You can download the pdf flyer at the url below:
http://www.shepway.gov.uk/UserFiles/File/pdf/fit4sport/street-athletics-folkestone-2010.pdf
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Street Athletics is an initiative set up by former Olympic athletes Linford Christie and Darren Campbell to bring athletics to local communities. Young people are invited to race each other over 60m at a series of regional heats and finals.
Thanet heats were held as part of the Easter Blast events over the Easter school holidays and the 2010 East Kent regional finals will be held at The Leas in Folkestone (next to the Leas Cliff Call) on Sunday 4 July. Registration is from 1.00 to 2.00pm and the races themselves are from 2.00 to 4.00pm.
There are four age group categories – U20, U17, U15 & U13 - for boys and girls. The top three boys and top three girls from each age group category will be invited to attend the Grand Final in Manchester in September. Athletes do not need to have taken part in the Thanet heats to run at Folkestone.
So, if you fancy your chances (or you just want to see a fun event and meet former Olympic and World Champions!) go and have a go!
For further information please visit http://www.streetathletics.co.uk/StreetAthletics/
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There are several events planned for this summer at the amphitheatre in Folkestone’s coastal park. For programme information, please go to www.discoverfolkestone.co.uk. In addition to the website for details of events across the whole district the council, in partnership with Discover Folkestone, is producing three summer events leaflets, one each for June, July and August. Contact arts@shepway.gov.uk if you would like to know where you can pick these up.
Anyone can apply to put on their own public event at the amphitheatre, or even elsewhere in the park. For information on this, please email beverley.saunders@shepway.gov.uk or phone 01303 853464.
SELLINDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL – 11th to 13th JUNE
There will be five jam-packed music stages, a designated theatre and performing arts arena, an inspiring interactive children’s play area, live comedy, an outdoor cinema, a marketplace, an enticing European food court and funfair rides at this year’s Sellindge Music Festival. Local collaborators include Sideways Recordings (Sandgate) who are returning with their chill-out area, The Side Lounge. Media production company Eighteen Seven (Folkestone) will also be on hand to film the event, while the BBC Introducing Stage will also return, featuring the best of Kent’s music scene.
Some of the acts booked so far are: Reverend & the Makers, Sugar Hill Gang, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Goldie Lookin’ Chain Sound System, Johnny Foreigner, Liam Frost, Jack Beats, Qemists, Stenchman, JFB + Ed Solo (Battlejam), The Foxes, The Lowdown, Yousef, Meri Everitt, Heels Catch Fire, The Black Hats, Lostaura, The Reverence, Lee Westwood, Wasp Factory, Mean Poppa Lean and many more. For the full line up, go to www.sellindgemusicfestival.co.uk SPECIAL LIMITED OFFER: there is a special Bank Holiday Bonanza on Tickets - basically, bring a friend and get 50% off – only available if you book this weekend (Friday to Monday) http://sellindgemusicfestival.co.uk/news/bank-holiday-bonanza/
SHEPWAY FIND YOUR TALENT
Shepway Find Your Talent is distributing £145,870 to 43 schools across the district for pupils to participate in cultural activities in and outside the classroom. The funds are being spread across all the district’s schools in response to a survey of 12,000 young people carried out by Shepway Find Your Talent. The survey revealed the kind of cultural and creative activities young people in the area enjoyed and wanted to try. Each of the 43 schools is receiving £10 per pupil to help involve children and young people in art, music, film-making, photography, circus skills, dance and theatre. Pupils will be encouraged to develop their own professional skills under professional guidance, as well as travel to shows and exhibitions beyond the district and learn more back in the classroom.
FREE TASTER BELLY DANCE WORKSHOP
Thursday 20th May, 6 – 8pm at University Centre Folkestone.
An introduction to gothic belly dance with Angela Wooi – in this highly stylised fusion dance form you will learn core steps and combinations and how to add theatricality and drama to some fantastic music. Suitable for all ages and those with no dance experience – as well as people who would like to try something new and give themselves a challenge. To book a place please contact Jane Seaman on 01303 760600 or email jane.seaman@canterbury.ac.uk.
ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE CLASSES
For May and June, discover the Pilates and Yoga relationship in our Strictly Dance Steps programme. This sensual dance uses body strengthening, balance, co-ordination and shows you how to work with a partner (male and female) in precise body trimming movements to the tempo of this fascinating Argentinean music. Gain energy and friends from music and movement through the various tempos of Tango, Milonga and the use of alternative Pilatango every Tuesday from 8.00 pm to 11.00 pm at All souls Church Hall (entrance), Somerset Road, Cheriton, Folkestone. Price - £4.00 per session (first session free). Optional healthy snacks and drinks available to accompany your fitness levels. Call Michael on 01303 277715 or visit website www.ican-2.org for further details.
Our email address info@ican-2.org.
FOLKESTONE DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY
For our April lecture Dr Anne Anderson captivated us with a colourful roller-coaster ride through the lives of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. What a story!
