Join us for an evening of music inspired by landscape and community. Peacock Angell have performed around the world at folk festivals, theatres and arts centres.Sid Peacock is now our Songwriter in Residence, appointed for the Beacon on the Hill project. He and Ruth Angell will play a mix of their own work and local folk songs. Come and hear Sid's plans for creating new work inspired by the Clee Hills.Free event with refreshments. Parking at Doddington Village Hall.
9th June: Bugs, Birds & Blooms: an activity for all ages - join us for a mini bioblitz in St John’s Churchyard to learn about and record the wildlife there. Free event, but booking essential 23rd June: Walking with Words: artist Suzanne Thomas will be bringing out people’s creative side in Walking with Words. This is a walk with a difference as the walkers will create a collaborative poem which will be carved into new stones in the church repair. The afternoon will close with the traditional way to see in midsummer, a bonfire. Free event but booking essentialGo to https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-johns-church-doddington-south-shropshire to book
Are you• Someone with a proven track record in working with communities, skilled and unskilled, to compose approachable and exciting choral works?• A person with excellent communication and engagement skills with people of all backgrounds, ages and abilities?• A team player with the drive and confidence to also work independently?• An individual able to multi-task and bring a variety of strands together in a timely way?• Excited to engage with the heritage and the community, participants and volunteers and produce a Song of the Hill to be performed as a launch event and then available for performance by groups of all sizes and ages? The recording of the launch performance will be used in permanent interpretation in St John’s, Doddington.If this sounds like you and you would like to work in the beautiful environment of the Clee Hills then we would love to hear from you.Due to the nature of the role the applicant should be sympathetic to the Church’s vision, Christian ethos, and ministry, and a DBS check may be required.Value of contract: £18,000 including expenses.Expected duration: 12 monthsStart date: as soon as possibleFor further details, please contact stjohnsdoddington@gmail.com; and seeour Beacon on the Hill Opportunities page (on the left) for the full Brief
