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Dance Residency Aids and Youth
The jiving Linda Hoppers, a Y Touring present The Inner
fabulous young dance company Circle, a powerful play dealing
who are superb exponents of the with the realities of friendship,
jittebug, swing, tap, Charleston loyalty and loss experienced by
and Lindy Hop dance styles, will three teenagers who find out that
be spending the month based at their friend Mark is HIV positive
Link Arts, creating a performance on Friday 9 February at 7.00p.m.
which will be premiered on I Tickets £1.80.
March. Special events include a
Dance Day on Sunday II Brian Kennedy
February with starter classes in RCA's New Signing
the above styles. There will also 23 year old singer-songwriter
be a screening of the film Tap Brian Kennedy returns to Link
(PC) on Thursday 8 February at Arts to promote his debut RCA
7.30p.m. single 'Captured'. This talented
artist is touring with a full backing
Tuesday band and is a hot tip for stardom
Night Live! this year. Don't miss him! Li' 1
Saturday 10 February 8.30p.m.
Alternative £4/3.
Comedy Comes Guitar
to Link Arts Tuition
New comedy hits Swindon on Tue sday 13 February in the first of our
monthly 'alternative' evenings. Jo Brand (The funniest women in
Britain pictured below right), Noel James and Paul Ramone are the 1 to 1 Tuition by
stand-up comics on the first bill. Doors open at 8.00p.m. Tickets Professional Guitar Tutor
£350/2.50. Beginners to Diploma Standard
CZ
Other Events
Contact Bernard Tanner
include The Shaftesbury Centre
'Rock Gigs on Saturday 3 & Fri- ta
day 16 February, Percy Street, (off Rodhourne Road)
'Children's Puppet Shows on
Saturday 17 and Tuesday 20 creL• 514055 or 521743 •
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.Jazz from the Ralph Dorrell r f r rr I
Quartet on Friday 23 February.
Further details and tickets for all
events are available from Link CARTER, GOVIER, READ
Centre Reception, tel 871212.
SOLICITORS
First Writers
Conference set for Contact us for all your legal needs
March including
The first Thamesdown Writers' Artswork for 14 to house sales & purchases,
Conference is being held all day matrimonial matters and criminal law
on Saturday 24 March in Link 19 year olds
Arts. There are limited places Artswork is a charity set up to
and bookings must be received encourage new initiatives and 34 - 35 Commercial Road, Swindon
by Monday 5 March. The cost is opportunities in the arts for young
£15 (12.50 concessions) and people (14-19 year olds). It is Tel: 617617
includes morning coffee, quality funded by British Telecom and
buffet lunch and afternoon tea. TVS and many events are being
Speakers will include Phyllis organised across the whole of the
Dermaine, (magazine writer and south of England for the summer
novelist), Mike Andrews and of 1990. There is still more money
Shirley Matthias (editorial staff left in Wiltshire's budget so if any
with the Evening Advertiser), local youth group or youth leader,
Mary Stannard (Senior Editor for teacher or artist would like to Specialists in video
Mills and Boon Ltd) and Donald submit a project please contact & TV repairs
Norfolk (literary marketing Mel Jones at Link Arts as soon as
specialist and author). The day possible. Free home estimates
will be chaired by Margaret Bacon Link Arts is in fact hosting the All work guaranteed
(local writer and broadcaster). official launch of Wiltshire's
The conference is aimed at Artswork on 15 February at Service from Barn - 9pm
people interested or active in 7.30p.m. when there will be an
writing for pleasure or with opportunity to get a flavour of NO CALL OUT CHARGE
ambitions to publish, and gives the projects already up and
them the opportunityto meet like- running in the County and for L: SWINDON 813485
minds and learn from successful participants to enjoy a wide range
professionals. of artforms of interest to modern -
Further details from Link Arts. youth. .1