Thursday 27 May at 2.30pm – DIEGO VELAZQUEZ, THE PAINTER’S PAINTER
It was Manet who thus described arguably the greatest Spanish painter of the Golden Age. Tracing the artist’s early life in Seville and his distinguished career as pinto del rey to Philip IV in Madrid. Meetings are held at The Tower Theatre, North Road, Shorncliffe, Folkestone. Visitors are welcome at £5. Info: e-mail folkestone@nadfaskentarea.org.uk or telephone 01303 239530 or visit our website: www.nadfaskentarea.org.uk
VISIT TO THE CHURCHES OF ROMNEY MARSH – SUNDAY 1st JUNE
The members of the Canterbury Historical Society have invited the ‘Friends of the Folkestone Book Festival’ to join them in a visit to the Churches of Romney Marsh on Sunday 13th June. Anyone wishing to go on this visit or who wishes to join the Friends of the Folkestone Book Festival should contact info@friendsoffolkestonebookfestival.co.uk.
UPCOMING COURSES AT THE CUBE
Saturday 15th May: Adult Learners Week Open Day
Free Taster Sessions for you to try something new in Spanish, French, Creative Writing, IT, Pilate, Textiles, Jewellery Making, Printmaking, Drawing. Receive Information on our new courses for 2010 - 2011. Charity Raffle with prizes donated by P&O Ferries, Cineworld, Cross’s, Cotswold, Wyevale and Moda. For more information, visit: www.kentadulteducation.co.uk or phone 0845 6065606.
university centre folkestone (ucf) OPEN DAY
Tuesday 11th May from 4-8pm: Open Day for Adults - an information afternoon/eve for adults interested in studying higher education locally. There will be a chance to look around the campus and talk to staff about the programmes we run here in Performing Arts, Dance Education, Visual Art and Design, Creative Writing and Early Years. There will also be info about finance and student support. For more info on this event and on all the courses available, contact jane.seaman@canterbury.ac.uk.
FRIENDS OF THE FOLKESTONE BOOK FESTIVAL
AGM: Members are reminded that the AGM will be on Sunday 6th May at Keppels at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone. Anyone wishing to join the Friends, please contact Jo Olliver on 01303 247775 or email: info@friendsoffolkestonebookfest.co.uk.
Short Story Competition: To coincide with the Roman Villa excavations on Folkestone’s East Cliff, this year’s short story competition subject will be entitled “Hidden Treasure.” Entrants should submit a fictional, historical story connected in some way with the Roman or Anglo Saxon settlements in Kent. It can involve love, mystery, crime, battles, or archaeology. You are invited to submit an unpublished piece of fiction of up to 1,000 words, and entry forms are available from Eve McBride - tel. 01303 243466 or email: evemcbride1@yahoo.co.uk. There is no entry fee, and the competition is open to all. There are three age categories: 11 and under, 12 – 17 and 18 and over, with prizes of £100 for the over 18’s and £50 each for the younger categories.
Art In The Park - Furniture- Art
Furniture-Art has now completed the sculptured play zone in Cheriton Park, commissioned by Shepway District Council as part of Phase 1 of the regeneration of the area. It is situated on the other side of the path below the new slide, swing and climbing installations. Its aim is to stimulate imaginative play through celebrating Folkstone and the Nepalese culture. Jason Harris, owner of Furniture–Art, held workshops with children at the local schools of Pent Valley and All Souls to get creative input to assist and influence the design. The children were given the themes of mountains (Nepal), sea (Folkstone) and sky as this links both places together. Furniture-Art has a wide portfolio of work and undertakes all types of creative projects that are wood-based. To find out more about the company, please go to www.furniture-art.co.uk or phone 01233 811884 and ask to speak to Jason.
Predicting The Fall
We are a pop-punk/hardcore band based in Canterbury for fans of A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong and Finch. We’re looking to book gigs from May 2010 onwards and are flexible with dates and travelling. First recordings can be sent by request if you drop us an email through our website although they’re only home recordings until we go into the studio in the summer. Anyone wishing to contact the band, please go to: www.predictingthefall.com.
New companY set up in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter
Pavement Pounders: Artist David Lay and writer Dr. Maryanne Grant Traylen are basing their business, which is now a Community Interest Company, in Folkestone’s Old High Street in the heart of the Creative Quarter. Their first local guided walk “Pavement Pounders at the Seaside” was commissioned by the Creative Foundation as part of the 2009 Folkestone Book Festival and they have been asked to devise another different walk for the 2010 Book Festival. Meanwhile they lead people on walks from Sandgate to the Creative Quarter, emphasizing the literary and artistic riches of the area. The walk finishes at the Chimaera Gallery in Tontine Street. Light refreshments are provided. These walks will be held on the last Sunday of each month through spring and summer. To book, contact David or Maryanne on 01303-227150, mobile 07505813297; e-mail: pavementpounders@gmail.com.
