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Hull Refugee Week

Newsflash – Refugee Week Concert and Workshop

Dilzar creating a soundtrack for the film

Wednesday June 19th 2013 at Creator College, King Edward Street, Hull, UK, as part of Refugee Week – My Ancestors were French – Auricula Suite Performance (7.30 pm) and My Ancestors were French Workshop (2.30 pm)

All welcome, come and join us!

Watch this space for more details …

My Ancestors were French Workshop
My Ancestors were French Workshop
A Huguenot, and feedback

Workshop Circle

Lincoln Uni Film Crew

Thanks to the team at Lincoln University Media School (Janice, Adam and Rob) for documenting our My Ancestors were French celebration event last Saturday.  

They filmed the exhibition of workshop poems and art, auricula display and the concert as well as interviews. We’re looking forward to seeing the film and photos.

Here’s Janice and Rob setting up to interview Robin Graham of Drointon Nurseries  by his Auricula Theatre.
crew

Thanks to Jenny Dagg and Leslie Hicks at Lincoln University for working with the project and arranging the film crew for our event.

On the Radio again!

Richard and Quentin were on BBC Radio Humberside on Saturday morning, talking to Carl Wheatley about My Ancestors were French. They sounded great. Thanks to Steve Redgrave for inviting us on to the show, and thanks to Carl for playing one of our songs – The Same Sky.

Here’s Quentin in the BBC studio.

Celebration!

Here we are, we’re getting ready for our My Ancestors were French celebration event tomorrow, May 4th.

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We’ll be setting up the venue, Willerby Methodist Hall, from 2pm and meeting up with the team from Lincoln University who are coming to film it.

The event kicks off at 4 pm when Amanda and Louise will be delivering a workshop, and then from 6 pm the exhibition will be open. There will be viewings of Quentin’s project films and Richard’s photos will be displayed with all the poetry, art and stories created at the workshops.

There will be an auricula theatre and flower display with Abby’s illustration and the Huguenot painting. To top off the day there will be a live performance of The Auricula Suite starting at 7.30 pm.

Primula auricula