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County Calendar

Highlight of the Month

NGS Gardens Open for Charity

The National Gardens Scheme supports several charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Help the Hospices and local charities nominated by individual garden owners. The scheme provides the chance to visit private gardens which are not normally open to the public as well as the gardens of some of the county’s well known stately homes.

A new addition to the scheme is The Long House at Gelston which will be open on Sunday July 6th from 2.30pm-5pm. This two acre garden has extensive views over the Vale of Belvoir, an abundance of roses, a knot garden, an informal arrangement of borders and a newly designed pond to encourage wildlife. The latest addition is a small woodland garden.

Visitors will be able to enjoy home-made teas and browsing a book stall. Admission is £2.50 per person, children are free and a share of the proceeds will be donated to All Saints Church, Hough–on-the-Hill.

Other gardens open this month:

Wednesday 9th July

68, Watts Lane, Louth

Thursday 10th July

The Garden House, Saxby West Barn, Saxby

Sunday 13th July

Cobwebs, North Owerby Goltho House

Goltho The Old Vicarage, Holbeach Hurn

Old White House, Holbeach Hurn

73, Saxilby Road, Sturton by Stow

2 School Lane, Stixwould Station House, Potterhanworth

Saturday 26th July

Belton House, Grantham

68, Pennygate, Spalding

Sunday 27th July

68, Pennygate, Spalding

Station House, Potterhanworth

Woodlands, Fotherby

Wednesday 30th July

Holly Tree Farm , Sutton St Edmond

Thursday 31st July

Holly Tree Farm, Sutton St Edmond

More details of these openings can be found at www.ngs.org.uk or tel: 01476 565456.

Music

Saturday 5th July, Market Deeping

The fifty member strong Glebe Singers will be staging a concert at St Guthlac’s Church, Market Deeping at 7.30 p.m. The programme will feature a wide range of music from various composers, including Rodgers & Hammerstein, Edward Elgar, John Rutter and George Shearing. It will be a light programme for a summer's evening.

Tickets: £6 adults, £1 children are available from: Mr Cobbler, Rainbow Precinct, Market Deeping; from St Guthlac's Church; from choir members; or at the door. Friday 11th July, Grimsby

Abba Mania hits Grimsby Auditorium. Join in and enjoy all of your favourites including Voulez Vous and Dancing Queen. Tickets are £16.50 and the fun starts at 7.30pm. Box office: 0844 847 2426.

Monday 14th July, Lincoln

Stephen Tharp (New York, USA) will give an organ recital in Lincoln Cathedral at 7pm. Tickets are £6. Details: 01522 561600.

Thursday 17th July, Gainsborough

Kaz Simmons, singer, songwriter and guitarist will be performing at The Sands. Tickets are £6 tel: 01427 811118.

Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th July, Lincoln

This four day festival, Voice and Verse, at the Drill Hall is a celebration of the composer Vaughan Williams on the fifhieth anniversary of his death. To mark the occasion, Convivium Music has commissioned a companion piece to ‘On Wenlock Edge’ from the composer David Matthews which will have its world premiere in Lincoln and be the focus of the festival. For further details of the programme: www.lincolndrillhall.com or box office 01522 873894.

Saturday 19th July, Bitchfield

An Afternoon and Evening of Light Jazz performed by three accomplished bands ‘Summertime Jazz’ at Bitchfield, nr Grantham begins with tea and scones with piano accompaniment from 4.30pm. The event then flows into an Evening Supper with Jazz, finishing around 10pm. Tickets £15*, including food, licensed bar,*Under 6 free, 6-12 half price. More information and tickets available from: Ole on 01476 585712 or email: tickets@bitchfieldevents.co.uk

The event is in aid of Bitchfield Church and organized by the Bitchfield Events Committee.

Exhibitions

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July, Stickney

The third History of Stickney exhibition will be held in the Village Hall. The event is free and many of the village records, photographs and newspaper cuttings are on display from 10am-6pm. Details: 01205 480641.

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July, Sutton on Sea

St Clements Art Group will hold an Art Exhibition from 10am to 5pm each day at St Clement’s Church Hall, Church Lane. Admission is 50p including tea and biscuits. Further information: 01507 443529.

Events

Sunday 6th July, Harpswell

Hall Farm Nursery will be open in aid of St Chad’s Church, Harpswell from 2pm-5pm. As well as the delightful gardens visitors can enjoy demonstrations of chainsaw woodcarving and forge work and browse ‘Unwanted Treasures’. Home made refreshments and a cake stall are available.

Saturday 19th July, Grantham

Belvoir Castle is the new venue for a dazzling national fireworks contest. Three teams will compete for the title of Belvoir Firework Champion 2008 with huge displays all choreographed to music. The audience will be invited to judge with their mobile phones. Bring your own picnic to the event which starts at 5pm. Tickets are £13 for adults, £5 for children plus £1.50 booking fee or £15 adults, £5 children on the day. Tel: 0845 8 33 44 27.

Meetings

Tuesday 1st July, Gainsborough

The Friends of the Old Hall will meet to hear a talk by Alison Richards on Victorian Costume. The meeting will commence at 7.30pm at Gainsborough Old Hall, admission £1. Details: 01427 679101.

Wednesday 16th July, Grantham

The Grantham Branch of the Lincolnshire Family History Society will meet at 7.30pm at The Harrowby Lane Methodist Church Hall to hear a talk by Peter Ball on The History of South Witham. Details: 01476 567118.

Theatre

Monday 7th to Thursday 10th July, Lincoln New Youth Theatre

Present Bugsy Malone at the Drill Hall. Tickets: £6.50 concessions £5.50. Box office: 01522 873894.

Friday 25th July, Stamford

Stamford Arts Centre will be the venue for Potted Pirates, a new compressed caper in search of talking parrots and mysterious buried treasure. Will be enjoyed by all ages 6+. Tickets: £9 (£7) £28 family of four. Box office: 01780 763203