NEW FINE ART SUPPLIES SHOP OPENS IN THE CREATIVE QUARTER
MK Artlab: Practicing artist Kate Knight has opened MK ART LAB, a new shop providing fine art supplies for professional, student and amateur artists. MK ARTLAB is open Tuesday to Saturday 9am – 5.30pm, Sundays 10.30 – 4.30pm at 45 The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 IRN. MK ARTLAB stocks A2, Bockingford, Esconda, Faber Castell, Golden Acrylic, Isabey, Lakas, Mabel, Michael Harding, Raphael, Roberson and Co, Sennelier, Spectrum, Unison, Windsor & Newton and more. Call 01303 245161 for information.
Lead artist required for watercolour workshops
Leysdown rose tinted is an ambitious approach to urban renewal, with arts as the driving force for transformational change and economic uplift in Leysdown in Kent. As part of this ambitious programme, a rose garden will be planted on the spinney in Leysdown to create both an air of abundance and a lavish scent to the area. The watercolour workshops will be used to produce a colour palette for the garden. The lead artist will need to demonstrate watercolour techniques and guidance, working with a maximum of 20 participants, in the locality and will be required to work on an evening, weekday and Saturday workshop. Budget including expenses £1,050. Contact for further information Louisefrancis@swale.gov.uk. Deadline 7th May.
CREATIVITY & CREATIVE THINKING WORKSHOP – 17th & 18th MAY
Takes place in Maidstone - £199 per person; includes free Creative Thinking Toolkit. For further information, please contact niki@3sectorsolutions.co.uk or phone 07748 993473.
Tamalpa Life Art Classes - with Lian Wilson
“In each one of us lives a story, a palette of images and experiences stored in our muscles and bones, organs and body parts.” If your body could speak what would it say? Tamalpa Life Art Ò draws upon the wisdom of the body, generating new resources for creative expression and a healthier body and lifestyle. This 6six-week series of classes will introduce participants to this unique approach to Health & Expressive Arts. Each week participants will explore a different body part, through movement explorations, creative drawing and poetry; participants will tap into current life themes and find new ways to create a healthier life. Suitable for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of their own body: as a catalyst for their individual growth, creativity and wellbeing. Cost: £5; starting Friday 7th May 7 – 8.30pm. Venue: Dance Easy, 19 The Bayle, Folkestone CT20 1SQ. For enquires and bookings, email lianvwilson@gmail.com, phone 07971070620 or visit www.tamalpa.org.
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Folkestone Sports Centre, Radnor Park: Colin Carrott of the Spitfire Judo Club Capel Le Ferne organised this very successful event. The event was to show of his new Judo mats he has just purchased with help from the Kent Community Foundation. Why new mats? Two reason one the old ones were becoming damaged and dangerous, two the International Judo Federation has changed the demarcation areas for competition and with Colin being the for most active Judo and Sombo events organiser in that part of Kent it was essential to get new mats.
The last two years has seen a dramatic drop in people participating in Judo so much so that towns that used have several clubs now have none but the Folkestone Open bucked the trend with 150 entries a good turn out.
The new fighting areas were enthusiastically welcomed the new IJF rules were not, these new Judo rules have caused dismay throughout the world with lots of Judoka moving to other grappling sports, Colin done the sensible thing called the referees together to discuss them and those that were controversial were left out, some techniques that were valid on December30th 2009 would now get you disqualified. This decision is why I believe the tournament was such a success, well done Colin.
The Senior Competition saw some excellent Judo with some high class club players participating and it was surprising to see so many Veteran Judo Players participating and these were not Judoka who have been practising for years but new people who have just started. Veteran Sports have been a major growth industry with youngsters turning their heads away for Sports Participation preferring to be a spectator a generation of couch potatoes; people over 30 years of age are becoming the main stay of sport.
Clubs and officials from as far as Nottingham, Bedford, East Anglia as well as clubs from Kent participated; officials were supplied by the International Budo Federation
Colin has a lot more planned for the future he intends running Pankration & Sport CombatSombo Classes at his Dojo at Capel Le Ferne, as well as running tournaments at the Dojo in Sport CombatSombo, Pankration, Submission Wrestling and Jacket Wrestling and he is also looking to run the English Open Sambo Wrestling Championships in December at the Folkestone Leisure Centre.
Colin Carrott is a man on a mission lets all get behind him and make sure it is a successful one
Contact Colin 01303 250 166 http://spitfire-judo-grappling-club.com/
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Guided walk in Folkestone highlighting Folkestone’s Literary and Artistic History, following the success of the Pavement Pounders at the Seaside walk, Part of the Folkestone Book Fest last November.
To celebrate the first evening of British summertime and following the success of our walk from Sandgate to Folkestone along the Leas for the Book Festival last November we are leading another on the 28th March. Start;Outside Sandgate Castle 2.p.m Finish; The Chimaera Gallery Tontine Street. The nice people at the gallery will be providing a glass of wine!
Pavement Pounders are repeating the walk to celebrate the return of spring on Sunday 28th March 2010. Pavement Pounders are a Creative Quarter based business devising and delivering guided walks and illustrated talks “exploring our rich local cultural history” Tickets £7. Booking essential. Further details and to book 01303-227150 0r 0750-581-3297 www.pavementpounders.org.uk twitter http://twitter.com/pavementpound e-mail pavementpounders@gmail.com
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