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C H E LT E N H A M A R T S C U LT U R E
Cheltenham Arts Council: awards _ funding _ publicity _ events listings
June – September 2021
Cheltenham Children’s Choir
Church Recording • Gloucestershire’s Forgotten Legend
Local events and festivals
PERSPECTIVES JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2021 Issue
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HALF PAGE ADVERT The first week of June 2021 is National last few issues, is starting to fill up
Volunteers’ Week (www.volunteersweek. again – hooray! We have another great
£25 for CAC members or £75 for non-members
org) – a chance to recognise the selection of articles for you in this
FULL PAGE ADVERT fantastic contribution of volunteers to issue, including the tale of a forgotten
our communities and to say thank you. hero of Cheltenham, and a fascinating
£50 for CAC members or £150 for non-members Where would CAC’s 50-odd member item about Church Recorders in
Please contact editor@cheltenhamartscouncil.co.uk for more information. organisations be without volunteers? this area (and no, that doesn’t mean
Submissions must be with us by the following dates for consideration Over the last 18 months or so, it has schoolchildren playing hymns on a
been particularly hard to keep things plastic descant…)
for the next issue:
going, to maintain enthusiasm and There’s some exciting news from the
End of November deadline for Feb/May Issue a sense of community, so thank you Holst Museum, plus four new radio
End of March deadline for June/Sept Issue and congratulations to all volunteers plays from Parrot Productions and a
End of July deadline for Oct/Jan Issue as we finally emerge blinking into the host of activities being organised by
sunshine after a long period of gloom. the Christian Arts Festival. There’s
There is a lot to look forward to! As also news of a competition from the
I write, the Jazz Festival is starting Gloucestershire Writers’ Network –
COVER IMAGE: Cheltenham Illustration Awards its online event, and the Music the deadline is the end of June, so get
CONTENTS 2019 successful entrant Lu ChenE and Literature Festivals have some writing!
@lu_chene1013
wonderful programmes planned Our “Meet the Members” section this
COS 21 TASTER 2 for us later in the year (www.
An exhibition of the 2019 CIA entries will be
held at Chapel Arts from 9th-26th June,
time features the Gloucestershire
CHELTENHAM CHILDREN’S CHOIR 3
The deadline for 2021 entries is 16 June.
cheltenhamfestivals.com). September’s Gardens and Landscape Trust, and
Twenty Years of Church Recording in Cheltenham 4 Heritage Open Days, with the theme of we also hear from CAC’s newest
Gloucestershire’s Forgotten Legend 5
Visit cheltenham-illustration-awards.com
for more details.
Edible England, will also be a highlight member organisation, the Cheltenham
2021 Competition: Signposts 7
(www.heritageopendays.org.uk). Best of Children’s Choir.
RIGHT: Illustration by Carly Gillham, all, the Listings section of Perspectives,
ALL CHANGE AT THE HOLST BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM 8 University of Gloucestershire illustration Alongside the announcement of the
which has been rather empty in the
LISTINGS 10-12
student and Cheltenham Illustration Awards
2019
date of our AGM is some good news
ON THE VERGE 13 successful Entrant. about grants, so watch out
www.carlystration.com for further information on
CHELTENHAM CHRISTIAN ARTS FESTIVAL 14-15
that.
Meet the members 16
Our very best wishes
for a happy and fun-
filled summer. If only
CAC could influence the
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Arts Council
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2 Art Music 3
CHELTENHAM CHILDREN’S CHOIR
AN UPDATE FROM OUR NEWEST MEMBER ORGANISATION
C
heltenham Children’s Choir is an
open-to-all children’s community
choir, welcoming all young people
who love to sing.
The choir is split into three choirs - Little
Lyrics (5-8 year olds), Vocalise (8-11 year
Laure Filho
olds) and Harmonise (11-14 year olds). From
the moment the children walk through the
door, we aim for everyone to feel happy,
welcomed and at ease, whether you are an
old friend or a newcomer.
