Scenes from the 2004 festival

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The opening concert started with the Barber of Seville Overture The attractive setting enhances the musical experience
The audience had a picnic with their musical feast The Polesden Prom
performed by 
The North Downs Concert Orchestra
Conductor - Jonathan Butcher
Soloist - Jane Streeton 
Grand Firework Finale to the Blue Danube Waltz A rhapsody in blue?
  
A Tribute to the Rat Pack featured
David Alacey as Frank Sinatra
Harry Crawley as Dean Martin
Rahul D'Mello as Sammy Davis Jnr
The trio sang with the band Opus One An enthusiastic audience enjoyed some great songs
Having fun with a member of the audience! I did it my way!

  
A Pirate's Picnic featured soloists from
Candlelight Productions with
Dov Citron as Captain Hook
and Martin Clark as Smee
with the British Airways Band

The Band opened the show Smee and Captain Hook have fun with the crowd
Pirates line up for the fancy dress competition. A soloist in good voice!
  
On Sunday evening we presented "The Blues Band"
featuring Paul Jones Dave Kelly Tom McGuiness
Gary Fletcher Tom Townsend.
  
The first half was an acoustic set This year was the Blues Band 25th Anniversary

The second half was the electric set

 The audience enjoyed some of the most skilled blues practitioners
  
Ros Rokison directed our Shakespearean production of
Much Ado About Nothing
  
The play opens to the sound of lute music written by Pip Burley The set was sketched by Ros Rokison, developed and built by David and Sarah Holland
A stylish dance is enacted Verges (Steve Billingshurst) and Dogberry (Andy Diamond) with the Watch
"That kiss!" between Beatrice(Alison Hannant) and Benedick(Peter Hill) LIghting designed by Bob Bustance enhanced the magic of the scenes
All's well that ends well (or is that another play?) The couples are reunited at the end
  
The Festival ended with the
Greville Day - Polesden at War
directed by Margaret Hunter
 

Monty chats with guests as Winston looks on

The Land Girls sit to listen to the The New Foxtrot Serenaders in their Home Guard uniforms

A Willis jeep, Austin 7 and Trojan cars brought some of the guests

The YMCA tea service is appreciated in the courtyard

The Spitfire gave a thrilling flying display

Sometimes it was the right way up!

The House Party assembled between two Lagondas