Charity Golf Day ~ May Day Fete ~  Plant Sales ~ Flower Festival ~ The Bridgend Male Voice Choir and Woodroffe Jazz Band in Concert

Daily Diary ~  May 2008

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Thurs 1st  
Tickets now on sale for Lyme Regis 18th Jazz Festival 4th - 6th July Stroller Tickets available for all events from Harvey World Travel, 5 Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, DT7 3QA Tel 01297 442491

RUN, FATBOY, RUN (12A)  A chunky, clueless guy leaves his fiancée on their wedding day only to discover -- some 10 years later -- that she is his one true love...'Silver Screen' open to all at the Regent Cinema 10.15am coffee or tea served in the foyer 10.45 film starts ….TICKETS £3.00 INC. COFFEE

Play-writing course  with Brian Woodland (1 of 6 classes), Marine Theatre

Skittles competition, Pool, Cards, Jenga, bar and food 7.30 pm Whitchurch Canonicorum Village Hall  in aid of the Village Hall

Fri 2nd 

Sat 3rd  Save the Children Flag Day

National Low Tide Day

The Bridgend Male Voice Choir and Woodroffe Jazz Band in Concert. Woodroffe School Hall Tickets £10  7.00pm Picture of choir

Celidh, Marine Theatre

Sun 4th May Day
LymeRegisRadio Sunday Morning 11.30am-1pm New LIVE Weekly Series THE SUNDAY VIEW featuring Pip Evans and Guests in the Studio. weekly What's On In Lyme feature, plus Beach and Tide Reports for the week ahead. All the Local News, and a review of the Sunday Paper's. Lyme's own Sunday Colour Supplement. Music & Requests, send your dedications to lymeregisradio@hotmail.com. Join in with the show via the CHATROOM. To access the show, go to www.lymeregisradio.com and click the link to the LIVE CHANNEL.

May Day Fete Maypole Dancing, Lyme Regis Majorettes Display, Lyme Regis Junior Band, Stalls, Face Painting, Cream Teas from many local organisations and charities. Playing Field, Anning Road 1:45pm All local organisations and charities are invited to have a stall 01297 442220. email: info@lymeregiscarnival.co.uk

UK Beach Boys, Un-seasonal snow has blown away just in time for the UK Beach Boys in the Marine Theatre on Sunday 4 May at 8.30. With a history of 60 singles in the US music charts, and 32 singles in the UK charts, The Beach Boys occupy a unique position in the memories of most of us when we fondly recall the music of yesteryear. This is undeniably the world’s number one tribute to The Beach Boys – of that you can be sure. So, if you love the music of The Beach Boys, then don’t miss this! Come along and pick up some “Good Vibrations” and you’ll definitely have “Fun Fun Fun”, and then go home agreeing, “I Can Hear Music” ! Marine Theatre

Mon 5th May Day Bank Holiday

Talbot Arms Over 40's Charity Football Match in aid of Force Cancer Charity 3pm Uplyme

Lyme Regis Majorettes Duck Race 12 noon Windsor Terrace

Tues 6th
Open House Christian Aid Coffee Morning St Michaels Church Hall 10am - 11.30am All Welcome

Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair  in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) Variety of stalls selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00am. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

Robert Waldron 'Living fully in the Now' Heritage Coast U3A Woodmead Hall 7.30pm

'FOLK AT THE ROPE'  LIVE Music from the Ropemaker's Arms, Bridport. 8pm-11pm. www.lymeregisradio.com and click the link to the LIVE CHANNEL

Weds 7th   Family charity bingo organised by two upper sixth formers. Prizes have been donated by local shops and the money is going to the Project Trust and the Dorset expeditionary society - the two charities which Hazel Hathway and Martyn Middleton will be undertaking activities with in their gap years.  Doors open 7pm eyes down 7:30pm at The Woodroffe School

THE LYME AGENDA LIVE from the Council Chamber in the Guildhall.  7pm-10pm (programme might over-run!)  www.lymeregisradio.com and click the link to the LIVE CHANNEL

