£1 Festival Patrons Martin Carthy MBE and Show of Hands Sidmouth Sidmouth Town Council Hotels Sidmouth Children’s Festival Programme with the West Time for a wonderful week of fun activities, great experiences and super shows! Your music Songs Drama and More*** Gallery Music Association. These workshops and dance journeys can start here, or continue if you already started last year, with activities offer a glimpse into a schoolroom in the early especially tailored for your age so that everyone can enjoy music or dance fun together. For 19th century, and a chance to learn to sing young people who enjoy making things there are a host of activities available. Make sure you and to lead some music of those times, using check out the programme carefully so you don’t miss out. The evening Family Shows are costumes and drama – along with plenty of legendary and this year there is an especially strong programme for everyone. Starting the fun! (Tues-Thurs) Unitarian Hall. week with a Family Ceilidh, and carrying on with a Circus Show, Story Evening, Puppet Show, Special Concert and finishing with the enormously popular Stomping Ceilidh on Thursday Family evening in Blackmore Marquee with a theme of shades of green. Watch out this year for the Body Percussion workshop with Sara new Threads, Strings and Yarns area in Blackmore Gardens where there will be a range of Marshall-Rose. Using song and body and quiet drop in style activities throughout the week. There’s so much on offer, you will need your dance to create rhythms and musicality (Sat) marker pen and a Children’s Programme so that you can plan your week and not miss a thing. Major Marquee. The most cost effective way of enjoying all these activities is by buying a Child’s Week Season ticket. With one of these you can enjoy events all day everyday for just £8 per day (space Playing the Bones workshop with Louisa permitting). Can’t beat that! Davies-Foley. Learn how to hold the bones, play single beats and add ornamentation while Enjoy your week. playing to music (Mon) Unitarian Hall. Ray and Bev Langton, Children’s Festival Producers. Sidrocks The Sidmouth Geology Walk set Sidmouth Mini Singers *** with Jackie A CHILD’S WEEK TICKET IS GREAT VALUE to music and song. A free fun-and-learning Oates. Come along and learn lots of new event provided by Sidmouth Museum. Learn A child’s week ticket for children six years songs and make new friends (Sun-Thurs) Midi six geo-songs plus optional beginners’ ukulele and over provides priority admission to all Marquee. Plus performance in the Children’s workshop. Ukuleles provided (Weds) Sidmouth children’s workshops and family events Festival Showcase Bonanza (Fri). Museum. (space permitting) and priced at £56 repre- The Minims Beginners’ Band *** with Matt Singing the Sidmouth Rocks Geology walk sents excellent value for money (only £8 Nelson & friends. The first steps on the ladder and sing. Start at Sidmouth Museum. Read the per day). towards playing together in a band. Bring your messages of the rocks guided by a geology Child (6-11) tickets allow entry to all events instruments along to learn some new tunes expert. Sing the geo-songs, led by Emma as for adult tickets except Bulverton Late and play together (Sun-Fri) Midi Marquee. Oliver-Trend (Weds). Sidmouth Museum. night events after 10.30 pm. Plus performance in the Children’s Festival Showcase Bonanza . (Fri) DANCING AND MOVING PROGRESSIVE WORKSHOPS Some workshops are marked with *** and 8 Years and Over 4 Years and Under are progressive workshops leading to a Body Percussion workshop with Sara Mar Yoga with Sarah Moss We will go on an imagi- performance. Priority to these workshops shall-Rose. Using song and body and dance native journey using yoga poses and singing to will be given to children who have attended to create rhythms and musicality (Sun) Major nursery rhymes, enjoying meeting animals and previous sessions. Marquee. having a picnic together. Then we will be ready Non-Messy Music with Paul Midgley. Join to enjoy relaxation together (Sun, Mon, Thurs) DOGS the Junk Music Workshops complete with Minor Marquee. Dogs, apart from assistance dogs, are not some unique junk instruments including the Crabby with Collar and Cuffs Co. Set at the permitted in festival venues, including venues bike wheel drums, a hands-free folk flute seaside during the Edwardian era, Crabby is within the Children’s Festival. and Mr. Punch’s slapsticks and more (Sun) the tale of a little crab with a rather snappy Unitarian Hall. disposition. Packed with adapted Music Hall MUSICAL JOURNEY Ukulele Workshop *** with Suzanne songs, giant puppets and sensory experiences 4 Years and Under Hoskins. Come along and learn some great (Sun) Minor Marquee. songs to strum along to with easy ukulele Little Songstars Music with Ali Cummings. Reflexology for