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Number Sixty Nine Spring 2017 INSIDE THIS ISSUE TYTHERINGTON COLLABORATION Digital DEstination CANAL DEvELOpmENT FEsTIvAL NEws HAIRspray - TwO FOR ONE! Issue 69 Spring 2017 NAME THE LAMB Letter from the eDITOR The lambing season is underway, Name the Lamb; just let Helen or The Spring issue sees us working and Helen Sheldon and Chris Chris know, and they will mark it, again with students in year 7 (12 Thompson will be launching and email/Facebook you a picture year olds) at Tytherington School ‘Name the Lamb’ once again. of it/them with their mother. In who have produced some very return they ask that you donate interesting articles for you to read a minimum of £5 to the charity. (please see centre pages). They want this year to be another fantastic success, and look forward The students have written and edited to naming lots of lambs for you. their articles, designed a mock-up of their pages, visited Bollington Helen Sheldon / Chris Thompson. Printshop and even delivered some of the magazines. Its great to see the enthusiasm of youth! To name your lamb, visit: In this issue we are encouraged to https://www.justgiving.com/ They are raising money for Prostate ‘Name a Lamb’ in aid of Prostate fundraising/Namethelamb, Cancer UK – I am waiting in Cancer UK. When lambing begins or call 01625 260186 to anticipation to see a field full of lambs - first ones usually arrive by 20 donate cash with names on them! Joining a choir, February - you are invited to learning French and looking after your teeth are also covered within this issue. Thank you to the local who dropped a letter into the Printshop about a COMPETITION TIME recent article – we will answer it – unfortunately the article’s author is away at the moment. If you have any comments, ideas, complaints or even compliments for the team, please email me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you. Do you have an artistic streak? Can you help us redesign our mast head? (That’s the bit running along the top of each page.) In particular we are looking for a new ‘White Nancy’ or something representative of Bollington. The one used now was originally based on a freehand drawing, before being set in print by Simon at the Printshop. Please drop your sketches in at Bollington Printshop or email any ideas to: [email protected] Matt Wray Date for next copy: 19 May 2017 Editor �������������������� Annette Hurst [email protected] Bollington Live! is published three times a year on a non- Design & Layout ... Simon Nottage profitmaking basis, with free distribution to households in the Editorial Team ������� Sandy Milsom, Janet Beech, Kevin Cass town� Under the editorial banner of “Bollington Live! - A voice Hannah Atkin, Simon Nottage, Mark Stedman, for everyone” we aim to promote local concerns� The Editor Ken Edwards, Kate Gooding cannot be held responsible for the opinion of contributors, the Advertising ����������� Mark Stedman (01625 575227) accuracy of the events listings, or the content of external websites Michele Leigh (01625 572953) referred to within this magazine� [email protected] Bollington Live! is an independent publication, published in association with Bollington Arts Centre & Bollington Civic Society� Distribution........... Janet Beech (01625 574618) [email protected] The copyright of all articles and images submitted remain with the respective owner(s) and all submissions are reproduced with Printed ������������������ Bollington Printshop (01625 574828) grateful thanks� No part of Bollington Live! may be reproduced Illustrations ��������Matthew Wray in any form without the express permission of the editor� Events .................Vicki Cooper [email protected] Back Issues: www.happy-valley.org.uk/live YOUR TEAM Cover photograph: WHITE NANCY - Digital Original by Jude Park 4 EXPERIENCIAL TALES many layers of history that make up the town and engage with our the rich fabric of Bollington through storytelling objects; as people walk recording people’s stories of life in in front of these objects, the stories the town. will be played aloud for all to hear. Led by anthropologist Zak Tanamli The public exhibition will take place (www.zaktanamli.com) and from 2 to 4 June, with a family event artist duo One Five West (www. on 3 June from 12 noon to 3pm at onefivewest.com ), we are currently the Bollington Arts Centre. working with the Bridgend Centre We are calling out for Bollington who have put us in touch with residents to get in touch and share some lifelong Bollingtonians who their stories and experiences of life have already shared their memories in Bollington over the years. We with us. are interested in hearing about The project is supported by a