Sunday 25th July - Saturday 31st July 2010
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February 2010
Holt Summer Festival Launch Party took place at Gresham's School on Thursday 11th February. Around 150 people from local businesses and the community came to hear about the new Festival initiatives and the outline programme for this year.
Please select thumbnail to see larger image and photograph details All photography Helen May, Holt Summer Festival |
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Gresham's Headmaster, Philip John, welcomed guests to the Launch and introduced Rhu Bruce Lockhart, Chairman of Holt Summer Festival. Rhu thanked Gresham’s School for their generous hospitality in hosting the Launch and for their continued support of the Festival. He also thanked Mike Strong, Gresham's Catering Manager, and his team, for serving excellent canapés and Mark Jones, Head of Music, who played piano accompanied by pupils Jamie Wright (violin) and Betty Jones (cello) during the evening. He went on to talk about the strong financial position the Festival is already in compared to this time last year. Promises of over £50,000 so far from individuals and local businesses, shows how well the local community has taken the Festival to its heart. The generosity of sponsors, philanthropists and volunteers has been overwhelming and the Festival is extremely grateful for this continuing support.
Tony Britten, Artistic Director, introduced the programme and explained how this year’s Festival will again be an eclectic and exciting mix of programming, ensuring there will be something for everyone and always of the highest possible standard. There will be two themes running through the programme this year 'anniversaries' and 'guitar and plucked instruments'. This is a year full of anniversaries of the births and deaths of notable writers, composers and artists. A celebration of these will continue throughout the Festival.
A brief taster of what to expect this year can be found under the Programme section. Please join the mailing list to be kept up-to-date with the latest information.
The new Festival Friends Scheme was announced which offers special deals on tickets and advanced booking. For details please see the Friends section. Improved benefits to the Sponsors Scheme were also announced, details of which can be found at the Sponsors section.
A prize draw was also launched with the chance to win a brand new Toyota Aygo Blue from Dingles Toyota, plus a night’s dinner B&B, and a meal for six people at Byfords Café, Deli and Posh B&B in Holt. Tickets are £1 each and can be purchased from Byfords as well as many other local businesses in Holt, with all profits going to the Festival.
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