Extended Exhibitions

1st - 30th Oct Lamarsh “Remote Places” – a small exhibition of Programme of amateur photos by Janet Penfold, taken on her walking holidays in different parts Events of the world. 10am - 4pm Mon 30th Sept 7pm Opening service with Bishop Stephen of th th , featuring a special peal of bells and 2 choirs 30 Sept - 30 Oct Belchamp St Paul Wed 2nd Oct Lamarsh 3pm Accordion music from France, Scotland and other Photo & Art Exhibition “Celebrating the countries, played by Derek Chappell. natural world” – a diverse exhibition of Thurs 3rd Oct amateur photos, paintings, pottery and Alphamstone 2pm Teddy Bears Picnic – storytelling and singing for batik by Belchamp St Paul residents children of Pebmarsh School to include blessing of the bears 10am - 4pm Liston 6pm Bat talk & walk with Bat Group

Fri 4th Oct 7.30pm Concert of well-loved classical music on th th 30 Sept - 30 Oct wind instruments by Stour Winds, 10 local musicians

Belchamp St Paul th th Sat 5 & Sun 6 Oct ‘Memories of the people and places of Henny 10am - 4pm Art & craft exhibition – various arts & crafts the Belchamps” – a display of bygone created by the villagers of Great & Little Henny photos offering a pictorial social history Borley 10am - 4pm Art exhibition staged by the villagers of Borley of the Belchamps and Ovington. th 10am - 4pm Sat 5 Oct Belchamp Walter 11am - 2pm Art, crafts and music events & workshops – learn a song, paint a picture, listen to the Belchamp Walter Singers, sample delights from the lunch club supercooks

Tues 8th Oct 7th - 20th Oct Middleton 6pm Bat talk & walk with Essex Bat Group Alphamstone Lamarsh 7.30pm Concert of ethereal ballads with Lamarsh singer songwriter Flo Davis Social history exhibition – “Memories of Wed 9th Oct the People And Places of Alphamstone” Belchamp St Paul 2pm Belchamp St Paul Primary School Harvest 10am - 4pm Service & art display on the theme Water. Teddy bears picnic and blessing of the bears

Thurs 10th Oct th th Bulmer 1.30pm Bulmer Primary School in concert – poetry and music Sat 19 & Sun 20 Oct on the theme Around the World Bulmer 10am - 4pm Art exhibition – the work of artists & craftspeople Pentlow 7.30pm Poetry and music evening with Canon Peter of Bulmer, plus a display of bricks from the Bulmer Brick & Tile Sandberg on the theme Over the Rainbow (with refreshments) Company Pentlow 10am - 4pm Art & Craft exhibition – Over the Rainbow, a Fri 11th Oct display of art & crafts by the villagers of Pentlow Ovington 7.30pm Talk by Barry Bowyer on "Tales and stories of Wickham St Paul 10am - 4pm Art & Craft exhibition – a display of art Ovington in times gone by" & crafts by the villagers of Wickham St Paul

th Sat 12th Oct Sun 20 Oct Alphamstone 1 - 5pm Display of Tithe records & map Belchamp St Paul 10am - 4pm Music workshop and concert by Belchamp Otten 7.30pm Concert with the Abbot Consort of Voices Sudbury Tenon woodwind & bass group – live rehearsal followed by and the world première of a piece written by Michael Aves especially concert at 3.45pm for the festival Gestingthorpe (Hill Farm) 2pm Talk by Ashley Cooper on unearthing a Romano-British craftsman’s village & villa at Hill Farm Sat 12th & Sun 13th Oct nd Middleton 10am - 4pm (Sunday 10am - 1pm) Middleton’s Got Talent Tues 22 Oct - a mixture of exhibition and demonstrations celebrating the wide Liston 9.30am - 3pm Icons – a display, talk & hands-on workshop with ranging talents of the villagers of Middleton Revd Margaret King (Booking required for workshop – see website)

rd Sun 13th Oct Wed 23 Oct Lamarsh 3pm Talk “On and Off the Roadshow” by Bunny Campione Wickham St Paul 10am Concert & coffee with the Kirk Quartet of the Antiques Roadshow Wickham St Paul 6pm Bell ringing open evening with Ted Laurence Alphamstone Village Hall 7pm Film and talk by Janet Penfold about th th th travels in a tall ship around the Pacific (with cheese and wine) Fri 25 , Sat 26 & Sun 27 Oct Alphamstone 11am - 5pm Art exhibition - bookbinding, paintings, Mon 14th Oct ceramics, and photos by local artists Belchamp St Paul 6pm Bat talk and walk with the Essex Bat Group th Sat 26 Oct Tues 15th Oct Twinstead 2.30 - 4.30pm Spinning demo by Gill Read of the Borley 7.30pm Concert – The Mead Singers sing pieces by Ivor Lavenham Guild of Spinners and Weavers Novello and Gilbert and Sullivan Alphamstone Village Hall 11am - 1.30pm Pumpkin Patch – pumpkin competitions, games & café Wed 16th Oct Alphamstone 7.30pm “Desert Island Discs” with baritone Stephen Lamarsh 7.30pm Rosheen and Cal Finnigan talk about their book Varcoe, interviewed by Andrew Marsden “Letters from the Suitcase”, based on Rosheen’s parents’ wartime th correspondence Sun 27 Oct Fri 18th Oct Twinstead 2.30pm Walking the Labyrinth (meet at Twinstead church) Belchamp St Paul 7.30pm Bell Ringing open evening. Discover the art and science behind this traditional method of summoning the Tues 29th Oct faithful to prayer 10am - 4pm Art & Craft exhibition, to include make and take card making sessions at 11am & 2pm Sat 19th Oct st Twinstead 2pm Wood turning demo by Tina Outhwaite – watch old Fri 1 Nov and rare woods metamorphose into beautiful and useful items Wickham St Paul 7.30pm Festival Finale – Closing service to include Bulmer Village Hall 7pm Film screening of “The River Runs Through Faure’s Requiem sung by the South Stour Churches Festival choir Us” by Ruth Philo & Stuart Bowditch