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TO SUIT YOUR
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THERE IS ALMOST CERTAINLY A DURING THE YEAR! READ ON…! |
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ALL SHOWS
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We offer free teachers’ packs to all
schools where we perform. |
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CURRENT SHOWS
2012-13
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HATS OFF TO HISTORY SUITABLE
FOR Available from September to
July 2012-2013 Songs and stories are ‘selected’ by
children who choose hats from a line-up and lift them to reveal an
appropriate artefact. Various aspects of history are explored: the role of
the Town Crier, life on the canals, the door-to-door peddler, the Music Hall,
traditional dance.
This show contains the songs and tunes: Calling On (G
Meek) Tell Old Charlie
Irons (G Meek) The Bold
Navigators ( Old Granny
Smoke-A-Pipe (G Meek) One Man’s Morris
(G Meek) Ampthill Sunrise
(B Goodman) Let’s Go To The
Grand (G Meek) |
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History Under Your Hat SUITABLE
PARTICULARLY FOR KS1 Available throughout the
year EveryYear Songs and stories are ‘selected’ by
children who choose hats from a line-up and lift them to reveal an
appropriate artefact. Various aspects of history are explored: The tradition
of the Olney Pancake Race, making bricks, the hiring fair, a Norfolk
Valentine’s Day tradition, an Edwardian holiday.
This show contains the songs: Calling On Song (G
Meek) The Olney Pancake
Race (B Goodman) Brickmaking (G Meek) Statty Fair (G Meek) Jack Valentine’s
Song (B Goodman) Blockers’ |
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Winter Days SUITABLE
FOR Available from November 1stuntil
End of December 2013 The performance enlightens on the subject
of traditions associated with certain days over the winter period and
includes some traditional songs as well as others composed in the traditional
idiom by Graeme and Barry. Days featured include Tom Bawcock’s
Eve, Boxing Day and Plough Monday. Subjects covered include traditional East Anglian Molly Dancing and Mummer’s Plays.
This show contains the songs and tunes: Wassail Song (Trad.) Tom Bawcock’s Eve (Trad.) Boxing Day Song (B
Goodman) All In The
Wintertime (B Goodman) The Wran Song (Trad.) Plough Monday Song
(G Meek) Speed the Plough (Trad.) |
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The Cold Days of Winter SUITABLE
FOR Available from January 1st
until End of February Every Year More winter traditions and customs, this
time during the months of January and February, the beginning of the new
year. Subjects covered include Longsword Dancing,
Wassailing, The Stonehaven Fireballs, Valentine’s
Day, The Olney Pancake Race. NB: there is some overlap between this
show and Year’s End (above).
This show contains the songs and tunes: Christmas Song (Trad.) You Noble
Spectators (Trad.) M’aidez (G Meek) Here We Come
A-Wassailing (Trad.) The Stonehaven Fireballs (G Meek) listen Jack Valentine’s
Song (B Goodman) The Olney Pancake Race
(B Goodman) |
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Hats Off To The Victorians victorian show SUITABLE
FOR KS2 TO SUPPORT VICTORIAN-THEMED WORK Available throughout the
year EveryYear Songs and stories are ‘selected’ by
children who choose hats from a line-up and lift them to reveal an
appropriate artefact. Various aspects of Victorian history are explored: the Lord of the Manor (aristocratic lifestyle and
comparisons in living arrangements between classes), making
bricks (the role of the working class), the
hiring fair (the role of the working class and how the country houses
hired servants), Boxing Day traditions (how
the poorest survived the winter – including servants and interaction with the
rich), the Music Hall (how the poor
entertained themselves by pretending to be rich for an evening!) This show contains the songs: Calling On Song (G
Meek) I’m The Lord Of
The Manor, You See (G Meek) Brickmaking (G Meek) Statty Fair (G Meek) Boxing Day Song (B
Goodman) Let’s Go To The
Grand (G Meek) |
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OTHER SHOWS
2013-14
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More HATS OFF TO HISTORY SUITABLE
FOR Available from September to
July 2013-2014 Songs and stories are ‘selected’ by
children who choose hats from a line-up and lift them to reveal an
appropriate artefact. Various aspects of history are explored: the bottling
of ‘health-giving’ mineral water in the Victorian period, the cottage
industry of lace making, 19th century justice and the
transportation of convicts, the tradition of a pancake-frying witch on Shrove
Tuesday, an Edwardian holiday.
This show contains the songs and tunes: Calling On Song (G
Meek) Flitwick Chalybeate Water (G Meek) The Bonelace Weaver (G Meek) The Far Wastes of
Van Diemens Land (G Meek) The Witch of
Conger Hill (G Meek) Blockers’ Scan Tester’s No.1
(Scan Tester) |
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Year’s End SUITABLE
FOR Available from November
1st until End of December 2013 More winter traditions and customs during
the months of November and December celebrating the end of the old year.
Subjects covered include Nottingham Goose Fair, Souling,
Tar Barrel Rolling, Longsword Dancing and
Wassailing. NB: there is some overlap between this
show and The Cold Days of Winter.
This show contains the songs and tunes: Christmas Song (Trad.) Souling Song (Trad.) Nine Burning
Barrels (T Laycock) You Noble
Spectators (Trad.) M’aidez (G Meek) Here We Come A-Wassailing (Trad.) |
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2014-15
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Yet More HATS OFF TO HISTORY SUITABLE
FOR Available from September to
July 2014-2015 Songs and stories are ‘selected’ by children
who choose hats from a line-up and lift them to reveal an appropriate
artefact. Various aspects of history are explored: the Pace Egging tradition,
brickmaking, the hiring fair, straw plaiting, traditional dance from the North-West of England.
This show contains the songs: Pace Egg Calling
On Song (Trad.) Brickmaking (G Meek) The Statty Fair (G Meek) Straw Plait (G
Meek) Dance It Away Up
The Street (B Goodman) |
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Frost and Rhyme SUITABLE
FOR THIS Available from November 1stuntil
End of December 2014 More winter traditions and customs during
the months of November to January celebrating the end of the old year. Subjects
covered include the Manx tradition of Hop-Tu-Naa,
Stir-Up Sunday, the peculiar goings-on of Wareham Court Leet,
an abridged version of the traditional Derby Tup
Play, the antics of The Whittlesey Straw Bear and
the Comberton Broom Dance.
This show contains the songs and tunes: When The Winter
Comes In (B Mander) Hop-Tu-Naa (Trad.) Stir-up Sunday (B
Goodman) The Broom Dance [Tune]
(G Meek) Follow The Straw
Bear (B Goodman) |
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GENERAL
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PLEASE READ THIS
INFORMATION IS PERTINENT TO ·
Performances suit a typical
school hall environment, no stage necessary. ·
Set up time of one hour
minimum is required before a performance. ·
Ease of access to venue is
appreciated. ·
There should be at least two
13amp sockets available for use on the day. ·
Due to images being
projected, it is usually best if curtains can be drawn during a performance
to prevent glaring exterior light. Internal lighting can then be adjusted to
suit. ·
Please ensure that children
sit so as to allow access to the front for those who participate in the
interactive performance. Side aisles are preferable except in the case of The Cold Days Of Winter, where
one central aisle is desirable. ·
A map – sketched is often
adequate – can be helpful in finding the venue. ·
Life & Times have
Ł5,000,000 Public Liability Insurance. ·
All equipment PAT tested. ·
Graeme & Barry are both
qualified teachers and are |
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THANKS
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Our thanks to:
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