2010
Events
From Park to Pit - Ramble through the Rhondda this June for Macmillan
Rhondda
Heritage Park, nr Pontypridd, is pleased to support the Macmillan Rhondda Walk
once again.
The popular tourist attraction is urging people in the Rhondda
to pledge to walk 11 miles on Saturday 12 June 2010.
The Rhondda Walk, now
in its 2nd year, sets off from Tynewydd Park, Treherbert continuing down the Rhondda
Valley through Treorchy, Ystrad, Tonypandy and Porth before finishing at the Rhondda
Heritage Park.
Nicola Newhams, Business Development & Events Manager
at the Rhondda Heritage Park added, "Rhondda Heritage Park is delighted to
once again support the Macmillan Cancer Charity Walk. This is our second year
of supporting such an important charity and we would urge anyone out there to
get involved - no matter how small - every effort can make a huge difference".
Debbie
Jones, Fundraising Manager, said "The Rhondda Walk raised an incredible £7,000
last year for people affected by cancer and their families in the area. This year
we hope to attract an even larger number of people to get together, put their
walking boots on, have fun and get healthy, and at the same time raise even money
to help local people living with cancer".
So come and get involved with
the Rhondda Walk now! Register for only £10, and you will receive a fundraising
pack in the post, together with a t-shirt and goody bag on the day. For more information,
or to register, please contact Helen Ashcroft on 01656 867968, email hashcroft@macmillan.org.uk
or register via our website at www.macmillan.org.uk/walks.
FREE
DAYS OUT IN 2010
Individuals, schools and colleges are welcome to attend a range of Free afternoon talks and events taking place at Rhondda Heritage Park, Nr Pontypridd in 2010.
Here's what's available for the forthcoming year……..
" The Coal Industry in South Wales during the Second
World War presented by Dr Stuart Broomfield
Wednesday 14th April 2-4pm
"
Growing English Roses with Mike Thompson, Rhondda Rose Society
Wednesday 12th
May 2-4pm
" Family History Research and your local library
Wednesday
2nd June 2-4pm
For many people their local library is the first place
they visit when beginning research into their family tree. Nick Kelland will explain
how the Family History Resources held in the local studies collections of Rhondda
Cynon Taff Libraries can help your research
" Lewis Merthyr Community
Singing Day
Saturday 19th June 10.30- 4.30
Join us and the Welsh National
Opera on a free one-day community singing workshop and learn from the professionals
while having fun with family, friends and neighbours.
No previous singing or
music experience is required. Participants should be 13yrs and over (u16yrs must
be accompanied by a adult). Places must be pre-booked and you will be required
to stay all day
" Professor Dai Smith Lecture - 'A Rhondda Carnival:
Riots and Writers'
Wednesday 7th July 2pm-4pm
" Growing and Using Herbs with horticulturist, broadcaster and author Sheena Crossley Wednesday 4th August 2-4pm
" Gardening Made Easier with Sheena Crossley
Wednesday
8th September 2-4pm
" Cordell Festival
Saturday 18th & Sunday
19th September
11am - 4pm Daily
Join us in celebrating the works of
the renowned author Alexander Cordell( 1917 - 1997) in particular 'This Sweet
and Bitter Earth' as we commemorate the Centenary of the Tonypandy Riots of 1910
.
This FREE two day event features music, theatre, tours, Welsh crafts and
food plus lots more
" September - Open Doors. Free admission to Rhondda Heritage Park every weekend this month as part of the Open Doors Scheme. Please reserve your underground tour in advance
" Glimpses of 20th Century America by Gareth Gill, RCT Museums Education Officer. Wednesday 6th October 2-4pm
Places must be booked in advance by contacting Reception on 01443 682036. All afternoon talks include complimentary refreshments .
A full events listing for 2010 can be found by visiting our web site www.rhonddaheritagepark.com
Further
Information:
Nicola Newhams, Business Development & Events Manager
01443
682036 / 680932 Email nicola@rhonddaheritagepark.com
Priorities
: Photographic Exhibition - Glenn Edwards
A photographic exhibition opening at Rhondda Heritage Park Gallery this week examines peoples' wants in Africa and in Wales when confronted by the simple question… What is the most important thing in your life?
The exhibition is the work of Newport photographer Glenn Edwards who studied under magnum photographer David Hurn from 1983 - 1985. He was UK News Photographer of the Year in 1998.
These photographs were taken in a vox pop style, not asking hundreds of people and picking the best, just asking people he has met, asking the question and recording the answers. They cover all ages, occupations and lifestyles in Wales and around Africa.
Artists
statement:
'People often ask me how I feel after a trip to Africa, seeing and
meeting people living in different cultures and lifestyles. It is always interesting
to watch the reactions when I always answer in the positive regardless of the
severity of the situation I have been in. It seems peoples' perception of Africa
is dictated by what is seen on TV and in newspapers and that is usually negative.
Or through ignorance from racism engrained in minds by education from adult to
child.
People tend to switch off because of compassion fatigue when another picture of another starving child is seen and then they end up with a total lack of understanding of how people actually live in Africa because of the resulting lack of interest, so negative thoughts and barriers remain.
Are we so different just because we live on different continents, just because one lives in the sun and the other the rain, most of the time, because one is rich and one is poor, because one is black and one is white?
The idea came when I asked a Head
Teacher such a question in The Gambia. He took me by the arm to a pile of bricks
outside the school and picked one up. He said ' this is the
most important
thing to me as this will be a new classroom for another 40 children '. I wondered
what a Head Teacher would say in Newport or Swansea.
Are we different? Do we think in a different way? Are our loves and values so alien to each other that we must keep barriers raised? For me the answer is NO!'
Glenn Edwards invites
viewers to examine the responses and then decide for your self.
Priorities
is a Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery Touring Exhibition produced with financial
support from the Arts Council of Wales. The show can be seen at Rhondda Heritage
Park until 28 February.
The Gallery is open Tuesday -Sunday, 9am -4.30pm.
Admission is free.
Watch this space for details of forthcoming events.
