It's now being taken back to its traditional European roots - of British Music hall and continental Cabaret - in an acclaimed musical touring the UK this summer.

Miss Nightingale the burlesque musical by award-winning composer Matthew Bugg tells a gripping story of sex, scandal and showbiz in wartorn 1940s London.

The show stars Britishborn international burlesque icon, Amber Topaz.

Working class songbird Maggie Brown has moved to London in search of fame and fortune. She auditions at every cabaret bar, with her songwriter George, but nobody wants their act. Things aren't much better with her boyfriend Tom. And her brother’s missing in action. Meanwhile, George has problems of his own fighting to get by as a Jewish refugee.

Everything changes when Maggie and George are picked up by wealthy nightclub owner Sir Frank. Soon 'Miss Nightingale' explodes onto the stage - shocking society with her outrageous outfits and saucy songs. She takes the West End by storm. But backstage lurk secrets more devastating than the Blitz.

• Miss Nightingale - the burlesque musical brings the vintage glamour, wartime spirit and saucy sound of the 40s thrillingly to life and is at the New Wolsey Theatre from Thursday 2nd until Saturday 11th May. To book tickets contact the Box Office on 01473 295900 or visit www.wolseytheatre.co.uk.

Exploring notions of what keeps our imagination free, this full-length dance theatre production promises breath-taking physicality with beautifully detailed characterisation. Powered by Vardimon’s trademark theatricality and provocative daring, Freedom will be performed by a versatile company of international dancers.

Uniting the creative team behind her previous productions Yesterday and Justitia, Freedom layers richly intricate visuals, fusing clever animation with live action and inventive set designs.

• Freedom will be performed at the Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th May. To book tickets contact the Box Office on 01473 295230 or visit www.danceeast.co.uk. Age guidance 14yrs+

Daughters of Venice Set in 18th century Venice, the Daughters Of Venice, is a comedy that follows the fortunes of three young girls as they decide how to make it in the world. The daughters of the title are the orphans taken in and cared for by the Sisters of the Convent of the Pieta.

With colourful characters such as the eccentric Vivaldi, the English Milord with his servant Bodger and the revelry of the Venice Carnival this will be an electrifying production. It includes a large cast with the Deben Players juniors also taking part.

Masks and mystery lead to mistaken identity, mischief and a marriage proposal. Spectacular costumes will be on display in this rich comedy and powerful drama.

The Daughters Of Venice will be at the Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge School from Wednesday 15th May until Saturday 18th May, nightly at 7.30 pm.

• Book tickets online at www.debenplayers.org.uk or phone the Box Office on 01394 276770 or available at the theatre on performance nights.

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Mark Thomas

The New Wolsey Theatre has announced the line up for this year’s Pulse Fringe Festival, and, with 10 days of drama, music, dance, art and food this year’s Festival promises to be the most exciting yet.

With 38 performances, ten bands and DJs performed at six venues across Ipswich, Pulse really does have something for everyone, and with thousands of tickets at £8 or less the Festival makes theatre and the arts accessible to all.

The Pulse Fringe is a bright snapshot of contemporary theatre and performance comprising of finished shows, work in progress and new ideas.

Now in its 13thyear, the festival brings an exciting blend of artists embracing a wide variety of performance arts to Ipswich offering a unique opportunity to see a wide range of top quality, emotionally charged and entertaining work and innovative thinking. This year’s festival is directed by Ed Collier, Paul Warwick and Rosie Kelly of China Plate; a producing outfit celebrated for delivering innovative artistic development opportunities, acting as a conduit for collaboration and encouraging leaps into unknown creative territory.

The Festival takes places across the New Wolsey Theatre, New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich Museum, the HEG (High Street Exhibition Gallery) and Ipswich Town Hall The Festival opens with Lucy Ellinson’s When I Was Old, When I Get Young made with members of the New Wolsey audience, while Dan Bye’s Six O’Clock News will see the Young Company working alongside guest artists to reflect on the news, locally,

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Institute nationally and internationally. The festival also hosts a new work in progress from New Wolsey Associate Company Gecko as well as shows from artists such as Action Hero, Ross Sutherland, John Osborne and recent Olivier Award Nominee Caroline Horton.

Also running is the inaugural Suitcase Prize - a full day of extracts from new and work in progress shows competing to win £1,000 for the best piece of theatre that can be transported on public transport, the aim being to try to reduce the carbon footprint that touring theatre leaves behind it.

“The Suitcase Prize is incredibly exciting and we are confident that our ten successful applicants won’t let the travel limitations limit their ambition.”

Said Pulse Producer Laura Norman, “We were looking for inspiring, bold and adventurous ideas just ones that you can take with you on the bus”.

Pulse (Ipswich), Mayfest (Bristol), Sampled (Cambridge) and Sprint (London) festivals have this year joined forces to commission and develop a new piece of theatre - Gym Party by Made In China.

Each collaborating festival has become a key fixture in the spring theatre calendar and each has independently built strong reputations for supporting artists and developing new work.

Together they are able to offer an unparalleled opportunity for an emerging theatre company to create a new piece over a fixed time frame with a raft of support and supporting expertise. Made In China has received a cash commission, space to rehearse, producing / dramaturgical support and will present the piece as it develops at each festival.

The New Wolsey hopes audiences will see as many shows as they are able to and there are some amazing ticket deals to encourage this including a £100 festival pass to see everything in the festival.

Every day ends in the New Wolsey bar; where folk can mingle and share thoughts about what’s been

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seen, as well as listen to a line-up of live bands and musicians.

Sarah Holmes, New Wolsey Chief Executive says, “Pulse is a platform to showcase new work and innovative thinking and I’m pleased and proud that the Arts Council and our local authorities share our objectives and support our ambition to nurture new talent and to present something different to local and national audiences.”

Helen Lax, Regional Director, Arts Council England, continues, “The Pulse Fringe Festival is now firmly established as one of the region’s most exciting and innovative festivals. With 47 shows boasting an eclectic mix of inventive performance art – including a vibrant blend of emerging and recognised performance artists – this year’s event promises to be bursting with energy, creativity and outstanding talent. Festivals such as the PULSE Fringe Festival, which showcase great art to a wide audience, highlight the importance of investing in arts and culture.”

