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Prescot Festival tickets now on sale. Phone 08444 771000 or click here to book online * * Not all events are available to book in advance. For all events not listed, simply pay on the door Fourth Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts Friday 20th - Sunday 29th June 2008 Highlights this year include Liverpool-based folk singer-songwriter John Smith (photo: BBC), a singalong Sound of Music, Korean pianist Young-Choon Park and one of the region's most popular professional chamber orchestras, the St. Helens Sinfonietta. Check these pages regularly for latest details of the packed 2008 programme. MEDIA 2008 Prescot Festival Programme (Updated 22 April 2008, subject to minor changes) Click on links for ticket prices & other information
Fri 20 June	7pm	Prescot Parish Church	Opening Night: West Lancashire Big Band A winning mixture of jazz, popular standards, movie and theatre hits opens this year's Festival

Sat 21 June	11am	Prescot Methodist Centre	Elizabethan Prescot: A talk by Rosemary Tyler
	7pm	Prescot Parish Church	Come & Sing! Vivaldi's Gloria
	8.15pm		Dave Nicholas - Liverpool's number one old-time cinema organist

Sun 22 June	4pm	Prescot Parish Church	Contemporary Music Concert featuring COMA North West & guests
	6.30pm	Zion Independent Methodist Church	Taize: An ecumenical service of worship based around the music and prayers of the Taize Christianity community, in France

Mon 23 June	6.30pm	St Mary & St Paul's Primary School	St Mary & St Paul's Verse-Speaking Festival featuring primary schoolchildren from across Prescot
	8pm	St Paul's Church	Dance Show with the Zodiac Morris Dancers and Prescot School of Dancing

Tue 24 June	7pm	Prescot Suite, Prescot Leisure Centre	Film: The Sound of Music - Singalong

Wed 25 June	7.30pm	Prescot Methodist Centre	Prescot's Got Talent!

Thu 26 June	2 - 4pm	Prescot Museum	Prescot Historic Society Open Afternoon
	7.30pm	Prescot Methodist Centre	Birkenhead Operatic Society: Songs & Scenes from the Shows

Fri 27 June	7.30pm	Our Lady & St Joseph's RC Church	St Helens Sinfonietta play Mozart, Haydn, Schubert & Rossini

Sat 28 June	2 - 5pm	Prescot Methodist Centre	Tea Dance with Northern All Stars Dance Orchestra
	7pm	Prescot Methodist Church	Recital: Korean pianist Young Choon Park
	9.30pm	Prescot Parish Church	Singer-songwriter John Smith

Sun 29 June	6pm	Prescot Parish Church	Choral Evensong (Prescot Parish Church Choir)
	7.30pm		Festival Finale: Fairey Band with guest soprano Laura Hudson

PLUS... Friday - Saturday & Tuesday - Saturday, 9.30 to 11.30am, Prescot Methodist Centre, Coffee Morning & Festival Open House - drop in for a cuppa & a catch-up with the latest Festival news Monday - Friday, 11am to 2pm, Prescot Parish Church, Church Tours & Art Exhibition, featuring works by Eccleston Park Art Group, Prescotia Watercolours & various Prescot schools