Cancer survivor’s music and fireworks celebration A breast cancer survivor is organising a music and fireworks event to raise money for three causes close to her heart. Karen Pitt, who is a member of Swing Unlimited Big Band, was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2013. After two operations and a course of chemotherapy, she was given the all clear in May 2014, and says it was her friends and family that got her through. Karen said: “I found a lump before I was due on stage so I had to keep it to myself until after the gig. I was already booked to see my doctor for something else the next day so everything happened fairly swiftly for me. “My Swing Unlimited Big Band friends were amazing. They sent me flowers, texts and emails to cheer me up and this really helped me stay positive.” She added: “The treatment I received was fantastic – it’s the reason I’m here today. I wanted to give something back and help others and that’s why I’m organising the Swing Unlimited Big Band Fireworks Spectacular. ” Music will feature songs from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and some of Swing Unlimited Big Band’s favourite and more unusual numbers. The evening will finish with a spectacular firework display while the band continues to play. Guests are invited to bring a picnic, blanket and fold up chairs to enjoy the evening’s entertainment. A hog roast and bar will also be open during the evening. Money raised will be split between Bournemouth Hospital Charity - for the Jigsaw Building and medical equipment - Poole Hospital Radiotherapy and The Poole and District Children’s Cancer Fund. The event will take place at 7pm on 25 July at St Peter’s School in Southbourne. Tickets are available on the gate for £5 (under 10s free) and access to the field is from Broadway, Southbourne BH6 4EE, not via the school.
Highcliffe Castle – the phoenix rises
Visitors will be able to explore the history of Highcliffe Castle at a new summer exhibition ‘The Rise of the Phoenix: The Last 60 Years’ It tells the story of the last 60 years of the castle, covering the period it became a Roman Catholic seminary, its purchase by three local businessmen for development and the fires and subsequent decay. It goes into the purchase by Christchurch Borough Council, and the process of gradual repair, until the current chapter – preparing a Heritage Lottery Fund bid for almost £3m for the Phoenix Flies Project to repair and reopen a full wing of the castle. Kelly Mitchell who has curated the exhibition said: “Rise of the Phoenix is an apt title. The phoenix is a mythical bird that rises anew from the ashes of its funeral pyre before taking flight, and that’s what the castle is doing - not yet flying but not far off. We also wanted our visitors to discover the true story of the castle, from a point in the 1970s when demolition may have become a reality, to where we are today when the castle is
an important visitor attraction and internationally acclaimed heritage site.” As well as telling the story of the past, the exhibition explains plans for the future. These include: restoration of the historic kitchens, conservation of the significant stained glass collection within a dedicated training studio, display of original furniture on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum, new educational facilities and much more. Visitors are being encouraged to give their feedback on these plans, to help prepare the final funding application due in December. As part of the summer exhibition which runs until 13 September, Highcliffe is also joining national celebrations for the Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, which took place on 18 June 1815. A spectacular diorama of 4,000 model soldiers will be a feature exhibit, created and kindly loaned to the castle by
local historian and expert on the Napoleonic Wars, Martin Axton. Highcliffe Castle would be a very different building had Napoleon not been defeated at Waterloo. When Lord Stuart de Rothesay built the Castle in the 1830s, he used ancient French stonework and stained glass that he had collected from ruined and demolished buildings in Normandy and shipped it across the Channel to Highcliffe. Throughout the exhibition, the castle will be hosting a series of talks relating to Waterloo by Stephen Petty, fellow of the International Napoleonic Society and member of the Waterloo Association.
Back to nature at Talbot Heath Pupils at Talbot Heath are discovering life on the wild side at a new Forest School in the school’s woodland. The initiative involves all pupils at the Bournemouth school aged from 3 to 18 years of age. The philosophy of Forest School was based upon the desire to provide children with an education which encouraged appreciation of the natural world
and a responsibility for its conservation, whilst supporting the development of each child’s self-esteem, confidence and social skills. Pre-prep and junior children have specific sessions in the woods, while senior pupils have a chance to get involved during their lunchtimes.
A launch event, entitled ‘Voices in the Woods’, will provide a celebration of the woodland through pieces of literature and art produced by the pupils, inspired by the woods.
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Great hall before restoration 1989. Courtesy of Ian Miller
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