Launched by the Arts Council in 2011 the Creative Case For Diversity advocates that diversity and equality can enrich the arts for artists, audiences and our wider society. On Friday 7th June, Pulse hosts a symposium to enable representatives of performing and presenting organisations in the East and South East regions to share, debate and understand the Creative Case.

The Pulse Fringe Festival runs from Thursday 30th May until Saturday 8th June at various venues in Ipswich. For more information or to book tickets contact the Box Office on 01473 295900 or visit www.pulsefringe.com..

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Ip-Art 2013 — Film Night/Concert Spectacular

Celebrity Soprano Laura joins Military Wives for Concert in the Park

Celebrity Soprano, Laura Wright, and Wattisham Military Wives Choir to perform at Film Night Spectacular Suffolk born Laura Wright, best-selling soprano, is announced as the special guest artist for the Film Night Spectacular in Christchurch Park on Saturday 6th July 2013 hosted by Brian Blessed. Wattisham Military Wives Choir will also be performing in the park for a pre-concert performance.

From Bond and Mission Impossible to Jurassic Park and the Great Escape, The Film Night Spectacular, with a firework finale is set to be one of the highlights of the summer.

Suffolk born Laura Wright is excited to be performing at the event, “Suffolk in the summer is a wonderful place to be and the Film Night in Christchurch Park, Ipswich is set to be a great evening for all the family. I'm looking forward to working with Brian Blessed after meeting him at other events and seeing his wonderful work, he really does have an amazing film career.

I think it will be a rather special night, I'm really looking forward to performing some of my favourite songs in my home county.”

Anna Lewis (Performance Coordinator), Wattisham Military Wives Choir said, “We're very much looking forward to performing in Christchurch Park in July. We've been lucky enough to sing at some incredible events to date and the combination of film music, Brian, Laura and fireworks sounds like a perfect combination. I'm sure it will be fabulous night.”

The event will be one of the highlights of Ip-art 2013. Gates will open at 6pm to enable ticket holders to enjoy their picnics prior to the performance, which commences at 8pm.

Tickets are available from the Regent Theatre and the Ipswich Tourist Information Centre and online from www.ipswichregent.com

Parkway Dreams a musical taking inspiration from the 70s Unbelievably, Ipswich-based Eastern Angles Theatre Company are about to open their 100th production.

The company, who have been touring the region with their nationally-acclaimed theatre productions since 1982 will mark the anniversary with a 1970’s inspired documentary musical entitled Parkway Dreams. The show will preview in Peterborough before touring to twelve venues across the East of England calling at the Sir John Mills Theatre in Ipswich between the 14th and 18th May. The brand new musical play directed by Eastern Angles founder Ivan Cutting explores the story of life in a New Town. Using the authentic voices of those who worked in Peterborough during the 1970s and 1980s, playwright Kenneth Emson, who is also a scriptwriter for EastEnders, has recreated the backroom story of the small historic Fenland city all told through the eyes of Mary, Jack and Peter a typical London ‘overspill family’.

Parkway Dreams is typical of the theatre company’s documentary-style of theatre making and follows on from earlier East Anglian themed shows such as The Reapers Year which was inspired by the local agricultural industry and When The Boats Came In based on interviews with Lowestoft fishermen. But, rather than ploughs and boats this new show is inspired by 1970s TV shows like The Clangers and the music of the Beatles and The Kinks!

• See Parkway Dreams at The Sir John Mills Theatre in Ipswich from 14th until 18th April. Tickets costing £12 (£11 concessions) are available by calling the Box Office on 01473 211498 or book online: www.easternangles.co.uk

New Voices present a Requiem Ipswich based choral group New Voices will be performing “Eternal Light: A Requiem” by Howard Goodall at their spring concert at St Andrew’s Church, Rushmere St Andrew on Saturday 18th May starting at 7.30pm.

New Voices will perform their spring concert under the direction of their conductor, local singing teacher, Pamela Vinten-Phipps. Soloists for the concert are Helen Chapman (Soprano), John Hutchings (Tenor) and Alastair Chapman (Baritone) with accompaniment from Danielle Perrett (Harp), Andrew Cantrill (Organ) and Derrick Thompson (Piano). The choir will also perform a selection of smaller pieces by Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, Alan Simmons and Howard Goodall.

Howard Goodall uses key parts of the traditional Latin Mass for his requiem with excerpts of English poetry with a common theme of compassion for the bereaved for his modern requiem.

Originally commissioned by London Musici to celebrate its 20th anniversary, it received its première at The Lowry in Salford on the 25th September 2008.

New Voices presents “Eternal Light: A requiem” by Howard Goodall at St Andrew’s Church, The Street, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich on Saturday 18th May at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8 in advance or on the door. For more information visit www.newvoices.org.uk

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Bury: a perfectly formed festival 2013 Bury St Edmunds Festival will be ‘smaller but perfectly formed’ The 2013 Bury St Edmunds Festival will run from Thursday 16th until Sunday 19th May offering an intense burst of world class performances at venues throughout the town including the award-winning apex.

Organisers are trialling a ‘smaller but perfectly formed’ Festival distilling the best of classical and contemporary music plus dance, film, art, walks and much more over four days.

A packed programme of over 30 events from morning coffee concerts

to late night ghost walks and recitals means followers will have plenty of great entertainment to choose from including the return of many Festival favourites.

Festival Manager, Nick Wells, says, “This year’s Festival is shorter than usual but rest assured that the programme is still packed with a wide variety of renowned musicians, films, walks and exhibitions; a great opportunity to immerse yourself in an intense burst of arts activity.

“We’ve tried to cram in all the elements of the Bury Festival that have been so popular over the years and we are looking forward to using the coming months to think about how the Festival should develop in

the future; please do let us have your thoughts too.”

Festival highlights include: Soprano Lesley Garrett and clarinettist Emma Johnson perform

Cuban music, are back with their infectious rhythms while Stacey Kent makes her first appearance at the apex with a sneak preview of her new album.

together; actor Timothy West performs with Pavao String Quartet; and Aurora Orchestra joins forces with dancers from BBoy’s Attic and Company Decalage to perform a playlist that includes works by Holst and Shostakovich.

