Tourist guide to what's on in Lyme Regis in May

Daily Diary ~ May 2009
Community & General Events		Talks, Shows, Demos
Sat 2nd Pick up an oar to try a Gig. 11am Victoria Pool (Twixt Victoria Pier and The Cobb) Sun 3rd Lyme Regis National Waterski Race hosted in association with the Lyme Regis Powerboat Club! Length of course: approx. 4 miles May Day Fete by Regatta & Carnival Committee All local organisations and charities are invited to have a stall 01297 442220. email: info@lymeregiscarnival.co.uk 2pm Anning Road Recreation Ground Rotary Stall at the May Day Fete, Anning Road Open Garden and Bluebell Wood walk fundraiser at Ware House, Ware Lane, Lyme Regis (just off the Sidmouth Rd) from 2pm to 4pm. The gardens are spectacular with a stunning walk through the blue bell woods. Please do come along and support, the entrance fee is £2.50 with all funds going to St Michael's Church Organ Appeal. Mon 4th Spring Bank Holiday Duck Race in aid of Lyme Regis Majorettes Weds 6th TV Switchover to Digital begins see www.digitaluk.co.uk Lunches for Locals from the Monkton Garden and Kitchens Informal grounds tour from 12:30, Lunch from 1pm Only £6 non-locals also very welcome "Enjoy a healthy and delicious meal lovingly prepared with fresh ingredients from our own garden and other local producers. Book now to support local organic farming and network-building (or simply take advantage of the best meal deal in town)." Monkton Wyld Court, nr Charmouth: More Info Fri 8th* Parade of Light by members of the Goldwing Owner's Club: depart Newlands Holiday Park, Charmouth 9.30pm Sat 9th Spring Bring and Buy Plant Sale and Coffee Morning, Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society 10 - 12.30 Uplyme Village Hall Naming of a new room after Cllr Barbara Austin at St Michaels's School Children's Centre, Kingsway Fete organised by members of the Goldwing Owners Club in aid of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance 2pm - 5pm Newlands Holiday Park, Charmouth Sun10th National Low Tide Day Charmouth Bowling Club Open Day - all welcome - help is at hand for beginners 2.15pm Info Tel 01297 560557 Plant and Craft Fair 10am - 5pm Kingston Maurward, Dorchester £2 includes gardens and animal park 10th - 16th Christian Aid Week Tuesday 12th National Stroke Awareness Day Weds 13th Traditional Church Coffee Morning, St. Andrews Monkton Wyld. 10,30 - 12 noon. Home made produce, coffee, raffle and much more. Resolutions Meeting and 'Beetle (plant) Drive' Uplyme WI. 2.30pm Uplyme Village Hall Fri 15th Knot and Stitch new monthly event for local handicrafts Rag Rug demo Monkton Wyld Court Tel 560342 More Info Sat 16th Table Top Sale and cake stall for Christian Aid a.m. outside the Three Cups. Donations Tel 444217 Coffee served in the Baptist Hall Wild Food Walk become aware of edible plant life in Lyme Regis Holmbush Car Park 10.30 - 12.30 Booking essential Tel 445078 Plant Market: Kilmington Village Produce Association 10.30am - 12.30 Kilmington Village Hall More info Tel 35525 Sun 17th Rogation Sunday Open Garden Afternoon, Cream Teas, Bring and Buy plant stall, for Lyme Regis Action Medical Research, £2 2.30 - 5pm Lower Ware, Ware Lane. Blessing of the Boats: Rogation Sunday - when traditionally, the Lyme Regis Lifeboat holds a Blessing of the Boats family service outside the boathouse at The Cobb. Wreaths are blessed and taken out to sea by the lifeboat where they are laid to commemorate those lost at sea. The (short) service, with the Lyme Regis Town Band, starts at 15.00 (3.00pm) everyone is more than welcome to attend. Mon 18th Quiz by the Royal British Legion questions by Marion Bignall 7.30pm Nags Head Tues 19th Rotary Golf Day, organised by Lyme Regis and Axminster Rotary Clubs, Lyme Regis Golf Club Click here to download application form Lyme Regis Town Band Annual General Meeting 7.45pm Woodmead Hall Weds 20th TV Switchover to Digital see www.digitaluk.co.uk Thurs 21st Annual Mayor Making Ceremony The Guildhall Fri 22nd Fossil Walk with Museum geologist Paddy Howe. From the Museum at 9.00am. Charges are £9 for adults and £5 for children and students. To book, contact the museum direct tel 01297 443370, email info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk or drop into the Museum Pre-booked activities for school parties in Lyme Regis Museum, marquee 3 and on the Museum terrace 23rd, 24th and 25th Wildlife babies One of the busiest times with all sorts of orphans furry and feathery! Secret World Wildlife Rescue, Highbridge, Somerset Sat 23rd Fossil Walk with Museum geologist Paddy Howe. from the Museum at 9.30am Charges are £9 for adults and £5 for children and students. To book, contact the museum direct tel. 01297 443370, email info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk or drop into the Museum A day of drop-in family fun on the theme of fossils and geology by Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Marquee 3 Sun 24th Meet Lyme Regis's own friendly fossil experts Paddy Howe and Chris Andrew. See how they prepare fossils and find out about their amazing fossil discoveries in Marquee 3, Lyme Regis Fossil Festival Make your own plaster cast 'fossils' with local artist Phil Anslow on Lyme Regis Museum Terrace Mon 25th - Fri 29th Woodroffe School Half Term Mon 25th FOOD ROCKS! Lyme Regis Food Festival Something new for Lyme. Local producers selling their produce direct to the public. Freshly cooked and prepared scallops, crab, spit-roast lamb and spicy lamb burgers. 10.15 Micahel Caines 11.15 Mark Hix and Mitch Tonks 12.15 Nathan Outlaw 1.15 Aidan Chapman 2.15 Mark Hix 3.15 John Wright (Edible Seashore) and Pam Corbin (Preserves) of River Cottage. Cobb Gate Marquee at the bottom of Broad Street Bermuda 400 Somers Day Parade in Lyme Regis Regatta & Carnival Duck Race 12 noon Wootton Fitzpaine Village Fete in aid of local charities. If wet in village hall. Tel 561034 Colyton Vintage Tractor Run to Chardstock Community Hall where drivers will stop for lunch. This year the main beneficiary of the run will be Help for Heroes, a charity which helps injured service personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The 2008 tractor run saw a grand total of £1,700 raised, which helped not only the parish church, but many other small local organisations. To enter the run, ring 01297 552376 for an entry form. Weds 27th Plant Sale and Coffee Morning Plant stalls, cake stall, raffle, tea, coffee and biscuits (Combpyne-Rousdon Flower & Produce Association). 10.30 am Peek Hall, Rousdon. Gig Shed Open Afternoon - see Lyme's latest gig being built. 2 - 4pm Lyme Regis Gig Shed, Monmouth Beach (Opposite Boat Building Academy) 'The Work of the British Legion' Action Forum for Lyme Regis and Uplyme 2.15 Masonic Hall Fri 29th Oliver Letwin Advice Surgery 3pm Hotel Alexandra. Appointment: charles@parliament.uk or Tel 01308 456891 Sat 30th Charmouth Sea Shore - the Geology and Rock Pools. Dorset Wildlife Trust walk with the warden of the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre Tel 01297 561536 for info Sun 31st Record and CD Fair Marine Theatre Electric Lyme 100; An evening of music, drama, history and light at the Town Mill to celebrate the coming of electricity to Lyme Regis 100 years ago on June 1^st 1909. Electric Lyme 100 will commence at 7.45pm with a procession led by the new Mayor and party from the Guildhall to the Town Mill courtyard. This will be followed by an hour or so of music, drama, speeches and light. The Junior Band will be playing and Lyme Youth Theatre will perform a specially commissioned drama based on the historical theme of the evening. Electric Light Show. The courtyard will be illuminated and animations projected onto the Malthouse wall during the event. Lyme's Electric History. At sunset around 9.15p.m., an electric light show of images of the history of electricity in Lyme will be narrated by Martin Roundell Green, the author of “Electric Lyme - the arrival of electricity in an English seaside town”. The event is open to all - residents and visitors alike, Entrance to Electric Lyme 100 (and the watermill) is free for the night.		