Thurs 8th  A WEEK IN LYME REGIS  Mary & Nomad in the Studio, present a random selection of this week's video's.  8pm-9pm  www.lymeregisradio.com

Fri May 9th - Sun 11th
'Sing it with Flowers' Flower Festival at St Michaels Church

Fri 9th Viewing and judging by Margaret Jenkins of the seasons major club competitions.  Cyril Nimo Trophy - Jubilee Cup - Cobb Trophy. Lyme Bay Photographic Club All meetings are free to members. Visitors welcome. Entrance fee £1  The Club meets at the small Woodmead Hall from 7.30pm to 10pm

MICKY SALBERG’S CRYSTAL BALLROOM DANCE BAND:  Watermill Theatre Return with another wonderful play by Ade Morris!    Audiences at the Marine theatre have loved Ade Morris plays from the Watermill Theatre, Newbury and the national press feel the same. His latest – “Micky Salberg’s Crystal Ballroom Dance Band” has attracted rave reviews. “It possesses an honesty and humour other playwrights would do well to emulate” said the Daily Telegraph and Theatre World Review wrote “This is a feel-good show where the audience won’t leave until they’ve had at least one encore. Ade Morris knows how to tell a tale, and tell it well.”  

This is the first time that The Watermill has taken an actor-musician show out on the road. Audiences can expect plenty of fabulous live music in MICKY SALBERG’S CRYSTAL BALLROOM DANCE BAND as the actors in the production will play musical instruments whilst in character. 

It’s a tough life on the farm, and the late 50’s are no exception.  With bailiffs expected at any moment the feisty no-nonsense Sam is trying to save her father’s farm.  With little prospect of earning money from the land they decide to form a Ballroom Dance Band, with just two members.  Enter the ever confident guitar wielding Tommy.  He fervently believes that rock and roll is the way forward but Micky is unconvinced.  And Sam?  Well she just hates Tommy.  The conflict of musical styles and relationships brings surprising revelations and new challenges to them all.

The Watermill in Newbury is one of the jewels in the crown of British theatre.  It is a producing theatre which in the last ten years has seen many of its shows transferred to London’s West End and one to Broadway in New York. This new show, which tours to over 20 venues following a run at The Watermill, comes to The Marine Theatre for one performance only, tickets from Lyme’s Tourist Information centre  on 01297 442138 are £10.00 or £8.00 for concessions.

Sat 10th

Bring and Buy Plant Sale  Uplyme Village Hall 10 - 11.30am.  Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society

Sing it with Flowers' Flower Festival at St Michaels Church
 

Garden Fair Colyton Grammar School, Colyford  10am -4pm

Lyme Bay Chorale Spring Concert, Pergolesi and Handel, directed by Alex Davies

11th -17th May Christian Aid Week
 

Sun 11th Sing it with Flowers' Flower Festival at St Michaels Church
 

Mon 12th
Oklahoma! Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre.  Tickets from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street
 

Tues 13th
Oklahoma! Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre. Tickets from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street
 

Weds 14th

Uplyme WI Uplyme Village Hall

Oklahoma! Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre. Tickets from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street

Thurs 15th
Mayor Making Ceremony The Guildhall

Oklahoma! Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre. Tickets from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street

Fri 16th
U3A Coffee Morning  10am -12 noon  Marine Theatre Please come along, with your friends, for a relaxing cup of coffee or tea.

Oklahoma! Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre. Tickets from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street

Sat 17th 
Lyme Regis National Waterski Race hosted in association with the Lyme Regis Powerboat Club!  Length of course: approx. 4 miles  Racing timetable: 12.00pm Scrutineering; 2.00pm Briefing - Safety briefing will follow the main briefing;  3.20 pm Bambinos;  4.00 pm Main race;  5.15 pm Ladies / Dauphines / Open class 

Oklahoma! Lyme Regis Operatic Society, Marine Theatre. Tickets from Fortnam Smith & Banwell, Broad Street

18^th to the 31^st of May. 
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in Microcosm Tulips, Broad Street 11am to 5pm daily. See more right.

