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Thursday 29 September 2011

To find out what’s on during the rest of the festival, choose the day: Friday,  Saturday,  Sunday.  Unsure where it is? Click on a venue for a map.

Art Exhibition

  9am – 5pm (also Friday)  |  Curwens, High Street  |  FREE
An exciting exhibition of fractal images and prints, photography and wood sculpture by Suzanne
Crouchman, Caroline Hancox and Yvonne Peace.Behind the Canvas
  10am – 4.30pm  |  Limeleaf Gallery, Kneesworth Street  |  FREE
 (also Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
An exhibition that explores how artists cross the line that divides background work and the finished
piece.

Slide show
Logo: Royston Museum11am – 3pm  |  Royston Museum  |  FREE
Royston in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – slides from old photos.

 

 40s Dance workshop
Logo Get in the Swing7pm – 8pm  |  Meridian School  |  FREE
(All ages. Pre-book or take your chance on the door.)

Two left feet? Start your evening with our FREE fun 40s dance taster class from Paul & Debbie Jackson ofGet in the Swing and then put what you’ve learnt into practice at our Strictly 40s: the hits from the Blitzopening event.

 Strictly 40s – the hits from the Blitz

2011 Opus 17 narrow   All profits go to Help for Heroes andThe Royal British Legion.
Logo: British LegionLogo: Help for heroes

8pm  |  Meridian School  |  £5

Tickets available in advance from the Stationery Cupboard, Royston High Street, online (booking fee applies) or take your chance on the door.

Cross the front line…join us for a special evening of nostalgia with Opus 17 (Royston’s own Big Band modelled on Glenn Miller’s USAAF band). Your chance to don your wartime clothing (civvies or uniform) and dance (or tap your feet) until late. Interval display from the Electralites Majorettes. Licensed bar.

This event is supported by McCarthy and Stone.
 

2011 Cann Twins PhotoThe Cann Twins on two pianos
SOLD OUT
7.30pm  |  Royston Catholic Church, Melbourn Road  |  £10, £8 concessions, £5 under 17s

Tickets from 15 August from Paul Harding (01763 243147) and from the Catholic Church Office (6 Melbourn Road, Royston SG8 7DB Tel.: 01763 243117) from 2 September. Free Programme and soft drink.

The international twin pianists, who have won both Gramophone and Classic FM Critic’s Choice for their CDs, perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue,  Bizet’s Carmen Suite, Chopin’s Revolutionary Study, Brahms’ St Antoni Chorale & Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.

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  • Details and times were correct at time of publishing but may be subject to change.
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