Big Mouth Piano Tales presents 'The White Reindeer'

An Interactive Christmas Concert for Families

With:
Frances M Lynch – Storyteller
Mark Troop – Pianist
Playing music by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Chopin and others.

Dates:
Wednesday 17 December 2008

Times:
6.45pm

Price:
Adult: £7 (£5 over 60’s)
Children: £3

Contact:
0844 493 2179

Booking:
To book, call 0844 493 2179 or book online at www.neatshows.org.uk . Pre-packed meals available, call 0844 493 2179 to book.

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The Friends of Broughton House & Garden invite you to join in our celebration of Christmas with readings, carols and a generous slurp of mulled wine (with a mince pie chaser!).

Dates:
Thursday 18 December 2008

Times:
2.30pm - 4.30pm

Price:
£2

Contact:
0844 493 2246

Booking:
Not required.

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Visit Culloden Battlefield during our Two Princes, One Rising event and learn more about the leader of the Government army at Culloden, the Duke of Cumberland, and Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the leader of the Jacobite army.

Throughout both days, we have presentations focussing on the two princes, their upbringing and their decisions as military leaders, as well as their fates after the Battle of Culloden.

Activities for children include The Prince’s Schoolroom and dressing up. For a complete schedule, please contact the centre.

Dates:
Monday 29 December 2008 - Tuesday 30 December 2008

Times:
10am-4pm

Price:
Free with standard admission.

Contact:
0844 493 2159

Booking:
Not required.

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What if the musket balls, the pendants and the shoe buckles we have discovered on Culloden Battlefield could tell us their hidden story?

Too bad that objects can’t talk, but on the other hand, that gives you the opportunity to write your own story about them. Who might have been the boy or girl, the man or woman who lost that button from their jacket, the one with the Stuart thistle on it? How did they lose it? And how did it stay on the field for two hundred years until we found it? We’ll help you fire up your imagination in this workshop if you’re over 6 years old.

During the workshop we will:

-look at the artefacts found on the battlefield
-explore anything that can help us better understand these artefacts
-choose an artefact to focus on
-discuss what makes a good story
-draw up our own storyboard
-look at how to create characters in a story
-share and discuss our initial ideas for a story

At the end of the workshop we hope you’ll start writing your own story about Culloden’s artefacts. And if it’s less than 1500 words, why not submit it to our Creative Writing Competition (the deadline is the 21st of February, the day the Jacobite army captured the Old Fort George in Inverness in 1746).

Greg Dawson Allen is a member of the Scottish Storytelling Centre (Edinburgh) and the Society of Storytellers (England). He is also the winner of the Stewarts of Blairgowrie Trophy 1992, 1993 and 2006. Visit Greg’s website at http://www.telliesperie.co.uk

Dates:
Saturday 7 February 2009

Times:
2pm – 4pm

Price:
Standard admission charges apply

Contact:
ndeufel@nts.org.uk or 0844 493 2159 (ask for Nicole)

Booking:
Pre-booking encouraged, however if there are spaces available on the day you are welcome to join.

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