! ) lli,.l I l I I I I i I o o ll a o ArL 6th March - 23rdMarch 1996 A biennial Festival based at Codsall High Sehool and ereated by representatives of the community of Bilbrook, Pattingham, Perton and Codsall. Drogramme Price 5Op WELCOME TO OUR lOth COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL We have tried, as always, to cater for all tastes and to present a wide varrety of events. We have used amateurandprofessionaltalentsdrawnfromthelocalcommunityandafartoproduceaprogramme which we hope will provide interest and entertainment for everyone. We are most gratef ul for the increasing support and interest we receive Irom the community and we look forward to seeing you sometime during the I996 Festival. FESTIVAL PROGRAMME At Codsall High School, Elliotts Lane unless otherwise stated. fi/la rch Wednesday 6th 7.0Opm "Celebration of the Arts" Codsall Methodist Church Page 2 Friday 8th to 12.O0pm to Exhibition of Paintings Saturday 23rd 5.30pm and Drawings by two Artists. (excl. Sundays) S. Staffs District Council Offices. Pages 4 & 5 Thurs, Fri, Sat B.0Opm "84 Charing Cross Road" 7th, Bth. gth Codsall Village Hall Pages 6 & 7 Sunday lOth 1O.30am-5.OOpm Exhibition of Arts and Crafts Page I Monday 1 1th 8.OOpm Historical Gardens and Parks in Staffordshire-Dr. Keith Goodway Page 1 I Tuesday 1 2th 8.OOpm John Amis & Anna Markland Page 13 Wednesday 13th 8.OOpm The Eagle JazzBand Page 15 Thursday 14th 8.OOpm "Designs for Spring" with Gerry Reid Page 17 Friday 15th B.OOpm BBC Masterchef Vanessa Binns Page 19 Saturday 16th 7.3Opm The Staffs. Bldg. Society Brass Band Page 21 Sunday 17th 7.OOpm Evening Concert by Artistes from Opera North Page 23 Tuesday 1 9th 7.OOpm Local Dancing School Page 25 Tuesday 1 gth 2.OOpm Poetry Workshop Pendrell Hall Page 26 ruesday l eth 7.3opm E::XI"fr",fi,,,.n Page 27 wednesday 20th 8.oopm #,X,H::il:l"X;.", Page 29 rhursdav 21st s oopm ;?ilH"-J,l.: Xf[:f#:"Xllji[,"s,n", Page 31 Friday 22nd 8.OOpm An Evening with Dickie Bird Page 33 Saturday 23rd 7.OOpm Gala Evening-"Some Enchanted Evening" Page 35 THE COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND OR CANCEL ANY OF THE FESTIVAL EVENTS. BOX OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS From Monday 19th February You may purchase your tickets direct from: BRADSPORTS - Birches Bridge, Codsall (Page 8) KALEIDOSCOPE - The Square, Codsall (Page 16) OR by post from Mrs. J. Woodward, 29 Suckling Green Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton. WV8 2BP Please enclose s.a.e. The Codsall Council of Churches invites you to share in a specialArts Festival Service to be held at Trinity Methodist Church. Histons Hill, Codsall. Wednesd ay, March 6th atT.OOpm ,,4 CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS" An ecumenical act of worshipwhich will include itemsfrom manydifferent aspects of the ArtS. lndividuals and groups from the community will share in the service. f@@7A tr@B q,Tb@waTbw . QUALITY DELICATESSEN . WIDE VARIETY OF CHEESES . COOKING INGREDIENTS . WHOLE FOODS & CEREALS . VEGETARIAN FOODS . CAKE TIN HIRE & DECORATIONS . BEEB & WINE MAKING EQUIPMENT . SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN FOOD FORTHOUGHT BIRCHES BRIDGE, 842646 oCODSALL FOOD FOR THOUGHT, WARSTONES ROAD, PENN 2 EXHIBITION OF WORK OF TWO ARTISTS at South Staffordshire District Council Offices Friday 8th March to Saturday 23rd March 12.OOpm - 5.3opm (excluding Sunday) ROBERT FRANKLAND A naturally gifted colourist, Robert Frankland was born in 1938 and brought up in North East Lancashire. From 1956-61 he was a student at Newcastle University. then staffed by Lawrence Gowing, Victor Pasmore, Richard Hamilton and lan Stevenson. After school teaching for three years he moved to the East Midlands to teach at Leicester Polytechnic-now de Montfort University. He is married with a son and a daughter-also a painter, and lives in Northamptonshire where he has a studio. From early on, his paintings have been consciously autobiographical, based on places associated with his childhood in North East Lancashire, later revisited with his own family. The chief emphasis has always been a strong sense of place observed or remembered as it was at a particular time, an evocation of close emotional attachments to a particular place. The same preoccupation applies to recent work and as in the late 8O's, models, loose arrangements of objects were made, to fix locations, which are visited frequently, often near his studio in Northamptonshire. ln all of Robert Frankland's paintings, he has tried to find that elusive character or sense of place; by changing the colour and altering the way the paint is applied; by trying to invent under self imposed pressures, different ways of handling paint. The recent work is more abstract in appearance, but still closely tied to landscape. 