{"id":3014,"date":"2015-12-24T11:43:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T11:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2017-02-22T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:31:53","slug":"going-rounds-new-hardy-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?p=3014","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Going The Rounds&#8217; with the New Hardy Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the old Dorset Christmas tradition of &#8216;Going The Rounds&#8217; in Thomas Hardy&#8217;s day immortilised in Under the Greenwood Tree. This 2 hour long presentation features carols and readings performed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/hardyonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Hardy Players<\/a>, Ridgeway Choir and Band, led by Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries. Ridgeway Radio&#8217;s Andy Worth describes the scene and superbly captures the spirit of the occasion in this recording<!--more--> with contributions from many of the participants. He joins around 130 folk at Hardy&#8217;s Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, and the new Hardy Visitor Centre in Thorcombe Wood before moving on to Kingston Maurward, with the event concluding at St Michael&#8217;s Church, Stinsford.<\/p>\n<h4>Andy writes:<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;A local version of Going the Rounds was devised 29 years ago by Furse Swann and acted out bi-yearly by the Hampshire based Madding Crowd until 2013. This year, 2015, Tim Laycock was invited to take on on the organisation of a new approach to the event, which adds theatrical and musical elements to the traditional proceedings. With the help of the New Hardy Players, the Ridgeway Singers and Band (Conductor: Alastair Simpson), the Frome Valley Mummers, plus some members of the Madding Crowd; Tim Laycock, Phil Humphries, and Furse Swann, all created an exciting promenade performance based on Hardy&#8217;s &#8216;Under the Greenwood Tree&#8217;, that took an enthusiatic audience on a two and a half hour journey around locations in Higher and Lower Bockhampton, through the grounds of Kingston Maurward, finishing with West Gallery singing, readings, and a Mummers play in St Michael&#8217;s church at Stinsford.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click the play button to listen to the recording. It is also featured on our <a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=2222\">Worldwide<\/a> page under Special Features.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ridgewayradio.org.uk\/wp\/audio\/GoingTheRounds.mp3\">Going The Rounds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the old Dorset Christmas tradition of &#8216;Going The Rounds&#8217; in Thomas Hardy&#8217;s day immortilised in Under the Greenwood Tree. This 2 hour long presentation features carols and readings performed by the New Hardy Players, Ridgeway Choir and Band, led by Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries. 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