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Libraries’ Young Poets perform at Ledbury
Posted: 20/06/2011 09:04:54
Herefordshire Council’s Young Poet Laureates Ben Ray and Hal Husbands are to perform at this year’s Ledbury Poetry Festival (July 1 to 10), supporting Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
This will be the festival’s launch event on Friday 1st July 7.30pm at 9pm at the community Hall in Ledbury.
Carol Ann Duffy is an extraordinary poet and a mesmerising performer, she brings a real urgency and importance to 21st century poetry. She will be joined by the talented musician John Sampson.
The Young poets will give a short performance of their own work as an overture to this prestigious event.
Councillor Roger Phillips, Herefordshire Council’s cabinet member for enterprise and culture, said: “I am delighted the young poet laureates are again being given an opportunity to be part of this major festival in Ledbury. They are both very excited to have this opportunity to perform for a large audience.”
The young poet laureates jointly won the Young Poet Laureate for Herefordshire back in October 2010 and they will be in post until National Poetry Day in October 2011.
Ben Ray has performed alongside the poet Brian Moses at the Schools Library Festival and Hal has performed at a Poetry Society event in London and at an event in the Applestore Gallery in Hereford.
“Awesome – I am not worthy,” was Hal’s initial response to the news of the gig.
Ben is in the midst of his GCSEs at the moment and recently he had to write a poem and perform it at The John Kyrle prom, he claimed that that was the most nerve racking performance he has had to do so far.
Tickets for the event are £10 from the Festival Box Office on 0845 458 1743. For the full programme go to www.poetry-festival.com
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