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The second annual Mashamshire Arts Festival runs from October 21st
- 30th 2005. The events are a delightfully eclectic mix, ranging
from kite making workshops to lecture lectures on art.
Half of the events are free - so it's well worth finding out what's
on. For detailed information on the events being held, contact Mashamshire
Community Office on 01765 680200 or visit www.mashamshireartsfestival.org.uk.
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Creative
stars in town for the festival
Ken Loach returns to Masham for the festival, it was in Masham
that he shot one of his most controversial TV films, Days of Hope,
in 1976.
The director, famous for his iconic film, Kes, which was also shot
in Yorkshire, is coming back to the town to take part in the second
Mashamshire Arts Festival.
"An evening with Ken Loach" on October 27 will feature
an interview with the film director by his biographer, Anthony Hayward,
followed by a screening of Days of Hope. Earlier in the day film
buffs will have the chance to learn more about the director's art
at a film-making workshop.
Also speaking at the festival - two days earlier - is John Julius
Norwich who used to chair the radio panel game My Word!. He will
talk about the art and architecture of Venice, drawing on his experience
as chairman of the Venice Reconstruction Committee.
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Comedy and music
On a lighter note, the festival's opening event will see the comedian,
singer, songwriter and poet Rory Motion join forces with Tom Leary,
the fiddler, guitarist and flautist currently touring with Peter
Knight of Steeleye Span.
Comedy and music also come together again on October 26 when Tim
Dalling and Peter Challoner of the Old Rope String Band - whose
act was a sell-out at the first festival two years ago - play beautiful,
traditional music accompanied by hilarious antics and bizarre visual
nonsense.
Sadly, the band will be without its third member, Joe Scurfield,
who died in a road accident in Newcastle earlier this year. They
will be playing at a ceilidh with the band Twiddling Thumbs.
The music theme continues on October 29 with an evening of progressive
chamber music by James Hesford and Alfia Nakipbekova of Cellorhythmics.
Free events
Among the festival's other events - there are more than 30, half
of which are free - are:
Theatre, circus, junk sculpture, kite, rug and instrument-making
workshops;
Puppet shows and workshops;
Skateboard stencilling and a mobile skateboard park;
Graffiti art and the chance to take part in the Big Draw, championed
by the cartoonist, Quentin Blake;
The opportunity to work with the festival's artist in residence
to create a living willow sculpture; and
Exhibitions by 30 professional artists in various locations in the
town, including private houses.
For information about the festival, contact Mashamshire Community
Office on 01765 680200 or visit www.mashamshireartsfestival.org.uk.
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