Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley.

Friday, February 23

CHILDREN can get crafty with a specially-organised activity day at Brockhole, the Lake District National Park Authority's visitor centre at Windermere. The house, grounds, shop, gardens, adventure playground and exhibition centre will all be open from 10am to 4.30pm until Sunday, February 25. Tel 015394-46601.

BALLROOM, modern sequence and old time dancing - takes to the floor at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston, at 8pm. Tel 01229-587140.

SHOOGLENIFTY is one of Scotland's musical exports and is credited with being the originator of acid-croft', an infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves. You can catch them at Keswick's Theatre by the Lake at 7.30pm. Tel 017687-74411.

Saturday, February 24

NORTHERN Sinfonia, with conductor Heinrich Schiff, presents work by Haydn, Eisler and Brahms at the Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, at 7.30pm. Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm. Tel 01539-722533.

BUGS - Biodiversity in Urban Gardens, is the subject of a lecture to the Lakeland Horticultural Society by Dr Ken Thompson, at the Ladyholme Centre, Windermere, at 2.30pm.

THE Barrel of Laughs Comedy Club opens its doors once more at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre at 8pm. Tel 01539-725133.

Sunday, February 25

CELEBRATE the Chinese New Year at Create workshops being held daily at Rheged, near Penrith. Tel 01768-868000.

CUMBRIA Young Farmers stage their drama competition, with five very different dramas over two evenings, at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, yesterday (Saturday) and today at 7.30pm. Tel 017687-74411.

WILLIAM Wordsworth wrote Daffodils, one of his most-loved poems, after walking with his sister Dorothy along the shores of Ullswater. In a new exhibition at Rheged, Penrith, organised by the Centre for Landscape and Environmental Arts, contemporary British artists provide a fresh perspective on the poem. The exhibition runs until Sunday, March 11. Tel 01768-860001.

For a full list of events around our region, see this week's Pick of the Week in the Leisure Section of this week's Westmorland Gazette.