Arts Festival

For fifteen days, from May 16 to 30th, Chorlton was buzzing with superb entertainment and events that you could possibly get to catering for all tastes.
I was fortunate to get to about ten of them, mainly the midday music recitals, but also 'This is Chorlton Calling' with the 50 local cast members singing and acting their hearts out to tell the ancient and modern history of the village.
We had art in the cafes, pubs, hanging from our trees and displays in churches.  Our own 'Art in The Park' had perhaps 2-300 artists taking part in chalk drawings, model & flower making with an age range from 18 months to an admitted 82 years.
One anonymous poem was particularly intriguing - entitled The Madness of Hamsters
            They come to visit you
            Every night they come
            They take your brain bit by bit
            And feed it to their
            Mum

Thanks to everyone who took part to make it such a fun event and our helpers, mainly Ursula Harries and Adam, Unity Arts & John McGann our park warden

Jenny Slee
Chorlton Civic Society Chair