Little Ones with Tippy chords. All ukuleles are provided (Sat-Thurs). Toes Reflexology. Learn gentle reflexology Bring along your babies and toddlers to have Unitarian Hall. Plus performance in the musical fun with instruments, songs old and techniques to help calm your little ones and Children’s Festival Showcase Bonanza (Fri). new, dancing, sensory play and lullabies. This help alleviate common infant ailments such session is for 0 - 18 month olds and their Sidmouth Songswell Choir *** with Bryony as teething pain and colic (Mon-Thurs). Minor parents or carers (Sun-Wed) Minor Marquee. Griffith. Have fun learning some great songs Marquee. together getting the Sidmouth Songswell Dance around the Maypole Maypole, gar- Action Songs with Karen Morris. Great fun Children’s Festival Choir ready for performance songs to sing and maybe an animal hat or two lands, ribbons and more! (Sun-Fri) Blackmore (Mon-Fri) Unitarian Hall. Plus performance in to wear as well! Gardens. Jane Pfaff & Jeremy Monson. (Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, the Children’s Festival Showcase Bonanza (Fri). Fri) Minor Marquee. Sidmouth Seaside Stompers *** with Ray 5-7 years Percussion and Songs with Greg and Kay Langton and Team STOMPIT! Bring your own Smallbone. Percussion, rhythms, clapping and Crabby with Collar and Cuffs Co. Set at the instruments along and learn the tunes to play seaside during the Edwardian era, Crabby is singing, time to make some noise! (Sat, Wed, for the Sidmouth Seaside Stompers Ceilidh Fri ) Minor Marquee. the tale of a little crab with a rather snappy Band Workshop playing for the Thursday disposition. Packed with adapted Music Hall 5 -7 Years evening Festival Ceilidh. You need to be able songs, giant puppets and sensory experiences to play a number of tunes on your instrument the seaside comes to the Midi Marquee (Sun) Percussion and Songs with Greg and Kay either by ear or from music. This workshop is Midi Marquee. Smallbone. Percussion, rhythms, clapping and not suitable for absolute beginners – singing, time to make some noise! (Mon) Midi approximate musical ability is grade 2 upwards Yoga with Sarah Moss. We will go on an Marquee. (Sat-Thurs) Unitarian Hall plus playing for the imaginative journey where we travel to meet Stomping Ceilidh in the Blackmore Marquee animals and enjoy a picnic, all with yoga (Thurs evening). poses! And we find there is always someone to page 2 Sidmouth Children’s Festival Programme help. There will be yoga games and relaxation Folk Festival. Come along again and again as WEDNESDAY: Family Puppet Show – The to enjoy together. These sessions are all about there will be lots of different things to make Mystery of Memory Lane. A warm and fun and using imagination (Tues, Thurs). Midi (Sun-Thurs). Major Marquee. nostalgic show based around a Bric-a-Brac Marquee. market stall where Mr Shabby and Mrs Chic Stomp Rockets with Ralph Bolton. Make a try to teach a new dog old tricks in an attempt Ceilidh Dance Workshop with Georgia rocket and use the special bottle launcher to to solve the Mystery of Memory Lane. Help Shorrock. An opportunity to learn some ceilidh see it go! (Mon, Tues). Major Marquee. them find where Puppet Dog Toby belongs, as dance moves to use in the many ceilidhs at Robin Hood Drama activities and exercises, they tell stories and sing songs using tin toys, Sidmouth Folk Festival (Mon-Thurs) Sidmouth stories and arts activities with Donna Bill and hand carved wooden marionettes, seaside C of E Primary School Hall. Ellie (Sun-Fri). Midi Marquee. Punch and Judy puppets and vintage musical instruments. Hand to Mouth theatre. All Saints Eight Years and Over Jack-in-the-Green-Jig-Dolls *** with the Church Hall. Cornwall Folk Education Collective. Construct Appalachian Step Dance Workshop *** a working jig doll based on the folk-arts theme THURSDAY: A Steamy Stomping Ceilidh! with Appakella. Learn Appalachian steps and of the traditional Green Man character. Once With the Seaside Stompers led by Ray Langton a routine to display in the Bonanza Showcase. the dancing dolls are complete, we will learn and Team STOMPIT!, calling by Nick Walden Hard soled shoes or taps preferred . (Sun-Fri) how to get the dolls dancing to music. The plus appearances from The Exmouth Shanty Unitarian Hall. Plus performance in the jig dolls are all then invited to perform in the Crew and Oakenyouth. We’re going green for Children’s Festival Showcase Bonanza (Fri). Friday Showcase (Sat-Thurs). Midi Marquee. tonight’s ceilidh so look out your green outfits Cotswold Morris Dance Workshop *** and head on down to Blackmore Gardens with Martyn Harvey and friends. Learn both Family Marquee for an evening of fabulous ceilidh stick and handkerchief dances from the lively dancing. Blackmore Gardens Marquee. Drop In Creative Crafts with Cuckoo Crafts.