Sat 2nd 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 11am Lyme Regis Museum Lyme Bay Chorale Spring Concert. Lyme Regis. Music includes Handel's Chandos Anthem No. 4 'Oh sing unto the Lord', the Foundling Hospital Anthem. A superb little continuo group is accompanying these Handel pieces. The choir will also perform part songs by Elgar, Morley and the beautiful Stanford "Blue Bird". Rachel Burroughs performs Mozart's Adagio for Violin and Alison Young will play Saxophone solos including Marcellos Oboe concerto on Soprano Sax - A stunning sound in the church with the chamber organ accompanying! Tickets at the door £10/8 there is also a sumptuous buffet/tea - worth coming for itself!!! In aid of the Organ Appeal 7.30pm St Michaels Church Tel. 443824 Emmaus Christian Choir 30 mixed voices followed by a short epilogue. Light refreshments, no admission charge, no collection 6.30pm Uplyme Village Hall Sun 3rd 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 3pm Lyme Regis Museum Mon 4th 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 11am Lyme Regis Museum Tues 5th 'The Monmouth Rising' by John Lello 11am Lyme Regis Museum Thursday 7th 'All That Jazz' with Woodroffe School Young Musicians 12.30 - 1pm followed by lunch at 1.05pm. The Minster, Axminster. Tel 01404 881332 'Miroirs' Daniel Browell piano:- Beethoven Sonata op7; Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses; Ravel Miroirs (complete); Chopin Scherzo no3. Concerts in the West series 7.30pm Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis Click here for Daniel's biography Fri 8th 'Thomas Hardy, Man of Wessex, his life and literature' by Jack Thomas 11am Lyme Regis Museum ‘Music & Wholeness’ An illustrated performance by famed crossover musician Adrian Snell. Heritage Coast U3A at The Marine Theatre at 7.30pm. More info. right Sat 10th Paulo's Circus 6.30pm Charmouth Road Park and Ride ground. Tickets Tel 07021 125454 Info Paulo's Circus Americano Sun 11th 'Fiddler on the Roof' first review meeting by Lyme Regis Community Players for their next production due to take place July 28th to August 1st. All welcome. 7.30 St Michael's School. Info: 01297 444209 Paulo's Circus 6.30pm Charmouth Road Park and Ride ground. Tickets tel 07021 125454 Info Paulo's Circus Americano 12th - 16th 'The Pirates of Penzance' by Lyme Regis Operatic Society, 7.30pm Marine Theatre. Tickets £8 from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street. Fri 15th 'Mary Anning' by Daphne Baker 11am Lyme Regis Museum Sat 16th 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 11am Lyme Regis Museum Sun 17th 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 3pm Lyme Regis Museum Weds 20th AGM and 'Plutocrats on Vacation - Holiday Homes of the American Rich 1870 - 1940' by Roger Mitchell. West Dorset Decorative & Fine Arts Society, The Arts Centre, Bridport Quiz Night TheatreFriends, Marine Theatre Fri 22nd Fossil Festival: 'Evolution Rocks' Schools Day World Heritage Education Conference and Youth Summit organised by the UK National Commission for UNESCO Sat 23rd RNLI Flag Day Fossil Festival part of the Darwin200 celebrations. (see right) 'Darwin and the Fossil Record' talk by Professor Chris Paul in Lyme Regis Museum Museum at 11am Rotary Stall at the Fossil Festival, The Shelters, Marine Parade ‘The First Jurassic Park’ A short talk by Tom Sharpe, Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. 3pm Lyme Regis Museum Church Service and Pageant 'Bermuda 400' - a celebration of the founding of Bermuda by Sir George Somers 400 years ago. Whitchurch Canonicorum. Info: 442462 Sun 24th Fossil Festival part of the Darwin200 celebrations. (see right) ‘The First Jurassic Park’ A short talk by Tom Sharpe, Curator of Palaeontology and Archives at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Lyme Regis Museum at 3pm Mercury Marine Theatre 7.45pm Mon 25th Fairly Tales The Black Sheep, 3pm Marine Theatre I, Lear The Black Sheep, 8pm Marine Theatre Tues 26th 'James McNeil Whistler in Lyme' by Sandra Lello 11am Lyme Regis Museum Cheese Masterclass with Juliet