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Ryedale Festival swings into action

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The Ryedale Festival gets under way this Friday morning with Sir Thomas Allen, no less, heading the cast in Bach’s comic and quirky Coffee Cantata in Pickering.

Many of the 51 events in this year’s Festival are now getting booked out, so here, from the Slingsby Village website’s very own Festival mole, is your insider’s guide to events where you can still snap up tickets:

Tuesday 21 July, 7pm, the Milton Rooms, Malton: the National Youth Jazz Orchestra playing big band classics and new compositions. Swing to the best young jazz musicians in the country!

Wednesday 22 July 8pm, St Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton: Late, great string quartets by Haydn and Bartok. (Free pre-concert talk at 7pm). This concert includes two of the greatest of 20th century quartets, to complete what will be a unique cycle of the six Bartok masterworks.

Friday 24 July 11am, Joan of Arc Hall, Botton: Brass ensemble Aedelfrith, Northumbrian/Celtic inspired music from all ages (coffee before the concert).

Saturday 25 July 11am, St Hilda’s Church, Sherburn: Polyhymnia sing passionate gypsy-inspired vocal works (coffee before the concert).

Monday 27 July 3pm, St Mary’s Church Ebberston: Bach, including THE great Chaconne, played by Fenella Humphreys (violin).

Monday 27 July 8pm, St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough: the Dunedin Consort play Bach, including all the famous violin concertos.

Friday 31 July 8pm, Duncombe Park Saloon: Michael Berkeley (of Radio 3 Private Passions) introduces favourite music, from Mozart to the present, including some of his own.

Saturday 1 August 11am, Choral music in St Mary’s Church, Thirsk. Includes the choral version of Samuel Barber’s famous Adagio (coffee before the concert)

For full details of all concerts, prices and how to book, visit the Festival website: http://www.ryedalefestival.com

Box Office Tel. 01751 475777. Email: [email protected]

Opening Times: Monday, 9.30am to 4.00pm; Tuesday – Friday, 9.30am to 2.00pm; Saturday, 9.30am to 12.00pm.

Ryedale Festival Booking Opens

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General public booking for the 2015 Ryedale Festival opens on Monday 18th May. The Festival runs from 17 July to 2 August.

This year, alongside the now-customary high-class classical music and performance, there will be jazz, music workshops, a series of talks, the brass ensemble Aedelfrith (at Botton), and last but not least the Red Hedgehog Tavern (recreated in the Milton Rooms)!

The Triple concert at Castle Howard and the two Double Concerts at Sledmere House are sure to be very popular, so early booking is advised.

Finally, the Rydale Festival has become renowned not least for its opera productions. This year’s staging, Franz Lehar’s comic operetta “The Merry Widow” promises to be a crowd-puller.

For full details of the 51 events in this year’s Ryedale Festival, and how to book, visit the Festival website: http://www.ryedalefestival.com

 

Parish Council meeting changed to 1 June

Due to unforeseen circumstances the date for the next parish council meeting has had to be changed.

The next meeting of the Parish Council, including the “Annual General Meeting” will now take place on Monday 1st June 2015, starting at 1900 hours in the Village Hall.
Chris Adnitt
Clerk to Slingsby Parish Council

Vote early, vote often, vote Slingsby!

People have been heading to the Slingsby Village website in record numbers recently.

But now is the time to head to a polling booth in the Village Hall, if you’ve not already done so.  Break a turnout record, why not?

OK, it’s too late to ask you to vote early, but we do here get the chance to vote twice, once to elect our MP for Thirsk and Malton, and once to elect our Ryedale Councillor.

If you’re one of the hard-working people of Slingsby that all parties wish to attract, perhaps reading this after a hard day in the office/shop/farm etc, please make sure you have exercised your democratic right – and have properly earned your right to complain about the next government.

With the outcome so finely balanced, your vote has never been more valuable.

Governments may come and go, but the Slingsby Village Website goes on……

 

Le Tour de Yorkshire and Slingsby

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1, 2, 3, May 2015, on a road near Slingsby

Yellow bicycles are appearing once again at roadsides, which can mean only one thing – Le Tour de Yorkshire is coming soon.

The race takes place on the weekend of 1-3 May.

It will pass through many of the iconic places of North Yorkshire, including Scarborough, Whitby, York, and Slingsby, pardon? yes, we repeat Slingsby needs to be on your list of places to  check out for a stop or a stay over the weekend.

Close to Castle Howard, Slingsby lies just 12 miles from Pickering on Stage 1 and a mere 7 miles from Norton on Stage 2.

Slingsby’s celebrated Scarecrow weekend takes place over the weekend. Slingsby is one of the very few places still to have traditional dancing round the Maypole, and the Maypole celebration takes place this year on 4 May.

The Slingsby Village website carries everything you need to know about our locality.

For more on the race itself, visit http://letour.yorkshire.com