Britten’s centenary is marked by cellist Matthew Barley while the Tallis Scholars return to celebrate their 40th anniversary.

There is partying in the Abbey Gardens with a Michael Jackson show. Sierra Maestra, the stars of

Pianist Jayson Gillham plays Beethoven, Debussy, Liszt and Chopin, award-winning musicians from the Royal Academy of Music perform Mendelssohn’s Octet and Retorica play music for two violins.

Ramble with the Romantics promises poetic surprises in hidden corners of Bury St Edmunds -

inspired by Keats, Wordsworth, Blake and Coleridge. The Greene King Real Beer and Food Festival is back, and the Picturehouse hosts four festival films on the theme of Putting on a Show.

The 2013 Festival brochure is widely available or can be viewed online on the Festival website at www.buryfestival.co.uk Keep up to speed with all the latest news by following the Festival on Twitter @buryfestival and let them know your views by emailing info@buryfestival.co.uk Tickets for all Festival events are available from the Festival Box Office in the apex, Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds. They can be booked online at www.buryfestival.co.uk, by calling 01284 758000 or email bookings@theapex.co.uk

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Stonham – Excellent Stamping Ground With 2013 storming ahead before our eyes Stonham Barns wanted to let visitors know in plenty of time about their astounding, brand new event being held in September.

The No.1 Americana Music & Lifestyle Event; Stamping Ground Festival, takes place at Stonham Barns Showground on the weekend

of 7th and 8th September, 9am until 12pm Midnight both days with Camping options on site, so you can attend both days and not have the stress of travelling to alternative accommodation.

Stamping Ground brings together Bluegrass, Country, Cajun and Appalachian music, along with Classic American cars and motorcycles, a marketplace full of diverse and exciting traders of Americana products, dance workshops, DJ’s and wonderful food and drink.

Saturday’s headlining acts include The Be Good Tanya’s; Sarah Savoy & the Francadians, Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns and AHAB!! With

Sunday featuring the Pine Leaf Boys, Carrie Rodriguez, Gordie Mackeeman & his Rhythm Boys, Big Boy Bloater and Hank Wangford & the Lost Cowboys, with many more Acts being announced weekly! It really is a fantastic line up, with numerous big names and entertainment to keep everyone amused all weekend long.

Early bird tickets are on sale now and are available until 31st May at the special offer pricing.

If you would like to know more about tickets or the Stamping Ground Festival in general please visit the website, www.stampinggroundfestival.co.uk

or contact the team on 01449 711111 and their be happy to help with any questions you have.

Stonham Barns look forward to welcoming you along to their spectacular Americana Festival!

A touch of France comes to town Peppery present the amazing French band Lo'Jo (with support "Kiss The Mistress") at the Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich Waterfront on Sunday 2nd June at 7.30pm.

Lo'Jo return to Ipswich for one of only six UK dates in their first tour in four years. Nominated this year for Songlines' "group of the year" award, their international reputation is built on a mesmerising live act (including sell out Peppery Shows at The New Wolsey and the Caribbean Club) and nine excellent albums. This is truly traditional music in a modern context - bohemian Franco/Arabic funk with instruments including piano, harmonium, sax, kora, drums, bass, violin, accordion and djembe integrating influences from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

With support from Ipswich based acoustic roots band "Kiss The Mistress".

Tickets cost £17.50 and are on sale from Jerwood Box Office on 01473 295230 and at www.danceeast.co.uk

New CD for Suffolk Duo Suffolk Duo, Silbury Hill have just released their second CD. “Broadside & Mayhem” contains 10 tracks – nine original songs and one traditional piece.

Like it’s predecessor (“The Tudor Rose”) much of the original material on this new collection takes its inspiration from local history, stories and characters with songs like “The Dunwich Bells” (the story of the once great Medieval port on the Suffolk Coast now all but lost under the North Sea), “Through Edmunds Eyes” (Suffolk’s own claim to the Patron Saint of England) and “The Battle Of Sole Bay” (from which the album takes it’s name).

Scott Dolling’s flute is again to the fore on many of the tracks with David Stainer on guitar and mandolin and the duo sharing the vocals. For this album they are joined by violinist Terry Craig on one song and by Peter Corp who plays bass on a couple of tracks. The Album was recorded by Peter Corp at Owl Studios in Suffolk and is available at the band’s gigs (check out www.reverbnation.com/silburyhill, email silburyhill@aol.com) or at Ipswich Tourist Information Centre for £5.00.

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Have your Gig Listed Free!!

Email: gigs@ipswich24.co.uk Post: PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW Wed 1st May WEBBY’S JAM NIGHT, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

Thu 2nd May SUFFOLK SONGWRITERS SESSION, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, THE REAL McCOY, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich

Fri 3rd May – Mon 6th May DARK ALES BEER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, Edwardstone White Horse, Near Boxford

Fri 3rd May SPACEROCKS, The Royal Oak, Ipswich GUNS ALL ROSES, The Cork Bar. Felixstowe TOTAL MOD, The Railway, Foxhall Road, Ipswich COLOURBLIND HEDGEHOGS, The Mulberry Tree, Ipswich SILBURY HILL, Edwardstone White Horse, Near Boxford, 5pm JIM WORTON, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich DOUBLE DECKERS, Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe SOUL & MOTOWN NIGHT, The Cameo Hotel, Copdock, £8 in advance, £10 on the door KLOWNS KARAOKE, Venue 77, Fore St, Ipswich JOANNA EDEN, DanceEats, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 7.30pm, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Sat 4th May THE SYSTEM, SLUG, ANDY T AND HIS BAND, CASUAL NAUSEA, The Royal Oak, Ipswich, £4, 7.30pm MORPHEUS, The Cork Bar, Felixstowe TOOREX, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich INFRARED, Kesgrave Social Club, Kesgrave JUKEBOX FURY, The George, Hadleigh KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe BUCCANEER KARAOKE, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich ANNIKA RANDS, The Limes, Needham Market, 9pm

LUCY SAMPSON, DanceEats, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 7.30pm, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Fri 10th May SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOUR, The Royal Oak, Ipswich STEAL BAND, Venue 77, Fore Street, Ipswich JOHNNY MARKS, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich THE OUTLAWS, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich BONESHAKERS, Trimley Sports & Social Club, Trimley

