NO.
|
TIMING
|
ITEM
|
READER
|
SECTION 1.
|
Introduction and History |
GILL |
1a
|
5.00 |
A
personal glimpse of ‘All Hallows Eve’ in
Central Europe, including an except from "TYROLEAN
JOURNAL" by C Henry Warren. |
BENEDICT |
1b
|
O.30 |
"DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND
WEEP" Author
Unknown
|
DIANA |
1c
|
0.55 |
"THE
TWILIGHT PEOPLE" by Seamus O’Sullivan |
LESLEY |
| SECTION
2. |
Not too gloomy, some poems/narrative
about death can be quite amusing! |
GILL |
2a
|
1.25 |
"LET ME DIE A YOUNGMAN’S
DEATH" by
Roger McGough
|
LOUIS |
2b
|
1.12 |
"A
PIECE OF TOAST" by Max Ehrmann |
JOHN |
2c
|
1.30 |
"FROM
A DIRGE FOR ONE WHO FELL IN BATTLE" by Thomas William Parsons
4 SHORT EPITAPHS
|
PAULINE |
2d
|
4.0 |
"THE
VAN LADY …" an excerpt from Alan Bennett |
GILL |
| SECTION
3. |
Poems about the seasons and
certain animals conjure up the atmosphere of All Hallows
Eve |
GILL |
3a
|
2.12 |
"DIARY
OF A CHURCH MOUSE" by John Betjaman
|
PAULINE |
3b
|
2.00 |
"BLACKBERRY PICKING" by Seamus Heaney |
JOHN |
3c
|
1.13 |
"GOD’S GRANDEUR" by Gerard Manley Hopkins |
LESLEY |
3d
|
0.35 |
"THE
HEDGEHOG" by Leonard Clark |
PAULINE |
3e
|
1.43 |
from
"THE BURNING OF LEAVES" by Lawrence Binion
|
DIANA |
| SECTION
4. |
Poems with a taste of phantoms
and spirits and witches! |
GILL |
4a
|
1.30 1.40
|
TWO GHOST STORIES (a 15th century poem)
|
LOUIS
and LESLEY
|
4b
|
1.38 |
"THE
LISTENERS" by Walter de la Mare |
JACKIE |
4c
|
1.00 |
"THE
SONG OF WANDERING AENGUS" by W. B. Yeats
|
BENEDICT |
4d
|
1.10 |
"THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS" by Rudyard Kipling
|
PAULINE |
4e
|
0.30 |
"ALL
HALLOWS EVE" by Ann Bonner |
HANNAH,
LIZZIE, NATALIE |
4f
|
1.35 |
"THE
WITCH" by Walter de la Mare |
HANNAH,
LIZZIE, NATALIE |
4g
|
2.00 |
THE
WITCHES (from ‘MACBETH’) by William Shakespeare
|
DIANA,
LESLEY and JACKIE |
| SECTION
5. |
The ‘modern day’
version of Halloween! Or is it? |
GILL |
5a
|
2.00 |
Excerpt
from "THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 ¾"
by Sue Townsend |
GILL |
5b
|
4.00 |
GRAVEYARD LURCHING An
Irish Tale by Pat Lawler
|
JACKIE |
5c
|
1.15 |
"HALLOWEEN"
by David Ward |
LIZZIE,
HANNAH NATALIE
|
5d
|
0.20 |
"HALLOWEEN"
by Leonard Clark |
LESLEY |
