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Upfront What’s new this month
New mural for Stamford Hospital We all hope not to have to visit hospital too often, especially with ill children, but a wonderful new mural at Stamford Hospital should help the medicine go down. Mayor David Brailsford unveiled the mural in the refurbished children’s waiting room at a special ceremony in February. Painted by local scenic artist and mother-of-four Tina Firkins, the mural depicts Peter Pan soaring over the moonlit rooftops of Stamford. The children shown flying alongside Peter Pan were inspired by Tina’s own sons and daughter, aged from ten months to eight years. Matron Susan Brooks said “The mural is a superb wall decoration which will not only be enjoyed by children but also by the Friary coffee shop customers nearby. Tina’s painting is absolutely captivating and depicts both the beauty of Stamford and the fairytale story of Peter Pan. The upgrade of the children’s area was a joint effort between Tina, the Stamford Round Table who donated the funds for the mural and some brilliant toys, RAF Cranwell who came to do the preparation work and Stamford Hospital staff – a great team effort. We are enormously grateful to all these people who worked hard to pull this together.” Tina was approached to paint the mural thanks to her experience in theatre design, having created sets for the National Theatre in London, the Derby Playhouse and Northampton Theatres. Tina is also skilled at drawing and painting on a smaller scale, as shown in her colourful illustrations for Local Living publications. • Tina can be commissioned to paint murals in the home or workplace. Contact her by email at t.firkins@sky.com
Barn Hill Church Concert Saturday 26th March 2011 at 7.30 pm The Chamber Music Group “Sweet Music” is presenting a delightful programme of mainly 18th and 19th century chamber music for combinations of flute, viola, recorder, clarinet and piano. Music will include Mozart’s trio inspired by a bowling alley, a Trio Sonata by Frederick the Great’s private flute teacher and music by the ‘Paganini of the Recorder’ as well as much much more... Kate Osborne plays the flute, her brother James Risdon the recorder and clarinet, Takashi Kikuchi the viola; and the whole ensemble is accompanied by Fergus Black on the piano. The performers first worked together a couple of years ago at a concert in Worcester in aid of the national school for young people who are blind or partially sighted. • Tickets from Stamford Arts Centre 01780 763203 or at the door: £9.50 (£8 concessions, accompanied children free)
The Full Monty Stamford Amateur Musical Society are performing ‘The Full Monty - the Musical’; showing Tues 12 - Sat 16 April at Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre (nightly performances at 7.30pm, with an additional Saturday performance at 3.30pm) The Full Monty is the stage adaptation of the hit movie. Set in Buffalo, New York, where the unemployment line keeps growing ever longer and times are hard, this hilarious story sees six guys hatch a crazy plan to form their own striptease act – ‘Hot Metal’. Having seen how much money the local women pay to watch male strippers, they want a piece of the action! Can a bunch of guys who are unfit, too old and lacking in dancing skills really do it? They just have to dive in and bare all! • Box Office: 01780 766455 www.stamford-corn-exchange.co.uk
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Fairtade Fashion Show Barn Hill Methodist Church Sat Mar 12, 7pm Tickets £4-£10, available from Greencircle on St Mary’s Hill or call 01780 757496 The highlight of Stamford’s Fairtrade Fortnight will be a glittering fashion show featuring some of the sector’s leading brands. Run in conjunction with Greencircle, Stamford’s only retail outlet dedicated to fairly traded products, it will include a special preview of the Emma Watson collection, part of the People Tree label.
New Charity Shop New independent Cancer Care Lincs & Cambridge Charity Shop has opened in Stamford at 45, Broad Street. Zoie Marsh, Trustee / Founder, said: “We would like to appeal to the public for urgent stock donations of furniture, cloths, bric a brac, books, CDs, jewellery toys, etc. “We will also have an area in the charity shop where you can come along and purchase our specialist wigs and specialist hats, for people suffering from hair loss due to medical treatments to help them face each day feeling confident about their appearance. Cancer Care Lincs & Cambridge aims to fundraise through Marie Curie to relive the needs of people who have Cancer and other related illnesses in the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire area by providing a palliative care service within their own homes and by supporting such other needs of those suffering, and fundraising for Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. • For more information on donating stock or becoming a volunteer for this charity please contact; Tel: 01780 756968, Email: cancercarelincsandcambs@gmail. com
NENE VALLEY STAMFORD LIVING LIVING March July2011 2008
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