Throughout the challenging year that
we have had, the Children’s Choir has
continually adapted and enjoyed singing
LEFT: Sarah Baker
together each week, thanks to the use of Harmonise CHOIR in Rehearsals
technology. The children were able to see
their friends, albeit on screen, chat, have We are delighted to report that Cheltenham
gabrielle moulding fun and sing. As one parent said, “Their Children’s Choir are now back to in-person
smiles lit up the screen and our lounges”. Saturday morning rehearsals. With efforts
In Summer 2020, we held movie nights (via put in to always keeping the children safe,
Zoom) to showcase the children’s work. we are working towards a very exciting
Everyone had submitted videos which we new venture, this time, live on stage! (See
collated into a fantastic evening! Dressed Listings for more information).
up and popcorn at the ready, we all watched To sum up our year, one parent said, “The
the children perform on screen. sense of CCC community has grown
Christmas came round and the Children’s through 2020 and we have loved being part
Choir took part in a musical advent of it!”. Amber Smith, Choir Leader
calendar, were chosen to launch BBC
Radio Gloucestershire’s Virtual Christmas
Market, and were part of a national virtual
Choir Show.
As life enters a new phase, we have made
lella dey some wonderful memories of our lockdown
year – so far we have not mentioned
our ‘Zoom bake-off’, Zoom-bingo or our
Saturday Spotlight. Although apart, Zoom
Choir allowed the children a sense of
normality, and the families got an insight
VOCALISE CHOIR in REMOTE Rehearsal
into the Choir fun.
Some recent work by Cheltenham Open Studios artists https://www.cheltenhamchildrenschoir.co.uk
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4 H E R I TA G E History 5
TWENTY YEARS OF CHURCH RECORDING IN CHELTENHAM GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S FORGOTTEN LEGEND
PAUL FOSTER OF THE ARTS SOCIETY TELLS US MORE A TALE BY PHIL JONES (CHELTENHAM WRITERS’ CIRCLE)
W T
hen I told a friend I was a church 250 pages of text and the other records he horseman, no ordinary horseman, to win the Grand National two years in
recorder, he asked if it meant about 150 pages - plus lots of photos. Each leant from his highly-strung cob to succession. Black Tom’s thesis was that ‘the
playing Vivaldi at evensong. But record took two or three years – except for wave to the pikewoman at the gate on post is the place to win; lie away from the
my fascinating hobby over the Bishop’s Cleeve, which at times we thought the toll road up Cleeve Hill and then other horses’.
past twenty years has been to research we’d never finish! proceeded on up at a walking pace. He’d
George won the Grand National for the
and document the contents of historic We were able to specialise in a variety of been to the market in Cheltenham and
first time in 1856 riding Free Trader, a 25-1
local churches. This is the story of the subjects. Church memorials may entail was riding back towards Emblem Cottage,
outsider. He claimed victory at the post
Cheltenham Church Recording Group. studying family history or heraldry back his house high on the hill. Fate, however,
in line with Black Tom Oliver’s guiding
to the Tudors, on one occasion consulting had decreed that he was never to make it
... beautiful carving, ranging principle. A bonfire
a (very helpful) member of the Heraldry safe home.
was lit on Cleeve
from medieval work to Arts Council; and a knowledge of Latin is handy. Just as he reached the Rising Sun Hotel, his Hill, a gesture that
There is fine old silverware, some of it hat blew off. A young lad ran to get it and, was to be repeated
and Crafts. Textiles range
kept in the Cathedral Treasury for security. as he passed it back, the horse panicked. It each time he won.
from home-made kneelers to In stonework and woodwork one finds turned and set off back down the hill, once
beautiful carving, ranging from medieval Between George’s
elaborate vestments... again passing the pikewoman but, this
work to Arts and Crafts. Textiles range first and second wins
time, at a crazy gallop.
from home-made kneelers to elaborate times were changing. Steeplechasers had
vestments. Stained glass windows may be The rider clung on until the animal’s mad always been hunters or cavalry horses but
The background: the Victoria and Albert
very old or very new, and they often tell charge ended when it caught its foot in now people were beginning to introduce
Museum and The Arts Society (formerly
a family story in their dedications. Then a drain at Southam and fell, throwing its horses that had originally been bred for
NADFAS) have a nationwide programme
there are organs, tower clocks, mass dials, rider. The horseman’s head hit a stone, the flat. Stevens’ second win was in 1863.
