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SATURDAY 24TH MAY 21ST MAY – 5TH JUNE 2016 www.steyningfestival.co.uk WWW.STEYNINGFESTIVAL.CO.UK WELCOME WELCOME TO STEYNING FESTIVAL 2016! It’s Festival time again and, as always, we have a We have two wonderful new venues this year. packed programme for you with something for Through the kindness and generosity of Dr and all ages and tastes. Some of the old favourites Mrs Richard Boger we are able to hold some return (it wouldn’t be Steyning Festival without events in the atmospheric studio that was used by the Theatre Trails, or the walks on the Downs or the British artist Gluck when she lived at Chantry the fabulous Art Trail) and we have a plethora House. Then on Cuthman’s Field we will have the of star attractions including Craig Charles, Festival Big Top which will be a hive of activity Steve Knightley, Vince Cable, The Comedy Store from morning to night every day throughout the Players (back by popular demand), Frank Gardner, fortnight. As well as providing us with a venue for Alison Weir, Cressida Cowell and our very own many of our events, it will be a place to gather Julia Donaldson. Local talent will feature in a and meet friends over a cup of tea and cake or production of Bedroom Farce by The Steyning glass of wine or local beer and even a cocktail Festival Players and the finals of The Steyning or two. It will also be the setting for some of our Festival Young Dancer of the Year Competition. If ever-popular community events starting with a you missed the amazing 1614 Dance up at Wiston day of Fiesta Latina as we twin ourselves with Rio at the end of the last festival, there is another de Janeiro, host city for the 2016 Olympics, and opportunity to enjoy this wonderful location when ending with a Sussex themed day to celebrate the you will be able to wander round the gardens and Queen’s 90th birthday. discover a medley of entertainment set among the flower beds. Children of all ages will even be able Last festival, there were several complaints that to listen to Simon Brett reading Beatrix Potter with so many exciting things going on it was stories in the vegetable garden. difficult to choose which to go to. When you look through the programme this year, you will realize Children are well catered for during Half Term with that the choice is not going to be any easier this a whole week of activities and events including time. In fact I will personally give a prize to the puppet shows, craft sessions, story times, a person who can come up with a method of being toddlers disco and, of course, The Grufffalo and in more than one place at a time! Whatever you friends. For the older ones there is SDS acoustic do decide to go to, make sure you get your tickets and a Silent Disco(!) plus the opportunity to try early before they all sell out by becoming a Friend out the new improved portable skate ramps during of the Festival and have a wonderful time. the Community Fun Day on Bank Holiday Monday. See you there! If you are at the other end of the age range, CHRISTINE AUBREY AND how about joining a workshop with the Three THE FESTIVAL TEAM Score Dance Company? They will be performing at the Wiston Garden Walkabout so you can get an idea of what they do there. So dancing is not your thing? Well how about entering our writing competition on the theme of: ‘Growing Older, Growing Wiser’ or ‘The Funny Side of Growing Old’. See the Festival Competitions page for details of how to enter. WWW.STEYNINGFESTIVAL.CO.UK 3 FESTIVAL TEAM SPONSORS & MEDIA FESTIVAL TEAM 2016 STEYNING FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS 2016 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS Trustees Marketing and Publicity Technical Co-ordinator Volunteer Co-ordinator SPONSORSHIP OF THE STEYNING FESTIVAL Christine Aubrey (Chair and Calum Chace Tom Packer Debra Cornfoot Creative Programming) Victoria Eastwood Rob Billington (Marketing and Melanie Wood Photography Bar Management • Alexir Partnership • Green Wright Chalton Annis • Steyning Parish Council Promotions) Yasmin Lichioui Steyning Camera Club Brendan Whelan • Ann and John Cowley • Hobjoins Barn • The Little Sweet Shop Jon Corballis (Legal and Will Holt Business) Jack Hodge Grant Applications Catering Co-ordinator • Adur Brewery • Horsham District Council • The Sussex Produce Company Debra Cornfoot (Operations) Ann Palmer Cynny Buckett • Kim Black of Todhunter • John Ireland Trust • The Old Tollgate Stephanie Grant Festival Programme Debra Cornfoot (Administration) Production and Design Bunting and Yarn Bomb Hampers • Osborn Humphreys • The Towers Convent School Melanie Wood (Finance) Simon Goggin Sponsorship Co-ordinators • Indigo bar & restaurant • Palace of Pooch • Tottington Manor Christine Aubrey Rob Billington Gillian Downham @ Ardington Hotel • Pressleys - Jewellery and • Travis Perkins, Shoreham Minutes Secretary