Eltham Music Festival

July 17, 2017Eltham, Eltham Arts, Festivalreevacharles

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Eltham locals and visitors have just enjoyed another great musical July! In the heart of Eltham High Street, at the newly redeveloped Passey Place, audiences turned up for the many talented musical acts making the most of this new community outdoor space.

Each Saturday, on 1, 8 and 15 July, saw local musicians, singers, choirs and dancers come together to entertain in this Royal Greenwich and Eltham Arts Music Festival, part of the Royal Greenwich Festivals season. Progr-Slanted-2017

Here are just some of the performers – how many of these fabulous acts did you see?

MuiscFest-Collage-Performers It was encouraging to see our local MP Clive Efford supporting local arts events, and our wonderful police too: Efford-Police-Collage

See loads more pics, and videos too, from the Music Festival on our Facebook page.

Check out our July Music month ‘What’s On’ blog post for more exciting events this month all over Eltham.

A Plateful of Songs – CD Launch

July 1, 2017Eltham, Eltham CDreevacharles

Folk and blues musicians, friends and family gathered on 17 June at the Bob Hope Theatre Bar to celebrate the launch of the latest Eltham Arts CD.

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This second Eltham Arts CD came out of the 2016 Eltham Arts Winter Festival where the challenge was laid down to write a song on a culinary theme. The result was a fantastic collection of songs now gathered together on this fun and thoughtful CD.

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Contact Eltham Arts to buy a copy, just £8, email: elthamarts@aol.co.uk

You can read more about this CD in the July Greenwich Visitor (p14) and see lots more photos and videos of the launch celebration on our Facebook page.

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Read about out first CD, ‘Aspects of Winter, here’.

July is Eltham Music Festival Month!

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What’s On in July 2017

Here’s advance notice of some exciting music events this July, Eltham’s Music Festival Month:

Sat 1 July

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Eltham Music Festival in Passey Place, Eltham High St – enjoy live music from 10.30-5pm.

10.30 Peter Hicks – Solo artist

11.30 John Edwards – Solo artist

12.30 Fabia Anderson – Solo artist

1pm Rockoustic – Trio

2pm Tanya Dirrane School of Irish Dancing

2.30 pm Sienna Melella – Vocals with guitar

3pm Sabrina Bell – Solo artist

4pm All the Arts – Drama/Dance

Summer concert ‘Requiem’ by Eltham Choral at Holy Trinity Church 7.30pm

Sun 2 July

Summer Sunday Music at Well Hall Pleasaunce 3 to 5pm – a Parksfest event

Sat 8 July

Eltham Music Festival in Passey Place – enjoy live music from 10.30-4pm

10.30am Rhyme Time – Under 5’s Rhyme and songs

11am Shindig – Band

12 noon Rock Choir

12.30pm Make a Noise Choir

1pm Tony, Ben and Carl – Vocals with Guitar

2pm Emma Jane – Solo artist

2.30pm Hulviz – Choir

3pm Decks and Quartz – Band

Queenscroft Party in The Park 12-5pm – a Parksfest event

Sun 9 July

Concert in Eltham Park South 3 to 4.30pm – a Parksfest event

Thu 13 July

Eltham Jazz Club at Eltham Warren Golf Club 8 to 10.30pm Derek Nash ( saxes) with Hugh Ockendon Trio Derek Nash is lead saxophonist with Jools Holland Band.,

Sat 15 July

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Eltham Music Festival in Passey Place – live music from 10,30 – 4 pm

10.30am Haimo School Choir

11am Brothers in Swing – Singing duo

12noon Little Beach – Band

1pm Santino Fabbricatore – Solo Artist

2pm Pytchwood – Acoustic Folk

3pm Greenwich Community Choir

3.30pm Gordon School Band

Sun 16 July

Greenwich World Cultural Festival by Greenwich Dance Eltham Palace 12.30-5pm

Summer Sunday Music 3 to 5pm at Well Hall Pleasaunce – a Parksfest event

Concert in Eltham Park South 3 to 4.30pm – Greenwich Concert Band – a Parksfest event

Wed 19 July

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FolkMob Special Night at Blackheath Rugby Club at Well Hall Drums and Percussion hosted by Nathan Persad 8 .15-10.30pm.

Sun 23 July

Lazy Jazz Sunday at Eltham Palace from 12 to 40m Hannah Northedge – Jazz Trio

Concert in Eltham Park South 3 to 4.30pm – Los Dawsons a Parksfest event

Thu 27 July

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Eltham Jazz Club at Eltham Warren Golf Club 8-10.30pm

Alan Barnes , British Award Winning Saxophonist with Hugh Ockendon Trio.

Sun 30 July

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Lazy Jazz Sundays at Eltham Palace 12-4pm Planet Maja

Summer Sunday Music at Well Hall Pleasaunce 3-5pm – a Parksfest event

Eltham Park Festival – a fantastic community event. Live music and fun 12- 5pm at Eltham Park South. Family fun!

There may be more! Check with our Eltham pubs for music events all month

Look out for leaflets on individual events.

Eltham Arts will keep posting on Twitter @ElthamArts and Facebook, and the programme for the Eltham Music Festival in Passey Place will be on this website.