to produce detailed “church records” for the
wall paintings, bells and peal certificates fracturing his skull. The people who went He rode a little mare called Emblem
libraries of the V&A, the Church of England
and the parish papers held in Gloucester to his aid carried him into Mrs Villar’s that was owned by the Earl of Coventry.
and Historic England as well as for county
Archives. We have both struggled with farmhouse across the road. Afterwards they Lord Coventry had faith in his horse and
archives and the churches themselves.
new technology and benefitted from the carried him home where he died 24 hours bet heavily on her. Emblem was the 3-1
Nearly 2,000 such records have been
growing online records available. later, leaving a widow and a son of twelve favourite before the race but, when the
produced, and the programme has just
years. punters saw how ‘small and scratchy’ she
migrated to a dedicated Church Recording The highlights? At Guiting Power, we were
was, the odds lengthened and she started
Society with the same aim: recording the bowled over by a beautiful but decaying Thus, in a freak accident, the world lost
the race at 7-2 second favourite. Lord
riches within local churches. Victorian altar frontal and through the Arts George Stevens, one of its greatest ever
Coventry, however, had the last laugh as he
After a few years with the Painswick group, Society’s Heritage Volunteers scheme we jockeys. Stevens still holds the record for
watched Emblem come in 20 lengths ahead
which worked on churches such as Avening formed a team of embroiderers to restore the greatest number of wins in the Grand
of her nearest challenger, easing up at the
and Winstone, I joined the Cheltenham it to its former glory. At Bishop’s Cleeve, National, although few seem to have heard
line. His Lordship pocketed £4,000 pounds
Group which started life some twenty years we were able to capture the details of the of him today.
as a result.
ago and cut its teeth on small churches at layout church during the major reordering
George Stevens was born in Cheltenham in
Shipton Sollers and Whittington. At the of recent years. But just spending time with The following year, Stevens rode Emblem’s
1833. His first job was as a barber but racing
time we were preparing to tackle the very the many precious old objects has been a sister Emblematic. This was another
seemed to be in his blood. He was soon
large parish church at Bishop’s Cleeve. tonic in itself. lean, fit little mare dubbed ‘a rat’ and ‘a
accepted to train as a jockey by William
Since then we have worked on churches The team will take a break now and switch wretch’ by the gamblers on the course.
Holman’s racing stable on Cleeve Hill.
at Guiting Power, Tredington, Swindon to more informal and varied projects as Once again they got it wrong. Emblematic
Village and Dumbleton. You may judge the Arts Society’s Heritage Volunteers. And I He learnt quickly, particularly from ‘Black won by three lengths. Once again, Lord
effort we put into this work from the fact shall do something different! Tom’ Oliver, another Cheltenham jockey Coventry’s judgement was rewarded and he
that the Bishop’s Cleeve record had some Paul Foster who, before Stevens, was the only one won big sums of money by the standards
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6 History COMPETITION 7
of the time. This year though, he gave was last at Beechers the first time round 2021 COMPETITION: SIGNPOSTS
a significant portion of his winnings to with Stevens playing his usual waiting GLOUCESTERSHIRE WRITERS’ NETWORK
George Stevens as a reward. Stevens chose game but this time George Holman on The
to invest the money in a smallholding on Doctor was being just as canny. These two
T
Cleeve Hill and established his own racing horses, along with a mare called Primrose, he challenges of the last twelve
stable there at Emblem Cottage. were neck-and-neck as they came to the THEME Signposts
months have seen us taking more
last. Primrose clipped the fence and the advantage of the great outdoors to POETRY JUDGE Carrie Etter
Not long after this, the Earl and the jockey
other two fought it out along the flat. There jog, to mountain bike, to hill run, but PROSE JUDGE Debbie Young
parted company. The Earl considered that
were never more than a few inches in it but above all to walk, trailing the parks, tracks
Stevens had lost his nerve and the jockey FIRST PRIZE £200 in each category
Stevens’ strength and timing enabled him to and bye-ways of our beautiful county.
