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Date: Friday 4th July

Time: 8.00pm to 10.00pm

A concert by the Orpheus choir at St Mary's Church Hitchin as part of the Hitchin festival.

An entertaining evening of music to celebrate Independence Day. American and English music including Patriotic Hymns, jazz classics and Tippett Spirituals. Songs about the ocean dividing us from America.

Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions).

Date: Sunday 6th July

Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm

A concert by the Orpheus choir at St Mary's Church, Rushden (Rushden is on the road between Baldock and Buntingford, Hertfordshire).

An entertaining evening of music to celebrate Independence Day. American and English music including Patriotic Hymns, jazz classics and Tippett Spirituals. Songs about the ocean dividing us from America.

Tickets: £12 (children half price). Includes cream tea before concert (from 4:30pm to 5:30pm) and Pimms in the interval of the concert. Drinks (Pimms and soft drinks) in the interval.

Date: Saturday 12th July and Sunday 13th July 2008.

Time: Saturday doors open at 11am and last entry is 10pm. Sunday doors open at 11am and last entry is 8pm.

Rhythms of the World (ROTW) is a community celebration of world, and local, music, art and dance, bringing together artists from around the world and held in the beautiful grounds of The Hitchin Priory.

This unique festival offers a huge range of music and dance across 6 main performance areas, along with a dedicated Children’s area, Art Park and a mass of stalls offering food, arts and crafts from across the globe. Over the two day event, there will be performances from musicians such as Gideon Conn, Billy Cobham & Asere, Bayou Seco, Massukos, Howling Bells, Rafael N Friends Flamenco and Tariq Khan.

Tickets: Costs are £5 for an adult per day or £4 for a child/youth (6 – 17 years old) per day (5 years and under go free). There is no re-admittance on the tickets. Tickets are on sale at various outlets in Hitchin, Stevenage, Letchworth and Shefford and will be going on sale on the internet soon.

For more information about the event, including the full line up, where to buy tickets or how to get involved as a volunteer please visit our website at www.rotw.org.uk

Date / Time: Saturday 19th July 2008 from 8.00pm

Cost: £8.00, Concessions £4.00

Directed by Martin Hathaway.

Date: Sunday 3rd August

Time: 12noon to 7.00pm

Local bands playing throughout the afternoon, in aid of charity.
Also trade stands.

Admission - voluntary donations welcome. Bring your own chair or rug.

Date: Saturday 13th September

Times:
* Workshop from 10.30am to 5.00pm
* Evening Concert from 7.30pm to 9.00pm

Have you always dreamt of singing in a choir a la Hollywood movie ‘Sister Act’ with Whoopi Goldberg?

Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Usher, Mario Winans and Leona Lewis have all enjoyed huge chart success selling millions of records all over the world... and it all started in their local Gospel Choir!

Now you can learn this fun, inspirational, energy loaded style of music, as three International Industry Professionals join forces to teach you in an exciting all day workshop and evening concert.

• No previous experience required
• No need to read music
• No audition
• All welcome

Tickets:

* Evening concert:
£10 (Price after 4th July and on door - £15)

* Gospel workshop:
£20 - Adults (Price after 4th July and on door - £25)
£10 - Under 16s (Price after 4th July and on door - £12.50)
£30 - Family, two adults and two under 16s (Price after 4th July and on door - £37.50)

Send cheques to: Urban Precinct, 26 South Hill Road,
Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1JB. www.urbanprecinct.com