Words on the Wing: Poetry & Music in Hangar 2 on July 23

July 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

“Flights of Fancy” duo, Sally Crabtree & Laura Frances Martin present aviation inspired music & poetry in Hangar 2

Sally & Laura provide the evening entertainment of our weekend guests – the Vintage Aircraft Club.

Sally started out as a gymnast & at the age of 14 won a scholarship to train in Russia, before going on to become the youngest ever member of the GB women’s gymnastics team competing around the world. Being a gymnast, however, was not something that I had ever dreamt of being – I just liked doing it. I didn’t really dream of becoming anything – I just was happy being! Until the age of 20, that is, when I had the rather strange conviction that I had to be a poet. I say rather strange because although I loved literature, poetry wasn’t necessarily something that had ever been an over riding passion above & beyond anything else. The conviction was so strong however, that it was like an invisible piece of concrete in my resolve. Nothing would budge it (& never has) even though at the time I didn’t even know what I really meant by ‘to be a poet’. I certainly didn’t want to be the kind of boring person most people imagine poets to be (someone self obsessively droning on!) Maybe it was that I wanted to live a free life that I imagined true poets to lead?

Laura is a creative freelancer working across visual arts, writing, performance & arts producing, based in Cornwall in the UK. As a performer Laura has  worked on site specific dance & theatre & film & TV projects, chiefly in Cornwall & the SW;  sung with several Cornwall-based vocal groups; & often includes performative elements in her art commissions. As a producer of arts events, festivals & projects, including, as a Founder & Core artist of ARTiculate, the Island Light Festivals on Scilly; & as a Director of Wadebridge Creative Hub, BikeLights & FIRE & STEAM.

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