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FROM LOCKDOWN TO CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT

FROM LOCKDOWN TO CLOSED FOR REFURBISHMENT By Norman Warwick Graham Marshall, an occasional contributor to these pages, (see left) and Dr. Joe Dawson were pretty much the leading proclaimers in the Borough for classical music, each…
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CATS, CANARIES, MUGWUMPS & DYLAN

CATS, CANARIES, MUGWUMPS & DYLAN et al By Norman Warwick That title of The Lovin´ Spoonful hit, Nashville Cats, was a reference to the studio session musicians in Nashville who laid down guitar sounds with such precision across…
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SHAKESPEARE LIKED THE WINE AND DANCED THE CANARIO

SHAKESPEARE LIKED THE WINE AND DANCED THE CANARIO By Norman Warwick We have written on these pages of the annual Fiesta De Los Dolores which commemorates the cessation of the lava flow in the most recent volcanic eruptions on Lanzarote…
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INTERNATIONAL INOVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

ORQUESTA FILARMONICA DE CAMARA DE MINSK Annual Festival Internacional De Musica De Canarias, Teatro Victor Fernadez Gupar ´El Salinero´         Arrecife By Norman Warwick with help from Iain & Margaret Having already…
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MUSIC & MASTERCHEF & VIXEN OF VERSE

MUSIC & MASTERCHEF & VIXEN OF VERSE By Norman Warwick She was a member of a creative writing group I facilitated in the UK and was an over the top performance poet, unafraid of dressing up if costume was essential to the show.…
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DANCE WITH ME

DANCE WITH ME down Sidetracks & Detours An invitation from Norman Warwick It was one of Rochdale´s revenue funded arts organisations, part funded by the local council and also by any matched funding it could achieve from its own…

DANCE UNITED YORKSHIRE

A DANCE AROUND THE WORLD By Norman Warwick The footage we saw during lockdown showed uplifting and transformative clips of Revelations, a project by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT), and was posted to us on facebook by Romina…

STORIES IN DANCE

STORIES IN DANCE By Norman Warwick When I led a poetry night, for instance, to raise awareness of homelessness issues in our area, we collaborated with local artists. We collected the rhythmic skills of Pandemonium Percussion with the…

STOMPING AND SKIP JIVING SOON TO RETURN?

STOMPING AND SKIP JIVING SOON TO RETURN? Norman Warwick reads Alan Lawless to remind him of live jazz Alan Lawless once reminded readers of all across the arts in the UK that Rochdale Jazz Club on Dixon Street, (check http://jazznorthwest.co.uk/rochdale.htm?i=1)…
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PROCESSION TO CALVARY by Andrew Moorhouse

PROCESSION TO CALVARY By Andrew Moorhouse. Peter Bruegel The Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel lived and worked in the middle of the 16th century. He died in 1569 at an uncertain age, his birthdate either unrecorded or lost to history.…