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Young performe ooked for Wiltshi"Rr

Wiltshire Festival organiserAndy
Cotton was so impressed by sing-
ers and musicians at Greendown
School's Design - A - Cabaret
evening last November that he
has signed them up to open the
festival's Party in the Park pop
night at Lydiard on 15 August.
The classic night on 14 August
sees Jae Alexander and Royal Phil-
harmonic Orchestra return for an-
other spectacular evening, with a
rare performance by cellist Julian
Lloyd-Webber. Welsh National
Opera soprano Bethan Dudley
from Swindon will sing the tradi-
tional Jerusalem and Land of Hope
and Glory.
Last year's spectacular Spitfire
aerial display will become a Battle
of Britain rerun with the appear-
ance of a Messerschmitt Me109.
The festival has been extended
to a third day, on Sunday 16 Au-
gust, aimed at country and west- Wiltshire Festival organiser Andy Cotton with Greendown musicians, ready to perform in school holidays
ern fans with the legendary rhine-
stone cowboy Glenn Campbell Andre Pysanczyn, who has devel-
headlining a show including Rita oped a thriving interest in singing
Coolidge and The Woolpackers and playing instruments at the TRUSTMOVE
from Emmerdale Farm. school, said he was delighted by
The acts for the pop night have the festival invitation. "It really is REMOVALS & STORAGE
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