ARE you a young budding songwriter? If so, your creation could be 'part of history' by being played at the unveiling of the new Mary Anning statue in Lyme Regis in front of thousands of people.
Award winning music-theatre group, the Electric Voice Theatre is looking for primary school students either in groups or individually to write a song about Mary Anning’s life, discoveries and even her faithful dog Tray. The entry can either be a full song, just the lyrics or even just some musical notes.
As reported, a statue in tribute to Lyme Regis fossil hunter Mary Anning and her dog, Tray, was approved by Dorset Council.
The charity Mary Anning Rocks which has campaigned and raised funds for the statue hopes to have it up and ready for it to be unveiled on May 21 this year, exactly 223 years after Mary’s birth.
The campaign for the statue was led by local schoolgirl Evie Swire who set about fundraising with her mother, Anya Pearson after realising that the resort had no statue to mark Mary Anning’s history.
The music competition is being judged by a panel of experts including Judith Weir, Master of the Queen’s Music.
The Electric Voice Theatre is an ensemble commissioning, creating, researching and performing vocal music by women composers for theatrical performance, participating in creative multi-disciplinary collaborations, and delivering workshops connecting children and adults to their local creative and cultural environment.
Since 2013 the company has focused on celebrating the lives and work of Women in STEAMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths and Medicine) with their project Minerva Scientifica.
Electric Voice Theatre is currently collaborating with their Artistic Director, Frances M Lynch, on her project Voices for the Future which is seeking to discover, honour, and promote female voices past and present and to inspire, guide and build diverse voices for the future.
To enter the competition, register your interest at www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk
Winners will be announced at the free Lyme Regis Fossil Festival performance of 'Mary Anning and her Sisters in Science' in the Marine Theatre at 1pm on Sunday, May 1.
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