Sat 11th May THE MARTELLS, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, £2 KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe ENUFF Z’NUFF, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich MOXIE, The Royal Oak, Ipswich WALKWAY, The Black Horse, Ipswich BUCCANEER KARAOKE, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich

Sun 12th May SECOND SUNDAY JAZZ LUNCH featuring GIPPING VALLEY STOMPERS, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, Food from 12pm, Jazz from 2pm MARK ANTHONY & THE FUNKY STUFF BAND, Isaacs, The Waterfront, Ipswich, 3pm KARAOKE WITH BOZ, Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe

Mon 13th May WORDS & MUSIC, The Spread Eagle, Ipswich

Tue 14th May AIMEE’S JAM NIGHT, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

Thu 16th May WEBBY’S JAM NIGHT, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

Fri 17th May

JAZZ JAM with JEREMIAH MARQUES & THE BLUE ACES, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, Food from 12pm, Jazz from 2pm, £3 KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe GOLDMASTER ALLSTARS, Isaacs, The Waterfront, Ipswich, 3pm SPACE ROCKS, The Cork Bar, Felixstowe

SUFFOLK COLLEGE SHOWCASE, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, SHATTERED, The Royal Oak, Ipswich KENNY JAMES, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich RYAN, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe SKA’D 4 LIFE, The Railway, Foxhall Rd, Ipswich THE REASON, Venue 77, Fore Street, Ipswich GRAPEVINE LIVE with ANDY & GINA, DanceEats, Jerwood DanceHouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, 7.30pm, 01473 295230, www.danceeast.co.uk

Mon 6th May

Sat 18th May

Sun 5th May

WORDS & MUSIC, Isaacs, The Waterfront, Ipswich, 3pm IRIE J, Venue 77, Fore Street, Ipswich, Sweet Peas Caribbean BBQ from 12pm, Music from 2pm, AIMEE’S KARAOKE, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

KAINE, OCULUS, The Royal Oak, Ipswich CAMELFOOT RAIDERS, The George, Hadleigh KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe BUCCANEER KARAOKE, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich CLEAR CUT, Kesgrave Social Club, Kesgrave SURREAL PANTHER, The Railway, Ipswich

Thu 9th May

Sun 19th May

Tue 7th May FOLK JAM, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, WEBBY’S JAM NIGHT, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

Fri 10th May – Sun 12th May ORWELL BLUEGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL, Hallowtree Scout Camp, Ipswich, www.orwellbluegrass.co.uk MICHELLE, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe 24

WORDS & MUSIC, The Burgate, Felixstowe THE QUAY NOTES, Isaacs, The Waterfront, Ipswich, 3pm KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe EXIT STATE, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich

GIGguide Tue 21st May AIMEE’S KARAOKE, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

Thu 23rd May WEBBY’S JAM NIGHT, The Royal Oak, Ipswich ARE WE THERE YET, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich

Fri 24th May BACK TO THE POINT, LONG DAYS, OFF THE WALL, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, £2 CLAY PIGEON, ANIT VIGILANTE, The Royal Oak, Ipswich, £3 BARRY S WHITE, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe KLOWNS KARAOKE, Venue 77, Fore Street, Ipswich PAT JAMES, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich

Sat 25th May SKYLINE, XMAEN, The Royal Oak, Ipswich DC79, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich THE MARTELLS, JAZZ SHADES, FATES RIGHT HAND, Kesgrave Social Club, Kesgrave, Mc Is Stephen ‘The Foz’ Foster, Tickets £10, in aid of the Air Ambulance.

STAYIN, ALIVE DISCO, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe

Sun 26th May LAST SUNDAY JAZZ LUNCH featuring LA FONTAINE ENSEMBLE, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, Food from 12pm, Jazz from 2pm SKA’D 4 LIFE, Isaacs, The Waterfront, Ipswich, 3pm KARAOKE WITH BOZ, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe MENTALLICA, ALTER-EGO, The Royal Oak, Ipswich, £6 MISSING ANDY ARE BACK, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich FLAT MOUNTAIN FAMILY, BLUEGRASS ROX, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, (evening) J D FITZGERALD AKA MR SOUL MACHINE AND REGGAE BAND, The Rivers Social Club, Ipswich, 7.30pm, £4 non-members, £2 members.

Mon 27th May THE REASON, Isaacs, Waterfront, Ipswich, 3pm DANDY TRICKSTERS, Venue 77, Fore Street, Ipswich, BBQ from noon, music from 2pm ROCK N REVZ, The Railway Venue, Foxhall Road, Ipswich

Tue 28th May AIMEE’S KARAOKE, The Royal Oak, Ipswich

Thu 30th May FOLK AT THE BOAT, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, WEBBY’S JAM NIGHT, The Royal Oak, Ipswich WORDS & MUSIC, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich

Fri 31st May JACKNIFE HORSEBOX, The Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, £3 LYYKEN, The Royal Oak, Ipswich KEVIN BARRY, Olive’s Bar, Orwell Crossing, A14 East Nacton, Ipswich JADE & JIM, The Dolphin Hotel, Felixstowe NICK BENNETT ACOUSTIC, Venue 77, Fore Street, Ipswich

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One of the most influential British indie bands, James, has announced an East Anglian summer concert performing at Thetford Forest this June.

Formed in Manchester in 1982, James’ anthemic indie pop hits include: ‘Sit Down’, ‘She’s A Star’, ‘Laid’, ‘Born Of Frustration’, ‘Sometimes’ and ‘Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)’ amongst 20 Top 40 singles in the UK. In a career spanning over three decades, top 10 albums like ‘Gold Mother’, ‘Seven’, ‘Laid, ‘Whiplash’ and ‘Millionaires’ have contributed to over 13 million worldwide album sales. Famed for their live performances, their festival CV includes international appearances at Lollapalooza and Coachella (USA), Rock In Rio (Brazil), and Glastonbury, Hard Rock Calling and Isle of Wight closer to home.

Commenting on the date, James frontman Tim Booth said, “We’re up for this. It’s our first ever Forest Live gig and we can’t wait to get out there on stage.”

