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London Concertante Brings Candlelit Concert to Exeter

The Four Seasons & The Lark Ascending performed by London Concertante

Internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra London Concertante will come to Exeter on Friday 27th June for a 7:30pm performance at the Cathedral .

Set amidst the gentle glow of candlelight, the programme celebrates some of the greatest works in the classical repertoire – from Mozart’s effervescent overture to The Marriage of Figaro to Vivaldi’s visionary Four Seasons . Rounding off the evening is Vaughan Williams’s exquisite The Lark Ascending , a piece adored for its soaring, lyrical solo violin...

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Orchestra says farewell to popular conductor

EMG Symphony Orchestra said farewell to its conductor with a performance of Britten’s War Requiem at Exeter Cathedral yesterday, 23 April. The Cathedral was full to capacity for the concert. A huge choir joined almost 100 players for the performance, which fell on the same date as the first bombing raids on Exeter during 1942. On 23 April that year, seven high explosive bombs fell west of the river in St Thomas and Marsh Barton with four fatalities. Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was commissioned for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, built alongside the remains of the...

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Potting Shed presenters join Garden Festival

Jo Loosemore and Sarah Chesters from BBC Radio Devon’s Potting Shed programme (Sundays from 9-12) will be part of Toby Buckland’s 2016 Garden Festival.

Over the years this popular BBC Radio Devon programme has helped gardeners and gardens all over the county.

It invites listeners to ring, write, email and text in with garden queries and questions. Sarah Chesters from RHS Rosemoor gives expert advice and answers. The two presenters will be offering gardening Q & A sessions on Saturday 30th April in the tea tent during four sessions between 11am - 4pm

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Success for Exeter's DanSci Street Stars

Authored by DanSci
Posted: Thu, 04/21/2016 - 4:17pm

On Sunday 17th April, juniors from DanSci Dance Studio took to the stage to compete against some of the top Dance Crews in the South West.

The DanSci Street Stars crew made up of five students from the studio aged eight and nine years old performed a 2 minute piece which included all aspects of street dance from locking and popping, and house, to hip hop, breaking and tutting!

The Street Dance Challenge was held in Taunton at the Well Springs Leisure Centre. Set up by Dance Events Management Limited who run them across the country with the aim of providing a platform for...

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Spring in the garden at Castle Drogo

After the long wet winter, Castle Drogo’s rhododendron garden is bursting into colour following vital conservation work and visitors can now stroll through the new paths and admire the vivid plants and other spring flowers such as daffodils, camellias and bluebells carpeting the garden floor.

For those who find accessing areas such as the garden or wider Drogo estate difficult, there is now a tramper available to hire as part of the Countryside Mobility South West scheme. The tramper route takes in some of the most fragrant parts of the garden including the azalea path and rose...

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The Urban Voodoo Machine play ‘bourbon soaked gypsy blues bop ‘n’ stroll’ in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/20/2016 - 6:08pm

Playing ‘bourbon soaked gypsy blues bop ‘n’ stroll’, The Urban Voodoo Machine are a seven to ten-piece band hailing from Dalston, East London.

In 2002 Paul-Ronney Angel had an idea. He’d lead a band. They’d dress in black and red. There would be a LOT of them. And their music would sound like a great night out in a dangerous part of town. From the get-go, The UVM fused junkyard blues and stinging rockabilly with mariachi horns, fiddles, sinister cabaret and punk rock tangos.

‘I wanted to play rock’n’roll music with a different instrumentation,’ says Angel, ‘Taking...

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New cuckoo season starts - walks and all!

The first cuckoo of the 2016 season has already been heard on Dartmoor, thereby heralding the long-awaited spring.

Over the last two years, Dartmoor National Park Authority, in partnership with Devon Birds and Exeter University, has been asking the public to report their cuckoo sightings.

During that time, we have collected over 2,000 records of cuckoos across Devon, with 90% of those records coming from Dartmoor.

This spring, we are again collecting as many sightings as possible. Please log your observations by going to our interactive map at www.dartmoor.gov.uk/...

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Celebrate The Queen's birthday on Ladies' Night at Exeter Races

Authored by Lucy
Posted: Tue, 04/19/2016 - 3:28pm

Celebrations will be in full swing on Ladies’ Night at Exeter Racecourse this year which beautifully coincides with Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday on Thursday, April 21.

There will be special footage of Her Majesty The Queen shown on the big screen, a bottle of champagne will be given to the 90th person through the gate and to the person who buys the 90th racecard and owners of horses running in the Many Happy Returns HM The Queen Handicap Hurdle will be asked of they can sport a special crown designs on their hindquarters.

The first 200 ladies’ through the gate will...

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Country and Western Festival comes to Cofton Country Holidays

Devon’s multi award-winning Cofton Country Holidays, located near the pretty coastline at Dawlish Warren, is offering a bonanza of music and entertainment this May at its annual Country and Western Festival.

Starting on Saturday 7th May and running for seven nights, this highly popular festival has a great line up of bands including the Chris Dunne Band on Saturday 7th, Stonecold Country on Sunday 8th, Tumblin Dice on Monday 9th, Dean Austin on Tuesday 10th, Hayden on Wednesday 11th, the Thrillbillies on Thursday 12th and the Ray Peters Band on Friday 13th.

Free to...

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Be part of the first South West Outdoor Festival

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 04/19/2016 - 10:42am

Be part of the very first South West Outdoor Festival (23-25 September), tickets now on sale.

The South West is a mecca for outdoor activities and adventure pursuits, and this year the inaugural South West Outdoor Festival is inviting everyone to come and explore the incredible range of opportunities that are taking place around one unique place: Heddon Valley in Exmoor National Park.

Tickets are now on sale for the festival, run in partnership with Cotswold Outdoor, the National Trust’s official outdoor retailer, which takes place over the weekend of 23–25 September. The...

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Greg Foot brings Caution: Safety Goggles Required to Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 04/19/2016 - 10:24am

Ever wondered why your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? What explosions in space really look like? Or why beans give you wind? Well wonder no more.

Fresh from Blue Peter and BBC’s Factomania join Science Guy Greg Foot for a show of curious questions and explosive answers.

With over 8 million views on YouTube, Greg will stop at nothing to answer YOUR questions LIVE, even if he has to use a giant flame thrower, make a rainbow indoors or launch a space rocket!

Make sure you bring along your own burning questions for Greg to answer – or tweet them in advance to @gregfoot...

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