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- Affiliation:
- Riding Lights is a Registered Charity (Number 1070142)
- Location:
- York, United Kingdom, YO1 9SL
- Phone:
- 01904 655317
Events
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- Edwina Hayes
Friargate Theatre
06 June at 20:00 - Ben Okafor
Friargate Theatre
05 June at 19:30 - RIDING LIGHTS SUMMER THEATRE S...
Harrogate Ladies College
02 August at 15:00 - GIRL AND DEAN
FRIARGATE THEATRE
26 July at 19:30 - Three Men in a Boat
YORK THEATRE ROYAL
04 April at 19:30
Riding Lights Theatre Company
Luke Walton, former Roughshod actor, Arts
Development Officer for the Bible Society and co-producer of the recent Bible
Society/Riding Lights film Unscripted, will be taking over an 8m
high plinth inTrafalgar
Square tomorrow afternoon for one hour as part of the
Fourth Plinth Project.
You can read more about the projec...t here http://www.oneandother.co.uk
Among other things, he will be performing the
classic Riding Lights sketch “Life: wotsitallabout?” Given that the sketch is
written for rather more than one actor to perform, we're intrigued how he's
going to do this...
Go to www.oneandother.co.uk on Tuesday 6th
October between 2pm and 3pm to see streaming video of Luke performing - LIVE!
Luke would be really pleased if you felt an urge
to make a small donation to the Sky’s the Limit to encourage him as he performs
an old sketch in a new and high up place, you can do so by going to http://www.justgiving.com/riding-lights and
donating there.
PS - bidding on the
handwritten copy of 'Bugs' by Antony Dunn is going well. Take a look at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V
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Development Officer for the Bible Society and co-producer of the recent Bible
Society/Riding Lights film Unscripted, will be taking over an 8m
high plinth inTrafalgar
Square tomorrow afternoon for one hour as part of the
Fourth Plinth Project.
You can read more about the projec...t here http://www.oneandother.co.uk
Among other things, he will be performing the
classic Riding Lights sketch “Life: wotsitallabout?” Given that the sketch is
written for rather more than one actor to perform, we're intrigued how he's
going to do this...
Go to www.oneandother.co.uk on Tuesday 6th
October between 2pm and 3pm to see streaming video of Luke performing - LIVE!
Luke would be really pleased if you felt an urge
to make a small donation to the Sky’s the Limit to encourage him as he performs
an old sketch in a new and high up place, you can do so by going to http://www.justgiving.com/riding-lights and
donating there.
PS - bidding on the
handwritten copy of 'Bugs' by Antony Dunn is going well. Take a look at
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V
NEWSLETTER SECTION - END-Read more
Source: www.oneandother.co.uk
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Riding Lights Theatre Company
Win the only complete, hand-written
copy of 'Bugs', Antony Dunn’s third collection of poems
Antony has written, in his own fair hand, a
complete and unique copy of his third collection of poems, Bugs, in a
classic black Moleskine sketchbook, using a series of .38mm black Muji gel-pens.
It will also contain one or two ...new poems, which are not included in the printed
version of Bugs.
The hand-written copy of Bugs will be
auctioned both online and 'live' on Fri 9 Oct at Friargate Theatre, York. It
will be signed, dated and dedicated to the winning bidder.
The auction is being held to raise funds for
Riding Lights Theatre Company, where Antony worked as Marketing Manager from
1997 – 2007, and which will receive every penny of the winner’s payment.
The money will contribute to Riding Lights’ The
Sky’s The Limit fundraising campaign, designed to establish a production
fund over and above the regular income which it needs to keep its doors open.
More details can be found at http://www.ridinglights.org/stl
We know that many people will want to bid on this
item, even if they can't attend the book launch in person. We have therefore
put the book onto eBay so that it is possible to enter your bid whether you're
in York or Yemen. To make things even more exciting, the eBay auction will
close during the book launch at Friargate and all live bids will be put onto
eBay so that as the closing time approaches you can still have a chance of
winning. Just follow this link to the eBay page:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE EBAY PAGE
SUGGESTS THAT THE AUCTION WILL END ON 10 OCTOBER, IT WILL ACTUALLY END AT 8.30pm
BRITISH SUMMER TIME ON FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER, WITH THE WINNER BEING THE HIGHEST
CURRENT BIDDER AT THAT TIME.
