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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee - in Wokingham

You are invited to enjoy the events planned in Wokingham for the Diamond Jubilee weekend, June 2nd-3rd, 2012.

Keep up to date with the Jubilee Newsletter. For a list of Jubilee events see www.jubilee.wokingham-tc.gov.uk.

Caversham Arts Trail 2012

Sat 12th, Sun 13th, Fri 18th, Sat 19th, Sun 20th May

Various locations in & around Caversham

Now in its 3rd year, with 32 Artists and Craftsmen all across Caversham this is your opportunity to catch up with what has been going on creatively in the town over the last 12 months.

Caversham Arts Trail - Art on your Doorstep!

... more information.

Arts Award Course

Aged 11-18? Want to explore your creativity through jewellery and metalwork ... and get a nationally recognised qualification?

Take part in Arts Award course over 6 Saturday mornings, starting this month. Leading to recognised Arts Award qualifications.

Gain Bronze, Silver or Gold qualifications.

Saturdays (10am-12:30pm) for 6 weeks - course starts 21st April.

SIGN UP NOW.

Get more information.

Binfield, Warfield and Winkfield Arts Week

Calling arts people who would like to run participatory events and workshops for young kids, families and especially adults in the areas of visual arts, fabrics, dance, song, music, photography, rural crafts, writing etc. We are interested particularly in activities with a follow up, some way of encouraging local people to take up a new activity, hobby interest.

For more details & to take part: see here.

Wokingham & East Berkshire Camera Club

As an inspiration to all amateur photographers, WEBCC now publishes a 'Photo of the Month'.

Take a look at this month's winning photo, 'The Smile' by WEBCC member Ernie Loft.

Baroque Concerts in Wokingham Town Hall

Enjoy a series of eight professional concerts in Wokingham's magnificent town hall.

The concerts are on the last Wednesday of each month (except Dec, Jan), starting in September, 2011. Each concert lasts 60 minutes.

Tickets for each concert cost just £12.50.

Read full details of the concert series, and how to get tickets.

Come and Sing Beethoven's 9th in 2012

Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra will be celebrating its 10th anniversary season next year by completing its Beethoven Symphony Cycle with Beethoven's 9th (Choral) on Saturday 30th June, 2012 in Reading.

And you can join in!

The APO needs to swell the ranks of the APO Choir. So if you'd like to sing with them, please complete the online sign-up form or download the leaflet and return it to APO.

For more information either read the leaflet or go to www.aldworthphilharmonic.org.uk.

Rehearsals are on Sundays, starting 13th May, 2012

Events at our Libraries

Every library in the Borough has organised activities for all the family. Don't miss the fun.

There's something for every age group.
Find out more.

Community Music scheme launches

The Community Music scheme will be open to existing community groups looking to reach new and wider audiences, attract new members and carry out training.

The scheme will award up to £5,000 for distinct development projects, and up to £10,000 for groups wishing to commission new music. It is hoped that this funding will encourage collaboration, and allow groups to take on more challenging work.

Online applications open at 10am, 21st May. The deadline will be when we reach 500 eligible applications OR at 5pm 29th June, whichever occurs first.

Find out more.

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e-Bulletin

You can now subscribe for the FREE More Arts e-bulletin, published by The Cultural Partnership every few weeks.

Just go to the Contact Us page and enter your details.

We will never disclose your email address to anyone else.

New Opportunities

The Earley Charity helps local groups within the Earley & Reading area to secure grants for arts, cultural and heritage activities.

Get more information at www.earleycharity.org.uk.

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Wokingham Art Society making giant Jubilee Frieze

As part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, the Wokingham Art Society is painting a giant, 34-metre Frieze, depicting selected highlights and important events during the Queen's reign. The Frieze will consist of 17 panels, 2 meters wide connected by a "ribbon" through all panels as a timeline, showing the relevant dates of the scenes depicted on each panel, e.g. 1977 - Silver Jubilee.

The frieze will be on show in the Council Chamber, Wokingham Town Hall on Sunday, 3rd June and then from Wednesday, 6th June until Saturday, 9th June inclusive.

Members of the public will have the opportunity to draw or paint themselves on the days the Frieze is on display. No matter how naïve the drawings, these will then be cut out and added to the Frieze to form part of the crowd scenes.

There will also be a Jubilee Quiz about the Frieze, with lots of interesting questions, to encourage children to learn more about this important era.