The
7th Saxmundham Arts Festival will be held on 23rd October to 31st
October 2009 and will include a wide range of events for the whole
family.
Please let us have your views and help us to establish the Festival
as a regular feature of Saxmundham's calendar! You can contact us
via the Town Clerk's office on 01728 604595, via this website
or through any member of the Town Council.
Sincere
thanks to everyone who attended last year.
New
last year we were pleased to present an evening of light musical
entertainment with the Abbey Singers, a renowned harp and flute
duo from Musicmakers and a Coloratura soprano, Sarah Gallop, with
a delightful voice - and a very local connection! Also, new last
year at the Festival, following his well received appearance at
the St. George's weekend celebrations, Mark Mitchels presented a
talk featuring “More characters of East Anglia”. Mark has a unique
and inimitable style which always fully engages his audience so
this was a great treat. There was a “feast” of book signings - David
Foreman, known to many Saxmundham people as their trusted and likeable
G.P. for so many years signed his book “Tuesday ‘n' Me” and showed
a film about his round-the-world adventure and Guy de Moubray presened
his new cookery book “Dinner for One”. The Hobbies Exhibition which
was such a great success at the St. George's weekend also made its
debut appearance at the Festival. We were pleased to be able to
include the new Craft Fayre, now organised by KT Crafts, as part
of last year's Festival. All the participants involved with these
events are local people which helps to prove that we have a great
wealth of talent in this part of the country which deserves to be
encouraged and supported.
In a full
programme lasting just over a week we welcome the return of the
Literary Lunch with guest speakers and a 3-course lunch supplied
by the Bell Hotel and an opportunity to purchase signed copies of
new publications. Further details
will be available in due course.
Box Office H G Crisp, High Street, Saxmundham 01728 602026
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