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Rhyme Time Ramble
Toddler Group, West Bank Park, York
1 May 2008
‘We enjoyed the rhyme time ramble a lot. Anneliese is ‘fantastic’ and ‘great’ (Oliver’s mummy has never before seen him quite so utterly besotted with a person) ... We are looking forward to the next time we can join Anneliese on an adventure.’
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‘Since the Rhyme Time Ramble I have since been thinking a lot about birds and asking my mum what kinds they are; it is very disappointing that she does not always know. She is very bad at looking at the right time. Ollie and Ed and Sam were the ones who helped Anneliese find most things on the Rhyme Time Ramble. ... My baby brother Paddy still likes the Flubba Dubba Dubba rhyme best. My favourite is Charlie is an Earthworm, I know all the words.’
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York Literature Festival 2008
LitFest LitFeast (for grown-ups only!) at Meltons Too restaurant
Sunday 9 March 2008
‘Thank you for a wonderfully enjoyable, sociable, hedonistic and educational evening on Sunday! It really was a wonderful night out.’
Rowena Field
‘You were amazing last night. What a natural performer you are. I really enjoyed myself. The whole event was incredibly professional. Your poems were great fun. I love the way you play around with sounds of words.’
Gail Fox
‘I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your fabulous performance.’
Anne Hutchison
Ilkley Literature Festival
(with live music specially composed by John Rayson)
7 October 2007
‘Thank you for a truly fantastic performance (by everyone involved) at Ilkley yesterday. My family and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done!
John Sykes
‘What wonderful entertainment, and I will not have been alone in going home and having a good look round my own garden. My friend Jill, who used to teach here, came with her grand-daughter and both were similarly enthralled.’
Margaret Longden, Boyle and Petyt Primary School, Beamsley
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Adrian’s Party
York Environment Centre
15 September 2007
‘It was such a great pleasure for me to be present at your show and see you perform very wonderfully. The way you identified the insects and gave them a sense of life and enabled them to be viewed as persons, was and is a very unique skill … I can imagine how you inspire those who have the privilege to listen to you.’
Wishart Malinga
Visit Wishart’s website to find out about the school he is setting up in his home country, Malawi
‘I really enjoyed your Buzzing - it was great. So is the CD!!’
Dr David Chesmore, Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
Find out about Dr Chesmore’s bioacoustics insect research here
Lord Deramore’s Primary School, Heslington
Year 6 Poetry Workshop
22 June 2007
‘Thanks for the superb workshop. The children have been really fired up about it.’
Peter Heale, Year 6 Teacher
Archbishop of York’s C.E. Junior School, York
Year 6 Poetry Workshop
27 June 2007
‘Thank you once again for the brilliant work you did with the class today. They were literally ‘buzzing’ with excitement. The letter that Francesca wrote on behalf of the class sums up their opinions and you can be assured that this is a true and honest opinion.’
Mr Green, Form Teacher
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Rowntree Park, York
Photography workshop for all the family
13 June 2007
‘I found your tips really useful and you've certainly focussed the kids' minds, as well as their cameras! My daughter took loads of snaps and is really into it now. She is asking for a digital camera with macro facility for her birthday, so you've got her hooked.’
Kate Lock, Friends of Rowntree Park
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The Boyle and Petyt School, Beamsley, North Yorkshire
Buzzing! performances and workshops, 6 June 2007
‘It was funny, humorous, amusing and she never let us be bored.’
Lauren, age 8
More pupils’ feedback (pdf)
‘The children were collecting bugs and looking closely at them for days after your visit - so it really was an inspiring visit.’
Imogen Addy, Head Teacher
‘You really inspired the children in their poetry writing and in the concept of “performance poetry”.’
Karen Bryant, Year 3 & 4 teacher
‘Everyone at school thoroughly enjoyed your inspiring visit - we’d be very happy to recommend you to other venues.’
Margaret Longden, School Administrator
St Nicholas Fields Environment Centre
Buzzing! performance for a class from
Archbishop of York’s CE Junior School,
22 March 2007
‘Thank you so much for the brilliant performance. It was magnificent - Science and Art in an Hour! The children were totally engaged and totally inspired! It also inspired me as a teacher! Congratulations and many thanks - I will certainly tell others about your great show.’
Jonathan Green, Deputy Head, Archbishop of York's CE Junior School
‘A brilliant way of celebrating the world of creepy crawlies and allowing children to engage with nature without the usual ‘urghs’ and ‘yucks’. I can highly recommend this as the class sat enraptured throughout.’
Keely Mellor, York Rotters Officer, St Nicholas Fields Environment Centre
York Literature Festival
Buzzing! performance, Rowntree Park, 11 March 2007
‘What a tour de force! Joyce Grenfell eat your heart out. You were brilliant.’
Verna Campbell, Retired Primary School Head Teacher
‘A great show ... it brought a new dimension to traditional minibeast activities.’
Stephen Whittaker, Community Leisure Officer, Parks & Open Spaces, City of York Council
‘We really enjoyed the afternoon and even learned a lot too! You are truly entertaining and clearly a talented poet.’
Karen Bryant, Primary School Teacher (Key Stage 2)
‘It's always good to get different people in to the Park, and I certainly enjoyed your performance. The children loved getting involved.’
Vicky Harland, Education Officer, Wild About York, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
‘The gig was great fun … Your obvious talent and passion for the subject is a winner for children - you can't fake such things.’
Martine Dunn, Actor
St Piran’s School
Buzzing! performance, Maidenhead, 28 February 2007
‘The show was way cool. I liked the poem about charlie the earthworm
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Kendra, Year 5
‘The poems were awasome. Espicially the charlie was the earth worm.’
Manami, Year 5
‘A resounding success and as Manami and Kendra have both commented, I regularly hear "Charlie is an earthworm" as I walk round school. My favourites were Doug the slug, with his distinctive York accent and the 22 spot ladybird. How you remember all the words is a mystery and they are delivered with such speed and clarity. Not a single mistake!! Anyone wondering whether this would be suitable for their school should contact Anneliese without delay. The pupils (aged 9 to 12) were spellbound and their vocabulary most definitely enriched. Come back when you've written your next volume!’
Clare Howard-Vyse, Form Teacher and Head of Maths
‘hello I loved your poem and the picture of the insect.’
Prajive, Year 7
York Residents 1st Weekend
Buzzing! performance, St Saviourgate Unitarian Chapel,
27 January 2007
‘Many congratulations not only on a superb bravura performance last Saturday evening, but also on the originality and vastly entertaining quality of your poetry. I hope you realise what a stunning event you created and what pleasure it gave to those of us who were lucky enough to attend.’
David Sanderson
‘Thank you for such a refreshing fun original presentation last night. Creative and witty poetry, fine images, accomplished and expressively varied acting, well constructed with appropriate musical interludes. Could not do anything but come out of the chapel - happy!!! You deservedly have a winner.’
Rod and Anne Clark
‘A thorough and stimulating performance, brilliantly conceived, delivered and illustrated - what an actress you are Anneliese, you brought those creatures to life in a hugely entertaining way……looking forward to more.’
Anne Hutchison
‘A fantastic performance, which exceeded all expectations! Please keep me posted on future events.’
Wenke Geddert
‘It’s Buzzing - a winning combination of words, music and pictures; well-crafted poems full of humour and conveyed with panache and dramatic effect. A totally entertaining experience.’
Roger and Anne King
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