... Lympany heads new festival ANGLESEY is to have an Arts Festival in the Spring, which will be master minded by Anthony Hose, formerly of the Welsh National Opera Company, and now director of the Buxton Fes tival. The festival, which will be called the Beaumaris Festival, will be a four-day event starting on May 29. The mainstay of the festival will be music, with international concert pian ist ...

... SNO plans major new concert hall Lack of venue costs £100,000 a year THE SCOTTISH National Orchestra claims that the lack of a permanent concert-hall base in Glasgow is costing it £100,000 a year in lost box-office income. So now the SNO has prepared plans for a hall which it would like to see built in a vacant city-centre site, and Glasgow District Council has revealed that a major developer ...

... Talent spotting SWRB New Ballets IN THE past eight or ten years the development of nascent British choreographers for ballet has received increased attention. And as a consequence the need for opportunity and critical encouragement has been established, which is how the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet at Sadler's Wells found itself in the position of presenting an entire programme of works by ...

... New contracts swamp 'amazed' agent THE RECESSION has passed Swindon by -- according to the latest agent to open up shop there. Accountant Brian Jukes took press advertisements to announce that he had an agent's licence and was ready for business. And business he got. What he thought would be a dribble of interest turned in to a flood. Within three days he had con tracts worth £6,000 under his ...

... Grosvenor charity cabaret flops THE FUTURE of the summer star seasons held at a Park Lane hotel could be in doubt after a Victor Borge show flopped to the tune of £40,000. In a departure from normal practice, the cabaret performances at Trusthouse Forte's Grosvenor House Hotel were planned as fundraisers, with profits going to a Commonwealth Games Appeal. But fewer people than expected bought ...

... Secret plans for new skating rink SECRET PROPOSALS for an Olympic size skating rink could give fresh hope to ice performers alarmed by the drop in facilities. The ambitious scheme has been discussed behind closed doors by the full Poole Council in Dorset. It followed an approach by two Bournemouth businessmen who have earmarked a site in Poole town centre. The talks may go some way to allaying ...

... Valley Club gets stylish face- lift PLANS ARE underway to give second division soccer team Charlton Athletic a first division supporters' club. Busily expanding entrepreneur Mick Finnis moved into the Valley club last weekend and announced that he wants to turn it into a mini-Circus Tavern, on the lines of the Purfleet pub and cabaret room run by Bob Wheatley. Finnis, who runs a leisure ...

... New code of ethics for stage hypnotists HAMISH MACKA Y reports A NEW CODE of practice designed to control stage hypnotism acts will come into force early next year. The code has been agreed by the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis and the Federation of Ethical Stage Hypnotists a body representing about 25 stage hypnotists in Britain. Many doctors, including BSMDH members, would ...

... Resort's prom dancers banned CLOG-DANCERS and Morris men have been banned from the promenade at Ilfracombe, following objections from the lessee of the Victoria Pavilion. Lawrence Murray, who has run sum mer shows at Ilfracombe for the past three seasons, says they are affecting his business. I have nothing whatever against folk dancing, he said, but I have a business to run and a ...

... Pop star's dungarees for sale THE SALE OF a pair of pop singer David Cassidy's sequin-encrusted dungarees hides a heartbreak story. They belong to one of his greatest fans, 23-year old Karen Duncombe, who has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. She desperately wants to raise cash to help her sister Nadine, 14, achieve her ambition of becoming a professional dancer. The family, ...

... Bournemouth Christmas panto THE SUBJECT of the panto at Bourne mouth's Pavilion Theatre this Christmas is Aladdin with Joyce Blair in the title role. Freddie the Dreamers top the bill with Tommy Trinder as the Emperor, Ronne Coyles as the Dame, and Dennis Spencer as Abanazar. The show begins on December 24 and continues until February 5. Perfor mances are twice daily with one perfor mance on ...

... Talent search THE FINAL of the Golden Opportun ity Talent Search at Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green is to be a charity gala in aid of the Breast Cancer Re search Fund and the Bone Marrow Transplant Appeal. Appearing in the September 2 show are Les Reed, Joe Longthorne and Frankie Vaughan, who will be doing short spots, as the most concentration will be on the winners, who are Angle Giles ...