Dear Friends,

Here is a press release from Tim Stanley PR detailing a special poetry/music
performance to help a historic church.

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POETIC BID TO HELP RESTORE
AILING INNER-CITY CHURCH IN BRISTOL


An evening of poetry and music comes to an inner-city church in Bristol next
month in a bid to raise money towards the £350,000 cost of restoring the
ailing 107-year-old building.


All Hallows Church in All Hallows Road in the Easton area of the city is the
venue for Generations, an evening of poems and music designed to appeal to
people of every age.


It will be presented by The Birdcome Poetry Group, six local women whose
backgrounds in drama, teaching and literature mean they are well-placed to
select and perform the most entertaining and moving poems written by British
poets.


"Some are hilarious, others are poignant, all are entertaining," says
Jessica Smith, one of the founder members of the group.


At All Hallows they will recite verses by poets ranging from William
Shakespeare and Rudyard Kipling to Lewis Carroll and Michel Rosen. The poems
will be interspersed with musical items on similar themes under the
direction of Kenneth Smith, the now retired director of music at All Saints
Clifton, All Hallows' sister church.


Generations is the latest in a series of events planned to help raise the
money needed to repair the church building in Easton. It is suffering the
effects of mining in the last century and a nearby railway line which
together are said to be the cause of extensive cracking and the movement of
stones in walls and arches in the church.


The cost of remedial work, including the installation of new heaters, is
expected to total almost £350,000 of which £268,500 has been raised or
promised to date.

Tickets for Generations at All Hallows Church on Friday, May 30 at 7.30 pm
cost £8 (£6 concessions, £1 for under-16s) to include a buffet supper. They
are available from Jessica Smith, telephone 0117 9249203 (email
tandysmith@...), Carol Sapsed, telephone 01275 852727 (email
birdcombe@...), or on the door, subject to availability.


For more information about Generations contact:
Jessica Smith, telephone 0117 9249203
Carol Sapsed, telephone 01275 852727


For more information about All Hallows Easton contact:

Fr Richard Hoyal (Parish Priest), telephone 0117 9706776
Don Box (Restoration Fund Treasurer), telephone 0117 9568539
Issued on behalf of All Hallows Easton by
Tim Stanley of Tim Stanley Public Relations


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