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Summary of 2012 Events

Friday 18 May
Quiz Night

Friday 1 June
Art in the Fens

Friday 22 June
Poetry Night

Saturday 23 June
Film Night

Sunday 1 July
Classics on a
Summer's Eve

Wednesday 4 July
Schools’ Concert

Sunday 8 July
Ramsey Storytellers

Tickets for all events are available from School Plus at 24C Great Whyte, at the door, or by phoning 01487 812022.

Friday 18 May

Quiz Night

Bury Village Hall 7.30pm

Time to make up your teams (maximum of six per team) for our popular family quiz.

Tickets £2.50 per person.
Bar available throughout (no buffet).

Friday 1 June

Art in the Fens

Bury Church Hall 7.00 for 7.30pm

An illustrated talk by Carry Ackroyd, inspired by and complementing The Great Fen Project.

Tickets £5.
Interval wine.

Friday 22 June

Poetry Night

XIV Lines – a Sequence of Sonnets

Bury Village Hall 7.00pm

Our poetry evening will explore this popular and enduring form with a chance for you to participate by bringing your own favourites after the interval.

No entry fee – retiring collection. Interval wine.

Saturday 23 June

Film Night

My Week with Marilyn

Upwood Village Hall
Doors open 6.30pm

This year’s film night is a double bill featuring Memories of the Fen, a Great Fen film produced in association with Abbey College, and My Week with Marilyn.

When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives in London to shoot a film with Laurence Olivier everyone is excited to see the blonde bombshell. Eager film student Colin Clark wants to be involved and is intrigued when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire.

Tickets £5.
Bar and refreshments.

Sunday 1 July

Classics on a
Summer’s Eve

Bury Church 7.00pm

A musical soirée comprising a miscellany of light music by Mozart, Fauré, Handel, Bach, Albeniz and Gershwin performed by Fenharmonic and featuring the renowned mezzo soprano, Natalie Davies.

Fenharmonic: Patrick Williams, flute; Lorraine Schulman, clarinet; Rebecca Allfree, violin; Ian Rowbotham, viola and Dominic O’Dell, cello.

Tickets £10 or £5 under 18s.

A glass of wine and a strawberry tart is included in the price.

Wednesday 4 July

Schools' Concert

Ramsey Community Centre 7.00pm

The popular Festival regular, including an exhibition of art prepared by students of the college.

Sunday 8 July

The Children of Lir

Ramsey Storytellers

Ramsey Library 7.00pm

The oral tradition of storytelling renewed. Ramsey Storytellers tell The Children of Lir, an Irish fantastical legend in the old Celtic tradition of dark magic. It tells of misfortune and eventual redemption; a sorrowful tale for adults and older children.

Tickets £4 (£3 conc) also available from Louise Douglas: 01487 815202.

Interval soft drinks, tea and coffee.

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