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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Special guests to star at festival celebrating nature, music and arts
SPECIAL guests will take centre stage at a four-day festival celebrating community, art, nature and music from across the world. The Harmony Festival will take place at St Mary's Church on Edward Road in Dorchester from Wednesday June 11 to Saturday, June 14. Filled with energy and creative expression, nature will take centre stage quite literally with the church to be adorned in a plethora of colours depicting elements of art and music. The floral designers are previous Chelsea Flower Show medal winners, Jo Richards and Helen Joyce , principals of the Academy of Floristry in Bournemouth. Local artists will be displaying their works both inside and outside the church, giving visitors the chance to wander through the gallery of paintings and sculptures. Sculptures on display will include Robert Marshall's installation of a front door scorched and bombed during war in Ukraine. It was previously on display in Bridport. Landscape Artist of the Year Ben McGregor will be on hand on Friday for a live paint-out in the grounds. His painting will be auctioned for Weldmar Hospicecare. Guests will be able to enjoy musical performances from individual artists and choral groups. Tik Tok and YouTube star Matt Walters, aka Reductiomusic, is fitting in an organ recital at the festival on Saturday in whilst he is on his UK-wide Cathedral tour. Other concerts include the West Dorset Singers, Broadoak Choir, Dorchester Rock Choir and Encore Singers. Supporting the end of life charity Weldmar Hospicecare, the festival will also feature a selection from the baby herd of Stampede elephants created by local schools before they make their way to the Corn Exchange. On top of all this, an artisan pop-up market will join the final two days of the festival for those on the lookout for a gift. A spokesperson for the event said: 'Bring friends, family and an open heart, and be transported into a realm where creativity flourishes, harmony abounds and friendships blossom amidst the backdrop of one of Dorchester's beautiful landmarks. 'Mark your calendars and be part of this magnificent summer event – let the Harmony Festival awaken your spirit and reaffirm the connections that unite us all.' Full information on all events can be found at
BBC News
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Dorset charity elephant sculpture damaged day after trail starts
An elephant sculpture that forms part of a charity trail of almost 60 has been found damaged a day after going on elephant in West Bay, Dorset, was found with a number of holes smashed along its head on charity art trail, Stampede by the Sea, said "as an event organised by, and raising money for, local charity Weldmar Hospicecare, this is really sad".The free trail, in place until 27 May, is followed by a map or app around Bridport, West Bay, and Lyme Regis. The charity added it was "disappointing" to find the damage after "so much positivity with the launch of the trail."Featuring 31 large and 28 smaller elephants it has been created by the specialist end of life care charity and public art trail producer Wild in the trail has ended its large artist-decorated sculptures are set to be auctioned at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester in June to raise money for the of the elephants been painted by Royal Academy artist Phillip Sutton, 96, who is partially features a cartoon of Radio Solent's Dorset Breakfast host, Steve Harris, by cartoonist Lyndon Wall.A map of the trail can be found on the Stampede by the Sea website. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Stampede by the Sea: Elephant sculpture trail unveiled in Dorset
A public art trail featuring individually designed elephant sculptures painted by different artists has been unveiled in by the Sea is a collaboration between local charity Weldmar Hospicecare and public art trail producer Wild in than 50 elephants are on display around Bridport, West Bay and Lyme Regis for eight event aims to raise money and awareness for the charity. One of the elephants been painted by Royal Academy artist Phillip Sutton, 96, who is partially features a cartoon of Radio Solent's Dorset Breakfast host, Steve Harris, by cartoonist Lyndon Wall, who draws primarily for the West Dorset Magazine, said: "The suggestion from the magazine was to draw lots of cartoons, covering all aspects of Dorset - famous people, places and things that were newsworthy as well."A map of the trail can be found on the Stampede by the Sea artist-decorated sculptures will be auctioned at the end of the trail. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
