AUGUST
Sunday 3rd
10.00pm - 4.00pm
PAINTING AND SKETCHING DAY
The grounds of Lamport Hall offer an abundance of inspiration for artists of all abilities. This is an excellent opportunity for sketchbook studies as well as painting. Mary will be on hand throughout the day to demonstrate skills and encourage you with your work. A pack lunch will be needed. Visit our website at www.langtonstudios.com
Tutor: Mary Rodgers, Langton Studios
Tel: 01858 545365
Sunday 24th and Bank Holiday Monday 25th
10.00am - 4.00pm
ANTIQUES & COLLECTOR'S FAIR
Another chance to browse for a bargain through a wide variety of quality antiques, furntiture, porcelain, collectables, jewellery, books, pictures and many other specialist items. New free seminars are planned for the August Fair on a range of antique related topics.
With lots of stalls to choose from there should be something for everyone. Free car parking and free programme.
Admission: Adults £3, Seniors £2.50, children under 16 FREE
Enquiries: For more information or to book a stall ring Antiques 2 Go 01327 871797
SEPTEMBER
Thursday 4th
BRIDGE DRIVE IN AID OF 'CRUSE'
Tel: 01162 793170
Wednesday 10th
2.00pm - 4.30pm
GUIDE TO AUTUMN PLANTING
Autumn is a great time for planting hardy trees and shrubs. This afternoon curse explains how to ensure they will bed down properly for the winter and get off to a flying start next spring. Refreshments provided.
Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
Tuesday 16th
10.00am - 3.30pm
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER STUDY DAY
'Palace to Pleasure Garden: Thames Architecture c.1500 - 1800'
Lectures:
- Magnificence and Sovereignity: Tudor royal palaces
- Aristocratic tastes: the lure of Italy
- Bourgeois civility: the development of riverside urban architecture in the eighteenth century
Rivers have been crucial to the development of architecture and urban space in the western world, nowhere more so than London. This study day will consider the form and growth of metropolitan building on or around the Thanes from the Tudor Renaissance to the establishment of the river as the heart of a modern commercial empire in the late eighteenth century.
Tutor: Dr. Geoff Quilley
Tel: 01162 522866
Contact: Mrs Carol Charles,
Centre for the Study of the Country House
University of Leicester,
LE1 7RH.
Tel: 0116 252 2866
E-mail: cec7@le.ac.uk
Saturday 27th
10.00am - 4.00pm
MELLOW AUTUMN LANDSCAPES
This one-day course looks at the changing colours, shapes and textures of trees and plants in the Hall's grounds. Explore combinations of drawing and painting media in both quick sketches and more detailed studies. Individual and group tuition, beginners and improvers welcome.
Tutor: Pat Taylor
Tel: 01604 714235
OCTOBER
Saturday 11th/ Sunday 12th
10.00am - 5.00pm
ANNUAL GIFT AND CRAFT FAIR
A wide selection of quality and interesting craft and gift items; an ideal opportunity to shop for that birthday or Christmas present or a treat for yourself.
Admission: Adult £3.50, Seniors £3.00. Children (11-16) £1.50, unders 11s free
Organised by Lamport Enterprises
Tel: 01604 686272
Wednesday 15th
PLANTS FOR FREE!
Autumn is the best time for increasing your stocks of a range of plants. During this day course, we will be taking cuttings, collecting and sowing seed and cutting up bulbs. Lunch included.
Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
Tuesday 21st
10.00am - 3.30pm
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
'China in England'
Following on from last year's 'Crash course in China' this is a one day course recognising and 'reading' the ornamental Ceramics in England's and Europe's houses, with particular focus on the position and meaning of Porcelain - from palaces to the everyday interior, from the 16th century to the present.
Lectures:
- Ceramic Basics: What is it?
A usful grounding in pottery, covering the potter's terms and identification e.g. Hard Paste/ Soft paste/ Bone China/ Chinese/ Japanese/ German/ English... Defining 'porcelain' - how to recognize where it comes from; why and how it evolved in China; how it was brought to the West; and why and how it was imitated in Europe.
- The Equipage: Tea with Sam Johnson
'In the morning I rose, and drank very small tea wothout milk, and had nothing more that day'
From the 17th century onwards the Porcelain Trade both drove and was driven by inporation of Tea, Coffee and Chocolate, social lubricants eventually reaching all social strata by the late 18th century. We follow this evolution in pictures, objects and words of the period, including observations from the Great Doctor himself, an unquenchable tea-addict.
And what constitutes a 'Tea Set' or Equipage?
The audience's turn to be experts: handling ceramics from Lamport's own china, plus pieces brought by Lars and some, we hope, from you (at your own risk, maximum one piece per person). We regroup after lunch to test and build on our morning's knowledge: 'no learning without mistakes'.
Tutor: Mr Lars Tharp (of Antiques Roadshow fame)
Contact: Mrs Carol Charles,
Centre for the Study of the Country House
University of Leicester,
LE1 7RH.
Tel: 0116 252 2866
E-mail: cec7@le.ac.uk
NOVEMBER
Wednesday 5th
10.00am - 4.00pm
CONTAINER GARDENING
Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
email: andrewmikol@btinternet.com
A practical day course on planting containers for interest throughout winter and into spring 2009! We'll learn how to ensure that plants in containers thrive and give off their best over a long period, through the use of correst compost, additives, watering and pruning. Then we'll plant a windowbox that will give any house kerb appeal during the dark months and a large container that will keep you looking forward to spring. All materials are provided and instructions on aftercare will be given.
A fun, relaxing, but instructive day out!
Wednesday 12th
10.00am - 4.00pm
CONTAINER GARDENING
Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
email: andrewmikol@btinternet.com
A practical day course on planting containers for interest throughout winter and into spring 2009! We'll learn how to ensure that plants in containers thrive and give off their best over a long period, through the use of correst compost, additives, watering and pruning. Then we'll plant a windowbox that will give any house kerb appeal during the dark months and a large container that will keep you looking forward to spring. All materials are provided and instructions on aftercare will be given.
A fun, relaxing, but instructive day out!
DECEMBER
Thursday 4th
7.30 pm
LAMPORT SOCIETY CHRISTMAS PARTY
Start your Christmas celebrations with mulled wine, festive entertainment by members of a local choir and a buffet supper. For Lamport Society members and their guests only. For more information about membership please telephone: 01604 686272
For more details on any of the above events please call the contact telephone number provided.
NEW FOR 2008
THE LAMPORT HALL CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROGRAMME
The following courses will run on demand from May to October:
The Art of Threading; Indian Head Massage; Herbal Facial Therapy; and Mehndi/ Henna Art.
Day courses on Tuesdays or Wednesdays
Tutor: Jeet Savani
Tel: 07966 453322
Cultural Awareness Training
Discover Your Inner Self - Through Meditation, Mantras and Spirituality
Lamport Hall "History and Heritage" - session for Asian communities in Gujarati and Hindi followed by a tour of the Hall.
Half day courses on Mondays or Thursdays
Tutor: Dharmendra Shukla
Tel: 07737 359392
2009
Sunday May 24th/ Bank Holiday Monday May 25th
10.00am to 5.00pm
TWENTY-SECOND LAMPORT STEAM AND COUNTRY FESTIVAL
This year's festival has now taken place - The Lamport Steam and Country Festival will be back for its 22nd second year in 2009!
