Outline Plan of Events for 2022 Market Drayton Arts Festival — 24th to the 30th October
Markets and Fairs
Creative Drayton: Local Artisan Market, The Grove Main Hall, Sat 29th Oct 10am–2pm; Food and Drinks available on sale. Culture and Creativity and Leisure Fair: Festival Drayton Centre Auditorium on Sat 29th Oct 10am–2pm. Free entry!
Exhibitions
Schools Calendar Project Exhibition in the Main Hall of The Grove School, ‘A first Exhibition of Pen and Ink Sketches’ by Peter Pearson, a local window cleaner, who started sketching just 3 months ago! U3A Photographic Group Exhibition in the Library; Historical Exhibition in the Museum; Halloween Shop Window Display Competition. Free entry!
Children’s Events
‘The Fisher and his wife’, a professional Puppet Show at the library, Monday 24th Oct (time TBC), ‘Children’s Day’ on Sat 29th Oct 10am–3pm In the Town; Halloween ‘Trick or Treat’ Event, Gingerbread Man Trail, featuring ‘George the Gingerbread Man, Chalk drawing Competition’, under the Buttercross; ‘Halloween Craft and Dressing up Activities’ in the Library. Free entry!
Live Performances
Rock Choir ‘Open Taster Session’,
Mon 24th Oct at 1.30 pm at FDC
Bootleg Sixties featuring the Overtones,
Tues 25th Oct 7.30pm at FDC.
Candlelight Organ, Piano and Saxophone Recital at St Mary’s Church, Friday 28th Oct 7pm.
Community Choir Concert in The Grove Hall on Sat 29th at 7.30pm featuring ‘Little Voices Choir’ and ‘A Choired Taste’. Entry: £5.00
Steve Parish – Parish Times Sat 29th Oct 7.30pm at FDC.
Maggie May’s Dance & Performance Arts Event in collaboration with local schools at the Festival Drayton Centre on Sun 30th Oct (time TBC).
Live music events in local pubs over the weekend TBC.
Library
Library’s regular public events throughout the week including ‘Coffee and a Chat’ Mondays; Scrabble Club on Tuesdays; Adult Crafternoon on Wednesday; ‘Rhyme Time’ on Fridays 28th Oct 10–10.30am; Pins and Needles on Fridays 28th Oct 1pm–3pm; ‘Best Read’ Book Evening on Friday 28th Oct (time TBC). Free entry!
Art and Craft Workshops
Adult Leatherwork and Fabric painting Workshop in the library on Thurs 27th Oct 10am–3pm; Adult Lantern Painting, Airdry Clay Modelling and a Silk Painting workshop at the Beacon Centre, Sat 29th Oct 10am-3pm.
£8.00pp. To book a place:
Jane Hughes: email Hgj710@aol.com
Bell-ringing workshop in St Mary’s Church on Saturday 29th Oct [TBC].
Free Entry! 2pm-3pm. To book a place –
email: david beckwithda@yahoo.co.uk
Field Events
Walking football: Open taster sessions for women over 45 and men over 50 Tuesday, 24th and Thursday 27th, 2pm–3pm. Free entry!
Market Drayton Schools Calendar Project
We are delighted to announce that the 2023 edition of the Market Drayton School’s Calendar is now published. The thirteen paintings selected to feature in the 2023 edition of the Calendar are shown below.
Calendar photographs by SandySimpson [U3A photography group]
Painting workshops in schools:
Malcolm Hague, Shrewsbury College of Art
2023 Calendar Designed & Printed
by Allsorts Design & Print — t: 07870 617966
e: martin@allsortsdesignandprint.co.uk
The Schools’ Calendar Project was set up in 2014, in collaboration with twelve local Primary schools and Grove Secondary School, to encourage and celebrate local school children’s artwork.
From the outset, over 2000 school children take part each year and local businesses generously sponsored the publishing costs of the calendar. All proceeds from sales are shared equally between the thirteen participating schools. To date, over £10,000 has been raised for the schools.
We are also thrilled that the Market Drayton School’s Calendar Project recently won third place in an award scheme run by Tesco’s Store in Whitchurch and received a cheque for £500 towards the costs of organising the Annual Exhibition and creating the 2022 edition of the Schools’ Calendar last year.
We are proud of the success of the project and hope that local people will enjoy the Exhibition and help to support its continuance by buying a copy of the 2023 Calendar.
Copies £5.00 are available from the following outlets:
For cash on delivery to your door:
Suzanne Edwards [sznnedwards@admin] or Phone 01630 698088
All proceeds from sales of the 2023, Calendar this year will be given to each of the 13 participating schools in the form of whole day art workshops led by professional local artist Malcolm Hague, organised within the current academic year.
The Exhibition 2022 – Grove School Main Hall
Open to the public on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th October from 10am-2pm.
FREE ENTRY
Each year a minimum of eight children’s paintings of all age groups from each school are selected to be displayed in an Art Exhibition in the Main Hall, Grove School as part of the annual Drayton Arts Festival. One of these paintings is selected from each school to feature in the printed calendar.
Suzanne Edwards
[Market Drayton Schools Calendar Project Co-ordinator]
For more info:
Website: www.draytonartsfest.org
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