| TAFFY THOMAS TOUR SCHEDULE 2010 | ||
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| Mon 11th Jan | Daytime | Our Lady of Victories School, Keighley, School only |
| Wed 13th Jan | Daytime | St George's Primary School, Barrow-in-Furness, School only |
| Thu 14th Jan | Daytime | St Edwards School, Halton, Wirral, School only |
| Fri 15th Jan | Daytime | St Edwards School, Halton, Wirral, School only |
| Mon 18th Jan | Daytime | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Tue 19th Jan | Afternoon | Stobart Stadium, Widnes. Invited Delegates - training event Spreading the Tale |
| Wed 20th Jan | Daytime | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Fri 21st Jan | 6.30pm | Oughtrington Community Orchard, Lymm, Lymm Festival Wassail £3.00, Children free. More Info |
| Mon 25th Jan | Daytime | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Tue 26th Jan | Daytime | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Sat 30th Jan | 2.00pm | The British Library, London, Launch of Laureateship More info |
| Tue 2nd Feb | 2.00pm | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Launch of Laureateship More info |
| Thu 4th Feb | Daytime | Canon Burrows CE Primary Ashton-under-Lyne. School visit with Duchess of Cornwall |
| Fri 5th Feb | Daytime | Halton Lea Library for Windows Poetry Project, Invitation Only |
| Sat 6th Feb | 1pm & 3pm | Seven Stories, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Launch of Laureateship More info |
| Tue 9th Feb | Daytime | Early Years Conference, Dudley, Conference delegates |
| Fri 12th Feb | 7.30pm | Rotary Club, Kendal, Members only |
| Sat 13th Feb | 7.00pm | Tale Coat Show, Sedbergh People's Hall More info |
| Mon 1st Mar | Daytime | Greenside Primary School, Gateshead. School only |
| Tue 2nd Mar | Daytime | Inglewood Junior School, Carlisle. School only |
| Wed 3rd Mar | Daytime | Crosland Moor Junior School, Huddersfield. School only |
| Thu 4th Mar | Daytime | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Fri 5th Mar | daytime | Appearance at Cancer Care Book Fair, Kendal Town Hall |
| Thu 11th Mar | Daytime | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Sat 13th Mar | 1.00pm | Tesco Stage, Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff More info |
| Mon 15th Mar | Daytime | Headlands School, near Cardiff, School only |
| Tue 16th Mar | Daytime | Westway "Everyday Magic" event, London, Invitation only? |
| Wed 17th Mar | Daytime | Sparrow Farm Junior School, Hounslow. School only |
| Thu 18th Mar | Daytime | Bedfont Junior School, Hounslow. School only |
| Fri 19th Mar | Daytime | Garden Suburb Junior School, Finchley. School only |
| Fri 26th Mar | Afternoon | Meadowhead Junior School, Blackburn, School only |
| Fri 26th Mar | 7.30pm | Touchstones, Rochdale, NEW Storytelling Club More info |
| Sun 4th Apr | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland. Easter Public shows http://www.alnwickgarden.com/whatson/easter |
| Mon 5th Apr | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland. Easter Public shows |
| Fri 9th | Apr 5.30pm | Morpeth Library - free - Bedtime Stories. Northumbrian Gathering http://www.northumbriana.org.uk/gathering/next.htm |
| Sat 10th Apr | 10am - 2pm | Morpeth Gathering - in the Park - free |
| Sat 10th Apr | 7.30pm | Ullock Village Hall, Cumbria CA14 4TP. 3 Golden Apples show, with John Crouch Gerry Millar 01946 861136 |
| Thu 15th Apr | Daytime | Laisterdyke Business & Enterprise College, Leeds. College Only |
| Thu 15th Apr | 7pm | St Margaret's Church Hall, Ilkley. Tale Coat Show. Contact Adrian Thompson 01274 401140 (work). |
| Fri 16th Apr | 7.30pm | The Hill Village Hall, Millom, LA18 5HG. 3 Golden Apples show, with John Crouch Josie Garnett 01229 773398 |
| Sat 17th Apr | 7.30pm | Thursby Village Hall, Cumbria CA5 6PQ. 3 Golden Apples show, with John Crouch Peg Eastwood 01228 710101 |
| Mon 19th Apr | Daytime | Accrington Academy, Lancashire. School only |
| Thu 22nd Apr | 7.30pm | Culterham Hall, Mawbray, Cumbria, CA15 6QT. 3 Golden Apples show, with John Crouch Karen Simpson 01900 881353 |
| Fri 23rd Apr | 7.30pm | Lindow Hall, Bowness-on-Solway, CA7 5AF. 3 Golden Apples show, with John Crouch Liz Sarginson 016973 52762 |