was never to ride in Lord Coventry’s colours Runners up prizes: 3
bring The Colonel home by a neck in one of
again. Stevens said, though, that he would Research has shown that walking in runners up in each
the finest finishes ever seen at Aintree.
give his eye-teeth to prove his Lordship particular is hugely beneficial to our category will receive a
wrong. It would be five years before he could It was George Steven’s fifth victory, mental health, thought processes and £20 book token
do that. adding to the impressive total achieved imagination because when we walk, it
by Cheltenham jockeys. Between them, seems we can adjust our pace to match
Stevens married into a horseracing family
Tom Oliver, William Archer, father of Fred, that of our thinking, something which is
and one of his wife’s uncles not only owned Prize-winners and highly commended
William Holman, Tommy Pickernell and more difficult at a faster speed. Perhaps
a racing stable in Shropshire but also a entrants will be invited to have their
George Stevens rode twelve Grand National it was not by chance that so many of
steeplechaser named The Colonel. George entries published in the competition
winners. A year later, in 1871, George our great poets and writers were also
Stevens went over to the stable to train anthology. All winners and highly
Stevens won the Licensed Victuallers Plate enthusiastic ramblers. People are unique
the horse. In 1869, The Colonel started the commended will receive a copy of the
in the Cheltenham Grand Annual Meeting in their view of the world, what grabs
National as a mere 13-1 fourth favourite but anthology.
in what was to be his last race. Six weeks their attention and the significance they
George took him through in the last mile
after that Stevens was dead, killed in that attribute to it and so we are hopeful that
to win at a canter by three lengths. The
fall from his horse. this time spent in contemplative strolling
Sporting Life reported that, “Never was CLOSING DATE Midnight, 30 June 2021
there more elation on a jockey’s face than So there you have George Stevens, arguably will provide you with the inspiration ENTRY FEES £3 one entry
George’s as he passed the post.” one of the finest steeplechase jockeys of to enter our competition and that your £5 two entries
them all, and all but forgotten today. He interpretations of the theme ‘Signposts’ £7 three entries
The next year, the Cleeve Hill connection will be as varied and wild and individual as
rode in fifteen Grand Nationals without
was even stronger. A horse called The the landscapes and urban scenes that you
falling once, he won five times and was,
Doctor was being trained at Holman’s have encountered.
ironically, killed at the age of 38 in a freak
stables and it rapidly emerged as favourite.
accident riding home one evening from
A great race was in the offing and the crowd
Cheltenham market.
weren’t to be disappointed. The Colonel
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8 H e r i ta g e H e r i ta g e 9
ALL CHANGE AT THE HOLST BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM
AN UPDATE FROM MIKE JENKINSON
A fter lots of market research and a fair
amount of internal debate, the Holst
Birthplace Trust has embarked on an
exciting transformation of four Clarence
Road into the Holst Victorian House.
As the only Victorian house in
Cheltenham open to the public, we are
reaching out to a wider audience of those
interested in Victorian social history, while
retaining the key attraction of Holst and
his music. We hope to provide a more
immersive experience for visitors, with
narratives around the residents who lived
in the house, including the Holst family.
The aim is for visitors to feel that they are
stepping back in time into a real Victorian
home.
AGM
There is much to do, but thankfully the word, attending our events, and
Covid-19 has actually given us the space to coming to explore the Museum in the
think about the change and plan properly. autumn. We’d be delighted to see you
It’s an ambitious project, so we won’t be there.
delivering it in one go. We have scheduled Cheltenham Arts Council will be holding
Meanwhile, you can keep in touch by
some infrastructure work for next year, following us on Twitter, Facebook or the its AGM at 7.30pm on Thursday 10th
depending on external funding. However, Website. We are reopening on 19 May. June 2021, and it will be by Zoom
we will be launching the first phase to You can also support us by becoming videoconference again.
coincide with Heritage Open Days (10-19 a Volunteer at the Museum. If you’d
September). There will be lots of events at railings to their original colours. Member organisations will receive
like to know more please email us at
that time: in the Museum, in public spaces an email with the details and joining
Next year we hope to return the hallway volunteers@holstmuseum.org.uk.
