I know this is a couple of months off, but one for the diary perhaps? 1914-2014 – IN CELEBRATION OF PEACE at The Foxlowe Arts Centre - April 5th & 6th CREATIVE artists from across North Staffordshire and beyond will be marking the 100th anniversary of the Great War with a weekend of events aimed at celebrating peace and reconciliation as a better option than aggression. Singers, songwriters, musicians, artists, writers, poets and performance readers will take part in ‘1914-2014 – In Celebration of Peace’ at Leek’s Foxlowe Arts Centre over the weekend of April 5th and 6th. Saturday April 5 will be a day of music with singarounds and harmony singing workshop in the afternoon led by former Mikron theatre director Janet Russell and an evening concert headlined by Janet who has worked professionally on the folk scene for more than 30 years. Janet will be supported by local artists including The Bird Scarers, Rick Ford, Pete Shirley and Herbs and Leekies. Sunday afternoon will be devoted to the spoken word with readings from Roger Elkin, Pamela Brough Sandiford and Phil Edmeades, a Meet the readers and writers session and films from local and national archives. The evening concert will commence with readings and performances by local poets and writers, The Packhorse Poets, Borderland Voices and Leek Writers ; which will be followed by the premiere of - ‘JOURNEYS - scenes in songs’, images and film - Rick Ford’s new show featuring his own songs performed live with a backdrop of images, archive footage & newsreel, produced in collaboration with Prof Ray Johnson. Jointly organised by Leek Quakers, Foxlowe Arts centre, Foxlowe Sessions, Peace Through Folk and the British Legion, the weekend is intended to celebrate and promote peace, reconciliation and goodwill. Event coordinator Peter Kent-Baguley said: “In the salad days of spring 1914 the wealthy and powerful of the western world were enjoying the comforts and trappings of wealth born out of the industrial revolution and the various empires that stretched around the globe. “Perversely, the most powerful were also blindly talking themselves into war. All across Europe young men eagerly looked forward to the glory of battle and words like trench-warfare, barbed wire and mustard gas were yet to enter the public consciousness. Imagine – if only they had all stopped and thought to give peace a chance.” Other events to fully involve the community – especially young people – are still being added to the programme which will be updated on the Foxlowe website at foxloweartscentre.org.uk Anyone keen to get involved can contact Peace Through Folk on 01538 388418 or 0780 552 9492. Tickets are available from the Foxlowe website foxloweartscentre.org.uk priced £5 for the Saturday afternoon, £8 for the Saturday evening concert and £7 for the Sunday and £7 for the evening performance. A weekend pass - giving access to all events -costs just £12. Under 16s go free. Tickets can also be purchased from the Foxlowe Arts Centre or by telephoning 01538 386112.For more information please contact Peter Kent-Baguley at [email protected] or 07773464626
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:09:03 +0000
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