The stage is set and the funding almost in for the biggest celebration of song, music and dance Alderney has ever seen.
Alderney's inaugural Performing Arts Festival has won key backing from Guernsey Arts Commission - as well donations from £10 to £10,000 by local businesses, private sponsors and organisations - and is to transform the island into spectacle of sound and colour on the last May Bank Holiday weekend.
More than 25 acts from France, Alderney, Guernsey, Sark and further afield are booked in, with 160 performers and supporters arriving from the Continent from May 24th.
There's head-spinning variety of performances and workshops on offer. They range from classical piano and song recitals, to funk, hip hop and folk singing, to instrument making, photography and balloon sculpture, to circus skills and contemporary dance.
Tony Galliene, chairman of the Guernsey Arts Commission, compared its potential to that of the successful Sark Folk Festival.
"The Commission is keen to support arts festivals and initiatives, particularly of course in Guernsey, but also in the other Bailiwick islands where there is the potential for inter-island co-operation and benefit in terms of performers and audience, as well as the encouragement of attracting cultural tourists to the Bailiwick,' he said. 'We have certainly seen this with the Sark Folk Festival which we supported in its early days.
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors.
Wed 23rd October 2024 St Anne’s School PTA cordially invite Alderney residents to the exclusive premier of our promotional video for St Anne’s School- directed by the inimitable film maker- Cam Cairnduff, at 6.00pm, in St. Anne’s School Hall, on Wednesday, the 23rd of October, 2024.
Cheese and wine will be available, along with an opportunity to purchase a selection of bespoke Christmas gifts, hand-crafted by the pupils of St. Anne’s School.
As numbers are limited, should you wish to join us and celebrate this ‘milestone moment’ for our wonderful school and island, please RSVP, at your earliest convenience, to:
STAoffice@education.gg
, St Anne's School, 18:00
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors. 