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SOLACE, escape and hope are at the heart of Ryedale Festival’s online Spring Festival, which marks the start of its 40th anniversary year. Seven inspiring performances, each approximately 50 minutes, will be filmed and shared over a week in early May, in collaboration with Castle Howard, the Yorkshire Arboretum and award-winning filmmaker Cain Scrimgeour, whose stunning camerawork will capture spring’s arrival in Yorkshire. To celebrate its anniversary, the festival will reveal 40 headline events in one-off, late-announced bursts, which allows it to remain responsive to the unique circumstances of 2021 and as creative and flexible as possible. Spring Festival launches on Sunday, May 2, with the duo Michael Collins (clarinet) and Michael McHale (piano) playing Beethoven’s Spring Sonata, a virtuoso showpiece by Widor, and the spellbinding sonata that Poulenc composed for Benny Goodman. ....
A TERRINGTON photographer has received a top accolade in a national photography competition. Julie Cowdy, former head of art at Norton College, was awarded the Associate of The Royal Photographic Society after submitting a portfolio under the category of Fine Art. On the theme of Fruits of the Earth, the 15 images took Julie over a year to complete and featured compositions of fruits, flowers and vegetables. Julie decided to channel her creativity into photography after health issues forced her to leave teaching in 2002. She has been a member of Kirkbymoorside & District Camera Club for seven years, and in March 2019, held a solo exhibition at Helmsley Arts Centre. ....