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Category: Something to do
African Drumming workshop
There are still some spaces left for the African Drumming workshop. Buy your ticket before it is too late and join the merry band of drummers. This workshop is always enjoyed by Festival goers and we are pleased that once again, we have the opportunity to try out the drumming.
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Saturday 19th September |
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12.00-13.00 |
African Drummers African Drumming Performance |
A lively performance by the Lindfield based African Drumming Group |
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13.00-14.00 |
African Drummers African Drumming Performance |
A lively performance by the Lindfield based African Drumming Group |
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15.00-16.00 Community Hall |
African Drummers African Drumming Workshop |
Introduction to African drumming for teens and adults Maximum 15 people [minimum age] £5.00 a person Additional Information |
Drum workshops and ‘taster’ events are great to get people involved and to give a sense of ‘try before you buy’. Workshops are run for adults and older teens as part of a short series to bring out your inner drummer!
thedrumcoach is a not-for-profit community organisation providing drum workshops and 1-1 tuition to local adults. Donations go to the Ebola Fund and to several West African charities and causes.
We’ve also formed a Community Drum Band made up of members from these local groups, who can play short sets at local festivals and village events.
Please enquire about fees and dates available.
Questions that often arise when attending drum workshops:
What will we be learning?
Core West African rhythms, starting with the easier, more accessible ones, and building up to more complicated patterns
How to hit the drum to bring out the right sound - and not hurt yourself!
How the various drum parts connect with each other. You will also hear how the large bass drums underpin the djembe rhythms Some of the origins of the drum and the rhythms used in West African culture
How will we learn?
Mainly by having fun, and by learning and playing together! From instruction from thedrumcoach - going slowly at the start, then building up speed and technique Having time to practice and repeat the rhythms to gain more fluency and confidence
Some 1–1 time to review progress and help overcome any barriers or difficulties By using the best of current adult learning principles and memory aids
What if I haven’t played a drum before?
NO experience necessary! Just enthusiasm, bring your own talent! Don’t worry, we’ll take it easy, nice and slow to build up your confidence If you have played before/are experienced, we can build on that - more experienced players can take on more complex parts
Help, I don’t have a drum!
We limit workshops to 15 so there should be enough drums there to play. Maybe share with someone else and listen for awhile… Bring your own djembe or conga if you own one.
How fit do I need to be? How will I play the drum safely?
No special fitness needed, but you do need to be fully able. We will use chairs and there are some straps available to help hold the drum close. You won’t hurt yourself! (well, maybe a little bruised finger!)
More about thedrumcoach… Peter has been playing and teaching for over 15 years. He is also a qualified personal development coach. He has learnt from one of the world’s drum masters, Mamady Keita. Peter has performed in West African drum and dance groups Yiri Baa and Kakandé, and with other ‘world music’ bands including Kunundrum and Glastonbury regulars - Carnival Collective.
He has formed a number of local drum workshop groups that are all progressing nicely! He also runs Summer Drum Days with a guest drummer (please enquire for dates).
Any drum workshops running nearby?
We run frequent drum workshops mostly in east Sussex and West Kent – current groups running in Lindfield, Hadlow, Sevenoaks. Payment is for a series, not a ‘drop in’ (ask for details). Personalised coaching Peter also offers 1-1 coaching and tuition as an option to learning in a group. Please ask for coaching rates and locations.
To book or make any enquiry, please contact thedrumcoach:
Email: rhythms@thedrumcoach.org
website: http://thedrumcoach.org facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peter.welch.507
t: 01892 853300 m : 0797 333 0698
I look forward to meeting you soon – come and hit the skin!
Peter Welch thedrumcoach
Tickets to be purchased in advance from SWALK, Lindfield
Watch out
The Team LAF 2015 will be dressing the village High Street. Bunting, signage and posters will be appearing down the High Street.
The Butcher, King Edward Hall and the Junction all have the big banners advertising the Lindfield Arts Festival.
Preparations are all in hand for Saturday and Sunday's festivities. Not forgetting the Comedy Night in the Bent Arms on Friday night.
Come along and see us. Your Arts, Your Village and we need you.
The Stand Up stand in
Newick Folk are unfortunately no longer able to join us for the Festival this year as previously advertised.
Jon McDevitt will now be playing at The Stand Up instead, from 8pm.
The popular Jon McDevitt will be playing everything from Frank Sinatra to The Pogues, Buddy Holly to John Grant, George Gershwin to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty to The Stone Roses... not to mention The Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks and other usual suspects. It's a fairly wide range of material, speaking both geographically and historically! www.jonmcdevitt.com
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SUNDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER |
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20.00-22.00 Stand Up |
Live music |
Live music from Jon McDevitt |
Buskers’ Buskstops all around the village
Lindfield Arts Festival has attracted local talent who want to entertain the crowds and busk.
Check out the four Buskstops, Paolinos, SWALK, The Toll House and by The Pond
And if you want to busk for us - contact us enquiries@lindfieldartsfestival.com as there may well be spaces for you to show off your talent.
One of our greatest poets
Sponsored by Dolphin Optometrists 
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SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER |
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11.00-12.00 Tiger Hall, Tiger Rooms |
Cavan Wood Sir John Betjeman |
Readings from Sir John Betjeman's poetry |
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12.00-13.00 Tiger Hall, Tiger Rooms |
Cavan Wood Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
Exploring the life of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was involved in the plot to kill Hitler, using his letters, poems and writings |
Sir John Betjeman, CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack". He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death.
He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.
Betjeman's poems are often humorous, and in broadcasting he exploited his bumbling and fogeyish image. His wryly comic verse is accessible and has attracted a great following for its satirical and observant grace. Auden said in his introduction to Slick But Not Streamlined, "so at home with the provincial gaslit towns, the seaside lodgings, the bicycle, the harmonium." His poetry is similarly redolent of time and place, continually seeking out intimations of the eternal in the manifestly ordinary. There are constant evocations of the physical chaff and clutter that accumulates in everyday life, the miscellanea of an England now gone but not beyond the reach of living memory.
Cavan Wood has been a Head of RE since 1993. He has written textbooks for Heinemann on Judaism and Buddhism as well as for the Think RE series. He is a regular contributor to Secondary Assembly File and a reader in the Church of England.
Tickets are free, however, tickets are allocated due to limitations on seating capacity. Please register your place below.
Who’s up for the pub quiz?
Sunday 20th September
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19.00-21.30 Bent Arms |
Pub Quiz |
Test your knowledge at this fun quiz |
Have you got your team prepared? enquiries@lindfieldartsfestival.com
It’s the final countdown
Team LAF 2015 are getting very excited. There are only a couple more days to go before the sixth [yes Sixth] Lindfield Arts Festival kicks off.
Each year has had a different theme and focus and this year proves no exception. The High Street will feature prominently on Saturday as a backdrop to local performers. Listen out for the church bell peals to open the Festival.
We're starting off with the Comedy Night and after a good night's rest will prepare Lindfield High Street for its traffic free day of fun and frolics. The Plays will be one of the main features but don't forget the workshops happening around the Village and the activities, performances and art and craft displays.
Sunday has the Barefoot Players in the Lindfield Primary School performing their 'Little Women' whilst there will be a band playing in the Stand Up to round the Festival off.
Saturday and Sunday in the King Edward Hall have a wonderful exhibition of Arts and Crafts. Surely there'll be something for everyone and it's not too early to shop for Christmas is it?
Lots for everyone to see and do - join us. enquiries@lindfieldartfestival.com
Everything you need to know about Lindfield
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Saturday 19th September 2015 |
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14.30 Outside Lindfield Medical Centre |
Lindfield History Project Group History of Lindfield |
A group guided walk exploring the history of Lindfield |
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Sunday 20th September 2015 |
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14.30-15.30 Outside Lindfield Medical Centre |
Lindfield History Project Group History of Lindfield Guided Walk |
A group guided walk exploring the history of Lindfield |
[Please register and collect a ticket at SWALK - there are 26 adult places. No limit on accompanying children]
Lindfield History Project Group are pleased to offer guided walks for individuals or groups interested in discovering more about the rich history of Lindfield.
We’ll hand it to you
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Saturday 19th September 2015 |
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10.00-16.30 Full Spectrum |
Full Spectrum Kirlian Hand Aura Photography |
Have your hands photographed and analysed. Drop in sessions for ages 10 and over. |
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Sunday 20th September 2015 |
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10.00-16.30 Full Spectrum |
Full Spectrum Kirlian Hand Aura Photography |
Have your hands photographed and analysed. Drop in sessions for ages 10 and over. |
- Kirlian photography originated in Russia in the 1930’s. It is a system of photography that uses electron avalanches to visualize an individual’s energy field radiating around the hands. Using the JAK500 Kirlian Camera, digital colour photographs can be taken of this electromagnetic aura.
- Due to the abundance of nerve endings and meridian junctions in the hands and fingers an electro-magnetic field is particularly strong in this area. Because of this it is possible to get meaningful information about you from the Kirlian "Aura" around your hands.
Venue : Fullspectrum Hypnotherapy, Stress Management and Homoeopathic Centre, 33 High St, Lindfield, West Sussex. RH16 2HJ