Hey, that's a good venture; I'll send some money anyway but won't the
listing become a lot of work for someone?
Tilla
On 18/03/2011, GOODBY JOHN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh, I forgot: here's the begging letter, kind of, to go with the Jam
> programme. (More apologies for cross-posting)
> Seriously, though: in a bad time, this really is a good cause. We'd
> appreciate anything you can muster. A couple of my students have offered to
> do a sponsored walk across the Brecon Beacons, reciting Under Milk Wood as
> they go, to raise cash for us. That's how bad it is. And you do get, for the
> two upper bands, some excellent and professionally-recorded performances; no
> fuzzy-sounding discs these, each one is a crystal clear performance; you get
> the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd ...
> John
>
> Support the Hay Poetry Jamboree
>
>
>
> Run by volunteers on a shoestring budget, the Hay Poetry Jamboree is one of
> the most open-spirited, inquisitive and intimate of all the small
> poetry/arts festivals. It seeks above all to provide a performing space for
> those poetries which tend to be ignored by the big literary festivals -
> poetries which operate outside the margins of the mainstream. But the
> Jamboree is determinedly anti-doctrinaire - it showcases not only the very
> best radically innovative work, but welcomes writers of quality from any
> context, who are attempting new things, making interesting connections. The
> Jam is unique and it needs your support.
>
>
>
> Become a Friend of the Jamboree, by sending us a cheque for either ten,
> fifteen or twenty pounds, according to the following scheme:
>
>
>
> £10 to have your name listed on the Friends of the Jamboree web-page, with
> up to 30 words of biography/bibliography (or any other kind of textual
> utterance).
>
>
>
> £15 for a textual entry of up to 60 words on the web-page. Plus, we’ll
> post you a cd of your choice from any one of nine performances from the
> previous two Jamborees: viz, Peter Finch, Boiled String, Wendy Mulford, John
> James, Chris Torrance, David Greenslade, Childe Roland, Geraldine Monk, Alan
> Halsey, Elisabeth Bletsoe, Robert Minhinnick
>
>
>
> £20 for a paragraph of up to 200 words on the web-page with web links,
> logos, graphics where possible, plus a choice of cd from the above list.
>
>
>
> To register as a Friend of the Jamboree, please send a cheque made out to
> Glasfryn Seminars, to: Lyndon Davies, Glasfryn, Llangattock, Nr Crickhowell,
> Powys, NP8 1PH, with your name, address and choice of cd where applicable,
> and email details for the Jam webpage to Lyn at: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
> On 18 March 2011 21:51, GOODBY JOHN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone (and with apologies for cross-posting)
>>
>> Before you're completely booked up for summer, remember you're all invited
>> to the Hay-on-Wye Poetry Jamboree (nothing to do with the official
>> Festival), now in its third year. The sun always shines, the venue is good
>> (a beer garden next door), and we can help you with accommodation and
>> parking advice if you need it. Details below ...
>>
>> See you there,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *THIRD HAY-ON-WYE POETRY JAMBOREE*
>>
>> *JUNE 2nd - 4th 2011 *
>>
>>
>>
>> Oriel Gallery of Contemporary Arts
>>
>> Salem Chapel, Bell Bank, Hay on Wye
>>
>>
>>
>> *THURSDAY JUNE 2ND *
>>
>> 6.30 - 7.30 pm: Festival Launch Reception
>>
>> 7.30 - 9.15 pm: *Ralph Hawkins * + *Allen Fisher** *
>>
>>
>>
>> *FRI JUNE 3RD *
>>
>> 11.00 – noon: Film and poetry: *Colin Still*
>>
>> 2.00 - 4.00 pm: *Helen Lopez, John Freeman, Angela Gardner, *
>>
>> *Rhys Trimble, Paul Green*
>>
>> 5.00 - 6.00 pm: Lecture: *Robert Sheppard*
>>
>> 7.30 - 9.15 pm: *Carol Watts + Sean Bonney*
>>
>>
>>
>> *SAT JUNE 4TH *
>>
>> 11.00 - noon : *Frances Presley, Glenn Storhaug*
>>
>> 2.00 - 4.00 pm: *Gavin Selerie, Tiffany Atkinson, David Annwn, *
>>
>> *Zoe Skoulding* with *Poetry Wales* special bill.
>>
>> 7.30 - 9.15 pm: *Kelvin Corcoran + Maggie O'Sullivan*
>>
>> 9.30 - 10.30 pm: Grand Finale - *Chicken of the Woods* (bluegrass band,
>> with dancing, drinking, and other enjoyable post-poetic shenanigans …)
>>
>> *Plus* - All Saturday in Salem Chapel proper, Elysium Gallery in
>> collaboration with
>>
>> Hay Poetry Jamboree presents *Bus Stop Cinema* - a festival of short
>> films.
>>
>>
>>
>> *ENTRANCE TO 7.30 EVENTS £5 (CONCESSIONS £3). ALL OTHER EVENTS FREE *
>>
>>
>>
>> With thanks to our sponsors: *Academi Gymraeg*, *CREW* (Centre for
>> Research into the English Language Literature of Wales) and the *Richard
>> Burton Research Centre* (Swansea University, *Elysium Gallery*, College of
>> Arts and Humanities), *Poetry Wales*.
>>
>> For more information contact Lyndon Davies at: [log in to unmask]
>> The 2011 website will be up and running soon: until then, here's last
>> year's:http://lyndondavies.co.uk/w/3/hay-poetry-jamboree-2010/
>>
>>
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