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13 Charcoal Portraits Exhibition by Margie Britz
19th January to 15 March 2012
First Floor Gallery, North Norfolk District Council, Holt Road, Cromer NR27 9EN Featuring Council Staff from North Norfolk District Council. All the portraits took three sessions of two hours each.
" I feel privileged to have spent that amount of time with my sitters, getting to know their faces, and I thank them for their brave commitment to this project. "
Open Mon-Thu 8.30am-5.30pm, Fri 8.30am-4.30pm (closed Sat and Sun)
For more information tel.: 01263 516027
email: art@north-norfolk.gov.uk
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Norfolk’s Year of Celebrations 2012
2012 is going to be a truly exceptional year for Norfolk and the UK.
Norfolk County Council have produced a 'Norfolk Year of Celebration Event Planner' to help residents and communities plan and organise events in this special year. For help towards financing your 2012 event, the Norfolk’s Year of Celebrations 2012 Fund has been set up to support sports and cultural events taking place in local communities across the county to celebrate 2012. The maximum award is £500. For more information or to download a planning guide, funding criteria or an application form visit:
www.norfolk.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Arts_and_entertainment/index.htm
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Big Sky Dance Project for young musicians aged 14-18
Do you have musical ability/experience/enthusiasm? Have an interest in how
music and contemporary Dance fit together. Like to experiment with new ways of
making music? Enjoy working with other young people. Have the desire to
perform? The Big Sky Performance Project is a collaboration between Norfolk
Dance and Community Music East which brings together the disciplines of music
and dance to create a new work with commissioned live music.
The project will work towards a series of performances during summer term, one
at a venue in Norwich and four in North Norfolk schools. The performances in
schools aim to raise the profile of arts and dance, promote interest in the North
Norfolk Youth Dance Company’s Big Sky Dance and encourage new members
3, 4 & 5 April 2012 10am4pm and 10 Monday evenings in term time
Contact Mark Howe 01603 628367 mark.howe@cme.org.uk
www.cme.org.uk
www.norfolkdance.co.uk
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The DanceEast Academy is recruiting for September 2012!
Do you know someone who has the talent and potential to excel in dance?
The DanceEast Academy provides world class, non-residential dance training to
young people from the East of England.
The Academy is looking for enthusiastic, motivated young people aged 10 - 16
who have an interest in pursuing dance as a career. No previous formal dance
training is required although experienced dancers are welcome too.
Means-tested grants are available for all successful applicants through the
Department for Education's Music and Dance Scheme, meaning training costs
can be partly covered or even free!
Open Days for 2012 recruitment
• Ely: Saturday 11 February
• Ipswich: Friday 17 February
• Colchester: Saturday 25 February
• Norwich: Saturday 24 March
• Ipswich: Sunday 15 April
Book your place by calling the team on 01473 295230.
academy@danceeast.co.uk www.danceeast.co.uk/academy
- Graham Jones presents…
A March of Music and Poetry with a touch of Irish
Saturday 17 March 7.30pm
Sheringham Little Theatre
2 Station Road, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8RE
Box Office: 01263 822347
Starring: Susie Fowler-Watt, The Sheringham Shantymen and Justin Grounds
With Pete Sanpher, 5th Watch, Tina Wegg, David Young, and Steve & Hayley
Cawthorne. Plus some community singing led by Graham Jones hoping to form
an instant audience choir in 10 minutes!
Following the success of last year’s show Graham Jones hosts another evening
of Poetry, Folk and this time Irish Music as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Night. This
event promises to be great fun and we are very grateful to all the artists
generously giving their time in aid of Sheringham Little Theatre’s STARS appeal.
Please come and offer your support too –we would love to see you.
Tickets £12
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Calling all Events Organisers: 3 minutes for free promotion!
Following our very successful launch of the new NNDC Arts Website we are looking for more events to be promoted on our FREE online events guide. Not only used by the general public, but also by the Districts Tourist Information Centres in conjunction with visit north norfolk. Don’t miss this opportunity to advertise for free by visiting www.northnorfolk.org/arts/submit_event.aspx
To promote events into this weekly e-newsletter, just send an email to Lisa or call 01263 516027.