| Sat 24th Apr | 7.30pm | Drigg & Carleton Parish Hall, Cumbria CA19 1XF. 3 Golden Apples show, with John Crouch Sue Allain 019467 24220 |
| Wed 27th Apr | Daytime | Bradford schools project. Schools only |
| Thu 28th Apr | Daytime | Bradford schools project. Schools only |
| Fri 7th May | Various times | Musical Traditions Club, London. Keith Summers Festival http://web.ukonline.co.uk/martin.nail/MusTrad/MTCKeith2010.htm |
| Sat 8th May | 6.30pm | Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton Festival. Tales from the Tale Coat. http://www.brightonfestival.org/Event_Details.aspx?eid=3534 |
| Sun 9th May | Various times | Musical Traditions Club, London. Keith Summers Festival - see Friday 7th |
| 13 - 20 May | HOLIDAY!!! | |
| Fri 21st May | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland. Invited school only - their competition prize! |
| Sat 22nd May | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland. http://www.alnwickgarden.com/calendar/view/2010/05 |
| Sun 23rd May | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland |
| Wed 26th May | Evening | Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, Somerset. More details |
| Thu 27th May | Daytime | West Coker CE Primary School, Somerset. School Only |
| Sat 29th May | 10.30am | Salisbury Arts Centre. Tales from the Tale Coat http://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk/event.aspx?id=410 |
| Sat 29th May | 2.30pm | Salisbury Arts Centre. Storytelling Workshop http://www.salisburyfestival.co.uk/event.aspx?id=391 |
| Sun 30th May | Daytime | Birmingham. Birmingham Young Readers Festival http://www.myspace.com/youngreaders |
| Mon 31st May | Daytime | Birmingham. Birmingham Young Readers Festival |
| Wed 9th Jun | Daytime | Highfield Primary School, Leeds. School only |
| Sat 12th Jun | Daytime | Alnwick Castle . http://www.alnwickcastle.com/whats-on |
| Sun 13th Jun | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Autism research fundraiser. http://www.autistica.org.uk/events/alnwick.php |
| Mon 14th Jun | Afternoon | Kells Infants School Whitehaven School only |
| Wed 16th Jun | Various | Kelvin Conference Centre, Glasgow . Stories for Health, Words for Wellbeing. http://www.glasgowstorytellers.org.uk/events.html |
| Thu 17th Jun | 1pm | White Cross Community Centre Warrington Stroke survivors group |
| Sat 19th Jun | Daytime | Confucius Institute, Sheffield University. http://www.shef.ac.uk/confucius/welcomecopy1.html |
| Wed 23rd Jun | 7.30pm | Cockermouth Festival 3 Golden Apples |
| Fri 25th Jun | Daytime | Edinburgh, recording session for Rosslyn Chapel |
| Mon 28th Jun | Daytime | Litherland High School, Liverpool School only |
| Mon 28th Jun | Evening | Parr Street Studios Liverpool Storytelling club www.bill-storyteller.co.uk/Mouth.html |
| Tue 29th Jun | Afternoon | Highfield Primary School, Leeds School only |
| Wed 30th Jun | Daytime | Arlies Primary School, Stalybridge School only |
| Sun 4th Jul | Afternoon | Storyteller's Garden booking Barrow-in-Furness Soroptimists |
| Wed 7th Jul | Daytime | Middlestone Moor School, Spennymoor Community Learning Day |
| Thu 8th Jul | Evening | Dukinfield Town Hall, Tameside Childminders' Celebration Evening |
| Sat 10th Jul | Daytime | Tullie House Museum, Carlisle Faeries exhibition opening www.tulliehouse.co.uk/node/1008 |
| Sun 11th Jul | Afternoon | Hoddleston Millennium Green Picnic Public event. http://hoddlesdenmillenniumgreen.co.uk/ |
| Thu 15th Jul | Daytime | Lightwoods Primary School, Oldbury School Only |
| 16-18 July | Various | Stokes Barn, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Festival at the Edge www.festivalattheedge.org |
| 30-31July | Various | Sidmouth Folk Festival. http://www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk |
| 1-6 Aug | Various | Sidmouth Folk Festival. www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk |
| Sun 8th Aug | Daytime | Rossendale, Lancashire MELA. http://www.rossendalemela.co.uk/ |
| 21-26 Aug | Various | Whitby Folk Week. www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/ |
| Thu 12th Aug | Morning | Wigton Children's Centre Invited audience |
| Tue 17th Aug | Daytime | Storyteller's Garden booking Carlisle Mencap |
| Sat 28th Aug | Various | Solfest, Silloth, Cumbria http://www.solwayfestival.co.uk/ |
