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LIVE LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT
Step back to the 1940s for Hever’s Home Front on the 21st and 22nd June – a weekend of re-enactments and fun workshops taking place at Hever Castle to show what life was like on the home front during World War Two. Visit the tea dance tent where traditional afternoon tea will be served alongside swing dance demonstrations with classes for all ages. Enjoy displays of period model aircraft including a grounded life-size spitfi re and browse vintage stalls for a special gift or item for the home. Look out for Home Guard re-enactors as they recreate the activities of the Home Guard with training and drills using heavy weapons and sandbags. To commemorate the centenary of Word War One, the gardeners have planted several bays along the Pompeiian Wall with poppies, small wooden crosses and memorabilia. Visitors can come along in vintage dress and really enter the spirit of the era. There’s even the opportunity to get your hair done 1940s style! Bunting and music of the period add to the atmosphere of this nostalgic event for all the family. Former owners of Hever Castle played their part in both world
wars. William Waldorf Astor’s younger son, John Jacob V, fought with his regiment on the Western Front where he lost his right leg. He was awarded the chevalier Legion d’Honneur, which is on display in the castle. John Jacob Astor’s son, Gavin Astor, served in the Life Guards during World War Two. He was married to Irene Haig, Field Marshal Douglas Haig’s daughter, who worked for the Red Cross and was involved in the Girl’s Training Corps. • Gardens open at 10.30am; Castle opens at 12noon. Last admission 4.30pm; fi nal exit 6pm. Admission prices: Castle & Gardens, adults £15.50, seniors £13.25, children (fi ve-15) £8.70, family ticket £39.70. Visit
www.hevercastle.co.uk or call 01732 865224.
SEEArt Fair Directors Mark Paul Perry and Guy Portelli outside Woods on The Pantiles at the second Art Pull Gallery Private View. Photograph by Tina Chatfi eld-Keller
SEE ART AT THE SEEART FAIR
Local artists Guy Portelli and Mark Paul Perry are working together to create an art event that will put Tunbridge Wells on the arts map. The SEEART Fair (South East England’s Art Fair) will be held at the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells from 9th to 13th July, and will feature 30 galleries from London and the South East.
The galleries will be showing quality art works from an
international line-up of artists with work as far a fi eld as Cuba and South Africa. The Tunbridge Wells business community has welcomed this initiative to bring a new arts event onto the social calendar. Gilbert Green of sponsor Thomson Snell & Passmore spoke at the event’s launch party about the need for the business community to support the arts in the provinces. Guy Portelli, who came into the public domain through his Dragons Den appearance, is now organising arts events on the global stage, while Mark Paul Perry has strong following in the local community as both musician and artist, and is also pro active in organising many successful art events in London and the South East. The SEEART Fair will also exhibit a selection of schools art
MUSIC FOR A SUMMER’S EVENING
Fresh from their success at the Top Choir Kent awards in Canterbury, The Cantate Choir invite you to join them for a summer’s evening of beautiful music packed full of melody. The fi rst
half of the concert will feature English Song, with 17th century madrigals followed by Romantic part-songs. For the second half of the concert both choir and audience move inside and will be joined by organist Iestyn Evans to perform Pergolesi’s joyful Magnifi cat, and Eric Whitacre’s wonderful Sleep. The rousing and celebratory conclusion will be Handel’s anthem My Heart is Inditing. • The concert takes place at St Martin’s Church, Brasted, on 14th June at 7pm. Tickets priced at £12 include refreshments, and are available from Cantate’s box offi ce on 01732 770570, members of the choir, or Sevenoaks Bookshop. Visit the choir’s website
www.cantate-choir.info, where you can register to receive email notifi cations of future concerts.
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projects and be supporting local charity chYps. The four-day event promises to be the catalyst for a major arts festival in Tunbridge Wells, a spa town with an international reputation and colourful history. The SEEART Fair opening hours are: Wednesday, 9th
July: Drinks reception for galleries, press and collectors from 6pm to 10pm; Thursday, 10th July: Open to the public from 11am to 5pm; Friday, 11th July: Open to the public from 11am to 8pm; Saturday, 12th July: Open to the public from 11pm to 6pm; Sunday, 13th July: Open to the public from 11pm to 5pm. • For more information, email
info@seeartfair.co.uk or visit the website
www.seeartfair.co.uk
Diary date
10 of the SEEART artists will be showcasing sculptures and paintings at Woods, 62-64 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TN, from 4th June to 2nd July. The event opens with a private view on the 4th June from 6pm to 10pm with live music, canapés and wine. To rsvp, email
info@artpull.co.uk
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