Sun 18th International Museums Day

The Last South: Pursuit of the Pole Adapted from the journals of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott by G. M. Calhoun Marine Theatre

Tuesday 20^th 
Lyme Regis Rotary Club Golf Day at Lyme Regis Golf Club

Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair  in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) Variety of stalls selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00am. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

Weds 21st
Adjourned Annual Council Meeting 7pm The Guildhall

TheatreFriends Quiz Night Marine Theatre

(it's just the) BOOZE TALKING Join Lyme Regis Radio in the bar at the Angel, Mill Green for an evening of no-holds-barred open-ended discussion!  Commencing Weekly from Weds 21st May 8pm-10pm. 

Thursday 22nd 
‘Love’s Philosophy’ gathers songs from Faure, Strauss, Schubert, Mozart, Liszt, Poulenc, Delibes and Karl Zeller: Concerts in the West 2008 Anna Devin (soprano) & Aoife O'Sullivan (piano):

Anna Devin is highly sought after on the concert platform in Ireland and was a multiple prizewinner at the Irish Feiseanna.  Last year she won the Thelma King Award in Bath, the Audience Prize at the Handel Singing Competition, the Acton Travel Bursary at the RIAM and third prize at the Great Elm Awards in the Wigmore Hall. Some of her solo work includes Monteverdi’s Vespers ,Mozart’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Handel’s Messiah, Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Damigella and Virtue in Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea. Future engagements include the Buxton Music Festival, Aldeburgh, and the Gottigen Handel Festival in Germany.  Aoife O’Sullivan has played for masterclasses given by Ann Murray DBE, Sir Thomas Allen, Thomas Hampson and Anna Moffo.  She holds the Geoffrey Parsons Trust award and has appeared many times at the Wigmore Hall.  Aoife presently has a full performance diary and teaches at the National Opera Studio in London. This concert series is a shared fund-raising venture in Lyme Regis by the Marine Theatre and Town Mill.  7.30pm Marine Theatre

Fri 23rd RNLI Flag Day 

Silver Surfers' Day: all about running taster events, of any size, anywhere, to help older people to get online.

End of season club awards followed by a Social Evening.  Dave King & Regatta Cups. Annes Street - Apollo - Lyme 1200 & Regatta Trophies.  Lyme Bay Photographic Club. All meetings are free to members. Visitors welcome. Entrance fee £1  The Club meets at the small Woodmead Hall from 7.30pm to 10pm

The REOFFENDERS deliver a tribute to 30 years of Punk with all the energy of the original Punk Rock explosion of the late 70s. Be you a former Punk re-living those great days or a youngster, this show will take you on a rocket-ride from The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Undertones, The Jam and Blondie, right up to modern hits from Green Day and Offspring. But more than anything, a REOFFENDERS show is about entertainment, so they'll not leave before they poke a punk finger of fun at the likes of Elton John, Kim Wilde, Ricky Martin, and, er, Britney Spears. The REOFFENDERS non-stop assault of punk hits is coming Lyme - spike up your hair and be prepared for some Teenage Kicks! As one reviewer said "if you can stand still to this lot, then you're clinically dead".  Marine Theatre Doors open 7.45pm (band on stage 8.30pm)  £6 Advance / £8 Door

Saturday 24 May to Sunday 8 June Dorset Art Weeks 2008   Many local artists - see right

Sat 24th RNLI Flag Day

Christian Aid Ploughman's Lunch Lyme Regis Baptist Church Hall 12 noon - 2pm £4.50

