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Haileybury Week kicks off!

HAILEYBURY WEEK 2010 starts this Thursday, 1 July, with an explosion of diverse events. Everything's free and we invite anyone to attend.

Highlights include the Prep Schools' Arts and Events Day on Thursday, which culminates in a performance of the Dragon Cantata and a narrative by Head of English Nigel Park of The Boy Who Never Grew Up.

On Friday, we can look forward to Head of Art Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation and on Sunday, the Performance in the Park (latterly known as Shakespeare in the Park).

Tickets are only required for some of the events – please see the schedule below.

Thursday 1st July

PREP SCHOOLS' ARTS & EVENTS DAY
Award Ceremony and Concert
5.30pm Sports Hall
Performance of the Dragon Cantata and The Boy who Never Grew Up with Massed Choirs, Narrator and Orchestra.
(No Tickets Required)

THE TREE OF LIGHT & SOUND
From 6:30pm Lightening Oak on Terrace
Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation

Friday 2nd July

THE TREE OF LIGHT & SOUND
From 6:30pm Lightening Oak on Terrace
Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation

MADRIGALS CONCERT
9:00pm Great Amwell Pool
Madrigals performed by the Haileybury Madrigal Society and Haileybury Singers in an idyllic setting under the willow trees of Great Amwell Pool.
(No Tickets Required)

Sunday 4th July

PERFORMANCE IN THE PARK
5:00pm Terrace
Scenes from a selection of plays by pupils of all ages.
(No Tickets Required)

THE TREE OF LIGHT & SOUND
From 6:30pm Lightening Oak on Terrace
Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation

Monday 5th July

ORGAN RECITAL – Quentin Thomas
1pm Chapel
Works including selections from Bach's 'German Organ Mass' and Reger's Benedictus.
Picnic Lunch at 12.30pm in the cloisters
(No Tickets Required)

POETRY and ART
2pm Art Department
Nigel Parkin & Jason Marks explore The Little Mermaid in words, images and objects
(No Tickets Required)

BEAUTY & THE BEAST
2pm and 7.30pm Ayckbourn Theatre
This year's Lower School Musical
(Tickets free} Required)

DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION 6.30pm D&T Department
Try your hand on a little creative project…
(No Tickets Required)

THE TREE OF LIGHT & SOUND
From 6:30pm Lightening Oak on Terrace
Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation

Tuesday 6th July

ORGAN RECITAL – Samuel Hudson
1pm Chapel
Works from composers including Couperin, Mathias and Howells.
Picnic Lunch at 12.30pm in the cloisters
(No Tickets Required)

POETRY and ART
2pm Art Department
Nigel Parkin & Jason Marks explore Hansel and Gretel in words, images and objects (No Tickets Required)

Staff V Pupils TENNIS
3pm Tennis Courts
Staff V Pupils CRICKET
3pm Pavillion

THE TREE OF LIGHT & SOUND
From 6:30pm Lightening Oak on Terrace
Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation

JIVESWING
7:00pm Dining Hall
Europe's leading and busiest professional international Swing Dancers excite and inspire.
(No Tickets Required)

BEAUTY & THE BEAST
7.30pm Ayckbourn Theatre
This year's Lower School Musical
(Tickets free} Required)

Wednesday 7th July

DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION
6.30pm D&T Department
Try your hand on a little creative project…
(No Tickets Required)

THE TREE OF LIGHT & SOUND
From 6:30pm Lightening Oak on Terrace
Jason Marks' Extraordinary Installation

BEAUTY & THE BEAST
7.30pm Ayckbourn Theatre
This year's Lower School Musical
Final Performance
(Tickets free} Required)

LATE NIGHT JAZZ
Claire Tomsett & Friends
9.30pm Bradby Hall
(No Tickets Required)

Thursday 8th July

HOUSE ATHLETICS from 2pm

SERENADE IN THE CLOISTERS – 7.30pm Cloisters by the Master's Lodge
(Big School in the event of bad weather) Tickets {free} Required

The final concert of the year with solo farewell performances from this year's UVIth leavers, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Band, Chamber Choir, Chapel Choir, LS Choir and Jazz Band.

Bring picnics, rugs, candelabras and dress to the nines! Come early to 'bag a spot' on the grass