The 'live' auctioneer here at Friargate will be
poet and founder member of Riding Lights, Nigel Forde.
Please note: the reserve price is £100.
You are also very welcome to come along to
the launch at which Antony will read from Bugs for around half an hour,
and will be available to sign ordinary copies of the book, which will be on sale
for £9.00.
The bar will be open throughout, and you’re warmly invited to stay
around for as long as you like.
Fri 9 Oct, 7.30pm
Friargate Theatre, York
Lower Friargate, YO1 9SL
Box Office 01904 613000
Admission is FREE, but please ring to reserve your
seats
The event at Friargate Theatre is one of four
readings to mark the publication of Bugs (Carcanet OxfordPoets):
Mon 5 Oct – London, Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art
Fri 9 Oct – York, Friargate Theatre
Fri 16 Oct – Leeds, Yorkshire Dance
Wed 21 Oct – Oxford, Blackwells
Bookshop
Full tour details are available
at http://www.antonydunn.orgRead more
copy of 'Bugs', Antony Dunn’s third collection of poems
Antony has written, in his own fair hand, a
complete and unique copy of his third collection of poems, Bugs, in a
classic black Moleskine sketchbook, using a series of .38mm black Muji gel-pens.
It will also contain one or two ...new poems, which are not included in the printed
version of Bugs.
The hand-written copy of Bugs will be
auctioned both online and 'live' on Fri 9 Oct at Friargate Theatre, York. It
will be signed, dated and dedicated to the winning bidder.
The auction is being held to raise funds for
Riding Lights Theatre Company, where Antony worked as Marketing Manager from
1997 – 2007, and which will receive every penny of the winner’s payment.
The money will contribute to Riding Lights’ The
Sky’s The Limit fundraising campaign, designed to establish a production
fund over and above the regular income which it needs to keep its doors open.
More details can be found at http://www.ridinglights.org/stl
We know that many people will want to bid on this
item, even if they can't attend the book launch in person. We have therefore
put the book onto eBay so that it is possible to enter your bid whether you're
in York or Yemen. To make things even more exciting, the eBay auction will
close during the book launch at Friargate and all live bids will be put onto
eBay so that as the closing time approaches you can still have a chance of
winning. Just follow this link to the eBay page:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE EBAY PAGE
SUGGESTS THAT THE AUCTION WILL END ON 10 OCTOBER, IT WILL ACTUALLY END AT 8.30pm
BRITISH SUMMER TIME ON FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER, WITH THE WINNER BEING THE HIGHEST
CURRENT BIDDER AT THAT TIME.
The 'live' auctioneer here at Friargate will be
poet and founder member of Riding Lights, Nigel Forde.
Please note: the reserve price is £100.
You are also very welcome to come along to
the launch at which Antony will read from Bugs for around half an hour,
and will be available to sign ordinary copies of the book, which will be on sale
for £9.00.
The bar will be open throughout, and you’re warmly invited to stay
around for as long as you like.
Fri 9 Oct, 7.30pm
Friargate Theatre, York
Lower Friargate, YO1 9SL
Box Office 01904 613000
Admission is FREE, but please ring to reserve your
seats
The event at Friargate Theatre is one of four
readings to mark the publication of Bugs (Carcanet OxfordPoets):
Mon 5 Oct – London, Royal Academy of Dramatic
Art
Fri 9 Oct – York, Friargate Theatre
Fri 16 Oct – Leeds, Yorkshire Dance
Wed 21 Oct – Oxford, Blackwells
Bookshop
Full tour details are available
at http://www.antonydunn.orgRead more
Source: ridinglights.blogspot.com
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE EBAY PAGE SUGGESTS THAT THE AUCTION WILL END ON 10 OCTOBER, IT WILL ACTUALLY END AT 8.30pm BRITISH SUMMER TIME ON FRIDAY 9th OCTOBER, WITH THE WINNER BEING THE HIGHEST CURRENT BIDDER AT THAT TIME.
