Old Town Festival Programme 2016

Old Town Festival Saturday 11th - 18th June 2016 The Old Town Festival 2016 promises to be a fantastic week of events for all the family! From the Parade to the Commonweal Performing Arts Marquee, Dog Show, Fairground Rides, the Scouts’ Climbing Wall and stalls at the Lawn to the Pop Concert in the Bowl at the Town Gardens.

The committee is a very strong team of volunteers who are committed to the festival and without them the festival simply wouldn’t happen! Thank you one and all for your services to the community, you are unsung heroes!

Thank you also to our Patron Sheila Harrod for her continued support which is very much appreciated by us all.

Thank you to all our sponsors, without you it would be very difficult to find the finances to fund the festival.

We are pleased be supporting this year’s festival charity TWIGS Therapeutic Work In Gardening in Swindon, one of Swindon’s hidden gems, which I am sure you will agree will benefit many people in Swindon, so please give generously when you see the bucket collectors come your way as every little helps.

In my capacity as Community Arts Development and Press Liaison Officer at Commonweal I feel I have got a lot to bring to the festival. I have over twelve years’ experience in Commonweal organising events and leading teams both in school and in the wider community. Thank you to Head teacher Keith Defter for seconding me and thus enabling me to be free to stand as Chair.

Bring on the sunshine!

Josie Williams, Festival Chair 2016 E-mail: josie@commonweal.co.uk Designed and Printed by Screaming Media Ltd 01793 977117 www.screamingmedia.co.uk

Old Town Festival branching out to help TWIGS.

Every year members of Old Town Festival committee vote on a charity and the nominees are suggestion from members of the committee and the public. This year TWIGS won the vote!

“The majority of voting was in favour of this local charity who do such good work in the community and we hope we can raise much needed funds to further their work, said Josie Williams, Festival Chair and Community Arts Development Officer at Commonweal School.

TWIGS – Therapeutic Work In Gardening in Swindon – is one of Swindon’s hidden gems. Tucked away in Cheney Manor industrial estate is an oasis of peace and tranquillity with a strong sense of purpose. Next door, in Manor Garden Centre, the Olive Tree Café is celebrating its fifth birthday and its continuing success. Both TWIGS and the Olive Tree give people with mental health difficulties the chance to recover and grow; to learn new skills in horticulture and catering; to restore confidence and belief in themselves. Every year one in four of us will experience some form of mental health problem – for some it may happen only once, for others it can be a lifelong problem. These two projects make a difference to people’s lives; they help to reduce the stigma of mental illness and make recovery a reality.

TWIGS is open to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am 3.30 when plants etc are for sale. The Spring Open Day is on 17 April.

“Friends of Twigs is a registered charity which supports TWIGS and the Olive Tree cafe both practically and financially. Over the years, we have helped pay for additional staffing costs, launching the café, certificated training, garden and catering equipment, development of new themed gardens, seeds, plants, craft materials and tools, amongst many other things. We are now looking for funds to further develop the kitchen garden – a joint TWIGS/ café project – and are absolutely delighted to have been chosen as the Old Town Festival charity,” said Liza Lishman, Friends of Twigs trustee (treasurer)

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CRAFT FAYRE LIVE MUSIC BUBBLE HEADLINERS: FOOTBALL GET CARTER TUG OF WAR DOG SHOW in association BEER AND with Drove Vets CIDER FESTIVAL Subject to changes

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GET INVOLVED The Parish Council is looking for football teams, tug of war teams, musicians, community groups, volunteers, sponsors and more…

If you are interested in participating in our Festival then we want to hear from you!

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SUNDAY’S LINE UP INCLUDES: Stratton St Margaret

Parish Council FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

VARIETY OF LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES Subject to changes

Stratton St Margaret Parish Council

SMALL CHARGES MAY APPLY TO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR CHAIRMAN’S CHARITY

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Saturday 11th June, the Lawn Let’s Sing: a medley of popular choirs perform in the Commonweal Performing Arts Marquee.