More information on events:

Eltham Palace www.english-heritage.org.uk Twitter: @ElthamPalace

Eltham Jazz Club www.facebook.com/Elthamjazzclub1

Eltham Choral www.elthamchoral.org.uk Twitter: @ElthamChoral

Eltham Folkmob www.folkmobonline.co.uk Twitter: @FolkMob

Parksfest www.parksfest.org

Eltham Park Festival 2017 Twitter: @ElthamParkFest

WALL – The Film

May 17, 2017Eltham Arts, Wall ProjectFilm Community WallEltham Arts

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We are exploring the possibility of making a film as part of the WALL project.

In discussion with local film maker and photographer Robert Piwko we hope to produce a 20 min film which explores the issues of walls in our community.

What is a wall?
What does the word ‘wall‘ mean to you?
A wall can be a protector but also be a barrier.

We are challenging people to think about walls and express their ideas in our multi media project. Our aim is to bring people together through the arts, and this part of the project will involve people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. The film is a spine to the WALL project. However, it will not just record the individual projects and events, it will look deeper into the issues raised and lessons learnt during the project.

The film will include interviews with local people and celebrate the creativity of the projects which evolve as the project progresses over the next year.

Interested? Get in touch

 Twitter: @ElthamArts
 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElthamArt
 YouTube: Eltham Arts YouTube Channel

Be A Local Tourist in Eltham 2017!

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Eltham Arts is delighted to be supporting this year’s ‘Be A Local Tourist in Eltham’ on Sunday 2 April.

Many locals and visitors enjoyed lots of these venues during the Eltham Arts Winter Festival last November. Come and make a spring time visit!

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For more information and photos see Eltham Arts Facebook and the Royal Greenwich website.

Ideas building for Wall Project!

March 14, 2017Eltham Arts, Wall ProjectEltham Arts

Ideas for the Wall project are flowing in. Murals, photography, theatre and even a another song challenge! We’ll be posting some of those creative ideas here – meanwhile follow the action on Twitter and Facebook.

Do send us your ideas!

What does a WALL mean to you?

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Check out the new page about our exciting latest community project for 2017 – and get involved!

A Library, a Gallery and a Pub scoop first-ever Eltham Arts Awards

December 6, 2016Eltham Arts, Festivalreevacharles

Three community-minded contributors to the cultural life of Eltham scooped awards recently. The first-time ever Eltham Arts Awards 2016 were made at a finale celebration on 20 November marking the end of the three-week long Eltham Arts Winter Festival 2016.

We made our Awards to three local organisations for outstanding contributions to community arts. Awards were presented – by Eltham MP Clive Efford and Greenwich Arts & Culture Councillor Denise Scott-MacDonald – to St Thomas More Secondary School’s innovative SE9 Container Gallery, to the hard-working Eltham Library and also to the White Hart pub for their support and community fundraising.

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Presenting the Eltham Arts Award for the SE9 Container Gallery to Andrew Downie, the Head of Art at St Thomas More, Mr Efford said, ” As someone who has visited the SE9 Container Gallery at St Thomas More School many times and purchased a piece of art displayed there I was pleased to give the award.”

We made this Award because the SE9 Container gallery has brought art to the centre of Eltham with exhibitions of a high quality. This has also given students a chance to display their work and engage in community projects as well as providing wider artistic perspectives to the local population.

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Dedicated Eltham Library staff Paula Bellamy and Miriam Storey received their award from Councillor Denise Scott-MacDonald who paid tribute to their work saying, “I get really positive feedback wherever I go…so many people are so proud of the library and excited by the work of staff there.” Paula Bellamy said she was, “Thrilled to bits to win. We are proud to serve wonderful Eltham!”

Alex Mayers, Co-Director of the White Hart Pub, received the award on behalf of White Hart owners Simon Hinchley-Robson & David Hinchley-Robson. We think this that this popular Eltham-based pub was an excellent example of how local businesses and the arts can work together. The White Hart not only works closely with the Bob Hope Theatre, it provides quiz nights which support many local groups including Eltham Arts, enabling arts events to take place.

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Chuffed with the recognition, the White Hart reacted that, “From day one we always wanted to be a hub for the community… It was only when being told when receiving the award we realised how much we do. Within the time we’ve been here we are proud to have raised over £65,000 for local charities with our community supported activities. It brought tears to our eyes when these things were acknowledged and we are honoured to serve such a close knit community.”

eaa-se9-glassaward — The unique Awards were specially-commissioned by Eltham Arts and made by Eltham glass work artist Jean Bright

The Awards were a fitting conclusion to the Eltham Arts Winter Festival this year which saw hundreds of visitors enjoy the art, live music, theatre and cultural activities which the SE9 area had to offer. The finale party and Awards Ceremony on 20 November took place at Eltham’s White Hart pub and saw singers-songwriters perform their original songs.

It was great to see so many supporters attended, including a number of local Councillors. Clive Efford MP said, “It was a really great night. Lots of laughs and really talented musicians.” The Eltham Arts Committee were delighted once again to see such community spirit on show and for the arts to be taking centre stage in Eltham.

You can keep up to date with the latest arts & culture happenings in Eltham at:

Twitter: @ElthamArts
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElthamArt
YouTube: Eltham Arts YouTube Channel