Bloomsday programme

Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration From the famous novel Ulysses by James Joyce.

Leopold Bloom’s day on 16 June 1904 is recreated in Melbourn Village James Joyce novelist and poet is considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His best-known novel Ulysses published in 1922 is ‘a day in the life of Leopold Bloom’ & – Outdoor 16 Free Events* Indoor it is also so much more!

Across Melbournbut The story begins around *Cost : Free but Donation to WaterAid Welcomed

16 June 2015

Please wear full or partial period clothing of any kind or simply “Come as you are”

Witness • Experience • Participate

Sculptor of James Joyce in North Earl Street, Dublin by Marjorie Fitzgibbon.

Start Early – Finish Late

Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration Programme James Joyce novelist and poet is considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His best-known novel Ulysses published in 1922 is ‘a day in the life of Leopold Bloom’ – but it is also so much more!

The story begins around 8.00am on the 16th June 1904 in Dublin and follows a series of incidents and encounters by Bloom an advertising salesman. His life is intertwined with many others as he makes his way around the City visiting the butchers, the post office, the Church, library, attending the funeral of a friend and even having lunch at a pub!

Event 1

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Event 3

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Event 5

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Start 9.45 ­ Finish 10.00

Reading & Re-enactment (Cost Free)*

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Bloom Visits and Pays Respect to Melbourn’s Valued Older Residents at Moorlands Court, The Moor.

An Entertainment: Readings; Dance; Songs & Live Music of the Period Specially Created for Moorlands’ Residents and their friends, family members and invited guests. (Cost Free)*

Start 8.10 ­ Finish 9.30

Start 8.20 ­ Finish 8.30

Start 8.30 ­ Finish 8.45

Start 8.30 ­ Finish 8.45

Start 10.00 ­ Finish 11.00

Bloomsday Breakfast with Leopold and Molly Bloom at their Home, 7 Eccles Street (Front Lawn, The Maples, 52 Orchard Road) • Reading; Re-enactment; Live music of the period performed throughout • Bloom walks from his home to buy breakfast ingredients (in The Co-Op and Leeches) • Molly Bloom, a concert singer, waits alone and sings • Bloom returns and cooks breakfast for himself, Molly and their cat • Bloomsday Launch by Bob Tulloch, Chair, Melbourn Parish Council. All present served cooked sausages and kidneys (Cost: Free)* Bloom Buys his Breakfast Ingredients at The Co-Op

Reading & Re-enactment (Cost: Free)*

Bloom buys his breakfast ingredients at Leeches

Reading & Re-enactment (Cost: Free)*

Bloom stands at the forecourt of South Cambs Motors and observes

Reading & Re-enactment: the opening scenes of Ulysses (Cost: Free)*

Bloom Buys a Newspaper at Premier Stores

Contact: Moorlands: 01763 260564

Event 7 Simply turn up Start 11.00 ­ Finish 12.00

Bloom Visits a Bloomsday Coffee Morning Concert at URC Community Hall, Orchard Road Readings; Dance; Live Classical Music and Popular Songs of the Period (Cost Free)*

Event 8

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Start 12.00 ­ Finish 2.00

Bloom Enjoys a Bloomsday Lunch at The Black Horse, Orchard Road Experience Bloom’s famous lunch “gorgonzola cheese with burgundy”.

Readings and live music of the period. (Entry: Free*. All profits go to WaterAid) Contact The Black Horse: 01763 262136

Event 9

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Start 2.00 ­ Finish 2.15

Bloom Buys a Stamp and Posts a Letter at the Post Office Reading & Re-enactment (Cost: Free)*

Event 10 Simply turn up Start 2.20 ­ Finish 2.35

Bloom Collects a Prescription and Buys “a bar of lemony soap” in The Co-Op Pharmacy Reading & Re-enactment (Cost: Free)*

Event 11

Bloom Checks a Newspaper Advertisement in the Hub Library Reading & Re-enactment (Cost: Free)*

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Start 2.45 ­ Finish 3.00

Event 12 Simply turn up Start 3.00 ­ Finish 4.00

Bloom Calls into the Hub’s Bookmark Café for Tea Readings; Live Music of the Period; A Re-enactment: with Bloom subjected to an anti-semitic attack; Also a “T for Tolerance Tea Break” with Melbourn’s moral leadership representatives from the elected civic and religious denomination fields. (Cost: Free)*

Event 13 Simply turn up Start 4.00 ­ Finish 4.20

Bloom Attends the Funeral of a Friend Reading, Re-enactment & Live Music: Bloom arrives at the deceased’s home 25 Hale Close and the coffin is carried to the nearby hearse of Jeremy Rule Funeral Service and driven away. (Cost: Free)*

Event 14 Simply turn up Start 4.30 ­ Finish 5.00

Bloom Attends the Funeral of a Friend Reading, Re-enactment & Live Music: Bloom arrives at the gates of Orchard Road Cemetery and the coffin is removed from the hearse of Jeremy Rule Funeral Service and brought in procession to the graveside for burial (Cost: Free)*

Event 15 Simply turn up Start 7.15 ­ Finish 9.00

Bloom Attends the “Inaugural Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration Lecture” at Melbourn Village College Lecture Title: “James Joyce’s Ulysses: A Great Modern Novel and its Everyman Hero Leopold Bloom”.

Lecturer: Dr Jeremy Noel-Tod, Lecturer in Literature & Creative Writing, School of Literature, Drama & Creative Writing, University of East Anglia.

Contact: MVC: 01763 223400 to assist seating

Event 16 Simply turn up Start 9.00 ­ Finish late

Bloom Attends the “Close of Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration Party” at The Black Horse, Orchard Road Good food; real ales; readings from Ulysses, live music and pleasant songs from the Joycean period, plus warm conversation in comfortable surroundings. Say goodbye to Leopold Bloom.

(Entry: Free*. All profits go to WaterAid).

Contact: The Black Horse: 01763 262136

*Cost : Free but Donation to WaterAid Welcomed

A Message and Warm Greetings to all attending Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration Events Prepare to celebrate. Have fun with friends and neighbours. Enjoy the various events across Melbourn and most importantly: Make a donation and support the fantastic work being done by WaterAid! Join me and do join in the Bloomsday spirit of fun - please wear full or partial period clothing of any kind or simply “Come as you are”.

Every good wish and I look forward to seeing you out and about in Melbourn on Bloomsday 16 June.

Bob Tulloch, Chair Melbourn Parish Council

Sculpture of James Joyce beside his grave at Fluntern cemetery in Zurich.

Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration Group Reading Director Eirwen Karner

Re-enactment Director Hugh Pollock

Music Directors Naomi Brind Adrian Brind

promoting • fun & enlightenment - but mostly fun • culture in Melbourn & civilized values everywhere We are a Free and Not for Profit Group.

All proceeds go to the long-established English charity WaterAid (Reg Charity No 288701).

It provides access to clean water in desperately poor communities which do not have clean water.

Melbourn Bloomsday Celebration Group is pleased to acknowledge and thank: • TTP Group and Melbourn Parish Council for financial sponsorship • Peter Simmonett for graphic layout and design • Melbourn Village College, Melbourn Magazine, Jeremy Rule Funeral Service and The Langham Press for other practical supports • All persons and institutions identified in our Programme of Events.

Information: Hugh Pollock, Group Co-ordinator: 01763 260253; hugh.m.pollock@gmail.com