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DARTMOUTH MAYFLOWER
ARTS & CULTURE PROJECTS PROJECT LEAD: MARILYN BIRD The ladies of Dartmouth Stitchery have completed over 3,000 of their 4,000 target! Pennants have been coming in nationally and internationally from Japan, Dartmouth Massachusetts, Eire and all over the UK including Bury, Huddersfield and South Staffordshire. The pennants will be used to decorate the town for the Mayflower Pageant week in 2020. A team of church bell ringers from in and around Dartmouth has started prac- tising together for their Mayflower Peal, specially composed for the Mayflower 400 celebrations by Dartmouth Bell Ringers. The team taking part would like to spread the special “Devon Call Change” style of ringing to make it better known. The first meeting of the Safe Haven
crew was held on Wednesday 3rd April. The script is still developing and most of the ten songs have been written. It was an opportunity to have a read through and for the invited performers to hear the songs and read the performance outline. Graham Mewis, who has performed many parts with different companies, imme- diately stepped into the part of the tour guide and narrator. We were delighted that singer songwriter James Cann came to the meeting along with Karen Hales and Teresa Yardy. Both Mike Dyer and Richard Carr, of Nautibouy fame, will add a colourful flavour to the sea faring pieces. Paul Ross is Stage Manager and Louis Sullivan is managing the sound and lighting.
Mayflower 400 is the commemoration of the sailing of The Mayflower to the New World, in 1620, an extremely significant event in history for both the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In conjunction with 12 other towns and cities across the UK, Dartmouth Mayflower has a number of ambitious Projects and Events planned during 2020.
Dartmouth Mayflower 400 Progress The yearlong commemoration starts on the 29th November 2019 with Dartmouth Mayflower Candlelit weekend. Look out for the Mayflower Lantern leading the Parade. As well as the familiar activities of the weekend the Dartmouth Peal will ring out and at 1100am on Sunday 1st December at St Saviour’s church where there will be a family commemoration of the Mayflower Story, led by Father Will Hazlewood. With lanterns and Mayflower pennants being resplendent, the focus will be on the Mayflower story, a musical event with an augmented Parish Choir, directed by Christopher Helyer, who will sing, the Dartmouth Mayflower Anthem. We will also be introducing 2 or 3 of the songs that have been written for the Mayflower Safe Haven play sung by members of the cast.
EDUCATION PROJECTS PROJECT LEAD: LINDSAY ELLWOOD The Mayflower Educational Film project has been awarded grants from both the Wakefield and Elmgrant Trusts. This funding, along with other funds raised, has en- abled us to commission a short film as a pilot from Plymouth College of Art students. Peter Nicholson, the film director, is leading this project, and he is working with the students to develop their concept for the film. The finished pilot film along with four other films will make up the programme of five, with an introduction, that will be screened throughout the South West and beyond. Students will be able to include the film as part of their end of year assessment, and our local 6th form students will have a unique opportunity to gain some work experience during the making of the films. The Dartmouth Mayflower Sculpture is due to be unveiled on Friday 11th October. Mark Gregory is creating the Sculpture, representing a figure of a Pilgrim, with the help of Dartmouth Academy students. The Unveiling Event will be supported by a photography exhibition showing the development of the sculpture in the Flavel. The students of the Dartmouth Academy supported by the Dartmouth Food Festival will cater this event. Three Heritage Trails have been planned for the town: A Mayflower Heritage Trail - ‘A walk through Dartmouth in 1620’, will take visitors around the historic streets and points of interest, with a focus on Dartmouth as it was in 1620, when the Pilgrims arrived. A Packhorse Trail that will link Townstal – the original settlement – with the port. This will follow the ancient packhorse route into Dartmouth. A Castle Trail will take visitors from Bayards Cove to Dartmouth Castle The first of these, the Town Trail will be launched on 19th November 2019. The route has been walked with South Hams District Council and Dartmouth Town Council representatives to agree the positioning of the Way markers and the Interpretive Panels. Tom Leaper, the artist, has designed Dartmouth’s Way Markers, and he is currently working on the first stage of the production. Maps and leaflets are being created as well as online digital links. The content and the stories from our trails has also been included on the Mayflower 400 Trail App which will be going live this year. Book of Children’s Mayflower Stories: Children from the local Primary Schools will write and illustrate a different section of the Mayflower journey, with support from teachers and volunteers. The stories will be based on groups of people that sailed on the Mayflower and Speedwell. Workshops and visits will be arranged to provide inspiration & background knowledge for story writing. Schools will work together to produce a book about the Mayflower/Speedwell, and a local author will be sought to write an introduction. The published books will be on sale at various venues in the town, and possibly in other Mayflower 400 destinations.
Brixham trawler, Pilgrim PLEASE SEE THE DARTMOUTH MAYFLOWER 400 WEBSITE (
WWW.DARTMOUTHMAYFLOWER400.UK) FOR MORE INFORMATION.
If you would like to become involved, to contribute in any way or to charter Matthew or Speedwell for an event during Mayflower Week, please get in touch via the “Contact Us” page on the website.
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