Birmingham
St. George's Day Association
We present another concert in aid of charity
which this year which is; St. Mary's Hospice Selly Oak.
at Symphony Hall on Sunday 23rd April at 5pm until 7:30pm with an interval
The tickets are £6.50 (includes Free Programme) and available from Symphony Hall on March 7th
at the box office on 0121 780 3333.
The Concert will be recorded by BBC WM and broadcast on Friday 28th April
Details will be given by Carl Chinn on BBC WM.
The concert will be hosted by Carl Chinn, and feature
We wish to express our thanks for the help and support of the Express & Star Newspaper
The free Programmes are produced and printed by the Staff in particular one member who not withstanding having a sudden family bereavement worked overtime to produce them.
As part of the expansion of the Association we are planning other activities around the city on the day:
There is dancing in
Chamberlain Square
featuring;
The children of Peterbrook School
Birmingham with country dancing at approx 11am, followed throughout the
day, (order to be finalised);
The Wayfarers folk dancers, (Wayfarers Folk Dance Club
(Birmingham) 0121 459 1575),Claro
Sword Dancers from Harrogate,
Jockeymen Morris Dancers,
Donna Maria Maypole
Dancers from London.
In Victoria Square
we will have Ceilidhography
a young English Ceilidh band from Telford.
Isambarde a Folk
group from Coventry,
Rack and Ruin a Folk/Rock
style a local group.
Walsall Leather Museum
with demonstrations and also
British Woodcarvers
Association and the,
Birmingham Pen Museum plus;
The Birmingham Musuem & Art Gallery have arranged the following;
Medieval puppet shows of St George
& the Dragon by Perrotts Puppets
Medieval costumed characters from from "Paladins
of Chivalry" re-enactors
Medieval coin stamping demonstrations from
Grunal the Moneyer
Drop-in family art & craft workshops
A selection of quizzes & trails around the
museum
and The Birmingham
Central Library are hosting a
Tolkien Day.
If all the above makes you hungry and thirsty there will be refreshments on the day.
Make it a Family Day out and support your St. George's
Day.
The above is subject to change.
Birmingham City Council Web Page Link:
THANK YOU’S To all performers who give their services free of charge together with their friends and families who support them in their activities. Also the Trustees and members of St George's Day Association who include Professor Carl Chinn MBE, Stewart and June Bissell, Jenny Poyner MBE, Steve Roche, James Ward, Mick Connett, Margaret Jinks, David Ward, Melvyn Haigh, Stephen O'Malley, Cath Stubbs, Joyce Sale, and James Cooper.
Councillor John Alden, Kevin Brown, Dianne Rivers & Birmingham City Council Department of Leisure and Culture and the Symphony Hall staff for their help and support in producing our concerts