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Thank You to Everyone Who Came Along to Our Fourth Senior Schools’ Fair on Saturday
Thank you to everyone who came along to our fourth Senior Schools’ Fair on Saturday. You answered the invitation to attend with customary Hazelwood enthusiasm and we were delighted to welcome over 220 parents to the event. It was lovely too to be able to welcome a growing number of families from outside of the immediate Hazelwood family to the Sports Hall, fulfilling the intent of making it a local community event. The 35 schools who came along were both impressed and bowled over by the turnout and the professional way in which the Fair was staged. They all said that it was one of the best that they attend (and some of them attend quite a few!) They were also all full of praise for the five Year 8 pupils who were asked to be on hand to help with the smooth running of the morning. From carrying cups of tea and coffee, to amassing a good stock of brochures to aid with future parent meetings on Senior School choice, to capturing the event on camera, Izzy, Francesca, Archie, Jack and Charlie were fabulous. They did not stop all morning and carried out their requested duties with a smile, presenting themselves as impeccable ambassadors for the school. They were part of the buzz which filled the Sports Hall from the moment the doors opened to the last dying minutes during which we had to usher the remaining parents to their cars! It was a hugely positive event and one which set an optimistic tone for the rest of my weekend. -
The Dublin Gate Theatre Archive, 1928 - 1979
Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Northwestern University Libraries Dublin Gate Theatre Archive The Dublin Gate Theatre Archive, 1928 - 1979 History: The Dublin Gate Theatre was founded by Hilton Edwards (1903-1982) and Micheál MacLiammóir (1899-1978), two Englishmen who had met touring in Ireland with Anew McMaster's acting company. Edwards was a singer and established Shakespearian actor, and MacLiammóir, actually born Alfred Michael Willmore, had been a noted child actor, then a graphic artist, student of Gaelic, and enthusiast of Celtic culture. Taking their company’s name from Peter Godfrey’s Gate Theatre Studio in London, the young actors' goal was to produce and re-interpret world drama in Dublin, classic and contemporary, providing a new kind of theatre in addition to the established Abbey and its purely Irish plays. Beginning in 1928 in the Peacock Theatre for two seasons, and then in the theatre of the eighteenth century Rotunda Buildings, the two founders, with Edwards as actor, producer and lighting expert, and MacLiammóir as star, costume and scenery designer, along with their supporting board of directors, gave Dublin, and other cities when touring, a long and eclectic list of plays. The Dublin Gate Theatre produced, with their imaginative and innovative style, over 400 different works from Sophocles, Shakespeare, Congreve, Chekhov, Ibsen, O’Neill, Wilde, Shaw, Yeats and many others. They also introduced plays from younger Irish playwrights such as Denis Johnston, Mary Manning, Maura Laverty, Brian Friel, Fr. Desmond Forristal and Micheál MacLiammóir himself. Until his death early in 1978, the year of the Gate’s 50th Anniversary, MacLiammóir wrote, as well as acted and designed for the Gate, plays, revues and three one-man shows, and translated and adapted those of other authors. -
Baby & Toddler Activities
BABY & TODDLER ACTIVITIES If you have any information about other activities, or if any of the information here is wrong, then please email [email protected] Some of these activities are free, some suggested donations and some do charge (indicated by £) UPDATED OCT 2012 NCT Postnatal courses – contact PSA on 0844 2436916 Leatherhead & Dorking Gymnastics Club, classes from 18 months 01372 377718 Swimming at Dorking Leisure Centre. Classes from 4 months, 01306 870185 Bonding with Baby offers baby massage and baby yoga classes in 6 wkly terms, contact Kati on 07752321471 or email [email protected] Day Activity Venue Time Contact MON am Nappuccino (3rd Mon of month) Burgundy & Black, St Martins Walk Dorking 10-11.30 Zoe email: [email protected] Tiddlywinks Baptist Chapel, Paper