Hayley Cookson Louise Lister Caroline Meeson Poster and Flyer Design, Tom Aubrey • Baloos Bistro Watches, Worthing and • Truffles Bakery Production & Distribution I.T. Consultant • Blackdown Distillery Chichester • Toovey’s Event Co-ordinators Gina Billington Advertising Sales Joanna Norcross • Body Matters • Riverside Brewery • West Sussex Adoption and Phil Alexander Mary Goodchild Anne McKinnon Sara Bowers Glenn Stevens Di Wooloff Evaluation & Feedback • Bottlegreen Drinks • Silver Belles Vintage Airstreams Fostering Karen Burge Ann Palmer • The Co Operative Food Steyning • Spofforths • Wilson Memorial Trust Hayley Cookson Ticketing Raffle Co-ordinator Nicky Dewdney Rob Bowers Sue Whelan Archivist • Dr and Mrs Richard Boger • Springwells, Steyning • Wilton Park Maria Foster Rona Parsons Joanna Norcross • Bramber Parish Council • Steyning Bookshop • Wiston Parish Council 2016 Don Harry Friends of the Festival • Hamilton Graham • Steyning Camera Club Caroline Meeson Box Office Management Jenny Toomey We are grateful to a lot Jeremy Tomlinson Val Rush of other people who give • H.J.Burt • Steyning 4Sight And several private individuals Jenny Toomey Don Rush Marquee Management generously of their time to • Julia and Malcolm Donaldson • Steyning Grammar School Derek Vine Hayley Cookson support the festival. • Mary and Mark Goodchild • Steyning Jazz Club Venue Co-ordinator Tom Aubrey Visual Arts Stephanie Grant STEYNING FESTIVAL FESTIVAL STEYNING Steyning Arts WWW.STEYNINGFESTIVAL.CO.UK 4 5 PRE-FESTIVAL EVENTS a glorious prelude to the Steyning Festival SATURDAY 14TH MAY PRE-FESTIVAL EVENT TO GET US IN FESTIVAL MOOD CHANCTONBURY CHORUS SUMMER CONCERT Church of St. Andrew & St. Cuthman Saturday 14th May, 19:30 - 21:45. £12.00 The Steyning based Chanctonbury Chorus will present a fascinating mix of choral works starting with Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine, then a very tuneful Missa Brevis by Haydn and the Berliner Messe by Arvo Part which is music of power but fundamental simplicity, full of Russian sonority. After the interval, the chorus will sing The Music Makers by Elgar, a glorious prelude to the Steyning Festival. The chorus will be joined by members of their orchestra and the soprano Lucy Mair. After the concert, you are invited to the Penfold Church Hall for a light buffet when you can buy a glass of wine and chat to the performers. WWW.STEYNINGFESTIVAL.CO.UK 7 SATURDAY 21ST MAY The theme is ‘Carnival’ SATURDAY 21ST MAY echoing the imminent SONGS OF THE DAWN Rio Olympics PAPER PATCHWORK IN THE PARK 1 ORGAN RECITAL – BRIAN SAWYER The South Downs Festival Big Top Church of St. Andrew & St. Cuthman 07:00 - 09:00. £8.00 12:00 - 16.00. Free - no ticket needed 16:00 - 17:30. Free (retiring collection) Join bird expert Andrew Armitage and “trill” to the Steyning will be the inspiration for a piece of paper A performance of Organ Music by J. S. Bach, Elgar, Stanford experience of the awakening countryside. Listen to the patchwork that will be used to decorate the marquee & Howells with a connecting ‘Theme’ running through. Nightingale, the rattle of the Whitethroat and the nasal song throughout the Festival. Everybody is welcome to join artist After attending The Wandsworth School where he was a of the Yellowhammer. Watch out for the deer and other Genevieve Harden who will be running a drop-in art founder member of the famous Boy’s Choir, Brian Sawyer early morning wildlife. This is followed by a cooked alfresco workshop to help you make your paper creations using studied organ at the Royal College of music where he was breakfast. Wear stout footwear. Sorry no dogs. collage and paint. Over the course of the day the patchwork awarded the Haigh, Parratt and the coveted Walford Davies Meet at grass bank by Mouse Cottage, Steyning. pieces will be put together to reveal the hidden message. Prizes. Brian taught at several Schools and Colleges. He has MAP REF: TQ 156.123 Approx 2miles We will continue tomorrow, Sunday, at 12.00 noon. appeared as a soloist with the City of Southampton, Horsham Symphony and Chanctonbury Chorus Orchestras in STEYNING BELLRINGERS RING IN WHAT MAKES A WOMAN? performances of Organ Symphonies and Concertos by Saint THE FESTIVAL SARA PASCOE IN CONVERSATION Saens, Poulenc and Handel. He has given many organ Church of St. Andrew & St. Cuthman The Gluck Studio, Chantry House recitals in the Steyning Festival as well as Cathedrals and 10:00 - 11:00 14:30 - 16:30. £12.00 includes a copy of the book. Abbeys in Arundel, Portsmouth, Chichester, St. Michael’s Enjoy listening to the glorious sound of the bells as they While comedian Sara Pascoe was researching a recent show, Cornhill and Shrewsbury. His Organist posts have included ring in the festival. she realised there was a lot more she wanted to say about Hertford Parish Church, Eastbourne College and he is at the human female body.