(pandemic permitting) and also online; instructions soon.
to its original look and feel, install period
I think we are all now quite used to talks Thank you.
lighting and soundscapes, revamp the Grants from both the Trafford Memorial
given via Zoom! Holst Museum rooms on the ground floor, Fund and Cheltenham Borough
So what changes can you expect? At and provide an audio-visual virtual house Council will be available to successful
launch we will have a new logo and tour that visitors can access on a phone or
applicants immediately after the AGM
branding; new interpretative material tablet. Visitors will also have better access
and will be transferred electronically
and visitor guide; a redesigned website; a to Holst archive material using smart @HolstMuseum
digital technology. wherever possible.
changed visitor pathway passing through
HolstMuseum
a succession of period rooms; and new Given these uncertain times it is a mark of We are also pleased to say that
films which set the scene and showcase the confidence and energy of the Trustees, WEB www.holstmuseum.org.uk there will be another round of grant
some of our key exhibits. We are also Staff and Volunteers that we have pushed applications this autumn – watch out for
working on a redecoration of the house ahead with the project. We hope that we further details in August.
exterior, returning the front door and can count on your support by spreading
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10 LISTINGS EVENTS 9 LISTINGS 11
Molly Abbott & Jill
LISTINGS: EVENTS DIRECTORY JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2021 Hamilton Wed 30 Jun-
Mon 5 Jul,
VISUAL ARTS become an important part At The Gardens Gallery, Claudia Araceli, Wed 7- Sat
of the cultural landscape Montpellier Gardens: 10 Jul,
Cheltenham Open Studios for artists and art lovers
COS Group Show, 2pm-5pm on Wednesdays, Emma Yorke, Sun 11- Mon
alike, engaging people from 10am Thu-Mon, 12 Jul,
Fri 4- Sun 13 Jun, Gardens with the original art
Gallery, Montpellier, closed on Tuesdays, Nigel Calvert: Art-Glass,
made here. For more info gardensgallery.co.uk
with the postponement about COS, please visit Wed 14- Mon 19 Jul,
of the main art trail until cheltenhamopenstudios. Christine Hobson:
September, COS members org.uk Unity: Into a New Chapter
2021, Wed 16- Mon 21 Jun, Wednesday Group, Wed
host a group show this 21- Mon 26 Jul,
June. For more info Andrew Dawes & Michael
Paul: Space and Faces, Junction 12 Art Group,
about COS, please visit
Wed 23- Mon 28 Jun, Wed 28 Jul- Mon 2 Aug,
cheltenhamopenstudios.
org.uk Abigail Scriven: A Brush
With Watercolours, Wed
Cotswold Art Club, please CHELTENHAM ILLUSTRATION AWARDS 2019 SUCCESSFUL ENTRANT: WHERE I AM LIKELY TO FIND IT,
BY ARD SU WWW.ARDSU.COM 4- Mon 9 Aug,
see cotswoldartclub.
com for details of the Caroline Hill: Diverse
restart of Saturday artist Image and Form, Wed 11- ANTHEA MILLIER, CHELTENHAMOPENSTUDIOS.ORG.UK
demonstrations Mon 16 Aug,
Sea Nature Exhibition, Bob Meredith: Old and the MUSIC rehearsal space at the Tithe
Leanne Courtney-Crowe, New Arts and Crafts, Wed Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve,
Fri 11- Thu 17 Jun, 9.30am- 18- Mon 23 Aug, Cheltenham Children’s please see www.cleeve-
5pm daily (closing 1pm Anthony Davie, Wed 25- Choir, now back in person harmony.org.uk for latest or
on 17th), Dove Gallery, Mon 30 Aug after singing together search CleeveHarmony on
Winchcombe, selection online, three groups, Facebook
Claudia Araceli, Wed 1-
of work by local artist please see cheltenham Cheltenham
Mon 6 Sep
with inspiration based on childrenschoir.co.uk for Opera Society: Der
Cheltenham Art Club, Wed details Rosenkavalier, Wed
nature. Floral, sea work
8 - Mon 13 Sep Cleeve Harmony 9 Jun, time tbc, Zoom
and abstracts in various
sizes and mediums. www. Jan Whitton: Pastel and Rehearsals, Wednesdays, lecture by Simon Rees,
wildandabstract.com Brush, Wed 15- Mon 20 Sep via Zoom, 7.30pm, a fun, for further info see
Cheltenham Group friendly ladies’ a cappella cheltenhamoperasociety.