Riding Lights Theatre Company
Riding Lights are teaming up with JumpMAD (www.jumpMAD.co.uk) to help raise £50,000 towards the work of Riding Lights.
We are offering ANYONE the opportunity to show how much they love Riding Lights by jumping out of an aeroplane! All you have to do is raise at least £375 worth of sponsorship with all funds going to Riding Lights and JumpMAD will then make all the necessary arrangements and the costs of you making t
Source: www.jumpMAD.co.uk
JumpMAD is a small business who is dedicated to helping charities fundraise by organizing skydiving events for them. We are absolutely committed to the charities which we support and work for. We want it to be about them and not about us.
Riding Lights Theatre Company Riding Lights Theatre Company's first professional film production has taken four of the eighteen awards at the 168 Hour Film Project Festival in Los Angeles, having been nominated in a record breaking fifteen categories. Their film Unscripted, was produc
Riding Lights Theatre Company
Pre production on 168 is going on apace: bringing the cast and crew together, checking every detail from tea to toilet rolls, sourcing equipment and finalising the script. The cast is still to be confirmed (but need to start rehearsals in two days time) and we are flat out on a million and one details you might never h...ave thought came into film production; and that we are only hoping we have remembered!
Looks like we may have sorted our exterior location today – with simply stunning views of York and, for now at least, snow on the North Yorkshire Moors in the distance. Meeting with crew, 1st Assistant director and Director today, meeting with the post production crew in Leeds tomorrow.
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Looks like we may have sorted our exterior location today – with simply stunning views of York and, for now at least, snow on the North Yorkshire Moors in the distance. Meeting with crew, 1st Assistant director and Director today, meeting with the post production crew in Leeds tomorrow.
Read more
Riding Lights Theatre Company
After our first "toe-dip" into film writing last Summer we have teamed up with The Bible Society to take part in the 168 Film Project. The 168 Film Project exists to encourage emerging film-makers. Worldwide, people form groups that are passionate about telling stories. Movies are a maximum of 11 minutes long and are b...ased on the Bible. The theme for the 2009 competition is 'Family Business'. Filming starts at 2pm on Friday 13th February for 168 hours; we'll keep updating our 168 Film Project Group page so join us to get regular updates!Read more
Riding Lights Theatre Company
Riding Lights board member and trustee, Barrie Stephenson, is raising funds to help bring students from the Christian Palestinian Community to the Riding Lights Summer School in Britain this August.
He is riding 100 miles of the Yorkshire Dales Cycle Route through some fairly hilly areas, starting at Grassington and re...turning via Leyburn, Hawes, Settle and Malham.
You can sponsor Barrie online by going to:
http://www.help.co.uk/ridingbike
where you can also find further details....Read more
He is riding 100 miles of the Yorkshire Dales Cycle Route through some fairly hilly areas, starting at Grassington and re...turning via Leyburn, Hawes, Settle and Malham.
You can sponsor Barrie online by going to:
http://www.help.co.uk/ridingbike
where you can also find further details....Read more
Riding Lights Theatre Company
RIDING LIGHTS EDUCATION ASSISTANT
Do you want to volunteer and become a vital part of the Riding Lights team?
Enthusiastic, hard working? Looking for something to do in your Gap Year?
Riding Lights needs a new Education assistant to start September 2008 for 3 months until Christmas. This job includes the chance to work wi...th our youth theatres, teach drama in our local schools, help run workshops, learn stage management skills and help with the day to day administration of Riding Lights.
This is a 5 – day a week, voluntary position which can last up to a year long.
We are also looking for someone to fill this post from September 2009 for up to a year, finishing in August 2010.
Explore this challenge by sending us your CV for the attention of Sally Maddison to Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York YO1 9SL or phone on 01904 655317 for more information about this post.Read more
Do you want to volunteer and become a vital part of the Riding Lights team?