James plus special guests will be performing on Thursday 13th June at Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk. Tickets cost £38.00 (subject to booking fee) are on sale Commission Box Office by calling 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music

Blondie has confirmed a very special tour of the nation’s woodlands this summer performing their hits as part of the Forestry Commission’s annual concert series Forest Live.

Blondie emerged from New York’s celebrated new wave scene producing innovative music with their rock/disco, reggae and hip-hop influenced songs.

Fronted by pop icon Deborah Harry, their groundbreaking material brought them a stash of hit singles such as ‘Denis’, ‘(I’m Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear’, ‘Picture This’, ‘Dreaming’, ‘Union City Blue’ and ‘Rapture’. Few acts can match their 20 year span of No 1’s from ‘Heart Of Glass’, ‘Sunday Girl’, ‘Atomic’, ‘Call Me’, ‘The Tide Is High’ to ‘Maria’. Their singles success complemented by 40 million+ album sales that include classic recordings like ‘Plastic Letters’, ‘Parallel Lines’ and ‘Eat to The Beat’ has ensured worldwide superstar status for this pioneering band.

Special guest will be The Lightning Seeds performing an acoustic set of their perfect pop songs like ‘Pure’, ‘Lucky You’ and ‘Change’.

Blondie with special guests The Lightning Seeds will be performing on Saturday 15th June at Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk. Tickets cost £36.00 (subject to booking fee) are on sale Commission Box Office by calling 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music

Elvis Costello and The Imposters will be performing on stage in Thetford Forest this July.

Elvis Costello is considered to be one of the most important singer-songwriters to surface from the punk/New Wave era. With absorbing lyrics and memorable tunes set to his distinctive vocal, he has generated a songbook of classic material including: ‘Alison’, ‘Watching The Detectives’, ‘Pump It Up’, ‘Oliver’s Army’, ‘I Can’t Stand Up (For Falling Down)’, ‘Accidents Will Happen’, ‘Pills And Soap’ and ‘Veronica’ as well as his timeless cover of ‘Good Year For The Roses’. Ever evolving in his musical output, a stream of top five albums like: ‘Armed Forces’, ‘Get Happy!!’, ‘Almost Blue’, ‘Imperial Bedroom’, ‘Punch The Clock’, ‘Spike’ and ‘Brutal Youth’ have ensured a formidable chart presence both sides of the Atlantic in a career spanning over 35 years.

Elvis Costello and The Imposters plus guests will be performing on Saturday 13 July, Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk. Tickets cost £39.00 (subject to booking fee) are on sale Commission Box Office by calling 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music Forest Live is an independent programme organised by the Forestry Commission, bringing music to new audiences without commercial branding or sponsorship. Income generated from ticket sales is spent on improving the local forests for both people and wildlife.

For further information on Forest Live 2013 call the Box Office on 03000 680400 or visit www.forestry.gov.uk/music

— GREAT TICKET GIVE AWAY — The Forestry Commission has given Ipswich24 a pair of tickets to see James, Blondie and Elvis Costello to give away to lucky readers. All you have to do to be in with a chance of getting your hands on a pair of tickets is send your name, address and a contact telephone number, plus the name of the act that you would like to see to: Thetford Forest Ticket Giveaway, Ipswich24, PO Box 774, Ipswich, IP1 9FW or you can enter online at www.ipswich24.co.uk.

The closing date is Friday 31st May 2013.

You may enter to see more than one band, however each entry must be on a separate postcard.

For further information on Forest Live 2013 call the Box Office on 03000 680400 or visit www.forestry.gov.uk/music

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In Conversation with…

Justin Hayward

Tell us about life before you became famous Justin: Well I was born in Swindon and had two parents who were teachers, so passing exams wasn’t difficult… I didn’t actually learn much but my parents told me how to pass exams.

I grew up with my brother who was 18 months older than me and a sister who came along nine years after me. We were a lower middle-class, almost “new-age” family.

My parents were very supportive of us all in what we wanted to do, they just wanted us to get some qualifications and I left school with five O-levels at the age of 16.

So was music always a passion for you?

Justin: I come from a family with a very strong faith, so my very early memories around music were in church and assembly at school in the morning when we did what is now terribly politically incorrect to sing hymns in school.

As I grew up I heard people like Johnnie Ray, but it was when I heard Buddy Holly that I became totally focussed in what I wanted to do.

Elvis was the King, but Buddy for me was always number one. When I first went to the States I was lucky enough to meet his wife, and Lodgey (John Lodge) and I made a pilgrimage to Lubbock in Texas to lay our plectrums on his grave.

Justin Hayward is singer, guitarist, songwriter and front man with the Moody Blues and comes to Ipswich’s Regent Theatre on 17th June – Mark Keable caught up with Justin ahead of another visit to Ipswich

How did the break come about?

Justin: I was very lucky as I left school and almost immediately got a job playing guitar in Marty Wilde’s group.

I answered an advert in the Melody Maker which said “Named artiste looking for guitarist” I turned up at this house in East London and Marty Wilde opened the door.

Marty is 6’5” and I’m 6’2” so for about the only time in my life I spent the next couple of years looking up to someone!

I did the audition and he gave me the job. It was a bit of a baptism of fire really as the first gig we did was a combined services tour of the Middle East, going to all sorts of dusty unpleasant places, army and airforce bases.

This was amazing for me, I had left school in the July and worked in an office for a couple of months, all the time trying to get a job in music and then got the gig with Marty in the September.

He was writing his own material and he told me to survive in the business you need to be able to write your own stuff.

So I started writing right from the start and when I went to the Moody Blues it was as a songwriter as much as a musician.

What was it like going from one established band to another?

Justin: Yes, well me and John (Lodge) who I didn’t know, we both joined this band that had had a great lead singer, in Denny Laine and we joined at the same time. They had had a hit with Go Now, but Denny was that sound of RnB and when we joined we tried to carry on that sound for a couple of months, but then we realised we were rubbish at it. So we just started doing our own material.

But when we started writing and performing music from our own hearts our fortunes began to change. It was the best move though as the band’s popularity had begun to waver slightly.

In the 60s if you had one hit and didn’t follow it up with another it was over for you and that was the point that John and I joined the group and everyone was saying it was over for the group.