Cheltenham Open
of Artists Autumn choir. Our songs can org.uk
Studios21, Sat 25 Sep-
Exhibition, Wed 22 - Mon be learnt by non music
Sun 3 Oct, artists open
27 Sep readers and range from
their doors to the public
Caroline Hill: Workshop old ballads to modern hits.
in this celebration of the
Portraiture and Sculpture, New members welcome.
visual art being made in
Wed 29 Sep- Sat 2 Oct We’re planning our safe
the area. Meet the artists,
return to our regular
view their work, learn
about their practice. Now
a biennial event, COS has RACHAEL THOROGOOD, CHELTENHAMOPENSTUDIOS.ORG.UK
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12 LISTINGS T H E AT R E 1 3
Cheltenham Children’s STAGE info: 01452 627811,
ON THE VERGE
Choir: Summer cheltenhampoetrysociety A QUARTET OF NEW RADIO PLAYS BY PARROT PRODUCTIONS
Showcase, Sun 20 Jun, Tuckwell Open Air @gmail.com
6pm, streamed from The Theatre Festival, Tue Cheltenham Poetry
L
Bacon Theatre with a 3- Sun 15 Aug, Tuckwell Society Workshop, Tue ocal theatre fans may remember 3. Face the Music, by David Elder. This
virtual audience, please Amphitheatre, cinema, 3 Aug, 7-10pm, Rosalind previous plays by Parrot Productions, play, set in 1908, tells the story of
theatre, music and family Room, Parmoor House, which have included Lou Beckett's a difficult period in the life of the
book tickets at https://
show favourites. Tickets Bletchley Girls (previously called composer Gustav Holst. Having just
amber-smith.co.uk/ Lypiatt Terrace, further
online at bacontheatre. Secrets, Lies and Spies), Rotten Luck, and received the results of a prestigious
summershowcase/ info: 01452 627811, The Parrot, The Poet and The Philanderer, music competition, Gustav hopes
Cheltenham Opera co.uk or call 01242 258002 cheltenhampoetry
and David Elder’s The Making of Miss this will be the major break-through
Society: Garsington Promenade Productions, society@gmail.com
Brown. he’s been looking for.
Opera, June, various details of pre-audition Cheltenham Civic
rehearsals for The Bletchley Girls stage production was 4. Big Blue Things, by David Elder. Set
dates, Der Rosenkavalier, Society: Heritage Open in the aftermath of the devastating
Snow Queen (opening cancelled due to Covid, but an audio
ticket allocation tbc, Days, September, this Gloucestershire floods of 2007,
night 31 Jan 2022) version was included in the 2020
for further info see year’s national theme is Gloucester History Festival, where it was this play tells the story of two
cheltenhamoperasociety. will be posted on the ‘Edible England’. Please Cheltenham residents who try to
listed as one of the Festival's highlights.
org.uk society’s website www. see cheltcivicsoc.org for cope with the ‘new normal’, making
The Making of Miss Brown was premiered
Cheltenham Bach promenadeproductions. details in the 2020 Stroud Film Festival where it daily trips to collect water from those
Choir, Sat 3 Jul, 7.30pm, co.uk from September Holst Birthplace Museum: was well-received (see article in Spring “big blue things” that have suddenly
Tewkesbury Abbey, onwards Conversation Piece? A 2021 issue of Perspectives). appeared on the town’s streets.
