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poetry into song
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2022
Plans still emerging for 2022
15 February 2022 - (private group)
Talk on RAF Cranage
Second World War Airfield in the depths of Cheshire,
from which young men from right across the world,
flew at night to protect the whole of the North West of England,
and the docks at Liverpool and Salford, from German Bombers.
18 February 2022 - 20-22.30
30 minute Performance of my own songs
in conjunction with three other local songwriters.
Royal British Legion, Davenham, Northwich.
26 February 2002
Hoole Community Centre
12noon -24 midnight
Running Singaround and helping generally
ALSO
Something brewing at
Helping to run events and Sing/Perform, at various points over the weekend.
of Friday, Saturday, Sunday
27-28 May 2022
My fourth presentation of:
" The Peaceful Weavers of Peterloo"
Sat 6 pm 28 May 2022
"A one-woman performance with the inimitable Charlotte Peters Rock
telling the heart wrenching tale of the starving handloom weavers
of Greater Manchester slaughtered at a peaceful march to St Peter’s Field."
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for Sunday, I also have a new song to include within the
'Family Matters' general performance, called,
'Whole World Family'.
"Family Matters! (Sun 6 pm 29 May 2022)
"The theme for this year’s customary concert for local musicians is
‘Family Matters’
and we’re looking forward to the usual fabulous variety of material
performed by our favourite local artists"
Be a Friend of Chester Folk Festival
Join us for a great weekend's entertainment.
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11 June 2022 - 11.30am
"The History of Climate Change"
performing songs of climate change
at ANGEL MEADOW
Manchester
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11 July - 13 August 2022
At Knutsford Library, there will be an Exhibition of work in connection with
Knutsford & District War Memorial
Its Centenary of Opening being
02 August 1922-2022
(also, watch for the date of a Talk/performance
at Knutsford Library during this time.)
We also intend to Commemorate the grand Community achievement of its building and support, down decades, by generations of local people,
who lost their loved ones in wars not of their making.
On 02 August 2022, the front lawn will be a place of picnic,
by the residents of the 18 Parishes,
in and around Knutsford, whose forebears built their war memorial
on a piece of land donated only for that purpose.
We still use our War Memorial as our place of Remembrance.
In spite of that, British Red Cross is selling it for demolition.
We believe no Secretary of State for Health had the remit
to take 'A War Memorial'; nor to sell it on, covertly.
It should have been returned under Community Trust,
as soon as the NHS had finished with its hospital use.
We want it returned to this community under a Community Trust.
Do join us at 6pm on Tuesday 02 August 2022.
Bring your picnic and something to sit on.
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2021
25 July 2021
Performance of
The Peaceful Weavers of Peterloo
for Festival at the Edge, at its new home,
Hopton Court, Hopton Wafers, near Kidderminster
2020
23 February 2020
Performance of The Peaceful Weavers of Peterloo at Cato Street, for the
200th Anniversary of
which was directly linked to the Peterloo massacre, of the previous year.
2019
Having written an hour long dramatico-sung performance, around the events of the Massacre, using original documents, I'm currently involved in the Commemoration of 200 years since
The Peterloo Massacre
took place on St Peter's Field, in the centre of Manchester.
This takes full account of its effect on the lives of ordinary peaceful hand-loom weaving families, and the yway in which the authorities thought it right to mistreat them and their children.
I performed The Peaceful Weavers of Peterloo (the song) as part of
The Launch of Manchester Histories
Series of Events
across several months,
to Commemorate the Peterloo Massacre
on St Peter's Field, Manchester on 16 August 1819
I have an hour of completely new work, a dramatico-sung performance piece,
The Peaceful Weavers of Peterloo
A part of the Manchester Histories series of events.
This perofrmance will take place on the site of The Peterloo Massacre:
18.00 - 19.00 - Thursday 25 July 2019
The Performance Space
Manchester Central Library
St Peter's Square
Manchester
M2 5PD
FREE Event
Turn up early - seats not bookable
09 November 2019
Part of the same performance of
The Peaceful Weavers of Peterloo
performed at The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
by invitation of The National Trust
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