Mews, Dorking 10-11.45 Anna 01737 844916 Tumble Tots £ North Holmwood Village Hall 9.30/10.25/11.15 Gill 01372 273649 Drop-in (under 5’s) Dorking Rural Children’s Centre, Goodwyns Rd 10-12 01306 740095 Socatots £ Dorking Leisure Centre 9.30/10.30 Frank 07980 834030 Rugbytots £ Dorking Leisure Centre 10/10.45 0845 3133242 Tinytalk £ St Joseph’s Church Hall, Dorking 10.15-11.15 Katherine 07599 551882 Jingle Ring Baby&Toddler Music£ Dunottar School, in the Ballroom, Reigate 9.30-10.30 Donna Read 01737 761945 MON pm Tots in Sport £ Leatherhead Leisure Centre 3.30-4 (3-5yrs) Jannine 01474 854313 4-4.30 (2-3yrs) Fun in the Foam £ Leatherhead & Dorking Gymnastics Club, 12/1/2/3 (45min 01372 377718 Leatherhead session) TUES am Baby Group Brockham -
The Future of Fairfield Halls
THE FUTURE OF FAIRFIELD HALLS Sean Creighton, Norbury resident, historian, and Co-ordinator of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Network A discussion contribution by Sean FRED SCOTT, CROYDON PIANIST, ON WORKING WITH FH FH has always been co-operative in allowing me to book events there focused on performances involving local young artists across genres of music. ‘Soundpractice has staged events including lunchtime concerts, pre-concert foyer performances and events for last year's Coleridge-Taylor Festival. This last especially was a great forum for young people to perform; some students of mine were able to have premiered a piece they had written around SCT, also involving LMP in the performance. Last November saw local Youth Theatre Company Studio 74 give the first performance in Ashcroft Theatre of a new musical by Stella Coussell (South London composer) called 'Song for the World', based around the life of SCT, a further performance for BHM 2013 is currently being arranged. in addition, Soundpractice has been able to put on concerts as fund-raisers for Skeletal Cancer Action Trust, some of these have featured people affected by that disease. More of these concerts are planned for 2014. There will be a series of concerts in Spring 2014 which will raise funds for SCAT, involving a celebration of the 80th birthday of eminent British composer, and South London resident, Justin Connolly, who will also be performing himself. Future concerts in 2014 will also include prominent international artists in recital who bring their considerable following to Croydon. Included in current planning is to stage a major international-reach multi-genre music festival culminating in a collaboration to find instrumentalists, composers and conductors of excellence. -
Fairfield Collection Flyer
THE Our Exhibitions FA IRFIELD at Museum of Croydon COLLECTION Fairfield Collection exhibition The Fairfield Collection exhibition showcases objects, archive material and on display in the Croydon Now people’s memories from the Fairfield Halls, alongside artwork inspired by the Gallery on the first floor Halls made by children from Park Hill Junior School. A specially commissioned film about the Fairfield Collection project is also available to view. Art of Fairfield on display in the Exhibition Gallery Many of the items on display were removed from the venue prior to its closure on the ground floor for refurbishment in July 2016. Next to Croydon Central Library The oral histories included in the exhibition capture the memories of audience members, staff, volunteers, performers and the wider community. Museum of Croydon They were collected as part of FAB Croydon’s Heritage Lottery funded Croydon Clocktower project, to preserve the history of Fairfield Halls and celebrate the on-going Katherine Street role it plays in the spirit and identity of Croydon. Croydon CR9 1ET Highlights of the exhibition include a bust of Sir Arthur Davison, Fairfield’s own Town Crier uniform, an Evening Standard Award presented to Dame Tuesday - Saturday Peggy Ashcroft, and the signature book signed initially by Her Majesty the 10.30am - 5pm Queen Mother, followed by many of the performers at the venue. thefairfieldcollection.co.uk UNTIL SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2017 FREE ENTRY Artwork inspired by the Ashcroft Theatre Safety Curtain by children from Park Hill Junior School is on display in the Croydon Now Gallery. This piece by Nishika 4M. -