Harbutt - an authority on British Cheese. Evening at Hix Oyster and Fish Restaurant: more details Thursday 28th 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 11am Lyme Regis Museum Triologue, baroque trio: Pawel Siwczak harpsichord, Kinga Gaborjani viola da gamba & Karin Bjork violin. D Buxtehude Sonata no1 in F major from VII Sonate à doi, Violino & Viola da gamba, con Cembalo, Opera Prima JS Bach Sonata no3 in G minor BWV1029 for viola da gamba and harpsichord; F Couperin Deuxième concert from Concerts Royaux; Marais Sonate à la Maresienne; D Buxtehude Sonata no3 in a minor from VII Sonate à doi, Violino & Viola da gamba, con Cembalo, Opera Prima. A selection of Irish Folk Tunes from "A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music Containing a variety of Admired Airs never before Published, and also The Compositions of Conolan and Carolan Collected from Harpers &c. in the different Provinces of / Ireland" (published in 1796) arranged by Triologue. Concerts in the West series 7.30pm Marine Theatre Click for Triologue's biography Fri 29th 'Birds- Their beauty and Mystery' by David Cox 11am Lyme Regis Museum The Spiral Sax Quartet This professional London based saxophone quartet visit Lyme Regis and will play a wide variety of contemporary and classical music by composers including; George Gershwin, Michael Nyman, Will Gregory (goldfrapp) and Dizzy Gillespie. 7.30pm St Michael's Church. Proceeds in aid of the organ appeal. Tickets £10/8 children £3 at the door or in advance from the TIC box office on 01297 442138. See spiralsax.co.uk for more details. Sarah MacDougall Marine Theatre Sat 30th 'Know Your Fossils' by Paddy Howe 11am Lyme Regis Museum Arts and Crafts Exhibition in aid of Kilmington Village Hall 10am - 4pm Kilmington Village Hall

		Exhibitions
		Fri 22nd - Sun23rd 'Evolution Rocks' Fossil Festival Town Beach and around the town
		Lyme Regis Art Group Annual Exhibition 10am to 5pm 22nd to 26th May Woodmead Hall
		in the Museum all day Sat 23rd and Sunday 24th May The original watercolour Duria Antiquior, An Earlier Dorsetshire, Henry De la Beche's famous imagined vision of ancient Dorset, will be on display, on loan from the National Museum of Wales. Darwin's and Henry De la Beche's papers, on loan from the National Museum of Wales Bronze bust of geologist William Buckland, on loan from the National Portrait Gallery Also The exhibition The Bird Man from Lyme Regis - John Gould and Charles Darwin is the Museum's contribution to the Darwin 200 celebrations. Mostly an art exhibition featuring the work of Lyme-born John Gould who became the leading taxonomist of his day. He classified Darwin's specimens and, with his wife Elizabeth and artists including Joseph Wolf and Edward Lear, published works illustrating and describing the birds of the world. This exhibition runs until 21 June 2009. Get to grips with the amazing Jurassic Coast Discovery Box
		Farming in East Devon Award winning Historic Farming Project: Farming in East Devon Exhibition by Lyme Regis Museum exhibition at Thomas Witty House, Silver Street, Axminster This exhibition is part of an on-going research project, at Lyme Regis Museum, into the history of farming of the local area. Its aim is to document the farming heritage before vital records and buildings are lost forever. Beginning in 2007, the project has expanded, from its early researches in the Lim Valley, to now cover 14 parishes in East Devon. In 2009 the Lim Valley Projected was Highly Commended in the Dorset Archaeological Awards. 30^th May – 28^th June 2009. Daily 11-4, except Mondays (closed). Admission Free (Donations welcome!)
		Arts and Crafts Exhibition in aid of Kilmington Village Hall Sat 30th 10am - 4pm Kilmington Village Hall
		'7 Artists - translation' An Exhibition by a group of Painters and Printmakers well known in the Wessex region and beyond 11:00am - 4:00pm Lyme Regis Town Mill: Open Tuesday - Sunday (and Bank Holiday Monday) Admission Free 23 May - 5 July 2009

		May 2010 'Golden Revenge' by Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre