Among the artists appearing at the Festival this year, we have:
Billposters Will Be Band Bill Posters Will Be Band was formed in 1983 from ex-members of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, The Temperance Seven and Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band with the prime aim of having fun with music. Playing anything and everything from banjo to saxophone, musical saw to teapot in any style of music that can be sent-up, reinvented or even (on occasion) played seriously, their performances combine the exuberance of Spike Jones with the nostalgia of the 1930s Showbands whilst majoring on creative musical mayhem. Novelty numbers, classical overtures and ‘songs from the shows’ are mixed with Traditional Jazz, Rock & Roll and Dance Music, throw in ‘Oh Play To Me Gypsy’ accompanied by Strohviol and violin, Music Hall favourites with audience participation and Russian melodies played on accordion and spoons and you’re beginning to get the idea.
The band is appearing on Monday 31st at 7.30 pm - and it should prove to be a most entertaining evening! More information about the band can be found on their web site
 We also welcome back the pianist Young-Choon Park. This South Korean born pianist began the study of the piano at the age of four and gave her first full recital when she was seven. She played the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1 with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra at the age of nine. The young child prodigy studied at the Juilliard School in New York and later gained the highest masters degree at the Hochschule in Munich.
International Music Festivals appearances have included, amongst many others, the Haydn Festival in the Esterhazy Palace at Eisenstadt, the Cork Midsummer Festival and in the UK at Bath, Brighton, Chelmsford, and City of London.
Young-Choon Park has broadcast for radio and television in many countries.
Young-Choon Park will be appearing at our Festival on Wednesday 2nd September at 7.30 pm.
 The following evening sees a change of mood with the appearance of the New Scorpion Band. A typical New Scorpion Band concert contains an entertaining mix of traditional songs and ballads about love, the sea, work and war, interspersed with lively jigs, polkas, hornpipes, reels and marches. Often the songs are sung in harmony with accompaniment on a wide variety of unusual instruments, including strings (plucked and bowed), wood and brasswind, "free" reed, and percussion (a concert will typically contain twenty five instruments and five voices). The band has its own web site which contains more information here.
The songs are usually introduced in English - but French, Greek, Italian and Spanish are also offered. The introductions place the songs and tunes in their historical context in an informative and humorous manner, and the whole audience is strongly encouraged to join in with the choruses. A typical New Scorpion Band concert contains an entertaining mix of traditional songs and ballads about love, the sea, work and war, interspersed with lively jigs, polkas, hornpipes, reels and marches. Often the songs are sung in harmony with accompaniment on a wide variety of unusual instruments, including strings (plucked and bowed), wood and brasswind, "free" reed, and percussion (a concert will typically contain twenty five instruments and five voices).
Other evening concerts include The Westerly Winds, Tracey Hansford and her Ladies' Choir and Simon Ible and Orchestra. Full details of all our concerts, including our lunch time concerts, will be available from our programme, published in early summer, or you can obtain advance information from the Parish Office, email address and telephone number below.
Please make a note in your diaries of the dates, because it is with your continued support we can offer another week of fine music to savour and remember. We will update you with more details in the early summer.
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