However, while carrying on with
a selection of choral double Holst Portrait, This year Parrot Productions are
LECTURES & MEETINGS their new routines, a different type of
favourites from Handel to Tue 7 Sep, 6.30pm, talk producing four short (10-minute) radio
challenge suddenly arises.
Rachmaninov. Admission by Adrian Barlow. Keep plays which, despite comprising different
Friends of the Wilson, topics, have a common theme of ‘On the
free but tickets must an eye on our website for The plays, which have received financial
Mon 21 Jun, 10.30am, Verge’ that links them together. They
be booked in advance, details: holstmuseum.org. support from the Cheltenham Arts
Zoom talk: Herbert comprise:
retiring collection for uk Council, are expected to be made
Ponting: Scott’s Antarctic
local charities. See Cheltenham Poetry 1. Forbidden Music, by Lou Beckett. The available during this summer both as
Photographer and Pioneer
cheltbachchoir.com for Society Workshop, Tue play explores how the Nazis lost the podcasts and via local radio community
Filmmaker, with Anne
details 7 Sep, 7-10pm, Rosalind war but still had a major influence channels.
Strathie, £5, see https://
Cheltenham Chamber Room, Parmoor House, in repressing many 20th century
www.friendsofthewilson.
Orchestra, Sat 18 Sep, Lypiatt Terrace, further composers. One man tries to redress
org.uk/events/
7.30pm, St Andrew’s info: 01452 627811, the wrong but to do it he has to
Friends of the Wilson, convince a major music label to take
Church, Montpellier, cheltenhampoetry
Mon 5 Jul, 10.30am, Zoom on a series of composers who are now
Baroque music including society@gmail.com
talk: Battle of Tewkesbury dead and whom most people have
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Cheltenham Local
anniversary, with Steve never heard of.
www.cheltenhamchamber History Society, Tue 21
Goodchild, £5, see https:// 2. We Can't Be, by Lou Beckett. This Further details will be posted on the
orchestra.org.uk Sep, 7.30pm, Young Zamiel
www.friendsofthewilson. play, closer to home, tells the story Parrot Productions websites
Holst Birthday Concert, Gripeall: Cheltenham’s
org.uk/events/ of two young women who decide
with the Oriel Singers, ‘crafty, crabbed, selfish’
Cheltenham Poetry Cheltenham needs a statue of a WEB www.loubeckett.com
Sat 25 Sep, St Andrew’s newspaper proprietor and
Society Workshop, Tue woman and the lengths they'll go to
WEB www.davidelder.net
Church, Montpellier, for hotelier, Samuel Young achieve that.
6 Jul, 7-10pm, Rosalind
confirmation and details Griffith, with Mark Davies.
Room, Parmoor House,
see holstmuseum.org.uk See cheltlocalhistory.org.
Lypiatt Terrace, further
uk/meetings.html
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14 EVENTS EVENTS 15
CHELTENHAM CHRISTIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
CREATIVE ARTS FOR EVERYONE
T
here’s nothing like abstinence
to remind us of what we took for
granted! But we’re getting back on
track – how thrilling to be able to offer
live experiences once again, to challenge,
entertain, celebrate and engage.
We are hugely appreciative of an award
from Cheltenham Arts Council, which
we don’t take for granted! The funding
is supporting our textile banner project
(pictured).
Challenge: for our textile banner project, CHRISTIAN ARTS FESTIVAL TEXTILE BANNER
many people are immersed in making
eye-catching banners with fabric, On and The Bean Baker Band, and an
stitching and recycled bits and pieces, Open Mic Competition. The Open Mic
portraying messages of hope and raising Competition is for music and comedy
questions. acts and is open to everyone, all ages.
