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 Join us for a fun packed family day at the annual Magdalen Country Fayre on Sunday 14th September from 11am to 5pm.
This year promises to be bigger and better than ever with more country pursuits, kids activities and stalls on offer.
Lots of parking is available with entry at just £2 per adults and kids go free.
Have a go at:
*** Archery ***
*** Clay Pigeon Shooting *** (No personal guns!)
*** Fly Fishing ***
or bring your gun dogs along to the Gun Dog Tests - £5 entry per dog for the tests and £1 each scurry.
Roam around the farm and met the animals here, our new horse Jenny will take you on a trailer ride around the farm. Visit our resident gloucester old spot pigs or goats and find an egg in the hen house.
Lots of craft and produce stalls along with local delicious food and drink will be on offer in the main centre. With dance and music to keep you entertained.
For the kids there is face painting, a bouncy castle, and lots of arts and crafts along with supervised Adventure sessions:
*** Grab & Eat at 12:30pm - 1:30pm ***
*** Survival in the Wild 2:30pm - 3:30pm ***
For more information please contact Lisa on 01460 30144 or e-mail lisah
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WANTED
PROMISING YOUNG STRING PLAYERS
MAGDALEN FARM STRINGS
6th - 12th April 2008
An exciting and innovative course, exploring the rich traditions of English music to be held at The Magdalen Project during the Easter school holiday 2008
The many aspects of the week have been designed to bring together promising and enthusiastic young players aged 9-14 (Grade 3-8 approx) for music making and fun:
• ensemble playing
• ‘getting to know your instrument’
• composition inspired by the English landscape
• improvisation
• exploration of folk, jazz, baroque and the Kodaly approach
Each day there will be three music sessions run by specialist tutors and afternoon games and activities run by Magdalen’s own experienced teaching staff.
Visiting musicians will include the internationally-renowned cellist, Adrian Brendel and our Patron, Colin Matthews.
The week will culminate with an informal concert for friends and family on Saturday morning.
Who will be running the course?
Brigid Kirkland-Wilson, BEd, MMus ARCM, Course Leader
Brigid performs regularly on both standard and baroque violin and plays with Bristol Camerata and Devon Baroque. She teaches violin, an exploratory violin group and chamber music at RCM Junior department, and violin and viola at Wells Cathedral School. An examiner for the Associated Board, she is also on the mentor panel for their CTABRSM course. She has coached on several Pro Corda courses.
Miranda Rutter was a member of Pro Corda throughout her teens and, having developed a love of traditional music, became a member of Jabadaw and Fika. She founded Methera Quartet – a string quartet which arranges and performs traditional music spontaneously and by ear. Miranda gigs extensively with Methera and other ensembles, playing both violin and viola. She teaches at traditional music courses all over the country including the Sage Gateshead and English Acoustic Collective summer school and has led workshops at the Sidmouth International Festival of Folk Arts and the Fiddles on Fire festival.
Martin Lijinsky is a dedicated practitioner of the Kodaly philosophy and approach to music teaching. He has lived and studied at the Kodaly Institute in Hungary for a year. He is Head of Music at Cheam Pre-Prep as well as teaching piano at Cheam Prep School and has recently acquired a new role with the Berkshire County Music Service teaching Kodaly technique. He is a trained Counsellor and, in this capacity too, has wide of experience working with children and young people.
General arrangements
Players will arrive on Sunday afternoon between 4 and 6 p.m. and leave after the final concert on Saturday morning. Our resident ‘house-mother’ and assistant will be in attendance throughout the week. A buffet lunch for players, family and friends will be available after the concert. Please see our website for further details.
The cost of the course is £375 for residential participants, £255 for day students, to include all meals and tuition. Magdalen Farm Strings players will be encouraged to raise some of their costs through sponsorship, though this will not be obligatory. There is a possibility of part or full bursaries for talented players.
Patron: Colin Matthews
All enquiries to: Sarah Gleadell, Administrator, Magdalen Farm Strings
The Magdalen Project, Magdalen Farm, Winsham, Somerset, TA20 4PA
www.magdalenfarmstrings.org
Email: info@magdalenfarmstrings.org or sarahg@themagdalenproject.org.uk
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| HELP RAISE FUNDS AT MAGDALEN! |
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 Join our Friends of Magdalen programme
**currently being revamped to make it an even better programme - watch this space!**
Come and be a volunteer and help us in the garden, on the farm or in our office
Have your own fundraising event on behalf of Magdalen.
Make a donation on a regular or one-off basis - every little helps us!
For more information on anything, please call 01460 30144 or email admin@themagdalenproject.org.uk
Where and what is Magdalen Farm?
Magdalen Farm is home to The Magdalen Project, an environmental / educational charity based on a beautiful 132-acre organic farm in deep countryside on the Dorset / Somerset border. Warm, comfortable, bunk-bedded accommodation in sympathetically converted farm buildings ranged round a central courtyard, giving a homely, welcoming and informal atmosphere.
Magdalen is booked throughout the year by groups of all kinds, including many schools, and the staff here are very well-versed in looking after children and young people, many of whom are having their first experience of staying away from home. The farm provides a diverse range of habitats for adventurous exploration with our own smallholding providing many of the ingredients for delicious home-cooked food.
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SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2008