Calling all readers of The Folkestone Handbook!
Are you based in Folkestone, Cheriton, Sandgate or another area of Kent? Do you wish you had the time to make all your creative ambitions become reality? Have time to think and plan ? Why not apply for a residency at Little Blue Hut?
Wednesday 25 August to Wednesday 30 September 2010

Little Blue Hut sits on Tankerton Slopes, offering inspiring sea views and tranquil creative thinking space to our resident creatives.
A series of beach hut residencies started in April 2009 and has seen artists and creative practitioners using the hut as a creative space to develop their work. You can find out about the residencies by reading the blogs on the Little Blue Hut pages

To apply:
If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity then tell us in no more than 500 words why you would love to be at the Little Blue Hut and what you hope to achieve. Enclose this along with an up to date CV and 3 examples of your work and send via email to mitch.robertson@canterbury.gov.uk to arrive no later than 12 noon, Monday 26 July 2010

If you are selected you will:
• Need public liability insurance of up to 5 million
• Write atleast 6 blog entries to feature on the Little Blue hut webpage
• Hold an informal “meet the artist” day during your residency

Please be aware there is no electricity.

Folkestone Film Factory is excited to announce the films that will be screened at this year’s Freedayz Film Festival:

July 25^th – Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (PG)

August 8^th – Ghostbusters (PG)

August 22^nd – Grease (PG)

These three classic feature movies will be screened in the evening at the amphitheatre at the Lower Leas Coastal Park in Folkestone. The films were chosen by a panel of young people from a shortlist of publicly-nominated films.

These screenings will be in addition to a number of other film events, including a number of workshops, a film competition, and two indoor screenings (31^st July – The Jungle Book and 7^th August – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate

Factory) which will take place in what used to be JG’s Amusements on Tontine Street.

More information about film events is available at www.freedayz.co.uk.

Folkestone Film Factory will be moving from their premises on Tontine Street to new offices on Rendezvous Street in the town centre. The local production company, which runs film workshops, projects and events for all ages, are delighted to announce their move to a larger site with a classroom facility.

“We’re very excited about the move to a new, more central location” says manager Zachary Cooke, who says the new office is the perfect venue for their summer school workshops, which will be running throughout the school holidays. “We’re very happy to be joining a number of other creative businesses in the Rendezvous Street area.”

It’s a busy time for Folkestone Film Factory, who are organising the Freedayz Film Festival 2010 which launches at the end of June. The festival will include outdoor family screenings and fun-packed workshops for young people, and will run from June 28th until Mid-August, as detailed in the handbook.

MUSICIANS, dancers, singers, street theatre players, entertainers and artists from many nations, as well as local celebrities, will provide four days of family fun at Folkestone’s fourth Multi-Cultural Festival which opens on Thursday (June 11).

The 50-event festival, organised by Folkestone Town Centre Management, will be staged at various venues in the town centre, Creative Quarter and harbour area, and, as well as lively entertainment, will include children’s activities, creative workshops, arts, crafts and cooking demonstrations, food samplings and stalls selling food, delicacies, sweets and flowers. New this year are ‘fringe’ events, including a ‘family day’ at the Lower Leas Coastal Park Amphitheatre.

More than 400 primary school children will get the festival under way when they take part in a day of creative workshops at Quarterhouse and University Centre, while stage entertainment will go on from 11am to 3pm in the
Precinct, near Debenhams.

Friday events start at 10am in both the Precinct and at the Bouverie Place Shopping Centre. As part of the ‘fringe’ programme, a Micro Music Festival, featuring artists, musicians and comedians flitting between venues in the Old Town, starts at 7.30.

There will be a full programme of music and dance on town centre stages from 10am on Saturday, with a Dance Off at Quarterhouse at 8pm.

Sunday events will include a six-hour ‘family day’ at the Lower Leas Coastal Park Amphitheatre, starting at 2.30pm, Opera by the Sea - ‘easy listening to well-loved classics’ - from 5.30 to 8.30.

On every day of the festival, Terlingham Vineyard, near Hawkinge, will welcome visitors from 2pm to 4pm.

Says FTCM events organiser Barbara Witham: “We’ve got a really great programme lined up - something for everybody and mostly free. It’s going to be the biggest, brightest and most exciting festival yet. We are expecting thousands of visitors. Fingers crossed that the weather will be kind”.

