Playing Salsa, Merengue, Bugaloo, Bachata, Cha Cha Cha, and all popular Latino rhythms. This band will guarantee an excellent night’s entertainment, for top dancers and left-footed tropical partygoers alike.”We defy you NOT to dance!”

Coco Xpress is a lively and entertaining Latin band, playing popular modern salsa and merengue dance hits. They are based in London, but have travelled all over the world, from Dublin to Dubai, and for 3 months all around South America.

Coco Xpress started with a bang 13 years ago in 1998, and are now one of the UK’s favourite Latin bands, performing at many festivals, salsa clubs and other events. The band members hail from Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Colombia.

In 2010, they were named “the face of BRUGAL Dominican Republic Rum”, following a 2 day promotion and advert filmed at Heathrow Airport’s World Duty Free! You can see them performing on the Duty Free video wall screens at all UK airports nationwide!

Playing Salsa, Merengue, Bugaloo, bachata, Cha Cha Cha, and more – representing all the popular Latino rhythms and countries, from Cuba to Colombia via Santo Domingo, this band will guarantee an excellent night’s entertainment, for top dancers and left-footed tropical party-goers alike.

www.salsadirect.co.uk

A concert of Big Band music – and others – by the Mike Lockey Pocket Big Band.

Refreshments and raffle. Tickets £6 – on the door £8.

Tickets from:

Marske Hall, Redcar Road;
Yorkshire Coffee House, High Street, Marske;
Whistle Stop Wines, Station Square, Saltburn.

A thrilling performance combining exciting music fusion with stunning dances and mind-boggling feats of strength and skill.

Originating from Jaipur, the city of the maharajas, the Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band play a range of traditional instruments, including trumpets, trombones, tubas, clarinets and saxophones. Their music blends Indian melodies, driving brass rhythms and traditional Rajasthani folk music with popular themes from Bollywood, jazz, funk, pop, reggae… and even a touch of Hindustani classical music!

The spectacle is enhanced by their gypsy dancer – famous all over India for her ‘cobra dance’ – and the fire-eating fakir who juggles with knives and walks barefoot on nails and broken glass. The result of this vibrant synthesis of colour, sound and movement never fails to leave audiences the world over breathless and demanding more. A dazzling display not to be missed.

If you missed out on tickets to the Olympic Games, now is your chance to watch Great Britain hockey stars in action against world class opponents, just 7 weeks before the greatest sporting event in the world. Coming to the capital, Great Britain will take on Netherlands, Germany, Australia, South Africa and Ireland at the Investec London Cup 2012. 5-10 June, you’ll witness Olympic hockey heroines like GB captain Kate Walsh, and team mate Georgie Twigg, in the flesh during the fast paced, adrenaline filled tournament.

 It is taking place at University of Westminster Sports Ground, Chiswick. There is also fun-zone where you can test out your hockey skills. With children’s tickets costing from just £1 and adults from £10 it’s sure to be a great family day out.

 For more information and to book your tickets visit www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/investeclondoncup

If you miss the first date, make sure you come along  and take part on our Summer Colour Walk on Wednesday the 13th June 2012!

They are both around 6 miles long walks, leaving from the Cafe’ at Nimmings Wood Car Park at 10 am, arriving approximately at 1 pm. Cost £2 per person.

Call  Laura Broadhurst on 07920181605 for details and pre booking!

Contact: laura.broadhurst@nationaltrust.org.uk

An evening of midsummer rituals, misjudged party frocks and sweaty break-ups, Miranda will be reading Virginia Woolf’s short story, ‘The New Dress’, telling the tale of a deeply insecure and painfully self-conscious guest at a party who’s convinced that she is the target of mockery, and Sonya reading a extract from Dodie Smith’s first novel, ‘I Capture the Castle’, following the adventures of an eccentric family struggling to live in genteel poverty in a decaying English castle during the 1930s.

Stories Before Bedtime is a series of late-night readings, designed to champion the love of reading and sees classic stories or extracts that revolve around a central theme, read by some of the country’s leading actors and actresses. It’s designed to transport the audience back to a time when being read aloud before bedtime was a fundamental part of everyday life. It is also a celebration of the book itself, increasingly endangered with the rise of virtual libraries and reading portals.

March’s April Fool themed evening saw Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd read Irvine Welsh’s darkly hilarious short story ‘The Granton Star Cause’ and Andrew Scott, who plays Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis Moriarty in the BBC Drama, read an extract from Martin Amis’ ‘The Rachel Papers’.

Stories Before Bedtime is a three-way partnership between the Criterion Theatre, The Reader Organisation, a pioneer of reader development and social change, and Vintage Classics, which holds the top 20^th century classics list in the UK. All Stories for Bedtime ticket holders will also be delighted by a refreshing Hendrick’s Gin cocktail on arrival.

Stories Before Bedtime is part of the Criterion Presents series,a new season of events and shows designed by the Theatre’s new Producer, Sam Hodges, to challenge the traditional preconceptions of West End Theatre.
Stories Before Bedtime: Summer Time
Friday 1st June, 10.30pm
£12.50 (£10.00)

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In this space, watch the works evolve and mutate in an explosive way, leaking on to the walls and extending its reach into new grounds as Jakob performs his own brand of live art works to soundscapes and music composed specially for the exhibition by Joe Gilder. Using found canvases of wood, and other abandoned materials, Jakob creates an organic outlook on modern society in this personal and though provoking exhibition.

Featuring well known numbers like Big Spender and The Rhythm of Life this musical boasts an outstanding jazzy score, witty and touching lyrics and a gag filled script.

Directed by: Nicholas Tudor

Musical Director: Ross Leadbetter

Choreographer: Stuart Winter

• Philip Thomas (University of Huddersfield)

• David Gorton (RAM)

• Richard Wistreich (RNCM)

• Tim Garland (RNCM)

This panel represents a wide range of practices from early music to experimental music and jazz.

The aim of the event is to range over this varied terrain, taking stock of current approaches and debating future directions through discussions and practical demonstrations.

The day will include a lunchtime concert featuring the ensemble Bash-O who explore the area where composition and improvisation overlap. Bash-O will

be joined by Tim Garland on saxophones and Philip Thomas on piano, integrating a new work by Matthew Sansom into the programme.

Please email arts@surrey.ac.uk to register an interest in the Symposium by Monday 18 June.