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SUMMARY:Flamenco Dance Taster Session
DESCRIPTION:A relaxed and friendly one-hour beginners’ session led by Vanessa Matthews from Flamenco de Leeds.\nSince 2015 Flamenco de Leeds has been providing regular workshops\, events and performers across Leeds and further afield.\nThe ethos of Flamenco de Leeds is very much focused on enthusiasm and ensuring everybody feels welcome to participate in any way they can. If you can clap your hands\, stamp a foot\, bang a stick or shout Ole you can get involved!\nNo previous experience necessary.\nAge guide 8+ \nAllhallowgate Methodist Church Hall\n10-11am\nTaster sessions are Pay What You Can (PWYC) events. You can just turn up\, but booking in advance is recommended and helps us plan for numbers.
URL:https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/event/flamenco-dance-taster/
LOCATION:Allhallowgate Methodist Church & Halls\, Victoria Grove\, Ripon\, HG4 1LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:dance,workshop
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SUMMARY:Morris Dance Taster Session
DESCRIPTION:Do you love to see traditional Morris sides dancing in public spaces over the summer months? Have you thought about joining in? It’s a great way to keep fit and keep a vibrant tradition going for the future. Rehearsals usually (always?) end in the pub\, so it’s very sociable activity and a great way of making friends. \nThis informal have-a-go session is for anyone who wants to try something new and see if they like it. Led by Ted Dodsworth from Ripon City Morris. \nRipon City Morris are one of the best-regarding sides in the north and are recognisable with their flowered headgear and patriotic attire. They are also supported by talented folk musicians. \nSince 1982 Ripon City Morris Dancers have been dancing in the style of Morris from North West of England. This is traditionally from Lancashire and the adjoining areas of Cheshire\, Yorkshire and the Lake District. \nNo previous experience necessary. \nAge guide 8+ \nAllhallowgate Methodist Church Hall\n11am – 12pm\nTaster sessions are Pay What You Can (PWYC) events. You can just turn up\, but booking in advance is recommended and helps us plan for numbers.
URL:https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/event/morris-dance-taster/
LOCATION:Allhallowgate Methodist Church & Halls\, Victoria Grove\, Ripon\, HG4 1LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:dance,workshop
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SUMMARY:Poetry at the Pig
DESCRIPTION:Join writers featured in the newly-published anthology of Ripon Poets\, This Here\, This Now. \n“Cross the market square in Ripon to find a poet. Perhaps\, the barista serving coffee or the care worker returning from a late shift. Poetry sounds in the footsteps. If poetry is life\, life lived\, then here is life lived in Ripon\, in the words of our poets.” Caroline Matusiak. \nAn informal drop-in performance. Come for a poem and a pint and explore the hidden depths of familiar places. \nAge guide 14+ \nA PAY WHAT YOU CAN (PWYC) event – donations encouraged at the door. \nMore Pop-Up Poetry from Ripon Poets in the afternoon at The Little Ripon Bookshop – 3-3.45pm. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/event/poetry-at-the-pig/
LOCATION:The Portly Pig\, 5b Kirkgate\, Ripon\, HG4 1PA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:spoken word
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250705T133000
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SUMMARY:African Drumming Workshop
DESCRIPTION:If you’ve got a heartbeat you’ve got rhythm! Learn to tap your natural human potential in this relaxed and friendly one-hour beginners’ session led by Alison Lyon from Drums Agogo. \nAlison has been teaching drumming for twenty-one years\, and her fun (and sometimes rather silly) style has made her classes and workshops a hit with adult students and children alike. She has studied under some of the world’s greatest masters. Her teachers include Guinean djembefolas Mamady Keita\, Famoudou Konate\, Nansady Keita and Iya Sako\, as well as Seckou Keita and the late Magatte Dieng from Senegal\, Ivorian Sidiki Dembele and respected teachers of Ghanaian drumming\, such as Ben Lawrence. \nDrums Agogo have classes in Harrogate\, Otley and York. As one of Alison’s evening class students says: “She makes the complicated seem simple!” \nNo previous experience necessary.\nParticipants must be aged 8+ & under 16s accompanied by an adult. \nAllhallowgate Methodist Church Hall\n12.30-1.30pm \nTaster sessions are Pay What You Can (PWYC) events. You can just turn up\, but booking in advance is recommended and helps us plan for numbers.
URL:https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/event/african-drumming-workshop/
LOCATION:Allhallowgate Methodist Church & Halls\, Victoria Grove\, Ripon\, HG4 1LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music,workshop
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SUMMARY:Short & Sweet Minis
DESCRIPTION:Short & Sweet Yorkshire is an annual festival of 10 minute new writing with previous finalists showcased here at Ripon Theatre Festival. In a FREE taster of what is to come in the evening performance at Ripon Arts Hub\, we present 3 of the best short pieces from up-and-coming writers. Featuring homegrown talent from across Yorkshire\, this is a chance to see fresh\, original work from the region’s most exciting emerging artists.\nDon’t miss the new wave of creative voices bringing their passion and talent to Ripon Festival\,  10 minutes at a time! \nAge guide 14+ \nA PAY WHAT YOU CAN (PWYC) event – donations encouraged at the door. \nShort & Sweet Yorkshire writers and performers will also present more 10 minute pieces at Ripon Arts Hub at 5pm. Expect a thrilling mix of genres and styles\, from thought-provoking drama to laugh-out-loud comedy\, and from heartfelt storytelling to bold\, boundary-pushing performances.
URL:https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/event/short-and-sweet-minis/
LOCATION:Little Ripon Bookshop\, 12-13 Westgate\, Ripon\, HG4 2AT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:spoken word
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SUMMARY:Pop-Up Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join writers featured in the newly-published anthology of Ripon Poets\, This Here\, This Now. \n“Cross the market square in Ripon to find a poet. Perhaps\, the barista serving coffee or the care worker returning from a late shift. Poetry sounds in the footsteps. If poetry is life\, life lived\, then here is life lived in Ripon\, in the words of our poets.” Caroline Matusiak. \nExplore the hidden depths of familiar places with local poets. \nAge guide 14+ \nA PAY WHAT YOU CAN (PWYC) event – donations encouraged at the door. \nThe Ripon Poets will also be popping up at lunchtime in the Portly Pig – 12-1pm. An informal drop-in performance. Come for a poem and a pint. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ripontheatrefestival.org/event/pop-up-poetry/
LOCATION:Little Ripon Bookshop\, 12-13 Westgate\, Ripon\, HG4 2AT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:spoken word
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