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==Fringe Events== | |||
''From the programme of events...'' | |||
Other events during the Festival fortnight include a Childrens Art Competition organised by TOC H, a Window Dressing competition and “I Spy” organised by the Chamber of Trade, a display of Antiquarian Maps at the Leomlnster Museum arranged by Mr. D. Turton, an Arts and Crafts Exhibition mounted by the Leominster Arts Club, and special flower arrangements at the Priory Church. Miss Cicely Sash will exhibit her students’ work at the Granary School of Art. | |||
==Thanks== | |||
''From the programme of events...'' | |||
The Leominster FestIval SocIety acknowledges with thanks the | |||
sponsorshlp of: | |||
* The Leominster Town Council | |||
* Gisela Pincham Fund | |||
* Trustee Savings Bank | |||
* Barclays Bank | |||
* Henry Wiggin | |||
* Lloyds Bank | |||
* Bulmers Ltd. | |||
* Midland Bank | |||
* Staffordshire Building SocIety | |||
* National Westminster Bank | |||
* Marks and Spencer | |||
* Stooke Hill and Co. | |||
* Sun Valley | |||
* Russell, Baldwin & Bright | |||
* Mifflln Construction Ltd. | |||
* C. H. Harvey & Son | |||
* Leominster Industrial Association | |||
* F. H, Dale Ltd. | |||
* Cadbury-Schweppes, Marlbrook | |||
and other local firms and private individuals, together with the many fund-raising events organised by the Leominster Festival Committee which made this project possible. We are grateful, also, to those | |||
organisations which have offered practical assistance. | |||
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Revision as of 15:08, 22 March 2024
| Year | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8th - 21st June |
| Events | 20 |
8th - 21st June 1980
The very first Leominster Festival opened in 1980 after at least two years of preparation and planning.
Programme Introduction
The Festival is to take place in various venues in the attractive small market town of Leominster. The town, which grew up around the Priory Church and is still largely medieval in character, is well worth a visit not only for the many interesting features it has to offer, but also for its setting in beautiful Herefordshire countryside close to the Wye Valley and Black Mountains of Wales.
The Leominster Festival Society is promoting this Festival in order to bring a varied programme of music, drama and the visual arts to the people of Leominster and the surrounding countryside. It is hoped that many visitors from further afield will consider it worthwhile including Leominster in their holiday plans. We should like to draw attention to the two Saturdays within the Festival fortnight, 14th and 21st June, when parents should bring their children to an entirely FREE entertainment in the town centre.
The design shown on the cover is the Leominster Knot, a unique and ancient symbol of the town’s Trades Guilds, signifying their interdependence and fellowship.
Events by Date
| Date | Events |
|---|---|
| Sunday 8th June 1980 | Choral Festival Service All welcome at The Priory Church Leominster Idle Pleasures |
| Monday 9th June 1980 | Fashion Show Original designs by Richard and Helen Vine and Friends |
| Tuesday 10th June 1980 | Leominster Choral Society Concert Conductor - Vernon Thurgood |
| Wednesday 11th June 1980 | An Evening with Jake Thackray
An Organ Recital |
| Thursday 12th June 1980 | Leominster Drama Group presents Confusions Five interlinked one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn |
| Friday 13th June 1980 | Tour of Leominster's Historic Buildings with Mr J Tonkin |
| Saturday 14th June 1980 | Theatr Powys presents a Children's Street Entertainment Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Sunday 15th June 1980 | Lecture Recital by Fritz Spiegl |
| Monday 16th June 1980 | Leslie Penning and Company in a programme of Renaissance Music and Original Works |
| Tuesday 17th June 1980 | The New Delta Jazz Band |
| Wednesday 18th June 1980 | Junior School Concert |
| Thursday 19th June 1980 | The Leominster Arts Club Drama Group presents Dark Lucy A thriller by Philip King and Parnell Bradbury |
| Friday 20th June 1980 | The Baccholian Singers of London Music for Male Consort Local Amateaur Talent Competition |
| Saturday 21st June 1980 | A Free Afternoon's Entertainment at The Grange The Festival Ball |
Fringe Events
From the programme of events...
Other events during the Festival fortnight include a Childrens Art Competition organised by TOC H, a Window Dressing competition and “I Spy” organised by the Chamber of Trade, a display of Antiquarian Maps at the Leomlnster Museum arranged by Mr. D. Turton, an Arts and Crafts Exhibition mounted by the Leominster Arts Club, and special flower arrangements at the Priory Church. Miss Cicely Sash will exhibit her students’ work at the Granary School of Art.
Thanks
From the programme of events...
The Leominster FestIval SocIety acknowledges with thanks the sponsorshlp of:
- The Leominster Town Council
- Gisela Pincham Fund
- Trustee Savings Bank
- Barclays Bank
- Henry Wiggin
- Lloyds Bank
- Bulmers Ltd.
- Midland Bank
- Staffordshire Building SocIety
- National Westminster Bank
- Marks and Spencer
- Stooke Hill and Co.
- Sun Valley
- Russell, Baldwin & Bright
- Mifflln Construction Ltd.
- C. H. Harvey & Son
- Leominster Industrial Association
- F. H, Dale Ltd.
- Cadbury-Schweppes, Marlbrook
and other local firms and private individuals, together with the many fund-raising events organised by the Leominster Festival Committee which made this project possible. We are grateful, also, to those organisations which have offered practical assistance.