http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog Clacton & North East Essex Arts & Literary Society Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:39:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wells/Walsingham 10/7/2010. - By Jennifer Kersey On a day where,even at the very start of it,there was only a minute hint of movement within the air,we set off in our lovely air conditioned coach,for a town on the upper Norfolk coast-Wells. After a short comfort stop at Bury St Edmunds,we were ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/135/135 MV Pocahontas and Greenwich trip. - By Jennifer Kersey 22nd June 2010 - 11:09pm We set off `shining and shipshape` on time and were soon traversing the lovely Essex countryside on the A12 heading towards our destination-Gravesend (the original one had been changed at the last minute due to the ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/124/pocahontas-and-greenwich-trip Good evening madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this is my sixth report to your as programme secretary. I would like to thank all of you who have so kindly written or spoken to me to say that you have enjoyed the programme this year, and to thank those who have given ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/121/programme-secretary%e2%80%99s-report-to-agm-march-2010 Around 300 members attended the annual general meeting of the Arts and Literary Society and listened with great interest to the report of the year’s activities from the President, Mrs Janet Rodwell.   We heard that there had been 119 new members last season and there was a waiting list of ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/119/agm-of-the-arts-and-literary-society 1st March 2010 Join us for a ‘A Feast of Song’ The concluding night of the Arts and Literary Season found a full house at the Princes Theatre when members spent an evening in a Feast of Song with four exquisite singers from the Welsh National Opera together with their exceptional ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/116/a-feast-of-song The Arts and Literary Society spent a very interesting evening with Chris Packham, the photographer, traveller and wildlife expert.  His aim was to show us 100 photographs and explain things about them.  This he did brilliantly.   We saw the most wonderful pictures of leopards, lions, cheetahs and elephants.  Lots and ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/114/chris-packham Anything presented by `Clacton Arts and Lits` is fine by me-I know well,beforehand, that the high standard achieved in all areas will be preserved ,but, occasionally, there is something truly special,and that was just one of those times when Tim Kliphuis and his talented, ellow musicians came to town. "I’m ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/111/tim-kliphuis Tom Hart Dyke - By Jennifer Kersey  `Was he for real-or was this some surrealistic dream we were all participating in?` I refer to the presentation given by Tom Hart Dyke. Right from the outset when he enthusiastically endorsed this unknown mentor and we anxiously awaited to find out who it was-the tension ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/107/tom-hart-dyke-2 The Arts and Literary Society were treated to an evening of horticultural madness when a thoroughly enthusiastic and garrulous young man, Tom Hart Dyke, regaled the story of his life in plants.   It started with his grandmother giving him seeds to plant at the age 3 at his home in ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/104/tom-hart-dyke Christopher Langdown - By Douglas Carpenter -   An evening of piano classics with ‘Beethoven and Beyond’. Was attend by around 200 brave soles (because of the snow) who enjoyed a grand (excuse the pun) evening of Piano music. This included one of his own composition Deo Omnis Gloria - lovely ... http://clactonartsandlits.com/blog/102/christopher-langdown