We were lucky in that Decca, our record company, believed in our new stuff. So we were their first album band. Then Decca launched the Dream label which was centred around really well produced stereo recordings. Up until then pop bands, including The Beatles, had just put the vocals through the left side and the instrumental on the right. We started doing well produced stereophonic works.

Also at the time FM radio was then starting in the States and our music was perfect for that, so they loved us.

At this time the Moodies were more progressive than a pop band. Did you consider yourselves as trailblazers, bucking the pop genre?

Justin: I don’t think so, I think we were just fortunate in that we didn’t have some A&R bloke standing over us telling us what we ought to do with the first seven albums. That came later when we got even more popular and record companies and staff wanted to take credit for what

we were doing.

But we were very lucky in having an older executive producer in Hugh Mendl who used to say “I don’t know what you’re doing but just get on with it, the kids seem to love it. “ We were on a lousy royalty agreement but we got unlimited studio time which was great.

Most people when they hear Moody Blues, they think Nights in White Satin, do you resent that this is the thing you are remembered for most?

Justin: There was a lot of resistance about that track. We recorded it along time before we recorded it for Decca. We recorded it for a programme called ‘Easy Beat’ and we were travelling up the motorway and heard it on the radio and thought there’s something about it.

But we don’t resent the track, there’s several numbers in our set which we know the audience would feel cheated if we didn’t perform them. It’s a wonderful thing that wherever I go in the world, even if people don’t know the name The Moody Blues they know Nights and that is a tremendous honour.

A couple of years ago I heard a version by a Motown singer Bettye LaVette and I was totally gobsmacked, I wrote the song when I was 20 years old and heard it for the first time when I was 64! Her version is absolutely brilliant and brought me to tears.

Away from the Moodies you are also remembered for your connection to War of the Worlds and more recently some solo work.

Justin: Yes I was very lucky being involved in that, Forever Autumn is another song I find people know all over the world. Jeff took the concept on the road again recently, the first time that I’ve not been involved in it as I was working on my own album.

Tell us about that album.

Justin: It’s called Spirits of the Western Sky, I was collecting songs when I was working on re-mastering old Moodies stuff. The engineer said to me why don’t we put this new stuff together professionally, so two or three years ago I started on it and it took over my life. For me it is the best thing I have ever done., I’m at a time in my life when I don’t have to worry about what people think so I can do it for me and to my own satisfaction. So I’m very grateful when people want to hear it.

So the Moodies are coming to Ipswich Justin: Yes we are coming to The Regent, I hope they’ve improved the dressing rooms a bit!! We always have fun in Ipswich. It’s me, John Lodge and Graham Edge from the old days and some other younger excellent musicians who are also big Moodies fans. There’s no support, we do two hour-long sets a mix of old and new stuff. The second half is the tracks that we would not be allowed off stage without performing and the first half includes new and also rediscovered songs.

Q: Any plans to retire?

Justin: If nobody buys a ticket I will consider myself having been retired.

• The Moody Blues are at The Ipswich Regent, Monday 17th June. Box Office 01473 433100

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Suffolk’s Youngest Sport Pundit and BBC Suffolk Contributor Daniel Ford

What’s My Goal?

This month, for a change I am not going to interview a sports celeb, I’m going to talk about myself. A couple of months ago I saw the npower “what’s your goal?” competition on Ipswich Town Fanzine website TWTD. For this article I would like to share my experiences, and the qualities I have gained from this competition!

When I saw the article I knew I had to enter, it was my chance to prove I could not only do this at a local level but at a national one as well. I decided to apply for the job of commentator for a day. Children from across England and Wales, aged between 11 and 16 years old applied and my aim was to get into the top five. I had to fill out an application form just like a real job! In no more than 200 words I had to explain why I should get

the job, well this was challenging! The application took me (oh yeah and my mum) a lot longer than I anticipated which did create some tension, as I got frustrated! Finally it was complete and sent off; now for the two-week wait. We waited for an email and on deadline night as I was tucked up in bed there was a shout from mum’s office… I had done it; from hundreds of applications I was in the top five!

Anyone that was lucky enough to get in the top five had to create a three-minute video about themselves. This was the hardest bit trying to think of and remember a script. We came up with the idea of me dressing up as John Motson as he is my hero. We borrowed my Nan’s best coat, which could not be damaged at any cost. With my mum acting as cameraman I practised and practised, not without some hilarious mess-ups

and lighthearted moments. Then, it was time to try it for real outside BBC Radio Suffolk. I felt such an idiot standing outside dressed as John Motson with the publics eyes boring into my head. To make matters worse Nan’s coat was thrown on the floor by the cameraman, nightmare. Finally, we finished it and sent it off, now for another long wait!

And the prize… The chance to work with Jacquie Oakley and commentate at the Npower Championship play off finals. However, even if I don’t win, much as I will be disappointed I have to realise being a finalist in itself is a fantastic achievement! Updates to follow next month, keep your fingers crossed!

• You can hear Dan Ford aka “Tractor Boy” on BBC Radio Suffolk’s “Life’s a Pitch”, Saturday’s 12 noon. Dan would love to hear from readers with suggestions for future items in the column, Tractor Boy, c/o Ipswich24, PO Box 774, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 9FW.

Open weekend at St Peter’s

Choral society fundraising success

This year St Peter's by the Waterfront is celebrating it's fifth anniversary so to celebrate they are holding an open weekend on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May, from 10am until 3.30pm on both days. Groups who regularly rehearse at St Peter's including the Ipswich Youth Steel Band and the music group BandClubz will be playing throughout the weekend.

For a second year, Ipswich Choral Society has supported the Woolverstone Wish Appeal at their annual Christmas community concert. This year, despite difficult economic times, the Society has succeeded in raising more money than the previous year.

Committee members Maureen Fell (Chair), Linda Scott (Treasurer) and Peter Brunning (Bass section representative) were thrilled to present a cheque to Cheryl Thayer from the Woolverstone Wish Appeal for £1250. The Woolverstone Wish Appeal had been chosen as the Christmas concert charity for a second year as some choir members were patients in the Oncology department of Ipswich Hospital. The Society was keen to contribute to the planned refurbishment of the Woolverstone Wing outpatient facilities.

