SPECIAL performances will be taking place next weekend at a landmark building in Dorset.

The Landmark Trust is celebrating its Golden Anniversary with musical performances at Clavell Tower in Kimmeridge, near Swanage.

A series of special performances will take place at Kimmeridge on the Saturday of the Golden Weekend in celebration of this landmark anniversary.

At 3pm on May 16, Sammy Hurden will lead the Freedance Choir in a performance of ‘An Anthem for Landmark’, which was inspired by the architecture of and stories surrounding Landmark buildings and written specially for the Landmark Trust by award-winning composer Kerry Andrew.

As part of this celebration, which is being coordinated by the county’s rural touring scheme Artsreach, the Freedance Choir will also perform a repertoire of locally inspired music, plus a brand new composition by Sammy, again inspired by Clavell Tower and its surroundings.

The piece, titled The Kimmeridge Kestrel, was written with the support of Dorset AONB.

Also joining the Freedance Choir for this very special event are the South Dorset Ridgeway Singers and Band, led by folk musicians Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries.

This newly formed choir will perform a selection of folk songs plus a range of local traditional sea shanties and quarry songs.

During the afternoon, Kimmeridge Village Hall Committee will also be serving cream teas and ice creams, with funds going towards a new children’s playground for the community.

Also during the Golden Weekend, Dorset Wildlife Trust's Fine Foundation Marine Centre will be open with free entry and a variety of family activities including eco-crabbing, rockpool rambles and arty activities.

Visitors to Kimmeridge will be able to look around inside Clavell Tower between 10am to 4pm, and will also have the opportunity to see the sculpture created and installed down on the shore by renowned artist Antony Gormley especially for Landmark’s 50th anniversary.

All Landmark Trust activities at Kimmeridge on May 16 and 17 are free of charge, though those arriving by car will need to pay a car-parking fee.

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