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New for 2008!  Cabra Farm is staging a "Welcome Wassail" to offer goodspirit to the new orchard on Saturday 10th May at 4 o'clock. The event is in partnership with theCommon Players Theatre project, "Cider with Roadies" and the company's mobile applepress will be at the event, pressing a few apples (not from the new trees ofcourse) and offering the juice to taste. There will also be apple cake and flapjack to try. The Wassail will be led by Michael andWendy Dacre of "Raventales." They will be telling traditional tales, singing songs and introducingthe audience to their Giants. Entry to this unique event will cost £3 adults and £2children, with a family ticket ( 2+2) being £8. Apple refreshments included inthe price. If you would like to come along and be part of the Wassail, or ifyou need more information, pleasecontact Adam on 01392 881973 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  at the Royal Bath & West Show 2008We are very excited to announce that Pomona, our uniqueapple press, along with Adam our Apple Animateur, has been invited along to the Royal Bath & West Show.She will be situated just outside the Orchards and Cider Pavilion, close to theorchard. During Thursday 29thMay Adam will be there, pressing a few apples, networking with apple growersand producers and promoting the events we are offering this autumn. If you have a chance to come along andsay hello and share a cup of freshly pressed juice we would love to see you. The Orchards & Cider Pavilion will also hostdemonstrations and exhibitions as well as competitions for best cider andjuice. For more detailed information contact Rosie Inge:
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 Heathen Harvest is a newly-commissioned evening show based on the traditions of musichall and cabaret and will take place around an evening Harvest Supper orcommunity meal. The players willentertain you with stories, action and songs drawn form research done by writerJonathan Stokes, of local Devon apple workers and cider makers. As a community you decide how manycourses your meal will have, what the food will be and who will provide it,then we come in and entertain around your feast. All we need you to provide is a hall or community gatheringspace and a 13 amp socket. Heathen Harvest is availablefrom 26th September to 25th October 2008  WormFood is another newlywritten piece by Jon Stokes aimed at children in primary schools from six yearsold and upwards, to be performed during the school day. The audience meet a girl called Catrinaand her goldfish Finney. They aretaken on a journey of discovery and understanding of the Seasons, Nature andlocal apple traditions. At timesduring the performance the players invite the children to help Catrina makedecisions and find new ways of dealing with dilemmas. The actors all carefullyand skillfully manage this within the drama of the action. All we need is ahall space to perform in and a 13amp socket, we provide everything else. The audience size would ideally be upto 100 children and if a school is larger than this then it is possible to dotwo performances during the school day.WormFood is available from 16th September to 24thOctober 2008  Pomona ... the Press and our Apple AnimateurDuring our visits to 24 venues last year, we were often asked if itwould be possible to have just Pomona our unique apple press visit a community and press their spare apples. Thisyear the answer is a resounding "Yes!" Ideally we would love to combine a press visit with one of the other exciting elements we are offeringthis year, such as the evening hall show, Heathen Harvest. However we are able to offer a limitednumber of press visits only. Alongwith the press we have our Apple Animateur, Adam Montague. With over 10 years experience managingThornhayes Nursery, he is an expert in the field of apples. Autumn '08sees Adam touring with Pomona, managing the juicing of your community apples,advising on planting, growing and the management of your apple trees and orchards. Adam is currently forming a network of local apple groups, growers andorchards to set up a web based Devon Pomona, bringing together existingresearch in to one accessible data base. This will be an interactive websitewhere knowledge about local apples can be shared. Adam would like to hear from you if you have any other ideas or information on local apple stories ortraditions.Pomona is available from 6th September to 26th October 2008  The Apple Educator Heather Fallowes our Apple Educatoris working on the project as a visual artist, visiting primary schools with acurriculum linked plan of activities to engage young people in their culturalheritage. She is offering a one-day workshop to a class within localprimary schools to create 3D apple tree sculptures to put in to a school walldisplay. During the day Heatherwill also talk about local applevarieties, heritage and traditions and the children will be offered theopportunity to taste some really local apples. Heather is also available for a more extended project over two days,which would involve her creating the wall display with some children of theapple sculptures.Our Apple Educator is available from Weds 1st October 2008 |
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