Organisers will also be hosting an evening of music on Saturday 4th May, featuring the Ipswich Hospital Band, St Peter's Band and other ensembles. The evening will have a ceremonial cake cutting with the help of the Mayor of Ipswich.

The evening starts at 7.30pm and is free, though tickets will need to be obtained before the night as space will be limited, these can be obtained through the St Peter's by the Waterfront website.

• More information about the event can be found at www.stpetersbythewaterfront.com or by emailing manager@stpetersbythewaterfront.com.

Summer Concert The Community Light Orchestra presents a Summer Concert of Light Classics and Music from the Shows on Friday 17th May at 7.30pm at the River of Life church, 2 Carr Road, Felixstowe. This concert will be free admission with a retiring collection in

support of two local charities; Hope Trust ‘helping older people and Felixstowe Town Pastors ‘Caring on the streets’ www.felixstowetownpastors.org.uk For more information contact Paul Taylor on 01394 272592

Boxford opens it’s gardens Boxford Gardens Open 2013 takes place on Sunday 2nd June from 11am until 5pm.

Come and enjoy a great day out for all the family in the beautiful villages of Boxford and

name but a few. There will be a free shuttle bus operating to the outlying gardens during the afternoon.

Coffee will be served from 10.30am and ploughman's lunches, cakes and cream teas will be available in Boxford Primary school hall where there will also be a selection of plant and plantrelated stalls. The ‘Campella’ VW camper van will also be on hand to serve tastings of refreshing Copella fruit juices.

The church tower will be open to climb for spectacular views and all proceeds from the day will benefit Boxford St Mary's Church.

neighbouring Edwardstone, near Sudbury. There will be between 15 and 20 gardens to explore large and small and of many different types cottage, courtyard, riverside and contemporary to

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The main event sponsor is Boxford based Copella Fruit Juices. Other sponsors currently include Zinnia Garden Design, Suffolk Medical Clinic, the Stoke by Nayland Hotel and Ernest Doe Power A pass to visit all of the gardens costs just £4.50 (children free).

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A New Look for Spring Sunshine and showers and come what May !!!

It’s nice to see spring has returned, somewhat delayed this season.

Due to the biting cold winds prune out frost damage from affected evergreen shrubs.

Clematis and roses make a great addition to any garden, and now’s the time to prune overcrowded, dead or diseased stems of clematis montana once it has finished flowering.

Untangling the stems can be fiddly, but once you can see where you are cutting, you need not worry about pruning this plant - it will take even hard cutting back to produce younger stronger growth.

Tie in climbing roses as near to horizontal as possible. This will restrict sap flow causing more side-shoots to grow along the length of stem. This will encourage more flowering. Honeysuckle and all clematis need regular tying in to help support new growth, this is important to prevent windy conditions damaging the plant.

Pruning Spring flowering shrubs and hedges Prune spring flowering shrubs, such as berberis, chaenomeles, choisya and rhibes after flowering and not forgetting my favourite, viburnum tinus which would benefit from being pruned this month too.

Now is the good time to cut back evergreen hedging such as laurel, yew and conifer. And, don’t forget to water, newly planted shrubs and plants.

Patios and Decking This would also be a good time to rejuvenate you patio, The best cleaning aid for pressure washing patios is we found is Jeyes fluid, it helps remove moss, algea and ground in dirt. We use a rotary head power cleaner; this gives a uniform clean without striping.

But, remember block paved surfaces will need to be re-sanded after cleaning, to keep blocks tight and surfaces uniform.

After cleaning Indian sandstone patios it’s a good idea to use a patio sealant, which helps prevent frost damage and aids preserving the colour of the stone, and loose mortar joints can be re-pointed.

Decking can also be pressure washed but be sure to apply a fresh treatment once the decking has dried, boiled linseed oil we have found to be a great product to use where you don’t require a stain or colour.

Patio Construction It’s really important to have a good solid foundation, 50-60mm of compacted sub base for pedestrian use is the key to having the perfect patio, this is often overlooked and why patios fail. Also pay attention to drainage, make sure the finished patio height is two brick courses below damp proof course on any building.

DMC can help in all the above areas.

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Believe it or not Spring is here and you may be thinking about giving your home a fresh look. This doesn’t have to mean an expensive decoration project, you can easily achieve a fantastic new look just by making a few changes to your room by introducing some new artwork and accessories or a small piece of occasional furniture.

The next decision is where to go to find what you need? If you don’t want your room to end up looking the same as your neighbours then avoid the big chain stores and try somewhere a little more individual.

If you haven’t already visited Delvaux in Felixstowe now is the time. Step inside and you will find a fantastic range of beautiful items that will enhance your home. At Delvaux the stock is constantly changing, so that there is always something new to catch your eye.

You may be looking for a colourful canvas or amazing tile art to brighten up that wall, a stunning mirror can add light or some unusual candleholders will complete your table, whatever it is take a look.

Maybe you have a little corner that just needs a small piece of furniture to finish the room off, Delvaux carries stock to take away with you, or if you can’t see what you want please just speak to Carla and see if she can help.

Delvaux is open six days a week from Monday to Saturday from 10am until 5pm, and can be found at 116 Hamilton Road, Felixstowe.

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Spring Plant Fair at Helmingham Hall Over fifty exhibitors, including specialist nurseries such as Woottens of Wenhaston and The Place for Plants will be at the Spring Plant Fair at Helmingham Hall on Sunday 26th May from 10.30 until 4pm.

Informal talks on various gardening topics will be held in a

dedicated marquee, with topics including foraging for food, ferns and preparing flowers for use in arrangements.

Several local National Collection Holders will be offering plants for sale and advice on their care and The Plant Doctors will assist visitors who wish to discuss

Thinking Inside the Box Think inside the Box; Billie Box offers Second hand, New containers and Bespoke conversions With the Suffolk Show approaching fast why not make time in your day to come and visit Billie Box! Billie Box offers a wide range of shipping or storage containers for sale or rent nationally and specialise in converting containers for bespoke use.

New containers are generally manufactured in China and in order to keep the price affordable Billie Box’s shippers use them for transporting a cargo into the UK, these are known as “once used” containers. This type of container may have the odd dent or scratch at the time of delivery, but will definitely look tidier than a second hand container and is guaranteed to be watertight.

