Georgina Moir is a local artist who will be running a free mask decorating workshop for children at the Lindfield Art Studio on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September from 1.00pm to 3.00pm. Come and decorate a mask to take away! Please note there will also be a free Prosecco hour for parents to enjoy while your children are creating! The Lindfield Art Studio are running an art raffle to win an art gift from one of the displaying artists, you can come and see the art that is on display as part of the Art Trail and Open Studio and there will also be space to sit and the garden and soak up the sun!
Art Café
On Sunday 22nd September Lindfield Art Studio will be opening their doors so that Festival visitors can enjoy an Art Café and DJ Set between 11.00am and 3.00pm.
Homemade cakes and refreshments will be served in the Studio Garden and Art will be on sale all day. Exhibiting artists will be there to chat to and relaxed soft funk music will keep the atmosphere relaxed and chilled.
The Open House will be running a raffle for an art gift from one of the amazing artists at the Studio and a free Prosecco hour for adults to enjoy between 1.00pm and 2.00pm.
Free Workshops at 11.30am and 1.30pm too.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Open House!
More information about Lindfield Art Studio can be found on their website here.
Weaving Workshop with Jess McGahan
This introduction to loom weaving workshop is open to adults and children. This workshop will be led by local fibre artist, Jess McGahan on Sunday 22nd September from 10.00am to 1.00pm in the King Edward Hall Library.
Using a selection of fibres, adults will learn how to create a bespoke woven wall hanging, focussing on the basic techniques of tapestry weaving. Children will be taught to make a colourful, one of a kind bookmark of their own design.
All attendees will be provided with a craft loom which they will be able to keep to continue their weaving projects at home.
Materials will be provided to inspire your designs.
Make sure to book your place here now!
Turning Pointe Performance
Turning Pointe School of Dance will be running a modern dance workshop that is suitable for children of any gender, aged 5-10. This will be a fun and energetic class set to upbeat music, suitable for complete beginners as well as students with previous dance experience! The workshop will involve a short warm-up, stretching and learning a dance routine. This will then be followed by a short performance by some of our current students, including extracts from our production of The Jungle Book. Be sure to come along on Saturday 21st September to the United Reform Church Hall at 3.45pm to join in!
More about Turning Pointe:
At Turning Pointe School of Dance we offer professional Dance training in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz for children aged three all the way up to Advanced Level, including adult classes. We are a well-established school with a 50 year history in the area, and offer classes in Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Plumpton, Balcombe and Lewes.
We value every pupil as an individual, and whilst many of our students are offered places at prestigious conservatoires and universities (including The Royal Ballet School, London Studio Centre, The BRIT School, London Contemporary School of Dance, Trinity Laban, and Northern School of Contemporary Dance) others attend lessons purely as a hobby and a form of exercise, but the escapism and enjoyment they gain from the classes is just as important.
Our pupils have the opportunity to take exams in RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern and Tap if they wish to do so, and every two years we put on a large production in a professional theatre. We also enjoy performing at community events like Lindfield Arts Festival, and hope that you will enjoy watching some of our dancers today! More information about Turning Pointe can be found on their website here.
Turning Pointe Workshop
Turning Pointe School of Dance will be running a modern dance workshop that is suitable for children of any gender, aged 5-10. This will be a fun and energetic class set to upbeat music, suitable for complete beginners as well as students with previous dance experience! The workshop will involve a short warm-up, stretching and learning a dance routine. Be sure to come along on Saturday 21st September to the United Reform Church Hall at 3.45pm to join in!
More about Turning Pointe:
At Turning Pointe School of Dance we offer professional Dance training in Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz for children aged three all the way up to Advanced Level, including adult classes. We are a well-established school with a 50 year history in the area, and offer classes in Haywards Heath, Lindfield, Plumpton, Balcombe and Lewes.
We value every pupil as an individual, and whilst many of our students are offered places at prestigious conservatoires and universities (including The Royal Ballet School, London Studio Centre, The BRIT School, London Contemporary School of Dance, Trinity Laban, and Northern School of Contemporary Dance) others attend lessons purely as a hobby and a form of exercise, but the escapism and enjoyment they gain from the classes is just as important.
Our pupils have the opportunity to take exams in RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern and Tap if they wish to do so, and every two years we put on a large production in a professional theatre. We also enjoy performing at community events like Lindfield Arts Festival, and hope that you will enjoy watching some of our dancers today! More information about Turning Pointe can be found on their website here.
Chameleon Belly Dancing Performance
Theatrical belly dance troupe, Chameleon, is a multi-generation, dance co-operative from Horsham. The Chameleon family has been dancing together for over ten years, sharing the joy of dance and supporting each other. They choreograph all of their own material as a group, their unique style having developed over many years, influenced by a variety of genres, from gothic to gypsy, tribal to traditional; with a sprinkling of comedy, drama and magic, to surprise and delight. They will be performing on the High Street Stage on Saturday 21st September between 3:00pm to 3:30pm.
For more information about Chameleon Dance Troupe please see their website here.
To The Beat Workshop
To The Beat is running a free taster session for children aged 4-11 on Saturday 21st September at the United Reform Church Hall between 2.45pm to 3.30pm!
To The Beat is a company that provides dance camps during the school holidays for children aged 4 to 11 in venues across East and West Sussex. The company was created in 2018 by Lucy Somerville and Terri Johnson, who both have years of knowledge and experience in the dance and children’s education sector. Their camps are jammed packed with activities from dance to art. They focus on all dance genres from urban to classical styles which are suitable for children’s development and performing needs. Your children will learn new skills, develop their movement ability and expand on creativity in a fun and safe environment. To The Beat also specialises in after school clubs and dance parties so be sure to enquire if you are interested. For more information about To The Beat please visit their Facebook page here or their website here.
Fitsteps Performance
FitSteps is the result of a collaboration between Strictly Come Dancing’s professional dancers Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite and Britain’s most successful swimmer Mark Foster. It is a mix of the graceful steps of Ballroom and the up tempo steps of the Latin dances to create a really fun, energetic and effective way to stay fit. It is the first time that classic Latin and Ballroom dances have been brought together with proven fitness techniques and principles to create not only a programme that can have extraordinarily wide appeal but one that also has the potential to make a real and lasting impact on the health of the nation.
Fitsteps will be doing a demonstration in Lindfield High Street on Saturday 21st September between 2.30pm to 3.00pm where people of any age are welcome come, watch and join in! More information about Fitsteps can be found on their website here.
James Skillicorn, Stories from around the world
This is a great opportunity for children, young and old to be captivated by James Skillicorn’s’ charismatic stories. Not to be missed.
James was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He moved to Lindfield with his young family in 1985. He has recently retired after 43 years of teaching.
He has been telling stories to children and adults for as long as he can remember. His stories bring both tears and laughter and often leave the listener with something to think about.
Free entry.
Popsteps Performance
Popsteps is an award winning sensational way to keep children fit and healthy, plus it’s bundles of fun and educational too! This phenomenal fitness idea is designed to be an energetic, motivational and inspiring activity for children and adults, encouraging them to keep fit and healthy by learning fun and funky dance moves they see all around them and relate to the moves in a positive way. Popsteps is a fantastic mix of commercial dance styles, including jazz funk, and the combination of uplifting music and high-energy moves to create a brilliant environment.
Popsteps will be doing a free demonstration in Lindfield High Street on Saturday 21st September between 2.00pm to 2.30pm where people of any age are welcome to join in! For more information on Popsteps’ classes and parties please visit their website here or visit their Facebook page here.