| Sun 29th Aug | Daytime | Grasmere Sports http://grasmeresportsandshow.co.uk |
| Thu 9th Sep | Daytime | Brighton College - School only |
| Thu 9th Sep | 8.00pm | Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club, Sussex - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic/news.htm |
| Fri 10th Sep | 5.30pm | Kings Place Festival, St Pancras, London - http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/kings-place-festival/the-magpies-nest-taffy-thomas |
| Sun 12th Sep | Daytime | Storyteller's Garden booking - Carlisle Mencap |
| Mon 20th Sep | Daytime | St Mary's RC Primary, Blackburn - School only |
| 23-27 Sep | Various | Israel Storytelling Festival, Tel Aviv - http://www.yossi-alfi.co.il/eng/Page32010.asp |
| Sat 2nd Oct | Various | National Association for the Teaching of Drama - http://www.mantleoftheexpert.com/conferences/natd-national-conference/ |
| Sun 3rd Oct | ditto | Oriel College, Oxford - ditto |
| Mon 4th Oct | Daytime | Elthorne Park High School, Ealing, London - School only |
| Wed 6th Oct | Daytime | Giggleswick & Rathmell Primary Schools, Yorkshire - School only - part of "Settle Stories" |
| Thu 7th Oct | Daytime | Lansbury Bridge Special School, St Helens - School only |
| Fri 8th Oct | Daytime | Bilton Grange School, RugbySchool only |
| Sat 9th Oct | Various | Settle Storytelling Festival, Yorkshire - http://www.settlestories.org.uk/ |
| Mon 11th Oct | Daytime | Lightwoods Primary School, Oldbury - School only |
| Tue 12th Oct | Daytime | The Lodge School, West Bromwich - School only |
| Wed 13th Oct | Daytime | Runshaw 6th Form College, Lancashire - School only |
| Thu 14th Oct | 6pm? | Blackpool Surestart - Invited audience |
| Sat 16th Oct | 2pm | Staveley Mill Yard, Cumbria - Apple Day |
| Sat 16th Oct | Evening | Beckermet, West Cumbria for Arts Out West - 3 Golden Apples, with John Crouch |
| 18-22nd Oct | Daytime | Tour of schools in Holmfirth area, Yorkshire - School only |
| Thu 28th Oct | 6pm | Halloween Stories at Beetham Nurseries, Cumbria - http://www.beethamnurseries.co.uk/ |
| Fri 29th Oct | 7.30pm | Halloween in the Storyteller's Garden, Grasmere - 015394 35641 |
| Sat 30th Oct | Daytime | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland http://www.alnwickgarden.com/calendar/view/2010/10 |
| Sun 31st Oct | Daytime | ditto - Halloween stories |
| Sun 7th Nov | Afternoon | Blackpool Early Years conference - Delegates only |
| Tue 9th Nov | Daytime | Emmaus Primary School, Croxteth, Liverpool - School only |
| Sat 13th Nov | Evening | Northside, Workington for Arts Out West - 3 Golden Apples, with John Crouch |
| Wed 17th Nov | Afternoon | Shaftesbury School, Dorset - School only |
| Thu 18th Nov | Morning | The Park School, Yeovil - School only |
| Thu 18th Nov | 7.30pm | Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Prose Café- http://yeovilarts.com/?p=150 |
| Fri 19th Nov | Morning | Norton-sub-Hamdon Primary School, Somerset- School only |
| Fri 19th Nov | Afternoon | Chilthorne Domer Church Primary School - School only |
| Mon 22nd Nov | Daytime | Lydgate School, Holmfirth - School only |
| Tue 23rd Nov | Daytime | Dale School, Derby - School only |
| Wed 24th Nov | Daytime | Dale School, Derby - School only |
| Thu 25th Nov | Daytime | Michael House School, Heanor |
| Sat 4th Dec | 3pm - 6pm | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland - http://www.alnwickgarden.com/calendar/event/04/12/2010 |
| Sun 5th Dec | 3pm - 6pm | Alnwick Garden, Northumberland - http://www.alnwickgarden.com/calendar/event/05/12/2010 |
| Wed 8th Dec | Evening | Birtley Folk Club, at the Catholic Club - with Sandra Kerr. doreen.henderson@ukf.net |
| Wed 15th Dec | 6 pm | Christmas stories at Beetham Nurseries, Cumbria - http://www.beethamnurseries.co.uk/ |
| Sat 18th Dec | 7.30pm | Christmas at the Storyteller's Garden, Grasmere |
| Sun 19th Dec | 7 pm | Cecil Sharp House, London - A Ceremony of Carols & Customs |
| Tue 21st Dec | 2.30pm | Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh - Christmas Tales |
| Tue 21st Dec | 7 pm | Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh - Merry Christmas |
| For further information contact TALES IN TRUST Church Stile Studio, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SW tel 015394 35641 | ||