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1.30 – Thebigsingthing 2.00pm - U3A 2.25pm - Swindon Cooperative Ladies Choir 2.50pm - Swindon Choral Society 3.15pm - Crescendo Choir 3.40pm - The Pewsey Belles 4.05pm - Great Western Harmony 4.30pm - Blue Notes 4.55pm - Cirencester Male Voice Choir 5.20pm - thebigsingthing Line Dancing Party 7pm in the Commonweal Performing Arts Marquee

Yee-haa! Come and join us in the Commonweal Marquee for a night of fun! Line dancing will be delivered by Kathleen Goddard who has 20 years experience. Tickets £10 which includes hog roast and a welcome glass of punch. Prize for the best dressed cowboy and cowgirl. Licensed bar and raffle.

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Old Town Festival - Opening Ceremony Wood Street Old Town Sunday June 12th 2015 - 10:00 - 12:00 noon 10 - 10.30am - Kathy Hobson and Graham Davison – Smith, Kentwood soloists will perform a pot-pourri of your favourite songs.

10 - 10.30am - Commonweal Street Theatre.

10.30 - 10.45am - Swing Out Swindon Dance Demo.

11am - Speeches by Festival Chair Josie Williams, Festival Patron Sheila Harrod and MP for South Swindon Robert Buckland.

11.15am - The Parade leaves the Lawn and proceeds along Wood Street, Devizes Road, Newport Street and back to Lawn.

Fairy tale princesses will be in Wood Street from 10am to meet the children, so why not say hello and have your photo taken.

Parade organised by Katie Langan

Lawn Family Fun Day Sunday 12th June 12 – 10.30pm Fun Fair, Dog Show, Scouts 12th Swindon (Old Town) Climbing Wall, Food Outlets, Stalls, Knight School, Community Acts, Commonweal School Mini Fete, Music and Family fun for all !

Commonweal Performing Arts Marquee 12th June 12.30 – 5pm 12.30pm - Kelly Marie’s Dance & Fitness Demo 12.50pm - Danzone 1.10pm - Hot Steppers 1.30pm - Kitty Langan Studio 1.50pm - Miss Kel’s Dance Academy 2.10pm - Romanska School of Dance 2.30pm - Energetix Academy 2.50pm - Judith Hockaday School of Dance 3.10pm - Stagecoach Troupes 3.30pm - Julie Scott Academy 3.50pm - Commonweal School Performing Arts Academy

105.5 Acoustic Stage 12th June 12.30 – 5.30pm Situated next to the Drove Vets Dog Show by the little church in Lawn.

Compered by Shirley Ludford the voice of Swindon Radio 105.5 12.30pm - Caz & Tom 1.30pm - Chord En Bleu ladies barbershop quartet 2.30pm - Onyx 3.30pm - Macca & Dan 4.30pm - Jamie J Hawkins Bands in the Commonweal Marquee 5.30pm – 10.30pm. Compered by Little Miss Dynamite 5.30pm - Folk Law 6.30pm - Old Town Ukes 7.30pm - Andy & John 8.00pm - Nick Weaver featuring Josie Williams 8.30pm - Barrelhouse 9.30pm - Tony M

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The College of Chivalry The College of Chivalry are already sharpening their swords, painting their shields and taking aim with their arrows in preparation for the fantastic events held in the Lawn on Sunday 12th June for this year’s Old Town Festival.

We will be dazzling the crowds with the clash of steel, the crack of the bow and the screams of excitement as one Knight reveals himself to be the greatest of them all.

This year we will be offering a range of different activities at the festival.

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Train to be a Knight - Learn how to sword fight with our sword masters, using the wooden swords and progressing to true steels.

Have a go archery - Try your luck at releasing arrows against our targets (Could you be the next Robin Hood?)

Sharp Cutting demonstration - see how our Sharp Swords cut through the different containers.

Tournament Fights - Come scream and shout and support your favourite Knight as they do battle in a tournament, ending in the grand melee.

The College have become involved with the Old Town Festival to bring colour, excitement and entertainment to the festival as well as provide education as to life in the Middle Ages.

We are a local re-enactment group based by Roves Farm and have provided displays for different schools and events and it will be great to see some of these children again at the festival.

We are looking forward to the parade again this year, our banners are prepared our armour being polished and our tabards cleaned. We call on everyone who witnesses the parade to look out for the family crests of the knights and shout to support them as they slowly clank their way through Old Town to the Lawn where they will run their tournament style combats throughout the day at half hour intervals.

