Tuesday, May 19 2009
MOVING ON... 21 – 24 MAY
Thursday 21 May
FRINGE LAUNCH EVENT: SALSA NIGHT
Mambo Santamaria - DORCHESTER ARTS CENTRE Doors and bar 7.30pm • Performance 8pm • £8 / £6
child, member and concession. Mambo Santamaria creates Latin music with fire and passion. Whether you want to listen, groove or dance, this is the must see salsa band.
Friday 22 May
FOLK / ROOTS / ACOUSTIC Julie Fowlis + Lou Brown DORCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE Doors 7.30pm / Support
performance starts 8pm • £14 in advance / £16 on door
Julie is a super-talented singer and instrumentalist from Scotland, she sings in Scots Gaelic and is an accomplished musician – playing highlands bagpipes, whistles and oboe.
BOROUGH GARDENS HOUSE • 10am-4pm • FREE
On Friday and Saturday, come and help the Dorchester Stitchers create a wall hanging based on the ‘Colours of Africa’. All ages welcome - no experience necessary.
THE THOMAS HARDY SOCIETY
The Countryside in May - DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM 7.30pm (Doors 7pm) • £10 /£8 Thomas Hardy Society members (includes glass of wine) Not just poetry, it is about celebrating the coming of spring. Some readings are accompanied by Colin Thompson on the violin.
MOVING ON... 21 – 24 MAY
Saturday 23 May
MOVE IT... GROOVE IT
SOUTH STREET • 10.30 - 4.30pm
A showcase for talented young performers
Papa Legal: High energy Afro-Latin with a pop groove
Karmaside: Electro-acoustic band
MoonTown: Dorchester’s well known Electro-synth band
3 Hours In: Alternative Rock and blues
Chillywigg: Smooth 40’s melodies
Ltd Edition: Eclectic mix of roots, country and blues
James Findlay: Fiddle player, singer and guitarist
DYT Singers: Fran Lummes and Alice Dodd
Wind Band: Kitty Bishop, Ellie Chambers & Friends
Jamie Pinnow: Singer and guitarist
Sam Hughes: Singer and guitarist
DORCHESTER COMMUNITY PLAY ASSOCIATION
The Play of St George 11.30, 1pm and 2.30
A traditional Dorset Mummers play. Audience join in!
RHYTHMS & READINGS
Music: Dynamic Young performers from Dorchester Arts Centre’s music club play pop!
Theatre: Dorchester Community Play Association present the traditional Mummers Play of St George
Dance: Dorchester Ballet and Dance Club
Dance: High energy street dancers from Thomas Hardye Leisure centre.
Dorchester Youth Theatre: Look for Human Statues and masked performers!!!!
Poetry: Young voices with great text: DYT’s Elizabeth Raws, Maisie, Dean and Ursula Oliver
Pick A Poem: Susan Northcott takes a Poem you choose and reads it to you!
VIEW IT... DO IT !
STITCHERS WORKSHOPS: Dorchester Stitchers create a wall hanging in the Borough Gardens House (Friday 22/Saturday23)
artXtra: artXtra students create a huge piece of pavement art in South Street
MURAL:Pete Sheridan and members of the Dorset V unveil the mural they have created at Dorchester Arts Centre
OPEN09 Exhibition: Second Dorchester Arts Centre Open showing paintings, prints and other mixed media.
Sing! Bang! Bop! Create an all singing, dancing and drumming performance in a day. Sunday 10 - 3pm followed by rehearsal and performance
GET YOUR SKATES ON !
Skatepark - meet from 12.00noon for 1.30 start
Procession, led by Nick Crump and his Recycled Band, includes banners from community workshops led by artist Tess Dickson of Bridport TLC. Parade leaves Skatepark at 1.30, going up South Street to the Town Pump. Those taking part include: Friendship Club, Dorset People First, Dorchester Community Choir, students from Dorchester Middle and Manor Park First Schools, young mums from Dorchester Youth and Community Centre, skateboarders and more. D.J. Crux starts the move and continues after the Parade. Come, groove and Move!!!
MOVING ON... 21 – 24 MAY
Sunday 24 May Sing! Bang! Bop!
DORCHESTER ARTS CENTRE • 10am - 3pm • £5 / £3 REHEARSAL: DORCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE • 4 - 6pm
PERFORMANCE: DORCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE • 7.30pm (Doors 7pm) • £5 / £3 under 18s (Please book) Calling budding singers, drummers and dancers of all ages and abilities! Come and join Dorchester Arts Centre Community day workshop, rehearse in the afternoon and perform in the evening in singing, drumming and dancing
GHOST WALK WITH ALISTAIR CHISHOLM
TOWN PUMP • 8pm • £5 / £2
Walk lasts approx one and a half hour.
“Spectre, phantom, ghoul or ghost, which do you fear the most? Join me at 8 of the clock and we shall together their secrets unlock!”
Sponsors
Huge thanks to all our sponsors and supporters: Stix, Get on Board, Dorchester Cycles, Toymaster, Cha Chars, Jagos, Bon Amis, The Corner Café, Starbucks, Tom Brown’s, Wetherspoons, Frank Herring and Sons plus of course Dorchester Art’s Centre’s funders: the Arts Council, West Dorset District Council and Dorchester Town Council.
MOVING ON... 21 – 24 MAY