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Sunday 22 June
Plant Fair
Perennials herbs and shrubs for sale at reasonable prices
By kind permission of Sir Jeremy and Lady Chance.
Disabled parking, otherwise parking on Radcliffe Road
Admission £1.50 to include refreshments
Venue: Ty'n y Berllan, Lôn Ednyfed, Criccieth
Date: 22.06.2008 Times: from 12 noon to 4.30 p.m.
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"Sundae" Music
An evening of walk-in. walk-out music entertainment at this famous Criccieth landmark, which has been extended to the rear of the former "ice-cream parlour" and made into a cafe with a tremendous view across Cardigan Bay .
Date: 22.06.2008 Times: 8.00 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission: free
Venue: Cadwalader's Ice-Cream Café, Castle Street, Criccieth
Monday 23 June
Festival Lunch
The Most Reverend Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and former Vicar of this parish is this year's guest speaker at the traditional Festival Luncheon.
Menu: Salmon and Dill Fishcakes, Loin of Pork, Summer Fruits Pavlova, Coffee
Tickets: £18
Venue: Mynydd Ednyfed, Caernarfon Road, Criccieth
Date: 23.06.2008 Time: 12.30 for 1 p.m.
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"Sundae" Music
Venue: Cadwalader's Café Times: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission: free
Tuesday 24 June
Honk performed by the Starlight Players "SPYDRS"
A modern musical version of Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale of the Ugly Duckling
Tickets at the door balcony £8.00 stalls £6.00
Venue: Memorial Hall, Criccieth
Date: 24.06.2008 Time: 7 p.m. for 7.30 p.m.
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"Sundae" Music
Venue: Cadwalader's Café Times: 8.00 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission: free
Wednesday 25 June
Afternoon Cello Recital
Dazzling young cellist Oliver Coates with pianist Jakob Fichert, will include the following in the programme:
Sonata in E minor Opus 38 by Brahms
Distant Memory by Thomas Hewitt Jones
Adagio & Allegro Opus 70 by Schumann
Dance of the Elves Opus 39 by Popper
"Arpeggione" Sonata D.821 by Schubert
Venue: Holiday Club Hall, Lôn Ednyfed, Criccieth
Date: 25.06.2008 Time: 3 p.m.
Tickets: £6
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Flower Festival
This year's flower festival will be viewable daily from today until Sunday.
Venue: Church of the Holy Spirit, Caernarfon Road, Criccieth
Dates: 25.06.2008 to 29.06.2008 Times: 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. daily
Admission: free (donations gratefully accepted) Refreshments available.
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A Bardd Plant Cymru event with Gwyneth Glyn and Dr. Mererid Hopwood. For full details of this Welsh language event arranged by Ty Newydd Writers' Centre for Wales, Llanystwmdwy for primary school children, please see Rhaglen Gwyl Criccieth 2008
Venue: Memorial Hall, Criccieth Time: 2 p.m.
Tickets: £1 children £4 adults (staff accompanying pupils free)
Sponsor: Carl Kammerling International
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David Lloyd George Memorial Lecture
Phillip George will introduce this year's guest speaker, Winston Roddick CB QC
Devolving Justice
will be the title of his lecture. A native of Caernarfon, educated at Sir Huw Owen Grammar School and in Malta, Winston Roddick graduated from University College, London. Master of Laws and a practising barrister, QC 1986, his influence as Counsel General, National Assembly for Wales, 1998 has been well-documented. Companion of the Order of the Bath (2003) for services to the National Assembly. Current leader of the Wales and Chester Circuit, fellow and vice-president of Aberystwyth University (formerly University of Wales, Aberystwyth). Lists "fishing the Glaslyn" as a hobby.
Venue: Capel Moriah, Llanystwmdwy
Date: 25.06.2008 24.06.2008 Time: 7.30 p.m.
Tickets: £10
Sponsors: Mrs Greta George and the Chair of Gwynedd Council
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"Sundae" Music
Venue: Cadwalader's Café 8.00 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission: free
Thursday 26 June
Bowled Away
Criccieth Bowling Club Open Event: free coaching and refreshment at Criccieth Bowling Club, which plays at this superb crown-green bowls green, an historic venue, considered one of the best in Wales.
Venue: Crown Bowling Green, Criccieth Park
Access: either via the footpath over the railway from Criccieth train station or from Tanygrisiau Terrace, via Henbont Road.
Date: 26.06.2008 Times: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Nature Walk
A conducted tour through Hafan y Môr and across the Pen y Chain headland, with a talk by Paul Dunn. Hafan y Môr occupies the site of the former Butlin's Holliday Camp, situated approximately mid way between Criccieth and Pwllheli.
