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of events promoted
by the organising committee, no less than sixteen other town
organisations are involved in staging events under the “umbrella”
of the Festival. These range from a day of sporting competitions
put on by the Bowls, Cricket and Tennis Club to a music, song
and dance spectacular mounted by the New Mills Operatic and
Dramatic Society. Churches, the Local History Society, Pubs
and New Mills Library all have events in the programme designed
to appeal to differing interests and age groups.
Making, doing, listening,
laughing
For those who wish to be creative, there are a series of lantern-making
workshops throughout the fortnight or for potential pyromaniacs,
two weekends of workshops constructing fire-sculptures, all for
the Grand Procession. An evening making cards with Anna (no drawing
skills required) might be more to other people’s liking!
Some folk prefer to sit back and be entertained: perhaps at the
Bavarian Bierkeller night (adults only), at the Revival Church’s
multi-media musical “Wisdom Calls”, at the midday
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recital, at the evening concert given by a quartet of professional
‘cellists or by just stopping to listen to Thornsett
Band in a break from Saturday’s shopping. If laughter
is the best medecine, then perhaps the comedy evening at
Chalkers or the performance of “Shirley
Valentine” by Lancashire’s own Joanna
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All ages
all tastes
For children there is a Big Screen showing of “Shrek
2” and a chance to delve into Billy Diamond’s
Box of Magic. Under 8s will be queuing for places at the
Story Sacks Party being held in New Mills Library. Or
at the other end of the terrible teens, strictly over
18s are invited to an evening of “Dirty Dance and
Disco Beats”. Throughout the Festival fortnight,
Buxton artist Andrew Robinson will be leading workshops
for children in all the towns schools, creating light
and shadow work on the theme of “The Cotton Route”
ready for a scintillating display at the end of the Lantern
Procession.
The Torrs thirty
years on
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As
if the Festival is not in itself a big enough celebration,
this year marks thirty years since The Torrs were
turned into the park under the town. Tracing the history
of this significant development, Dr Derek Brumhead
MBE will be speaking at an evening hosted by New Mills
Town Council; there will be wine and cheese and the
evening is one of the free entry events in the Festival
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And so much more
From a Fun Run to Poetry and Potato evenings, from Songs of
Praise to an evening with the north-west’s leading young
Folk duo, from
a guided Flora and Fauna Walk to Bible Storytellers from Glossop,
from an intriguing African anthropological-mystery talk to the
disintegrating structures of Barton Bridges (ask at the Local
History Society for an explanation!), from a pub quiz to a Harvest
Festival, it’s all there in the New Mills Community Festival
programme. And for those with any energy left at the end of
the two weeks, there is a chance to dance the night away to
Gene Therapy and the Chromosomes!
Information
The full programme is delivered to all households in New Mills.
It is available from Bookstop on Market Street, from New Mills
Library on Hall Street and from many of the shops in the town.
Several of the events are bookable in advance; some of them
are limited by the number of places available and advance booking
is advisable. All details are in the programme. Large print
copies of the programme are available from the Library.
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