4 I N::: N,, JACK SKINNER A respected portrait painter and ceramicist, Jack Skinner was born in Rushall, near Walsall and educated in Birmingham at King Edward's School and Birmingham College of Art where he studied painting under Bernard Fleetwood Walker & Harold Smith. Following National Service he returned to study ceramics, before joining the staff, initially parttime and then f ulltime in 1 960, at the College of Art. ln 1 970 he moved to Stone, Staffordshire, bythen teaching at Staffordshire Polytechnic-now Staffordshire University. From 1 980-1 992 he was Head of Fine Art there. Currently, on a part time basis he is responsible for planning the UniversityArts programme of public events-exhibitions, chamber concerts, jazz elc. ln 1962 he was awarded the Anglo German Porcelain Design Fellowship and worked at Loenz Hutchenrenter in Selb (West) Germany. During the sixties and early seventies he was engaged in working on a series of major architectural commissions-mostly in ceramics, culminating in a major commission for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1983. In 1973 he was awarded a Goldsmiths Company travelling Fellowship to visit the major centres for porcelain ceramics in West Europe, prior to British entry to the Common Market. Alternating with architectural projects, he has exhibited ceramics, paintings and drawings since the early sixties. He was a recent winner in 1993 for a drawing submitted to the Manchester Academy Annual Exhibition where he shows regularly. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1991 . This exhibition will present a selection of drawings and one or two small paintings. There will be a Previewfor Patrons and by invitation on the evening of Thursday 7th March, 8.OOpm to 9.30pm. We wish to thank the S.S.D.C. for their help in the use of the Members Room for the exhibition. Admission Free Generously Sponsored by: FOWLER, LANGLEY & WRIGHT, BROYCE CONTROL LTD. AND DAVID BERRIMAN 5 CodroLL Dromo[Fe foreu@[V presents 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD by H ELEN E HAN FF adapted for the stage by JAMES ROOSE-EVANS Thursday, Friday, Saturday March 7th, 8th, gth at 8.OOpm at Codsall Village Hall CAST (ln order of appearance) HELENE HANFF DOREEN BROTHERTON FRANK DOEL ,..... JOHN A. EDWARDS CECILY FARR .......... NICI COOPER TVIEGAN WELLS PAM ALLAN IVlr. IVIARTIN .-..... STEPHEN KING WILLIATVI HUMPHRIES ....-... .... PETER MERRICK TVIAXINE STUART AILEEN DEAN THOTVIAS ... ... STEPHEN PRIOR Produced by BETTY TAYLOR PERTOD 1949-1971 ln 1949 a struggling American writer, hoping to indulge her love of beautiful books, started a correspondence with a f irm of British antiquarian book sellers that was to last for 20 years. The warm, compassionate and very human exchange of letters was published as a book -'84 Charing Cross Road'and is here skilf ully adapted for the stage. This is the rarest of theatrical events - a good and happy play about good and happy people. Tickets: f3.50 (children f,2.OO) Kindly Sponsored by: GEDDES HEATING ENGINEERS LTD. ANd CRUISE WORLD LTD 6 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY Chairman ... PAM ALLAN Secretary .... ........,.. CHRIS GREAVES Treasurer... MARGARET OSMOND Stage Manager KATE TAYLOR Stage Design . ... .. CHRIS GREAVES Lighting... CHRIS GREAVES Sound .......... JOHN ALLAN Prompt ........ LUCY O',CONNOR Front of House .... .... JACK TAYLOR, GILBERT OSMOND & MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY Properties MARGARET OSMOND, DOROTHY SHELDON Please do not use flash camera during the performances. New members, with or without acting skills or abilities, are always welcome Please ring Chris Greaves on842773. Geddes Heoting Engineers Limited Heating & Plumbing Contractors 21, Bilbrook Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton WV8 1EU Tel: Codsall (019O2) 843815 Fax: (O19O2) 847521 COMFORT WITH ECONOMY AND PEACE OF MIND HYCA CRUISE WORLD LTD, 9 BILBROOK ROAD, CODSALL Telephone: 01 902 845OOO 7 BOX OFFICE No. 1 BRADSPORTS, BIRCHES BRIDGE SHoPPING CENTRE The Festival committee wishes to thank BRADSPORTS for their kindness in serving as a Box Office. e' GREAr SAVINGS g2 unagR-o AT BRADSPORTS THE CHEAPEST PRICES AROUND Complete range of Top Brand Sports and Leisure Wear available. 94 BIRCHES BRIDGE, CODSALL. r.l- litfit?rrr JA Tel: (O1 9O2l 846262 I5 David Berriman Specialist in the sale of the better propertles in and around Wolverhampton, Staffordsh ire a nd Shropsh ire ESTATE AGENT . AUCTIONEER . VALUER 15 High Street . Tettenhall . Wolverhampton . Tel: (01902ll747744 THE SHRUBBERY REST HOME 126 Wood Road, Codsall PRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR THE ELDERLY. FAMILY RUN WITH WARM FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE Registered with Stot'lordshire Sociol Seruices I Props: M. POWELL, S. POWELL, S.R.N. I Tel: CODSALL 844871 8 EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS at Codsall High School, Elliotts Lane, Codsall Sunday March l Oth - 1O.3Oam to S.OOpm Admission:SOp Children: Free DISPLAYS FROM LOCAL GROUPS AND SOCIETIES will include: County Library Service, Local Women's lnstitutes, Codsall Gardening Society, Codsall Civic Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Red Cross and many others. EXHIBITIONS OF LOCAL TALENT will include Paintings, Photography, Pottery, Lace, Jewellery and many other crafts.