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10 of the best
Your guide to events you must not miss this week
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www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk Thursday,July13,2017
1Band Sundays – listen to the sound of brass outdoors
At Brodsworth Hall and Gardens, July 20.
Hear Yorkshire’s nest swing bands perform against
the stunning backdrop of Brodsworth Hall. Bring along your deck chairs and relax with an a ernoon of superb music. The performance
will be at 2pm, lasting approximately 40 minutes. 2Award winning cra ing
show
At Doncaster Racecourse, Leger Way, July 15 to 16.
Stephanie Weightman’s award winning Cra ing Live show will be at Doncaster Racecourse again this summer bringing a whole host of cra y celebrities. Throughout Saturday and Sunday, you can visit a vast range of exhibitors stocking stamps, dies, decoupage, fabric, ribbon and much more. You can stock up on all of your cra essentials, as well as nding inspiration from brand new products. There may even be a chance to meet some of your favourite presenters a er
the show. Price: £5 adults / £4.00 concessions. Buy both days and save 25 percent.
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At the Mansion House in Doncaster, July 20, free event. Bad Girls and Bonnets – Jane Austen’s guide to being brazen. A bold, brash and beautiful celebration of Austen’s wicked women, and a truly revelatory look at clothes and crime in the eighteenth century – an
era when stocking-the
or silk smuggling carried serious penalties. Featuring fabulous original costume ideas, criminal history
and readings from the outrageous Miss Austen herself. Free admission – go along on the day at 2pm to the Mansion House.
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At Askern Miners’ Welfare Club, July 22, 7.30pm.
Some of the `Greats` within the brass banding world
– Alan Morrison, Mark
Walters, Stephen Sykes
and Kevin Holdgate will
be guest soloists for the evening. The “Legends in Brass” fundraising concert will feature the Hat eld and Askern Brass Band with Stan Lippeat – a `Legend` himself – hosting, conducting and compering the evening. The evening is in aid of raising funds for Breast Cancer through “Boobs
& Brass” who are funding their ninth research project and the ‘Save Stephen’ fund. Stephen Sykes is
a fabulous
trombonist who
is su ering from
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and the funds raised will help towards purchasing further treatment and help towards ge ing be er. Tickets are £10. Children under 5 are free. Tickets are available from, Mike Kilmartin 07970 146004 or soprano1972@sky.
com email.
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At Cusworth Hall and Gardens, July 23. Time-travel back 100 years to explore life on Doncaster’s Home Front in 1917, with living history recreations, the chance
to try out costumes and crafts, taste wartime food or visit a pop-
up farm and traditional fairground. In
partnership with Doncaster 1914- 18: At Home, At
War. Admission free, normal car parking charges apply.
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History wardrobe presents
Bad Girls and Bonnets
Life On The Home Front Day
– Remembering the war
Legends In Brass featuring
many of the greats
On Thursday July 20 from 7pm to 8.30pm at the
central library, Waterdale
in Doncaster you can test your knowledge of authors and their books at the fun literary quiz night. There will be rounds on authors, books,
Test
knowledge
with library quiz
Library, July 20. A
t Doncaster Central