Enthusiastic, hard working? Looking for something to do in your Gap Year?
Riding Lights needs a new Education assistant to start September 2008 for 3 months until Christmas. This job includes the chance to work wi...th our youth theatres, teach drama in our local schools, help run workshops, learn stage management skills and help with the day to day administration of Riding Lights.
This is a 5 – day a week, voluntary position which can last up to a year long.
We are also looking for someone to fill this post from September 2009 for up to a year, finishing in August 2010.
Explore this challenge by sending us your CV for the attention of Sally Maddison to Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, York YO1 9SL or phone on 01904 655317 for more information about this post.Read more
Riding Lights Theatre Company
LOOKING FOR ACTORS...
Riding Lights is seeking male and female actors for Roughshod next year and is also interested in hearing from other actors who might be interested in other work with the company. For an application pack please contact Izzy Harris. Completed forms with CV, photo and covering letter need to be returned by Friday 25th July.
Email: izzy@rltc.org Telephone: 01904 655317
Riding Lights Theatre Company
Bar open from 7.30pm and after the show
All Tickets £10 (includes one complimentary glass of wine, beer or a soft drink)
BOX OFFICE 01904 613000 (all major cards accepted)
After a sell out performance with their last performance at Friargate Theatre in October last year, GIRL AND DEAN stop off in York to give us a preview... of their hilarious new show before continuing on their way north to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
This evening is another in a series of events which aim to raise £5,000 to bring a small group of Palestinian students to Riding Lights’ Summer Theatre School (http://www.ridinglights.org/sts08) in August.
Since their debut show at the Pleasance Edinburgh as part of the 2007 Fringe Girl and Dean (Jess Ransom and Sarah Dean) have performed sell out shows at the Canal Café Theatre and Pleasance Islington as well as regular gigs in London and Brighton.
In 2007 Girl and Dean knitted all their props for their Edinburgh fringe show - beards, nuns wimples, ninjas nunchucks. Their newfound status as ‘wool-lebrities’ lead to performances to hundreds of craft lovers at the UK Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace and the launch of Stitch n’Bitch UK, and a feature in US magazine Vogue Knitting. In 2008, the show maintains its ‘hand-crafted’ feel but with significantly less woollen items owing to knitting related RSI!
Praise for Edinburgh 2007...
“This sassy tour de force tickles the ribs from the get-go.” The Scotsman
“Girl and Dean are a unique & creative duo with an acute sense of the imaginary.“ Edinburgh Evening News
“They ping-pong through an intelligent set of surreal fun without missing a beat. TV awaits.” The List
“Excellent. I foresee a long career ahead.” one4review.com
“A very gifted pair of confident artistes with a bright future.” Scotsgay
“Lovely stuff. The props alone deserve an ovation...some truly nutty characters it all nips along making an hour seem too short.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“Fresh, inoffensive fun. A true festival highlight. The hour flies by with quality sketches, knitted together with the best soundtrack at the festival. A show for everyone.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“Loved it! Very funny.Two engaging performers. I took my 13 year old daughter & she really enjoyed it. Recommended.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“What a hoot!” Christine Hamilton
Riding Lights Theatre Company is currently engaged in a major project working alongside and in support of the Palestinian christian community.
This project which began in 2006 has several stages all of which aim to build relationships, create opportunities and increase awareness of the issues facing Palestinians living within the walls of the occupied territories.
In addition to leading theatre workshops in Bethlehem and touring a major new play Salaam Bethlehem around the UK this autumn, Riding Lights has committed itself to raising the money to enable a group of teenage drama students from Bethlehem and their teacher to attend our Summer Theatre School in 2008.
This evening is another in a series of events which aim to raise £5,000 to make this possible. Once immediate expenses have been met, the lion’s share of box-office and bar income will go towards this fund. A full house at Friargate Theatre will ensure that we raise another big chunk of that total!