Angel Exit Theatre presents The Black Curtain. True to their “reputation for excellence in physical theatre” (The Irish Times), Angel Exit’s new production The Black Curtain will thrill audiences. The play conjures up a haunting yarn of wayward spies, power-hungry politicians, a duplicitous femme fatale and tough decisions for one man. With “vivid theatricality and inventiveness” (The Guardian) this South West-based physical theatre company brings the plight of one man, Frank Harmless, into sharp focus through the lens of film noir.  The Black Curtain presents a gripping, stylish piece of theatre, at once glamorously removed and frighteningly close to the corruption of modern society. Set in the dark underbelly of a world where shafts of light pierce Venetian blinds and illuminate a trench-coated chorus, this starkly contemporary tale is inspired by topical news stories such as the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the death of David Kelly and the bugging of well-known politicians. Devised and developed by the company, and with an original electro-jazz score by Tom Ball (Headland), The Black Curtain incorporates bold movement and a cracking hard-boiled script Marine Theatre 8pm £7.50

Sun 25th
Rotary Mammoth Book Sale, Marine Parade

Annual Art Exhibition by the Lyme Regis Art Group  Woodmead Hall, Hill Road, Lyme Regis. 10 am to 5 pm

Open Garden for Lyme Regis Action Medical Research, Lower Ware, Lower Ware Lane 2.30 - 5pm
Heaviest Flat Fish Lyme Regis Sea Angling Club 1800 - 2200 Car Park, Charmouth

'The Railway Children' By E Nesbit. An original take on a much loved classic, the play condenses the themes situations, characters and conflicts whilst retaining the magic and charm of the original. The play is set against a background of secrecy as a middle class family readjust to a life of poverty in the country. Roberta (the only Railway Child on stage) must fend for herself whilst her mother sells stories and poems to live. The question on everyone’s lips is “How can you do a production of The Railway Children with only one child?” With a clever mix of storytelling and drama, Mother, who is writing the story as E. Nesbitt, and daughter, Roberta, relay the tale together with Mr. Perks and the old gentleman in support.  This is a classic story which has stood the test of time and will be as popular with older audiences as younger. The Railway Children is well known for the two film versions, both starring Jenny Agutter. Croft Production have a national reputation for excellence in their small scale productions, local audiences will remember their impressive production of “An Elegant Portrayal” during last year’s Jane Austen Weekend at the Marine theatre. The evening promises to be a special treat for all, young and old, as this classic tale unfolds.  Croft Productions, Marine Theatre 7pm £9 (£6 U16)

Mon 26th Spring Bank Holiday
Annual Art Exhibition by the Lyme Regis Art Group  Woodmead Hall, Hill Road, Lyme Regis. 10 am to 5 pm

Duck Race 12.00 from Windsor Terrace Waterfall organised by the Carnival Committee

Antiques, Collectors, Textiles and Craft Fair  in aid of the Lyme Arts community Trust (Marine Theatre) Variety of stalls selling Porcelain, Pottery, Linen, lace, Glass, Metalware, Antique and Costume Jewellery, Toys, Dolls, Decorative Arts, various Craft Wares. 9.00am. to 4.00 pm. Marine Theatre. Enquiries farmeradi@aol.com 442489

Colyton Vintage Tractor Run Departs Colyton 10.30am ETA at Uplyme Village Hall 1.20pm

Weds 28th Extracts from the works of John Milton read by Oliver Ford Davies at a charity lunch The distinguished actor will be the guest of honour at the Hotel Alexandra.   Organised by the Friends of Lyme Regis Museum ticket numbers are strictly limited  available from the Museum and  from Martin Diplock’s office in Broad Street.   £25, and all proceeds will go to the Museum Extension Fund. See more right.

Fri 30th  Beck Sian, Marine Theatre

Sat 31st
Talking Pants! Ian Billings stand-up comedy for Kids, Marine Theatre

May 2009

Fossil Festival "Lyme Regis will stage its next Fossil Festival in 2009 as part of the Darwin200 celebrations. The Lyme Regis Development Trust are committed to delivering a Festival that exceeds everyone’s expectations and so are going to focus their attention and use the intervening sixteen months to plan and deliver another superb Festival in 2009."

