News from producers around Derbyshire

Dronfield Hall Barn

Plant and Bulb Sale

Sunday 24th March 10am-3pm

Tuesday 12^th March

2 – 5pm

ANTIQUES VALUATION AFTERNOON

Location: Wheatcroft’s Wharf Café

£1 donation to the Arkwright Society

Bamfords, Auctioneer & Valuers, invite you to bring along items of interest for free valuation, which can be left for auction in the next appropriate sale.

For further details please visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk or phone 01629 823256.

Wednesday 13^th March

10am – 12 noon

CALL OUT FOR ARTISTS

Arkwrights Artisan Market is a monthly market which will take place in the beautiful setting of Cromford Mill Yard, with a focus on Derbyshire Artisans and Producers.  Cromford Mills are keen to provide a showcase and spotlight for the high quality makers and producers within the County and become recognised at a natural home for that talent.

Pensioners were treated to a concert of Broadway show-stoppers in their own sitting room thanks to a partnership between Buxton International Festival and a local charity.

Royal Northern College of Music student Ellie Hull sang opera classics, hits from the musicals and wartime favourites including Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover at High Peak Council’s sheltered accommodation at Hartington Gardens, Buxton.

Stars more used to singing in the world’s leading opera houses will soon be performing in a village hall near you as Buxton International Festival (BIF) takes a taste of its 40^th anniversary programme on the road.

BIF is bringing the glitz and glamour of opera right to your doorstep in a rolling roadshow which will stop at venues in the Peak District and Derbyshire Dales with a grand finale in Buxton’s newly-restored Octagon.

“It’s a magical tour aimed at taking the mystery out of opera,” said Festival Chief Executive Michael Williams.

Derby-based regional orchestra and Grammy-nominated Sinfonia Viva has launched an innovative creative project that will use the power of music to bring coding to life for young people across the city.

The project, entitled ‘AlgoRhythms’ is Viva’s latest annual creative project in partnership with Rolls-Royce plc and Derbyshire Music Education Hub to take a creative approach to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects.

Bondholder Rolls-Royce plc has secured an order for Trent 7000 engines to power 40 Airbus A330neo aircraft from Emirates.