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All Tickets £10 (includes one complimentary glass of wine, beer or a soft drink)
BOX OFFICE 01904 613000 (all major cards accepted)
After a sell out performance with their last performance at Friargate Theatre in October last year, GIRL AND DEAN stop off in York to give us a preview... of their hilarious new show before continuing on their way north to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
This evening is another in a series of events which aim to raise £5,000 to bring a small group of Palestinian students to Riding Lights’ Summer Theatre School (http://www.ridinglights.org/sts08) in August.
Since their debut show at the Pleasance Edinburgh as part of the 2007 Fringe Girl and Dean (Jess Ransom and Sarah Dean) have performed sell out shows at the Canal Café Theatre and Pleasance Islington as well as regular gigs in London and Brighton.
In 2007 Girl and Dean knitted all their props for their Edinburgh fringe show - beards, nuns wimples, ninjas nunchucks. Their newfound status as ‘wool-lebrities’ lead to performances to hundreds of craft lovers at the UK Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace and the launch of Stitch n’Bitch UK, and a feature in US magazine Vogue Knitting. In 2008, the show maintains its ‘hand-crafted’ feel but with significantly less woollen items owing to knitting related RSI!
Praise for Edinburgh 2007...
“This sassy tour de force tickles the ribs from the get-go.” The Scotsman
“Girl and Dean are a unique & creative duo with an acute sense of the imaginary.“ Edinburgh Evening News
“They ping-pong through an intelligent set of surreal fun without missing a beat. TV awaits.” The List
“Excellent. I foresee a long career ahead.” one4review.com
“A very gifted pair of confident artistes with a bright future.” Scotsgay
“Lovely stuff. The props alone deserve an ovation...some truly nutty characters it all nips along making an hour seem too short.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“Fresh, inoffensive fun. A true festival highlight. The hour flies by with quality sketches, knitted together with the best soundtrack at the festival. A show for everyone.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“Loved it! Very funny.Two engaging performers. I took my 13 year old daughter & she really enjoyed it. Recommended.” Edfringe.com (audience review)
“What a hoot!” Christine Hamilton
Riding Lights Theatre Company is currently engaged in a major project working alongside and in support of the Palestinian christian community.
This project which began in 2006 has several stages all of which aim to build relationships, create opportunities and increase awareness of the issues facing Palestinians living within the walls of the occupied territories.
In addition to leading theatre workshops in Bethlehem and touring a major new play Salaam Bethlehem around the UK this autumn, Riding Lights has committed itself to raising the money to enable a group of teenage drama students from Bethlehem and their teacher to attend our Summer Theatre School in 2008.
This evening is another in a series of events which aim to raise £5,000 to make this possible. Once immediate expenses have been met, the lion’s share of box-office and bar income will go towards this fund. A full house at Friargate Theatre will ensure that we raise another big chunk of that total!
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29 April 2008 at 04:05
Riding Lights Theatre Company
York Theatre Royal and Riding Lights Theatre Company present Jerome k. Jerome's
Ever been on a disastrous summer holiday? Three Men in a Boat will make yours seem like a honeymoon picnic. Jerome’s classic comedy comes roaring to life in a delightfully accident-packed evening as three men take a boat trip up the Thames i...n 1889. Through a series of hilarious mishaps and ineptitudes, a healthy rest-cure on the river goes badly adrift.
Splendidly adapted from what is arguably the funniest book in English literature, the renowned trio of ‘young fogies’, Jerome, Harris and George, give you a comic cavalcade of escapist diversions – everything from the affair of the strong cheese on a crowded train to Harris’s farcical attempts to sing a comic song at a polite dinner party. An ingenious production, with a masterpiece of a boat.
A brilliant evening for everyone in the holiday mood – shot though with classic music hall songs from the Victorian period.
‘A riverful of good jokes – tickled out like fat trout with stealth and skill’.
The Guardian
‘A jolly romp… the audience floats along in a haze of contentment.’
The Stage
‘A triumph’
The Jerome K Jerome Society
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Ever been on a disastrous summer holiday? Three Men in a Boat will make yours seem like a honeymoon picnic. Jerome’s classic comedy comes roaring to life in a delightfully accident-packed evening as three men take a boat trip up the Thames i...n 1889. Through a series of hilarious mishaps and ineptitudes, a healthy rest-cure on the river goes badly adrift.
