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Wales Millennium Centre presents enhanced programme of free activity for the February half term and St David’s Day weekend |
With a commitment to offer a wide range of free opportunities and a drive to engage the whole community, Wales Millennium Centre has released details of its full programme of family-friendly activity for the February half term (24 – 28 Feb) and St David’s Day weekend (1 & 2 Mar). A major highlight of the programme is the extensive number of free daily workshops, including a craft workshop offering a different challenge every day, from daffodil bunting to felt finger puppet making. Keen to support a wide range of art forms, the Centre will also be offering an exciting insight into urban arts through a daily graffiti workshop. Also on offer is an identity board workshop, where participants will be able to get creative and express themselves and their Welsh connection through art, either on a giant public canvas or a personal cut-out. The Centre’s permanent and free child-friendly activity space, The Milipwts Den, will be open as usual across the half term for little ones to discover and explore a fun and colourful world of theatre, dance, music and words, along with the help of the Milipwts - Ogi, Dyfi, Lecsi and Ponti. Offering a chance to view some of the finest artwork to have come out of Wales in the last decade, the AUR exhibition will also be on display, featuring works form the last ten years of Eisteddfod gold medal winners. Rounding off the half term, Wales Millennium Centre will be marking St David’s Day with a weekend devoted to celebrating Wales’ past, present and future. Free live performances will take place across the weekend, from distinctively Welsh performers such as Brigyn and Côr y Mochyn Du, to the fun and quirky antics of Kitsch and Sync. A special St David’s Day exhibition will also be on display, featuring art from local school children from St Mary the Virgin Church in Wales Primary School and Mount Stuart Primary School. And for little ones wanting to make artwork themselves, free mini make and do workshops will show them how to make wonderful Welsh trinkets. Mathew Milsom, the Centre’s Managing Director, said: ‘As a parent myself I want to ensure that everyone knows about the extensive programme of free activities we put on for families as well as the community at large. Many of our visitors return regularly, but I want to welcome more new visitors too, people who might never have thought of coming to the Bay. As the programme for Half Term and St David’s Day will demonstrate we are increasing the range and number of activities, to further enhance the visitor experience to the Centre, especially on weekends and during the school holidays’. Wales Millennium Centre will be open daily from 10am during the half term. For more information on family activity please visit: www.wmc.org.uk/makeityours/families/ LISTINGS Workshops 24 – 28 Feb 11.00 – 16.00 | Angorfa Craft Workshops with Becci Holmes With a different challenge every day including daffodil bunting and animal felt finger puppets, let your little artist’s imagination run wild with these wonderful craft workshops. Age Guidance: 5+ (all children must be accompanied by an adult) | Free Monday 24: Daffodil bunting Tuesday 25: 3D Welsh lady models Wednesday 26: Hot air balloon models Thursday 27: Animal felt finger puppets Friday 28: Dragon hand puppets 24 Feb - 2 Mar 12.00 – 15.00 | Outside Graffiti Workshop Wrap up warm to join local graffiti artist outside the Centre. He’ll help you create your very own modern masterpiece. Age Guidance: 10+ | Free - Ticketed 24 Feb – 2 Mar 11.00 – 16.00 | by the Silver Dragon Identity Boards Express yourself and your Welsh connection through art – on the public canvas or your own personal cut-out. Open to all | Free 1 & 2 Mar 11.00 – 16.00 | Angorfa Mini Make and Do Create your own Welsh trinkets at our crafty workshops. Age Guidance: 4 + | Free 1 & 2 Mar 12.00 – 16.00 | Foyer Take Away Poetry – In partnership with Literature Wales Come and tell our local poets a little about yourself and they will create you a personal poem to take away. Open to all | Free Maw 1 -2 Mar | Trwy’r dydd | Lleoliad \ Location: Stwidio Weston Studio |Am ddim \ Free | Taro Heibio \ Drop In 1 & 2 Mar Weston Studio Film Agency Wales workshops In Association with Film Agency Wales we will be celebrating all things digital with family friendly workshops running throughout both days. Age Guidance: 5+ | Free Performances