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Free music lessons for all initiative coming to Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/20/2020 - 10:41am

Learn to Play Day - a free national event to encourage everyone in the UK to start making music - is coming to Devon this March.

Supported by Jools Holland OBE, and run by charity Music for All, the 2020 Learn to Play Day will take place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March, and will see music shops, teachers, venues and schools throughout the county partner with leading musical instrument brands to offer thousands of FREE music lessons.

So far, participating venues include Musicroom Exeter. The store will be offering free piano, drum and guitar lessons, as well as...

French afternoon workshop: Le Rêve Impressionniste

Event Date: 
05/03/2016 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1QF

The Impressionists’ Dream (1870-1890) Number of participants : five maximum. Cost : £27 Level: Proficient or above Speak and listen to French for three hours with two French tutors, Bernard and Dominique. Learn about an aspect of the French culture in a relaxed informal atmosphere. No prior knowledge is required to attend this workshop on Impressionist painters.

At the end of the 19th century, a small group of Paris-based artists became rebels. The key figures of this artistic movement were Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissaro, Paul Cézanne, Alfred Sisley, and Jean Renoir....

Ben Afflick's Oscar speech delivered useful business advise

From a business standpoint, the three most important lessons that were presented at this year’s Oscars were delivered by one individual — Ben Affleck. Make that four, because he also talked about how you have to continue to work at having a strong marriage. Fortunately that’s how I feel about my marriage too, so I can second his opinion.

Affleck offered life lessons, to be sure, but every business can benefit from them as well.

This also goes for business partnerships. They take work to keep them thriving. You can’t just go through the motions and assume that everything...