Splendidly adapted from what is arguably the funniest book in English literature, the renowned trio of ‘young fogies’, Jerome, Harris and George, give you a comic cavalcade of escapist diversions – everything from the affair of the strong cheese on a crowded train to Harris’s farcical attempts to sing a comic song at a polite dinner party. An ingenious production, with a masterpiece of a boat.
A brilliant evening for everyone in the holiday mood – shot though with classic music hall songs from the Victorian period.
‘A riverful of good jokes – tickled out like fat trout with stealth and skill’.
The Guardian
‘A jolly romp… the audience floats along in a haze of contentment.’
The Stage
‘A triumph’
The Jerome K Jerome Society
Read more
The Show That Goes Overboard
Time:Friday, 04 April 2008 19:30
Location:YORK THEATRE ROYAL
27 February 2008 at 16:03
Riding Lights Theatre Company
The Riding Lights Summer Theatre School is arguably one of the best creative holiday weeks you could ever experience…
…and there would be plenty of us who would be glad to argue the point at some length, including many of our students who have returned (several times in some cases) for more!
For the third year running, w...e’ll be gathering at HARROGATE LADIES’ COLLEGE, a picturesque spot on the edge of one of the most distinctive towns in North Yorkshire, where all of us (gentlemen as well as ladies) will benefit from good food, comfortable accommodation, a range of sporting activities including a swimming pool, a chapel and a bar – all those ingredients which help to provide that illusory feeling of holiday relaxation within the theatrical hurly-burly!
To provide food for thought, discussion and an interactive link between the various courses, our team of professional tutors and theatre practitioners has decided on a unifying theme for our work this year: LIVING IN HOPE. This connects with the work our Roughshod company has been doing under the banner of HOPE ’08. It will also provide a focus for our daily worship and the scheduled performances by Riding Lights Theatre Company and other performers who will be flying in and out of the Summer School.
Bringing together 120 creative people for a dynamic week of theatre training and experiment has become a real highlight of the Riding Lights calendar – one which we regard as a privilege to organise. I sincerely hope that among this year’s courses you’ll find something that looks like it will serve your needs. If you have not yet dipped a toe into our theatrical whirlpool, can I urge you to do so without delay, before those who have already taken the plunge nab all the places… because, as I say, this is arguably one of the best creative holidays around!
Paul Burbridge | Artistic DirectorRead more
…and there would be plenty of us who would be glad to argue the point at some length, including many of our students who have returned (several times in some cases) for more!
For the third year running, w...e’ll be gathering at HARROGATE LADIES’ COLLEGE, a picturesque spot on the edge of one of the most distinctive towns in North Yorkshire, where all of us (gentlemen as well as ladies) will benefit from good food, comfortable accommodation, a range of sporting activities including a swimming pool, a chapel and a bar – all those ingredients which help to provide that illusory feeling of holiday relaxation within the theatrical hurly-burly!
To provide food for thought, discussion and an interactive link between the various courses, our team of professional tutors and theatre practitioners has decided on a unifying theme for our work this year: LIVING IN HOPE. This connects with the work our Roughshod company has been doing under the banner of HOPE ’08. It will also provide a focus for our daily worship and the scheduled performances by Riding Lights Theatre Company and other performers who will be flying in and out of the Summer School.
Bringing together 120 creative people for a dynamic week of theatre training and experiment has become a real highlight of the Riding Lights calendar – one which we regard as a privilege to organise. I sincerely hope that among this year’s courses you’ll find something that looks like it will serve your needs. If you have not yet dipped a toe into our theatrical whirlpool, can I urge you to do so without delay, before those who have already taken the plunge nab all the places… because, as I say, this is arguably one of the best creative holidays around!
Paul Burbridge | Artistic DirectorRead more
http://www.ridinglights.org/whatson/summer.php
Time:Saturday, 02 August 2008 15:00
Location:Harrogate Ladies College
18 January 2008 at 08:32
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