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Review - Sleeping Beauty
AT THE Lakes School, Troutbeck and were taken back in time to fairy castles, prince and princesses, ghouls and goblins. We were, in fact, watching Windermere and Bowness Players performing their annual pantomime Sleeping Beauty - and for two-and-a-half
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Review - Wordsworth Singers
THE innovative Wordsworth Singers have just released their own CD, favourably reviewed in national journals, and were even better than the last time I had heard them in their latest concert in Kendal Parish Church. There was a reasonably-sized audience
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Review - Dick Whittington
DICK Whittington was this year's pantomime choice for Storth Entertainers. The enthusiasm of the cast carried the slick show along. If anyone has to be singled out it must be Marie Herron as Idle Jack. Contrary to her name, Marie entered the part with
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Jazz on tap
Tenor Saxophonist Tommy Melville made a rare excursion away from his own jazz club in Rawtenstall last week to bring his versatile quartet to The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal. The quartet, who have built up a sizeable following, make regular appearances
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Web Watch - Travelling Valentines
IF YOU could send your sweetheart a rose for every Valentine's site, you'd be a popular person. But, really - sending a Valentine's e-card is a little old hat. Why not go for something special this year and book a holiday? The world is your oyster. A
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Mark your calendar for Febworth
FROM the people who brought you "Daltonbury" comes a new date for the Furness festival-goers diary. "Febworth," hosted by The Cavendish Arms, Dalton-in-Furness, is billed as a weekend of heady indulgence with all the traditional festival ingredients.
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Wyn Davies - dynamics in motion
FOR those who haven't witnessed Wyn Davies on the podium, let me tell you he's a real livewire. Dynamic, witty, and a tremendous artiste himself, he's certainly one of the most popular conductors to pick up the baton at Kendal's Westmorland Hall. And
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Keyboard lessons for free
QUEEN Elizabeth School is teaming up with one of the world's leading musical instrument makers offering a free introductory music lesson to budding keyboard players. The project is a partnership between the Kirkby Lonsdale school and Yamaha, aimed at
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Check Out - Grocery Guide
See what's in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods. Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Richard Woodalls air-dried Waberthwaite ham - ready to eat, similar to Parma ham ..................2
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Win a new hairstyle
IF YOU have made a promising start to the New Year by joining a gym to burn off the Christmas calories, then don't stop there with your grand effort. It's not just your body that needs looking after, your hair needs extra care and attention too. Why not
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Food and Drink - What's Cooking
WINDERMERE is obviously flavour of the month with catering exhibition organisers. Only the other week the Low Wood Hotel played host to the first Premier English Lake District Catering Exhibition organised by Morecambe-based Althams Catering Butchers.
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Remoska cooker review
'COOKS better than an oven' is Lakeland Limited customer director Michelle Kershaw's view on the 'Remoska' Electric Cooker. "Its simple and economical," says Michelle, who came across the Remoska thanks to a chance meeting with her Czechoslovakian friend
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Orient Express by Ken Bennett
IT WAS the ideal setting for a very fine romance ... the railway station lights winked frostily in the sharp winter light and the train chugged gently at the platform. The smiling attendant, in crisp white uniform, opened the inviting carriage door for
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Simply oil
RUD Nielsen left his native Denmark to study in Stockholm and Paris, followed by a long career in fashion and design. After arriving in South Lakeland from Scotland in 1983, he started a retail business in Bowness with his wife Eva, and only started painting
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Freehold goes Kafta
KAFTA'S Dick is regarded as Alan Bennett at his most thought-provoking - and hilarious. Apparently playwright Mr B is a big fan of Franz Kafta, and the play - first presented in 1986, revised in 1992 - received great acclaim in 1998 at London's Piccadily
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WATER POLO: Team let lead slip
KENDAL returned to Winter League action away to Burnley, but a lack of match practice and a spell of poor play either side of half time cost them the spoils. An excellent start saw Kendal open up an early 3-1 lead with goals from Darren Gibson, Myles
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Dukes Cinema makes noise about sound system
A NORTH Lancashire cinema is making a big noise about its new state-of-the-art sound system. The Dukes at Lancaster has just installed the Dolby eX digital system, thanks to a Lottery grant from the Arts Council. Cinema manager Tim Young says the Dukes
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Dukes Cinema makes noise about sound system
A NORTH Lancashire cinema is making a big noise about its new state-of-the-art sound system. The Dukes at Lancaster has just installed the Dolby eX digital system, thanks to a Lottery grant from the Arts Council. Cinema manager Tim Young says the Dukes
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Crook Morris dancers get ready for birthday
TWENTY years after Crook Morris dancers put bells on their knees and started to step out, an anniversary bonanza is being planned. During the weekend of July 20 to 22, more than 250 visiting dancers are being invited to help Crook Morris celebrate its
