Poet’s Visit
Tonight’s visiting author Paul Groves was born in Gloucester in 1947 and has lived in Wales and in the Forest of Dean. He has been a Gregory Award recipient and a major prize winner in numerous competitions. His work has appeared widely in magazines and anthologies, including Introduction 3 (Faber), The Bright Field (Carcanet), Burning the Bracken (Seren). He is a Creative Writing lecturer and Open College of the Arts tutor with over 30 years’ teaching experience. In 2007 and for an unprecedented second time, Paul won first prize in the Times Literary Supplement competition for his poem ’The Mauve Tam-o’-Shanter’. The prize was judged anonymously, with a reader ballot choosing from a shortlist of eleven poems. ’The Mauve Tam-o’-Shanter’ is included in Paul’s most recent collection Qwerty which was published by Seren in 2008. Paul also won this award in 1986, came second in 2001, and his poem ’The Hug’ was placed third in the 2008 competition. Over 3,000 entries were received worldwide. Further Open Mic Nights for the first half of 2011 will be with guest authors and poets; Phil Knight on 10th February, Mario Basini on 12th May, Paul C Evans on 16th June, Ivy Alvarez on 14th July and David Annwn on 29th September.
Ballroom and Latin Dance
A new Dance Festival comes to Dowlais this week, with the Dowlais Ballroom & Latin Dance Festival this coming Sunday, 16th January 2011. This will be the first dance competition of its kind to be held in Merthyr Tydfil, for juniors and adults nation wide. Adjudicators will be Lisa Darby from Caerphilly, Gary Foster from Willenhall, Brenda Gasgoigne from Halesowen and Michael Pharaoh from Llanelli. Richard Rose from Birmingham is Chairman and Robert and Janet Lowe from Pontypool are the Scruitineers. The venue will be The Catholic Club in Dowlais, which has one of the few remaining sprung maple dance floors in south Wales. Program details available on the website of Dance Practitioner and festival organiser and presenter Simon Pearson; www.dancewithsimon.co.uk.
Go Get StARTed
Leading up to the Olympic celebrations in 2012, Go Get Started is an opportunity for emerging visual artists to exhibit across Wales. Submissions are invited from artists aged from 11 to 17 and 18 to 30 years old, who identify as a disabled or deaf person, or have special educational needs, or other access requirement and live in Wales. A panel of judges will choose the final pieces of work that will become a part of this exciting art project. There is no set theme and the closing date is 31st January 2011. Please send a copy or scanned image or photograph of the art work initially. For details of how to enter contact Project officer, Kate Hampton via email at kate@dacymru.com or post@dacymru.com or call her on 02920 551 040. Or search on Facebook for Go Get StARTed (for the English page or search Cychwyn Celf! if you’d prefer the Welsh version. Whose Flame is it Anyway is part of Power of the Flame, funded by Legacy Trust UK, managed by Arts Council of Wales and delivered by Disability Arts Cymru.
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