For more information about the college please go to our website www.collegeofchivalry.com Join our facebook page ‘College of Chivalry Open group.’ or follow us on Instagram ‘collegeofchivalry’ and lastly email Chris Fox fantasticmrfox@hotmail.co.uk

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WANTED Dogs of all shapes & sizes Scruffy, Posh, Young & Old For our Fun Dog Show.

Run & sponsored by Drove Vets

The Lawn Sunday June 12th 2016 12:00 noon

10 very different classes which will include something for ‘all dogs’ to enter, rosettes & fabulous prizes for 1st - 4th places in each class, with a Best in Show final to finish, but all entrants will get a stunning rosette to take home, so no one will leave us empty ‘Pawed !!

(Classes listed below)

New for 2016

Old Town Festival are looking for Swindon’s Dog Superstar!

Swindon 105.5 in conjunction with Old Town Festival & Drove Vets have been on a mission, & over the last couple of months we have been looking for dogs who can sing, dance or do tricks !

The 6 Finalists will be judged ‘Live’ on the Swindon 105.5 Stage at Old Town Festival.

They say never work with animals or children … so who knows what could happen on the day, but sure there will be lots of laughs & fun for everyone!

This exciting new event follows the ever popular dog show, where 10 classes are on offer to the Dogs of Swindon.

Class 1 - 12.30pm Glamourous Girlie for female dogs Class 2 - 12.50pm Loveable Lad for male dogs Class 3 - 1.10pm Puppy Love for Pups under 6 months Class 4 – 1..30pm Adorable Adolescent for dogs 6 months – 2 years Class 5 - 1.50pm Sensational Senior for dogs over 7 years Class 6 - 2.10pm Marvellous Mutt for dogs of mixed breed Class 7 - 2.30pm Best Child Handler for Children under 16 years Class 8 - 2.50pm Remarkable Rescue Class 9 - 3.10pm Fabulous Family Dog Class 10 -3.30pm Happiest Hound All 10 Class Winners will go on to be judged for Best in Show Entries Open at 11.30am Please arrive 30 minutes before your class time – Thank You

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HEALTH & FITNESS ZONE Sunday 12th June

Why don’t you and your family come along and take part in the activities, and meet a wide range of experienced tutors and specialist practitioners.

CYCLING Sky Rides: Talk to ride leaders about British Cycling “Sky Rides” and other local guided rides this summer Go Ride: Have a go at “Go Ride” - a fun cycling course to test the skills of younger riders (Please bring your own bike) HEALTH AMBASSADORS Health Check and advice point staffed by Swindon Borough Council specialist Lifestyle staff. You may be able to arrange follow up one to one advice sessions.

SHAK YOGA Inspiring tutors offering advice on Yoga as the complete body - mind workout.

Free demo classes will also be held.

NUTRITIONALI HEALTHY Chat to a highly qualified Nutritional Therapist about programmes to suit your needs - weight management, PCOS, diabetes, high blood pressure, inflammation, digestive complaints, hormonal problems, skin problems and tiredness.

THE CORE Serving delicious, fresh juices and smoothies. You can also discuss starting a “Juice programme” to boost your health.

TRAVEL CHOICES Come along to the Swindon Borough Council “Travel Choices” stand and find out about healthy forms of active transport including walking and cycling. Find out about local walking and cycling groups and routes WOOD STREET WELL BEING Range of Wellbeing taster sessions and the chance to talk to experienced therapists about what they have to offer and how they can perhaps help you.

LETHBRIDGE 10K RUN

Lethbridge 10K Wednesday 15th June The Lethbridge 10k is an annual 10k running road race, organised by volunteers from the Friends Of Lethbridge Primary School in order to raise money for the school.

This popular fun run starts at Croft Sports Centre at 7.30pm.

Old Town Festival 2016 Organ Recital with Piano recital by Paul Turner Tuesday 14 June 1-2pm, Refreshments from 12noon inc licensed bar Christ Church, Cricklade St, Old Town, Swindon, SN1 3HB Tickets £5 from Rays Ice Cream, Devizes Road, on the door or online from WWW.TICKETSOURCE.CO.UK

Music

Composer

Instrument

Performer

Duet Suite Denis Bedard Organ / Piano

Tim Eyles Nicoleta Ivascu

Sonata in F Major

Mozart

Piano

Nicoleta Ivascu

Fugue in E flat BWV552

JS Bach

Organ

Tim Eyles

Etude no 11, op 72

Moszkowski

Piano

Nicoleta Ivascu

Crown Imperial

Walton

Organ

Richard Sutcliffe

Sortie in E flat

Lefébure-Wély

Organ

Tim Eyles

Tim Eyles is Director of Music at Christ Church Swindon and a freelance teacher of piano and organ.

