Launch of Wilfred Owen Festival as Supported by the Mary Hignett Bequest
Fri, Oct 19th 2018 at 7:00 pm- Sat, Nov 17th 2018 - 10:00 pm
The exciting and wide ranging Wilfred Owen Festival is due to launch today.
The Mary Hignett Bequest Fund has supported this festival to enable poetry workshops by The Emergency Poet to be delivered to local Primary Schools.
Follow the link below to have a look at what happened when The Emergency Poet visited.
Mary Hignett Funds visits by The Emergency Poet to four Oswestry Primary Schools
The main event is launched tonight at Oswestry's Wynnstay Hotel.
Download the full Festival programme here.
Wilfred Owen Statue Unveiling
Saturday 20th October, 11am
Cae Glas Park, Oswestry SY11 1AP
The Wilfred Owen Statue will be officially unveiled at a ceremony in Cae Glas Park. The Wilfred Owen violin will play and Owen’s poetry will be brought to life through music and verse with the beautiful voice of
soprano Natasha Day. The statue will be the only life sized one in honour of the soldier and war poet and is the work of local artist Tim Turner.
The statue will feature Owen in military uniform with a book and a pencil in hand. Words from his letters and poems will adorn the statue in the handwriting of local primary school children. There will also be live new poems written by pupils from The Marches
School, Oswestry School, Lakelands Academy, Moreton Hall School and the Derwen College.
Free Admission
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