Note:    Dogs now banned

Walkers

All local organisations and charities

are invited to have a stall at the
May Day Fete

Playing Field, Anning Road 4th May

Tel  01297 442220.
email: info@lymeregiscarnival.co.uk

Town Mill Galleries
19 April - 18 May

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in Microcosm

(something like it) will be coming to the Dorset coastal town of Lyme Regis from the 18^th to the 31^st of May.   All  exhibitors are either Royal Academicians or members of the New English Art Club, and  include Ken Howard (Royal Academy Professor of Perspective),  Richard Pikesley, Robert Organ, Peter Brown, Tom Coates (President of the NEAC), Mary Jackson, Diana Armfield, Bob Brown, Bernard Dunstan, Peter Khufeld, Michael Blooman, and Jane Corsellis.  The gallery in which the exhibition is being held – Tulips, in Broad Street – was until recently a private house.   Local legend has it that it is the very house in which Jane Austen stayed while she was writing  “Persuasion”, a significant part of which is set in Lyme Regis.

This most unusual event is being organised by The Friends of Lyme Regis Museum, officially recognised as one of the best small museums in the country by the award of The Gulbenkian Prize in 1990.   Although the building is one of immense charm, it is badly in need of an extension to allow disabled access and enhanced educational facilities.  With this in mind, The Friends have boldly committed to raising £50,000 towards the £3M which is needed.   They are optimistic that the success of this exhibition, from which a percentage of every sale  will be  donated to their extension fund, will bring them considerably closer to their target.

The exhibition runs from 11am to 5pm daily 18^th to the 31^st of May, Tulips Gallery, Broad Street

For further information contact: 01297  445503:  e-mail: m-rose@supanet.com

Charity lunch with Oliver Ford Davies

The distinguished actor will be the guest of honour at a  Charity Lunch being held on 28^th May at the Hotel Alexandra, when he will be reading extracts from the works of John Milton.   Organised by the Friends of Lyme Regis Museum to commemorate the 400^th anniversary of the poet’s birth, this fund-raising event – for which ticket numbers are strictly limited – will commence at 12 noon.  

Oliver Ford Davies is perhaps best known for his many stage, film and television appearances, but he frequently reads the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, most recently “Cold Cream” by Ferdinand Mount who, in the eighties, was a speech writer for Mrs Thatcher, and was in the adjacent hotel the night IRA terrorists bombed the hotel in which she was staying during the party conference in Brighton.

Only sixty tickets will be made available to the public, thirty being obtainable from the Museum and thirty from Martin Diplock’s office in Broad Street.   The price is £25, and all proceeds will go to the Museum Extension Fund.

Lyme Regis 18th Jazz Festival

4th - 6th July
organised by Roysters Jazz on behalf of the
Lyme Regis Jazz Committee

Stroller Tickets available for all events
on sale from 1st May

3 day stroller £50:  Friday Stroller £15:  Saturday Stroller £30:  Sunday Stroller £17:  Single tickets per session £7:  Marine Theatre £9

Ticket Sales and Programmes from
Harvey World Travel, 5 Bridge Street,
Lyme Regis, DT7 3QA
Tel 01297 442491

Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 
(2008 event cancelled)

To Focus next on 2009 Darwin200

"Lyme Regis will stage its next Fossil Festival in 2009 as part of the Darwin200 celebrations. Plans for this year’s 2008 event have been withdrawn due to a lack of necessary funding having been secured in time for us to start to plan a fantastic event to coincide with this year’s first May Bank holiday. Over the last three years Lyme Regis Fossil Festival has developed into internationally recognised natural science event that offers people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to celebrate the past in ways that offer insights into contemporary issues.

The event’s organisers, Lyme Regis Development Trust, a small local charity, has been unable to secure the guaranteed funding necessary to stage a similar world class event in 2008. The Trust are committed to delivering a Festival that exceeds everyone’s expectations and so are going to focus their attention and use the intervening sixteen months to plan and deliver another superb Festival in 2009.

It’s clear that over the last year the grant funding environment in the United Kingdom has become tougher.  At the same time, uncertainly about the stability of the overall economy has decreased private and business sector confidence, resulting in a disappointing return on our funding applications. We need therefore to talk to all our partners and work out how we can better operate without reliance on the vagaries of short term grant funding.