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No strings attached by Adrian Mullen
BEING part of a chamber ensemble instills a greater responsibility in a young musician. More say, than among the ranks of string players in an orchestra. There's no hiding place in a quartet, the spotlight is on, and as a result a budding musician develops
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Sunday with Sue Parish
SUNDAY afternoon. The weekend seems to be hurtling towards Monday morning with breakneck speed. Time to reset the controls and sit down with a soul-lifting tipple and some spine-tingling sounds. Jazz singer Sue Parish, a Lancaster-based musician with
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New jazz venue
JAZZ has found a new home in Broughton-in-Furness. Eccle Riggs Hall, which stands in its own grounds and lays claim to panoramic views of the Lakeland Fells, was voted one of the best venues in last year's Broughton Jazz Festival. And from tomorrow (Saturday
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Be impressed at Preston
JOHN Martyn, Tom Jones and Robbie Williams all in the same week - surely not? Well almost. This week Preston's Charter Theatre sees one of the genuine big boys of rock pull into town, swiftly followed by two rather credible doppelgangers. Musical veteran
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Midday Concert Club
TODAY we expect as normal brilliant technical facility from all top-line musicians; if performances are to rise above that norm then extra dimensions are sought - refined, sensitive musicianship, an imaginative fusion of poetry and drama; sublime reflection
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Food and Drink - Chef for a night
THE Westmorland Gazette has once again joined forces with top Lake District hotel The Old Vicarage, at Witherslack, to offer an enthusiastic amateur the chance to be a 'chef for a night'. Our winner will work alongside Old Vicarage head chef James Brown
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Cash boost for healthy living
A GRANT of £21,000 has been made available to children and teenagers in South Lakeland and the rest of the county to kick-start a fitness and healthy-living initiative. The Right Fit project, a Glaxo Wellcome and Barnado's partnership, is funding the
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Potential hover power for RNLI rescues
PRECIOUS minutes could be saved in rescue operations around Morecambe Bay's challenging terrain if a new craft is adopted by local lifesaving crews. Low tides in the Bay, which force lifeboats to waste vital moments circling sandbanks to reach people,
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Nursery windfall
NURSERY schools in Kendal and Barrow could be in line to feel the benefit of a substantial cash windfall. A total of £88,870 of government money is up for grabs and Brantfield Nursery School in Kendal, and Hindpool and Bram Longstaffe nurseries in Barrow
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Mark your calendar for Keswick Film Festival
CINEMA-GOERS at Keswick can look forward to a feast of entertainment during the second Keswick Film Festival next weekend. More than 900 tickets were sold during the inaugural festival and organisers the Keswick Film Club are repeating the successful
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Looking Good - Bike
HANDS up those of you who've ever collected your holiday snaps from the photo shop in excited anticipation of fabulous pictures of you having fun in the sun, only to howl in despair at the sight of yourself in that outfit you thought you looked good in
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Looking Good - Catalogue contact
A LOT of readers have contacted me following the feature on the Swedish fashion company Gudrun Sjoden, reporting difficulties getting through to order a free catalogue. The direct Freephone number from the UK 0800-569-912 is only open on weekdays from
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Dream hotel begins with bit of a nightmare
NOT a nightmare, Ken Burchill can hear water and races to find where it is coming from. The sound is worse than a bad dream for the new owner of Windermere's Hydro Hotel. He admits he's paranoid. Ironically, the 96-bedroomed edifice owes its rich history
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RUGBY: Drop kick wins it for Ulverston
ULVERSTON just got the better of Walney by 23-22 in a friendly. The home side took a 10-0 lead with a brace of tries from former Walney player Anthony Horton, plus a Neil Gaitskell conversion. Walney pulled back six points before the interval with a Mark
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Celtic storytelling
TWO afternoons of Celtic storytelling, aimed at young and older children, will take place at the Dales Countryside Museum during the half term holiday next month. Storyteller David Brown will tell tales of the wonder and stories of the life of sixth century
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Gardening
I AM hoping that the long, frosty spell during January will have killed off a number of troublesome pests and diseases in the garden, including the many slugs (and their eggs) that have seemed to multiply during the mild winters of recent years. The ground
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Holocaust Documentary at Brewery
WITH Britain's first-ever Holocaust Memorial Day held on Saturday, the Brewery cinema in Kendal has a timely screening of the film Into The Arms of Strangers: The Story of the Kindertransport (PG). The story of Kindertransport - the Neville Chamberlain
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Review: What Women Want
MEL Gibson stars as a man who doesn't quite know what to make of his newfound powers in the romantic comedy What Women Want. Mel's character, the charming hotshot advertising executive Nick Marshall, reckons he's already God's gift to women. But when
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Film Clips
KEVIN Spacey plays a burnt-out teacher who inspires one of his pupils (Haley Joel Osment) to come up with an extraordinary idea in the drama Pay It Forward (12). Helen Hunt co-stars as the boy's single parent mother, struggling to make ends meet. TOM