For full details and timetable of events log on to www.folkestonefestival.co.uk Souvenir programmes are available free from Folkestone shops.

but didn’t know where to start? …
… then start right here…
After passing my Grade 5 Piano with Distinction at the age of 14, my piano teacher decided I needed an extra challenge and set me on the path of tutoring. I began teaching from home and only taught young beginners. However, as my own skills developed so too did my enthusiasm for teaching and by the age of 15 and studying for my own GCSE’s, I had over 20 students on my list.
Private lessons have always been an important part of my teaching as the one-to-one nature of tuition allows the student to have my undivided attention for the duration of the lesson.
As a teacher, I like my students to enjoy what they are doing and have fun. I tailor-make lessons and choices in music in accordance to my students’ preferences. Learning to play the Piano with me doesn’t necessarily have to lead to examinations either. For example, many of my adult students simply choose to learn because they have had a yearning to do so for years and simply want to fulfill a personal ambition.
Whatever your reasons for learning, don’t put it off any longer!
Lesson Prices: £8 for 20 minutes, £10 for 30 minutes & £15 for 40 minutes.
I am also available to play at weddings, functions & private events. Simply
contact me to discuss further.
Emily Sharp, Pianist
0779 2046161
www.esharppianist.co.uk
“Emily Sharp is the best piano teacher in the world…”
Mr.D.Desborough
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Situated opposite Folkestone Library, in Grace Hill, Copy-Link Ltd offers a huge range of products and services, all with friendly, professional attention.
Personalised Gifts
If you’re looking for a special gift, or arranging a surprise for someone, we can help. You simply supply the photo and we’ll do the rest; we can put it onto t-shirts, mugs, mouse mats and more. We can also supply t-shirts with a message of your choice; ideal for stag and hen parties etc.
Historical photographs of Folkestone
If you are interested in the history of the local area, we have a wide array of photographs that would be of interest to
you. In a sepia finish, these are extremely interesting and very reasonably priced. Just pop into the shop to look at the range available.
Students
We offer photocopying, laminating, binding, faxing, scanning and much more, to help to give your work a professional finish. We are very conveniently located for Folkestone library, The Cube and University Centre Folkestone; students receive a 10% discount.

Business Owners and Events Organisers
We are able to offer a very competitive service for the printing of restaurant menus, flyers, letterheads, posters etc. For any gigs or music promotions, we offer our support by printing posters at half the normal price.

The above are only a sample of the wide range of services we can offer. Please do pop in to the shop or ring to see how we can help you. Whether you require a single copy or a complex printing job, our aim is to give you excellent, friendly service so that you return to use our services on a regular basis in the future.
sales@copy-link.co.uk
www.copy-link.co.uk
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To say I was excited to hear there was a Stitch ‘n’ Bitch group in Folkestone is an understatement! (Ask my fiancé!) This group has been set up for people with a shared interest in knitting, sewing, crochet, to get together and share ideas, chat about what they are doing and get very excited about fabric, wool and craft books! (Something their friends and family may not understand!!) The format of the group is fantastic – there is no obligation to go – you can turn up whenever you like, and you can do whatever you want while you are there. Bring along anything you are working on at the time and spend a couple of hours having a cuppa or a glass of wine, while chattering away to your crafty friends. If you want to learn anything new from other members you can do that too.
The meetings take place every Wednesday night 7-9pm in Folkestone. If you are interested you can contact Susan on 07833108376 or smckenna8@btinternet.com. Please also search Stitch n Bitch Folkestone on Facebook to join the group page.
Hayley Jones,
Stitch ‘n’ Bitch enthusiast
& co-founder of Foreman & Jones Integrated Health Practice, Hythe.
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A new shop has opened in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter specialising in fine art supplies. MK ARTLAB is the creation of practising artist Kate Knight, who will run the shop, which officially opened on Saturday 17 April.

Launching the business, owner Kate said, “The aim of MK ARTLAB is to provide a service for professional, student and amateur artists, offering the best possible products at a competitive price without sacrificing quality. We hope to become a trusted supplier, where people can not only source their favourite products but also receive helpful advice on their artistic practices.”

Folkestone based Kate identified the need for greater access to specialist art materials from her own experience of working locally and having to travel to London to source some of her equipment. Opening the business in Folkestone’s burgeoning creative centre Kate said, “I have been renting a studio in the Creative Quarter for the last four years and have found the location and premises immensely beneficial and inspiring to my painting.”

MK ARTLAB will stock A2, Bockingford, Esconda, Faber Castell, Golden Acrylic, Isabey, Lakas, Mabel, Michael Harding, Raphael, Roberson and Co, Sennelier, Spectrum, Unison, Windsor & Newton and more. Opening hours will be Tuesday to Saturday 9am – 5.30pm, Sundays 10.30 – 4.30pm.

MK ARTLAB has also be launched its new Loyalty Card and a 10% discount for art students.