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TERRINGTON ARTS

Voluntary Arts for the Howardian Hills

For 13 years, we have been an umbrella for all sorts of Arts action in the Howardian area of Ryedale, usually based at Terrington Village Hall. We have hosted professional shows including The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (long before they had their own Prom!), Ian McMillan, Waterson Carthy and many others who deserve similar fame. We have the Howardian Film Society and a textile group. We work to bring the arts to our local schools. We have a folk and ceilidh band (Tiefrung Gleemen)We have an art group and a poetry group. We organise projects and workshops in art, in local history and in anything roughly artsy that our members fancy.

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WHAT’S COMING THIS SEASON?

‘The Sixth Wife’, Alison Neil, One Woman Theatre

Friday 9 March 2012, 7.30pm Terrington Village Hall

Tickets £8 (£6 for members) from Anita (01653 648249), Terrington Stores or Malton Tourist Information Centre.

(Terrington Arts in association with Rural Arts North Yorkshire

“Henry VIII had six wives” ... one of the few facts most of us remember about English History. But why did he marry so many times? And who was that shadowy figure, Katherine Parr – the sixth wife, who survived him?‘The Sixth Wife’ is set in the night as Katherine Parr waits for her husband the King to die. She takes the opportunity to reflect on her extraordinary life, and the reign of the glorious, tyrannical – and tragic – Henry VIII. Katherine Parr saw each of his wives as they came and went – in a variety of unpleasant ways. Her own life was far from peaceful: four marriages, two indictments for treason, one love affair, power, wealth and then death at the age of 36. She became Queen Regent when Henry went to fight the French; she later helped to form the new religion of England; she also befriended a lonely and abandoned child, who later became Queen Elizabeth I. In this fast-moving and entertaining play, Katherine casts her witty, observant eye over the turbulent Tudor age; and shows how ‘a mere woman’ could shape the mind of a King – and the future of a nation.

*‘A delightful evening which had the audience in raptures’, Bordon Herald *‘Alison Neil tells a riveting tale’, Oxford Times

*‘Great show – a delightful entertainment’, Oxford Mail *‘The production was pure brilliance .... an outstanding performance. It is a long, long time since I was so captivated’, Tenby Arts Festival

Some of our members saw another of Alison’s shows last year in Pickering and came away delighted with her performance and in awe of her writing from original research.

AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - Friday 20 April, 7.30pm Terrington Village Hall

A dramatic presentation of ‘The Life and Works of Alfred Wainwright’ by John Burland. Further details to follow.

HOWARDIAN FILM SOCIETY

All films on the 3rd Thursdays of the month at Terrington Village Hall in the Wimbush Room ( that is the newly refurbished Committee Room) at 7.30pm. Admission £5, Terrington Arts members £4.

15 March – THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are in a long term but by no means perfect relationship. They have two teen-aged children, Joni (biological mother Nic) and Laser (biological mother Jules). Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni's eighteenth birthday and just before she plans to head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul (Mark Ruffalo), a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they don't want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain a relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person's relationships outside the family. Review and trailer

Terrington History Group

A new History Group has been set up to bring together work already done and to explore new areas. If you want to join, please contact Carole Willis terringtonhistory@gmail.com 01653 648352. Terrington Arts has kick-started the group but we hope that in the long run it will be a free-standing with its own officers and budget. There are several activities taking place under the History Group heading. Recent events included a Community Archaeology field-walking day. You can read a report and see a list of the finds on Carole’s blog http://oldterrington.wordpress.com/category/village-history. We also plan to start an Oral History group. Gerry Bradshaw has been in contact with York Oral History Group and we hope they may be able to do a workshop to help us get this off the ground. In the meantime we are calling on all volunteers who feel confident enough to tackle this and who have interviewing skills. Please contact Carole Willis (01653 648352) or Gerry Bradshaw (01653 648328) if you are interested in getting involved. The Terrington Houses and Families History Group is holding a meeting in the Village Hall on Monday 23 January at 7.30pm in the Wimbush Room at the Village Hall. The Group is also holding a workshop on Friday 24 February from 10am to 1pm in the Wimbush Room, to find out how to record details of older houses in the village. This will be led by Tony Tolhurst of the Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group. Everyone welcome. For more details please contact Helen Ashdown on 01653 648496.

Other Regular Group Meetings: please ring the group leader if you are interested in joining

Art Group:- 2pm Monday afternoons, Terrington Village Hall. Further details from Val Allen (01653 648830)

Band (Tiefrung Gleemen):- Rehearsals Monday evenings in the Music Room, Terrington Hall School. Further details from John Hubery (01653 648314)

Textile and Craft Group:- Fortnightly meetings on Thursday, 10.30am-2.30pm. Further details from Elaine Hubery (01653 648314)

You can also get in touch with us through terrington.arts@btinternet.com