What is beauty? Who Or is there another performance you
cares and why? How could bring to the mic? There will be
prize money and an opportunity to
can destruction lead to
hope? Have you got a perform live on stage. Contact nikki@
“Destresstival” programme, offering live
music at lunchtimes on campus for the EVENTS
vision of how the world christianartsfestival.org enjoyment and relaxation of staff and Other events include
can be restored? The Celebrate: By the time you read this, students during the pressurizing exam
project aptly reflects our period. Nature’s Gallery
we will have celebrated with different
2021/22 theme: “Eden, Restoring Paradise: Saturday 26 June 3pm, Barnwood Park,
audiences the ‘new freedom’ in our Engage: Nothing has stopped us
Beauty, Care, Destruction, Restoration”. Gloucester Arboretum - a creative stroll with
glorious Cheltenham parks with Music reimagining how we do things. The “Inspires
It will continue until November 2021 Forest Church to focus on art that is nature
in the Park, Comedians in the Sunshine Sessions” and Octopus Creative Workshops,
to mark the International Climate through willow windows.
and Arts Extravaganza and Demos. How live-streamed through Facebook, Twitter
Conference. Five exhibitions are being amazing for our creatives to once again Cheltenham Open Studios
and YouTube, are proving a great success
planned to exhibit the banners both in share the skills which have taken years We will also be part of Cheltenham Open
and are available via our website: www.
Cheltenham and around the country from of practice to refine. Our hope is that Studios, 25 September – 3 October 2021, at
christianartsfestival.org. Also, it’s not too
July 2021. having been tucked away for so long the Hub Gallery, Christ Church, Cheltenham
late to be enlightened and encouraged
Entertain: As restrictions continue to with cancelled events and exhibitions, by our Sermon Slam where five finalists
lockdown will have awarded them the Christian Arts Festival
be lifted, we are remaining positive that came head to head online with a 3 Minute We are planning the Christian Arts Festival
our Festival of Stars (Recreational Land, gift of time to explore new and fresh Message for our judges. See if you would
expressions of creativity which they may 2022 launch at Cheltenham Town Hall on
Whaddon), can take place on Saturday have chosen the winner of the first prize Sunday 27 March 2022.
4 September 2pm – 10pm. How exciting not otherwise have developed. and the People’s Vote! https://linktr.ee/
to be able to stage a live, fresh air, A new departure for us is the privilege cheltchristianarts We continue to need donations especially
green space music and comedy festival of collaborating with the University of for our online workshop leaders - donate:
with choirs, arts and sports activities, Gloucestershire during this summer https://www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/
Caribbean food, groups such as Folk term as part of their Students Union christianartsfestival
perspectives CHELTENHAM ARTS COUNCIL.CO.UK perspectives CHELTENHAM ARTS COUNCIL.CO.UK
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MEET THE MEMBERS
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDENS AND LANDSCAPE TRUST
T
he Gloucestershire Gardens and
Landscape Trust was founded in
1991 as a charity aiming to raise
awareness of the immense value
of the historic landscapes, parks and
gardens in the county for the benefit of
present and future generations, and of
the risks to their continued existence for Dr Anthea Jones, one of our members,
our delight. How prescient considering which reproduces with commentary
how greatly we have valued our local the 18th century engravings of
parks during the past year! The Trust Gloucestershire country houses by
seeks to support the protection and Johannnes Kip.
conservation of these sites throughout
During the winter, several lectures are
the county, both through research and
held at St Luke’s Hall, Cheltenham, or
by establishing close cooperation with
via Zoom as appropriate, whilst in the
owners as well as local and national
summer members can apply to join
bodies concerned with historic gardens
group visits to private gardens often
and designed landscapes. As an affiliated
not normally open to the public. Our
member of The Gardens Trust, expert
research team, which meets regularly
members of GGLT are in a position
at Gloucester Heritage Hub, very
to study and comment upon planning
much welcomes new members with an
applications which impinge on historic
interest in contributing to research into
sites in Gloucestershire.
one of the wonderful historic gardens
Our regular newsletter keeps members or designed landscapes in the county.
abreast of developments and our GGLT is a very friendly organisation and
beautiful journal, The Wider View, now we are, of course, always delighted to
appears annually offering in-depth welcome new members or guests to our
articles by members of GGLT and others. lectures.
The Trust is an important sponsor of a
Elise Forbes
recently published book by
Details of our organisation and events can be found online –
WEB www.gglt.org
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