Date: 26.06.2008 Time/Meeting Place: to be announced
Tickets: to be announced
By kind permission of the Hafan y Môr management
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Sup Tea with the Suffolk Folk Orchestra
Now there's an offer not to be missed! The ten-piece group features violins, accordions, melodeons, concertinas, recorder, cello and bouzouki... No, we aren't telling you what that is, you will just have to come along to find out. Children very welcome.
Venue: Holiday Hall, Lôn Ednyfed, Criccieth
Date: 26.06.2008 Time: 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: Adults £4 Children £2 to include refreshments
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Evening Concert Celebrating Criccieth Festival's 21st Birthday
Elinor Bennett (harp) and Iwan Llewelyn Jones (piano)
will play an exciting programme of music to include:
Fantasy by Spohr
Impromptu by Roussel
Danses Sacre et Profane by Claude Debussy
Impromptu by Faure
Fantasia on Bizet's Carmen by John Thomas
Venue: Memorial Hall, Criccieth
Date: 26.06.2008 Time: 7.30 p.m.
Tickets: balcony £15, stalls £10
Sponsors: The Chapman Trust and Coastal
Friday 27 June
The Zion Ensemble
Tom Osborne - Trumpet
Lisa Verghese-Osborne - Oboe
Charlotte Wilson - Harpsichord
With their unusual combination of instruments, this prize-winning ensemble have a talent to surprise and delight their audiences. With guest musician Emma Verghese, their Criccieth Festival programme will include pieces by Albinoni, Bach, Telemann and Handel among other works
Venue: Holiday Club Hall
Date: 27.06.2008 Time: 3 p.m.
Tickets: £6
Sponsor: The Chapman Trust
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Chris Smith and "The String of Pearls" Big Band
It has been a few years since Criccieth Festival has been enlivened by the unmistakable sound from that era, so it is with some excitement that we will host a Big Band during our 21st birthday year. Chris Smith is very well-known in music circles having been a member of John Dankworth's band in the 1960s. He has also played for such music legends as Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett, Tone Jones, Shirley Bassey, Sammy Davis Jr, Lisa Minelli and Barbara Streisand. He also accompanied Frank Sinatra on many occasions. The evening will include music reminiscent of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basey, Ted Heath and even Frank Sinatra, whose work may also be heard on the night!
Date: 27.06.2008 Time: 7.30 p.m.
Tickets: balcony £15 stalls £12
Sponsor: The Chapman Trust
Saturday 28 June
Open Gardens
Not one, but two delightful village gardens are open for viewing this year. Both were Criccieth in Bloom prize-winners in 2007 and are adjacent to one another. They are open by kind permission of owners Jan and Richard Simmonds and David and Pat Stephens.
Venue: Ger y Maes and Trefaes, Y Maes, Criccieth
Date: 28.06.2008 Time: 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: £3 for both gardens including tea
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Music Workshop with The Sussex Folk Orchestra
Come and make music with us! Everyone is welcome no matter what level, so dust off those musical instruments and join in with this jolly group of musicians.
Please pre-book through the booking office
Venue: Holiday Club Hall, Criccieth
Date: 28.06.2008 Times: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tickets: £5 per person
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Evening Concert
Côr Eifionydd with Welsh baritone, Jeremy Huw Williams
To round of the 21st Criccieth Festival, one of our own "local" mixed choirs, with a long history of performing throughout North Wales and further afield, will sing with soloist Jeremy Huw Williams. Jeremy, who studied at St John's Cambridge, made his debut with Welsh National Opera as Gugleimo in Cose fan tutte and is well know to audiences around the world as well as Criccieth.
Date: 28.06.2008 Time: 7.30 p.m.
Tickets: balcony £15 stalls £10
Sponsors: The Carl Kammerling International and Dwyfor Oils
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Firework Finale
This year's wonderful programme will draw to a close with a superb Fireworks display with a build-up from local performers and the Sussex Folk Orchestra. Join in the "afterglow" following the end of the evening concert, whilst waiting for the fireworks to begin.
Sunday 29 June
Festival Service
A bilingual ecumenical celebration led by The Reverend Iwan Llewelyn Jones
Date: 29.06.2008 Time: 10.30 p.m.
Venue: Capel Jerusalem, Cambrian Terrace, Criccieth
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A Storm of Stories
Stuck for somewhere to go and something to do on Sunday? Join in this fun family afternoon and enjoy a story or two, a puppet show and music in the beautiful garden of the National Writers' Centre for Wales, at Ty Newydd
Date: 29.06.2008 Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: Ty Newydd, Llanystwmdwy
Tickets: £5 per adult (children free)
Sponsors: The Carl Kammerling International and Dr Sam Thomas
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