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An Entertainment In Words And Music.
Devised and Presented by Julia Ball, David Crowley, Lesley Boase, Penny Thomas & Julian Tayler.
21st September 2002 & 5th October 2002.
CHARITY PERFORMANCE TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION (UK)
CELEBRATING HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN'S GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR.
SPONSORED BY 
Uckfield/Heathfield/Seaford.
The Presenters.
LESLEY BOASE: Lesley joined Talking Newspapers in 1986 during a break between drama teaching posts and has been a reading addict ever since! She leads readers' workshops for volunteers between her many dramatic pursuits particularly in her home village of Chelwood Gate and nearby Nutley. Lesley is also a keen member of her local choral societies.
DAVID CROWLEY: as a Schoolmaster, David directed over twenty Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas, and since his retirement David has stayed involved with dramatics, plus during the last ten years enjoyed over two thousand recording sessions for The Talking Newspaper.
JULIA BALL: Trained at The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. She has performed with The Old Stagers and The Bar Theatrical Society. Julia has also taught Speech and Drama for many years and still continues to direct and arrange programmes of entertainment
PENELOPE THOMAS: "Apart from Santa's little helper in a Nursery School Christmas Play, my first experience of the stage was as a boy in an open air production of Julius Caesar in Richmond Surrey, closely followed by the 4th Knight in - Murder in the Cathedral at school, aged fifteen. I was hooked! "
JULIAN TAYLER: "Architecture gave me a living, friendships and life's rewards. Family, singing, acting, sailing and writing gave me its diversions and pleasures."
Audio Version Available. Telephone 01435 866102
The 21st September performance raised £450. We should like to express our thanks to all those who have helped us with this event particularly the following:-
The great strength of the Talking Newspaper movement, since its inception way back in 1970, has lain n its plendid rmy of volunteers In 540 Talking Newspapers across the country and in the National Talking Newspapers and Magazines at Heathfield, countless women and men from all avenues of life work tirelessly to bring an astonishing range of newspapers and magazine to visually-imaired pople who would otherwise be dened access to information readily available to others However, n ontent it selecting, reading and recoringreams of work, many volunteers also contribute untold hours towards raising funds to help pay for the invaluable but unavoidably expensive service that TNAUK provides. The proceeds will go towards supporting TNAUK, whose work is, to use that much mis-applied word, unique. As far as we know, there is no other organisation doing quite the same thing.
It is, therefore, imperative that Talking Newspapers continues doing what it does, even in economically stringent times. Suffice it to say that with volunteers like these performers, prepared to cntribute their talents, the charity has every reason to feel hopeful about its future.
Tim McDonald
Chief Executive
If you are interested in finding out more about how you can help the Talking Newspaper Association UK then please click here.
If you would like more information about this story, please telephone 01435 866102. Alternatively email info@tnauk.org.uk.
TNAUK Registered charity number: 293656
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