We know that in Lyme Regis Fossil Festival we have a very worthwhile product. The public engagement in science is high on the agenda and the event is seen as a good example of how a blend of arts and science based activities in ways that engage with people leaving them wanting to know more. The 2007 Festival ‘Rising Seas’ involved a range of science institutes, universities, Marine Theatre, Town’s Museum and Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, who together staged an event that attracted around 7000 people including 750 school students"

Marcus Dixon,  Lyme Regis Development Trust

Help Required with  Christian Aid Week

11th -17th May 2008

(Coffee morning, Street collection etc)

Tel 442037

 by Lyme Regis Museum
at
Uplyme Village Hall

May 29th - 31st

Help wanted with setting up please:
Tel 01297 443678

DORSET ART WEEKS HITS LYME REGIS AND MARSHWOOD VALE

Over 50 artists in 23 venues across Lyme Regis and Marshwood Vale are exhibiting a huge range of diverse and vibrant work, including painting, prints, sculpture, jewellery, photographs, furniture, pottery, textiles and more.

Billed as the UK’s greatest free festival of visual art, Dorset Art Weeks 2008 happens  between Saturday 24 May and Sunday 8 June.

Some of the artists exhibiting in the area:

Greta Berlin. Sculpture Venue 107: “For the last three years, since doing a study of factory women in Derry, Northern Ireland, I have been making groups of figures, mostly women – as soon as you have more than one figure you have a narrative.” Greta is just completing a 9ft high group that will go to Broomhill Art hotel immediately after Dorset Art Weeks (www.gretaberlin.co.uk)

Ronnie Creswell. Digital images and mixed media Venue 109: "Everything to do with the beach went into the computer melting pot!" (www.dorsetshire.com/ronnie)

Barbara Green Painting Venue 112. “Apart from the colourful, lively paintings, you can also see lovely views from the cottage garden which is on the slopes of the Hardown Hill. At the last Dorset Art Week event amongst the hundreds of visitors were some who arrived on bicycles, others on foot and one on horse back.”(www.barbaragreen.co.uk)

Lucy Campbell Jewellery and Silversmithing Venue 114: “Inspired by the coast, my contemporary silver jewellery collection focuses on surface texture, with delicate circular forms as a recurrent theme.  I use various silversmithing techniques such as soldering, etching and casting - come and see the creative processes for yourself!” (www.lucycampbell.net)

The Sculpture Garden @ Little Place Sculpture etc Venue 115: A lively and curious collection of contemporary sculpture by nationally established and emerging artists in gardens and woodland in the centre of Lyme Regis as well as Adrian Gray’s breathtaking balancing stones. (www.dunfordwood.co.uk)

Christine Allison Paintings Venue 117: Christine is showing exciting oil paintings that celebrate the light, colour and energy of the dawn and life by the sea.' (www.christineallison.com)

Gail Sagman Paintings Venue 117: "In order to trigger states of invention, a wide variety of materials and methods are employed. Absolutely anything can become a painting. "Artist in Residence at the Town Mill. www.gailsagman.co.uk

Peter Wiles Photographs Venue 118: Most of the work I have shown so far has been of scenes and events in and around Lyme Regis, but I am expanding my subject matter in this exhibition to include locations such as Iran, Thailand and …Birmingham (www.lymescapes.co.uk)

Martyn & Lucy Young Paintings and Swing Seats Venue 120: Martin Young and his daughter Lucy are both artists with a strong attachment to the Dorset coast. Lucy’s paintings reflect her passion for the Jurassic surroundings and Martin’s bespoke swing seats echo the fluidity of the sea. (www.sittingspiritually.co.uk or www.lucyyoungart.com)

Lynda White Paintings Venue 121: Lynda White’s collage and acrylic paintings are popular with those seeking landscapes with a difference, where the familiar becomes fanciful and traditional subjects acquire an expressive edge along with watercolours of well known Dorset landmarks.

For details about how reach these artists’ exhibitions, see www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk or pick up a free 100 page brochure from any Dorset library or Tourist Information Centre.

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