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Acknowledgements The Festival acknowledges with gratitude the financial and other support received from:
Midcounties Co-operative Society Church Stretton Area Partnership Peter Jennison Memorial Trust Church Stretton Town Council van doesburg’s Delicatessen St. Laurence’s Parish Church John Stephens Landscapes Meadowlands Guest House Church Stretton Car Sales White House Restaurant
Berry’s Arts for All Newsworld Mr Tom Acton Burway Books Tanners Wines Mr Tony Morris Wenlock Spring Agilent (Polymer) Mr Bun the Baker
Sir Neil & Lady Cossons Belvedere Guest House Mayglothling Waste Ltd John R. Thomas, Florist Wrights, Estate Agents
Terry Jones Travel September Books Hillside Pharmacy PCB Solicitors LLP Mr Howard Franklin
Stretton Theatre Group Morris and Company
Shropshire Libraries Mrs A. Trevor Jones Gateway Promotions
Booking Information For Festival Friends: tickets will be available from 2nd April where postal application is made using the Booking Form overleaf. For the General Public: tickets will be available from 23rd April, either by post using the Booking Form, or from either of the following:
Daily 23rd July - 28th July St Laurence’s Parish Church
The Visitor Information Centre Church Street, Church Stretton.
Admission free - retiring collections will be taken.
Festival Membership
A wide variety of music will be performed by local musicians at our popular morning concerts.
You can support the Festival by becoming a ‘Friend’. Benefits include priority booking, discounted tickets (when spending over £50) and reserved seating where this applies. Annual subscription is £5 for an individual or £7.50 for a family. For UK taxpayers this can be treated as Gift Aid.
Access for the Disabled
All venues (except St Margaret’s Church, Acton Scott) are wheelchair accessible and equipped with disabled toilets. Auditorium space will be provided for wheelchair users if requested on the Booking Form.at Noon
Free Transport
For free local transport to events, telephone the Ring and Ride Office (01694 720025).
Visitors to Church Stretton
www.strettonfestival.org.uk Our Tanners free wine draw will again be on offer. There will be entry forms at all events with 4 half cases of Tanners claret as prizes. The Arts Festival is pleased to serve Tanners wines.
at 10.15am
John R. Thomas (Florist) 3 Sandford Avenue, Church Stretton.
For membership enquiries please telephone Gloria Carter (01694 724106).
Registered Charity Number 511905
Coffee Concerts
Details of hotel and bed & breakfast accommodation may be obtained from: The Visitor Information Centre Church Street, Church Stretton (01694 723133)
www.churchstretton.co.uk
After each concert Berry’s Coffee House will provide coffee and home-made biscuits.
Organ Recitals at Noon
Monday 30th July & Friday 3rd August All Saints’ Church, Little Stretton Also Wednesday 1st August St Margaret’s Church, Acton Scott Admission free, retiring collections will be taken. Three recitals of popular organ music and orchestral arrangements given by local organists. For disabled facilities at Acton Scott, please telephone 01694 722257.
Art & Crafts Exhibition Opening Reception, Monday 23rd July, 7.30pm Admission (including exhibitors) £2 Daily Opening Times Tuesday 24th July - Friday 3rd August 11.00am - 6.00pm Admission £1.00, children and exhibitors free The exhibition will stay open until 7.30pm (with free admission after 6.00pm) whenever it is possible on nights when there is a performance at the school. Our guest artist Di Purser has drawn, designed and painted for most of her life and has had a lifelong love for the Shropshire hills. After an active life as a teacher, bringing art to students in various high schools, running adult courses and acting as artist in residence at Bewdley Museum, she became a member of the artists’ cooperative that runs Sandford Gallery in Church Stretton. Her work ranges from cathedrals to animals, mountains and cityscapes. The Annual Exhibition runs throughout the Festival and is widely recognized as one of the most successful exhibitions of its kind in the region. It shows around 600 works in a wide range of media and subject matter and is a non-competitive showcase for many accomplished amateur artists as well as successful exhibiting artists in the South Shropshire area. Most of the work is for sale at very reasonable prices.
school’s out @ the arts festival Now in its third year, school’s out has become an integral part of the Arts Festival Programme. Last year 63 local youngsters took part in a very active four day musical theatre workshop. school’s out will, of course, run again this year. It is open to 7 - 16 year olds and will end with a performance on
Thursday 2nd August, 7.30pm Church Stretton School
Showcasing Stretton’s young talent Those who attended enjoyed a thoroughly were truly impressed our local youngsters in
Church Stretton
Arts Festival
22nd July - 4th August 2012
last year’s performance entertaining evening and by the achievements of just 4 days of hard work.
Jacqui Dankworth
This year we expect to build on that success and watch Stretton’s young talent blossom. You can then sit back and watch the coaches perform a showcase of their own talents to finish off a memorable evening. Make sure you are there to support all their efforts and see their talents unfolding.
Tasmin Little
Entry forms are available on the Festival web-site or from: Church Stretton Visitor Information Centre, Scrappies & Barbara’s Framing, Beaumont Road. These must be returned to the Exhibition Organizer on or before Saturday 30th June 2012. Contact Joan Arnfield (joanarnfield@hotmail.com) or (01694 724170) for further information about the exhibition.
The 46th
The Coaches
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