Second hand storage containers are 10-15 years old. They have come to the end of their shipping life but are perfect for static storage and are repaired to a water-tight standard. They will have their original paintwork with some surface rust, however they should last approximately 10 more years as a site store (a little maintenance may be required over that time). Please note that Billie Box are unable to guarantee the life span of a shipping container. They do however; guarantee that their containers are water tight when delivered to your premises.

Conversions; Billie Box can convert second hand or new containers into whatever you want; they are able to assist you with your conversion requirements and will lead you through from conception to the finished product. Billie Box will be displaying a chemical store container at the Suffolk Show so why not visit and see their work!

Can’t wait until the show?

Why not call on Freephone 0800 121 7388 today and ask about the company’s special offers.

Billie Box will be at the Suffolk Show, stand number: 567 and look forward to seeing you there!

specific plant problems.

Entry is £6 per adult, children free. Price includes entry to Helmingham Hall Grade 1 listed gardens, plus, 800 plants of Penstemon `Connie`s pink` to be given away free to the first claimants

Family firm, professional service Kitchens Bathrooms & Bedrooms Ltd is a family run company, with over 30 years of experience in design and installations, with a reputation for a friendly professional service.

Connells provide a relaxed environment in their showroom (on Woodbridge Road East, Ipswich) to discuss your every requirement for kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. Connells will work with you to design the room of your dreams and will take the stress out of the project by organising any tradesperson you may need. They use local tradespeople and have worked with their experienced subcontractors for many years.

Peter will personally survey every room before providing a plan taking measurements and getting a sense of how your room needs to benefit you.

Each free design is presented in 3D photo realism, as well as a plan view, so you can get a real feel for the room. The design software used by Connells works in conjunction with their suppliers, so each plan shows the actual doors chosen by you.

With so many different ranges available there is something for everyone at Connells from traditional to modern to contemporary.

• For a free no obligation quotation, no job is too big or too small, please contact Peter or Helen on 01473 715566 or for further information on the services available visit their website www.connellsipswich.com

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Health and Wellbeing

Time to get OFF the Sofa!

On July 21st 2013, something new and exciting is happening in Ipswich. The event ‘Fab to be Fit’, will run for the first time in Ipswich, with 400 delegate spaces for people wanting to start that weight loss journey.

The day will give all 400 delegates the opportunity to experience taster sessions with a variety of personal trainers, and sports coaches, the delegates will also experience the a healthy food demonstrations. The event is intended to give delegates a whole of market insight into what is available, you may not want to run on a tread mill in the gym, if you are

getting off the sofa and moving, you may want to Zumba, or belly dance, or even play rounders, Fab to be Fit, will give you the choices. In addition, the exhibition hall will encompass, Physiotherapists, Diet Experts, Chiropractors, hypnotherapists and any other professional involved in the health and weight loss industry.

If you are thinking of getting off the sofa, and finding your weight loss solutions, Fab to be Fit is the place to be, to talk to professionals and find the solutions that will fit with your life style, to set yourself up to succeed on your weight loss goals.

Included in your day, is several trial taster sessions with fitness coaches, personal trainers and sports coaches, healthy cookery demonstration and a goodie bag worth £25.

If you are thinking this is me, I want to get beach body fit, I want to get healthy and get off the sofa and start getting active. You don’t have to hit the treadmill, there are so many ways to burn those calories, contact Small Beginnings Events for more information. www.smallbeginningsevents.com

Power Walking Tips From Walk The Walk Did you know that 42% of breast cancer cases could be avoided by developing healthier lifestyle choices? Research has shown that making small changes like getting regular exercise, eating healthy food and reducing alcohol consumption all play a part in preventing the development of breast cancer.

Power Walking can burn up to 300 calories an hour, and mile for mile, walking at a minimum pace of four miles an hour, uses the same amount of energy as runners.

Having been described by experts as the "nearest activity to perfect exercise", those in the know have long used their daily stroll to improve fitness, tone up and lose weight.

By walking at least 45 minutes four times a week at pace, you could lose up to 18lbs in a year without changing your diet. Nina Barough CBE, Founder and Chief Executive

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of breast cancer charity Walk The Walk, which organises Power Walking challenges including The MoonWalk London, The MoonWalk Edinburgh and international challenges, explains, "Walking is the simplest, most beneficial way to keep fit and healthy. It can help with reducing stress, tension, tones and strengthens, helps weight loss, increases bone strength and prevents osteoporosis.

With research now showing that exercise and lifestyle are both key to breast cancer prevention, walking is an all-round winner.

“The amount you walk will have an impact on the end result you are looking for. If you wanted to lose weight for example, I would suggest that you walk for a minimum of 45 minutes, three or four times a week, the overall most important thing is that you enjoy it!

Power Walking is one of the few activities that really does work on

almost every part of your body from your posture to your muscle tone. It works wonders on defining the shape your legs, lifting your bum and flattening your stomach by strengthening your core muscles, and you can expect to start seeing an improvement to your body profile after just two weeks of walking a minimum of three times a week."

There are longer term benefits associated with taking up the sport too, including reducing the risk of coronary disease, strokes and certain cancers, helping to prevent osteoporosis, and helping to strengthen your immune system if you can find the time to walk for 30 minutes a day.

Here are Nina's top tips to help you make the most of your stride.

Use your arms!

Your arms control your speed. To go faster, hold them at a right angle and move them backwards and

forwards from the shoulders, so that your upper body gets a workout too; keep your hands lightly cupped, not clenched, to ease tension. As you step on to your right foot, the left arm should move forward - so that the arms are always swinging in opposition to your feet.

Get the right footwear The correct trainers are essential; make sure that you've worn them in before participating in any walking challenge. Choose a shoe that is protected, cushioned and roomy enough so that you can wiggle your toes easily.

Keep the challenge up If you start to get bored, increase your speed or the distance you're walking. Your body can quickly become used to exercise and begin to plateau.

Wear a pedometer This will help you monitor your progress so that you know whether you're improving or whether you need to step up the effort.

Find a friend Walk with someone else. You can take it in turns to be the pace-setter so that you are always progressing and motivating each other.

• Nina's book 'Walking for Fitness' offers a complete how to guide for Power Walking (Published by Dorling Kindersley RRP £10.99)

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