Richard Sutcliffe was until recently Director of Music at St Mark’s Church Swindon.

Nicoleta Ivascu is a Romanian piano student studying at Trinity College of Music in London.

Old Town Festival 2016 - Ten Bridges to Old Town Walk Tuesday 14 June, 6 - 8.30pm

A special Old Town Festival event organised as part of Swindon 175. Swindon 175 celebrates the 175 years since Brunel founded the Railway Works in 1841 and triggered the development of the then New Swindon. The event is supported by the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust.

A guided 3.6 mile walk with great views of the countryside to the south and west of Old Town. A range of different features will be pointed out and discussed including “Jurassic age” geology, industrial archaeology, social history and engineering.

The guided walk will explore the old railway line south of Old Town, the developments at East and Middle Wichel, and the new section of the Wilts & Berks canal. We will view a surprising number and variety of bridges. The bridges involve lots of different transport methods - canals, railways, roads (large and small), buses, a cycle track and footpaths. Some are old, some are new.

Walk details

The route is along tracks and pavements, but muddy in places. Bring sensible shoes, warm clothing, and waterproofs if it looks showery.

Baker Street pub Wood Street, Old Town

14th June 2016 - Free entry Music 8pm-10.30pm ( Doors 7pm) • • • • •

Erica Lyons Quartet Erica Lyons - Double Bass Gethin Liddington - Trumpet Richard West ( Piano) Greg Evans (Drums)

A night of Swinging Jazz Standards from a Welsh Quartet led by Double Bass extrodinaire Erica Lyons and featuring former trumpeter of Keith Tippett’s Big Band, Gethin Liddington

Meet at bus stop in Newport Street, outside the Co-op, by 6 pm, in time for briefing and to catch the 18.09 pm Bus (Thamesdown Transport, Service No. 15) to East Wichel. Alternatively, meet 6.20pm at the Bayberry pub, East Wichel, SN1 7AP. Dogs welcome, but must be supervised. Not suitable for pushchairs.

Charge for the walk - £3.50 for adults. Children free. Bus fare in addition (£2.00 adult, £1.30 child, single).

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Bowl Pop & Rock Concert in The Bowl, Town Gardens from 12 – 10.30pm.

Compered by Shirley Ludford the voice of Swindon 105 and festival chair Josie Williams. Free entry, but there will be a collection for our chosen charity TWIGS. 12pm Interlight play a wide range of songs from 60s to modern day. Check them out www.facebook.com/interlightband/timeline.

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3pm The Brit Pop Boys play all your favourites from bands such as Shed 7, Stereophonics to Cast. www.britpopboys.com 4pm The Ruff Diamond Band Celebrating the music of one of the world’s leading singer/songwriters, Ruff Diamond are a 6 piece Neil Diamond tribute band performing his best loved songs including “I’m A Believer”, “Sweet Caroline”, “Red, Red Wine”, “Love On The Rocks”, “I Am, I Said” and many more. A great night’s entertainment to get you singing and dancing. http://youtu.be/PAFP3vJUG08 5pm Mike Barham expect to hear melodic and yet edgy songs on subjects ranging from giving up cider to Nintendo 64, with the occasional more personal track thrown in for good measure. All delivered with humour and humility.

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GREASE IS THE WORD FOR NEW YOUTH PROJECT SPONSOR The Wyvern Theatre have announced that local creative services company Screaming Media will be the new sponsor for this year’s Summer Youth Project production of Grease.

Theatre Marketing Manager Laura James said; “I am delighted that Screaming Media have agreed to come on board with us as sponsors of this year’s Summer Youth Project. We have worked together quite a bit over the last year, and Screaming won the contract to produce our 2015 Pantomime Programme which we were thrilled with. We are so excited about this year’s production of Grease, it’s set to be our best yet so it’s brilliant to have the support of a great sponsor.”

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The aim of Summer Youth Project is to provide up to 250 local young people, aged 9 – 21, with the opportunity to work together in a professional theatre.

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Grease follows ten working-class teenagers from Rydell High School as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values and a side of Summer Lovin’!

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