Monday 24 Feb Paddy the Clown |13.00 | Glanfa Come and see Paddy the Clown’s excellent and humourous performance, with 20 years’ experience as a professional entertainer and more than 5,000 children's performances under his belt. Tuesday 25 Feb Live Music Now |13.00 - Glanfa LMN selects and trains young, professional musicians and send them out into the community to perform for older people and children with special educational needs across the UK. Dan Phelps | 18.00 - Glanfa Dan is a pianist and prize winning composer and has produced music for a number of professional organisations and individuals including Rubicon Dance, India Dance Wales, Elan Wales and Calon TV amongst others. Wednesday 26 Feb Tŷ Cerdd |13.00 | Glanfa Tŷ Cerdd – Music Centre Wales is to be a "one-stop shop", supporting, developing and promoting the creation, performance and empowering experience of music, both in and of Wales. Opera’r Ddraig |18.00 - Glanfa Winners of the 2010 Wales Future Entrepreneur Award, Opera’r Ddraig is a unique and exciting social enterprise, committed to providing a professional platform for young people. Thursday 27 Feb The Loopy Lews Magic and Mayhem show |13.00 - Glanfa Mind boggling and amusing tricks for all the family, young and old. Welsh National Opera |18.00 - Foyer Enjoy The Welsh National Opera’s foyer concert of “Fallen Women”. Friday 28 Feb Cardiff University School of Music |13.00 | Glanfa Lunchtime concert by students of Cardiff University School of Music. Eleri Darkins |18.00 |Glanfa Eleri has a great interest in the Triple Harp, especially playing traditional Welsh folk music. She is very fortunate to have a ‘Gwalia’ Triple Harp made by John Weston Thomas. Saturday 1 Mar Côr Mochyn Du | 10.30am | Glanfa The much celebrated choir and multi - winners of Yr Eisteddfod open the celebrations with a repertoire of classic music to celebrate the day. Tafwyl Lanch & performance from Greta Isaac 11.00 - Glanfa Tafwyl Lanch including speeches from John Griffiths The Minister for Culture and Sport and a performance from Greta Isaac. Brigyn |12.15 | Glanfa Brigyn are brothers Ynyr and Eurig Roberts from Snowdonia in North Wales. Their sound is a mixture of modern folk music, crafted rhythm loops and lush, expansive orchestral samples. Ann Williams | 13.00 | Glanfa Level 1 Ann is originally from North Wales and has been a harpist of many years with a wide repertoire of classical, folk, and popular music. Côr Dewi Sant (St David's Choir) | 14.00 | Glanfa Hosted by the WNO, Clwydian Range Choir in will perform a range of songs from Africa via Vivaldi. Repco Brass Band |16.00 | Glanfa A concert of music for brass band including traditional brass band music, contemporary repertoire and new commissions from student composers. The Repco Brass Band will also feature in the College’s St. Sunday 2 Mar Kitsch n Sync | 11.30 | Foyer Kitsch n Sync Collective presents Electro Swing Hop...Kylie, Kim and Roz are bringing to you a lollapalooza of dancing entertainment! Fusing Tap dance, Swing, Hip Hop, Contemporary Dance Theatre, comedy, circus... and the odd prop, we are creating a contagious new toe tapping sensation. Louise Ryan Vocal School in association with Tŷ Cerdd |12.00 | Glanfa An entertaining variety of music will be performed from Traditional/classical/ Musical Theatre - pieces by large/small ensembles and soloists. Ann Williams 13.00 – Glanfa level 1 Ann is originally from North Wales and has been a harpist of many years with a wide repertoire of classical, folk, and popular music. Wonderbrass | 14.00 | Glanfa Wonderbrass are a 25+ strong ‘explosion of sound’ from Cardiff, bringing a mixture of New Orleans jazz, ska, funk and fun to audiences nationwide. The Big Talent School |16.00 | Glanfa The Big Talent School nurture and develop young Welsh talent to perform for enjoyment or professionally. Their Welsh language group "Clwb Drama" have produced an exciting piece of original theatre for St David’s Day. Exhibitions 1 – 2 Mar St David’s Day Art Exhibition | All Day | Location: Public Spaces A St David’s Day themed exhibition of art by pupils from St Mary the Virgin Church in Wales Primary School and Mount Stuart Primary School. 18 Jan –16 March AUR | All Day | Location: Glanfa Level 1 & 2 In our tenth year, we're pleased to present AUR; an exhibition of 10 years of Gold Medal winners in both Fine Art and Craft & Design at the National Eisteddfod of Wales’ Open Exhibition. |
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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