grant how things have changed, as well for One Five West from Innovate as what has stayed the same. We UK, the UK’s leading innovation would love to hear your special agency. This grant is to support One memories about events like the Five West, who are working at the Bollington Festival or funny little Everyone has a story to tell, and forefront of art and technology. experiences you have had in the Bollington has plenty – we want to town – no contribution is too great The overall aim is to create an hear yours! or small. interactive public art exhibition that We are looking to reach out to the To be part of this will use specialist technology to Please don’t be shy and get in touch project, tel Zac on: people of Bollington to discover the allow the audience to explore and 0792981657 or Zak Tanamli stories of the town that are important email ztanamli@ learn about the community and to them and to give them new life. gmail.com history of the town. The audience We are aiming to delve under the will be encouraged to walk around BOLLINgTON FESTIvAL 2019 Plans for the Bollington Festival were kicked off in style at the the line!) I would really like to be part of this amazing community Poachers Inn in January. event� Ideas and beer flowed freely after it was announced that the dates My first involvement with the Festival came in 2014 when I organised for the Festival will be 10th to 27th May 2019. It was a great a sell-out circus at St John’s School as part of the Festival� After opportunity for everyone to meet the committee and helping Jon Beck blow up numerous balloons on the welcome our new Fundraising Coordinator, Betsie Atax Field after the parade, I think my fate was sealed� Dixon. Jon invited me to join the Festival Committee and I soon found myself as the newly appointed Fundraising INTRODuCING...... Coordinator� The task to raise sufficient funds to get the Festival off the ground is enormous but I have seen BETsIE DIxON how the community has pulled together for previous “When I moved to Bollington, from Australia, with my festivals and supported the pre-festival fundraising husband, in December 2005, we knew we had landed events� I have no doubt we will do it again� in a great spot� We fell in love with this village and Hence my invitation to local businesses, schools, although many say you are never a ‘real’ Bollingtonian community groups and individuals to contact us if you were not born here, we felt right at home and should you like to get involved in this pre-festival found the village a friendly and welcoming place� fundraising process and help us once again put on a Bollington delivered everything one could ask from spectacular Bollington Festival�“ a village with its active Arts Centre, great little library, fantastic You can support the Festival directly by joining our 100 Club (for Leisure Centre, eateries and pubs to suit any taste ... and then I the chance to win cash prizes) or become a Festival Friend. In encountered the 2009 Bollington Festival� I was completely bowled the meantime, keep an eye out for our programme of fundraising over by this inspiring event and to learn it was made possible with events. Your Festival 2019 needs you! the hard work and commitment of volunteers! I decided then that once my time was my own again (we had a lovely daughter along [email protected] Jon Beck 5 PAuL KERRySON Quite a number of you might The production coming to Buxton know Paul by sight around the Opera House in October will be village as he walks his Irish Terrier part of another year-long tour of Malachy a couple of times a day Hairspray directed by Paul – who around our beautiful countryside. is responsible for the auditions and casting, which took place in Some of you were more surprised London in January; the set design to see him at recent performances and costumes; working with at Buxton Opera House where the choreographer; and finally, he has been appointed Executive directing the show. Rehearsals for Director. He reports to the Board Hairspray start in July in London and is responsible for everything and the cast has just three weeks to from the programme and staff to the The cast arrive at the theatre at learn the entire show, before three roof repairs. Paul told me: ‘A large 5pm and have a chance to check days of technical rehearsals, getting out the stage, and then the show used to the real stage and set, at the starts at 7.30pm that night. Paul is opening venue, Wales Millennium at the new venue every Monday to Centre in Cardiff. check the show is in tip-top order, The set designer has the plans for all to sort out any issues and to brief the theatres to be visited to make the cast on their performances in sure the set fits on each stage.