Higham Hall College
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BLOW! INTERMEDIATE WOODWIND
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomGrades 4 to 6 Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon. Small and larger group playing under patient, enjoyable professional instruction. A great way to develop your playing! Notify us of instrument when booking.
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HARPS NORTH WEST SUMMER FESTIVAL
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomHarps North West is delighted to welcome tutors Mary Dunsford, Corrina Hewat and Ailie Robertson to their eighth summer festival. As well as entertaining us in the opening concert on the Friday evening, the tutors will lead workshops at all levels, except absolute beginners. So expect to learn new tunes alongside improving your skills and technique all […]
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CIRCLE DANCE RETREAT
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomNewcomers as well as experienced are welcome to join this inclusive form of community dancing where no partners are required. However, some previous dance experience would be helpful. Music and dances are drawn from Worldwide cultures and countries, and pace varies from lively to meditative. A tonic for body and mind.
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SPRINGTIME STRAWBERRY THIEF
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomWilliam Morris’s iconic ‘Strawberry Thief’ thrush has been re-imagined in a beautiful springtime colour palette and worked in a range of surface stitch techniques. The project includes buttonhole stitch and variations, knots and various loop stitches ornamented with whipping and seeding stitches. Over-dyed DMC stranded cottons and C21st Yarns are worked on a cotton ground […]
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PAINTING THE SEA
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomCumbria's west coast has a wide variety of shoreline subjects for the painter, from dramatic cliffs to sandy/pebbly beaches and tidal estuaries. Join landscape painter Lionel Playford visiting two of these for inspiration. Sharpen up your skills sketching and painting en plein air and learn some useful techniques to capture the look and feeling of […]
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CAV & PAG AND VERSIMO
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomTruth, low-life or realism are ways to explain the Verismo movement in 1890’s Italian opera. Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci are the most famous examples and we will also consider revolutionary Andrea Chenier and star actress Adriana Lecouvreur.
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ANCIENT ROCKS OF LAKELAND
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomAn advanced course for people with some geological knowledge, or those that have already attended our GEOLOGY OF THE LAKES: AN INTRODUCTION course. This course examines the oldest rocks in Lakeland: the early-mid Palaeozoic (of Ordovician to Devonian age). It includes several field trips to locations across the Lake District – please wear appropriate walking […]
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APPRECIATING SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomIncreasingly farcical confusion occurs when two pairs of identical twins, shipwrecked and separated as babies, end up many years later in the same town and are repeatedly mistaken for each other. Underneath the high-energy comedy, Shakespeare explores deeper issues of identity and loss. This study weekend accompanies a production of the play by the Festival […]
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PHULKARIS: HAND EMBROIDERIES FROM PUNJAB, INDIA
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThe course will introduce the learners to the culture, history and craft of Phulkari embroideries and give them the skills to create their own Phulkari inspired hand embroidery. The course will include a short talk, drawing, wood block printing and hand embroidery. By the end of the course, each participant would have designed their own […]
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SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThe Festival Players return, performing Shakespeare's high-energy comedy, where confusion occurs when two pairs of identical twins, shipwrecked and separated as babies, end up many years later in the same town and are repeatedly mistaken for each other. We are hoping for good weather, despite the title of the play, but the show will go […]