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Bedford Choral Society - Offers history, programme, past performances and information on the chamber choir. Includes links to other musical organisations.
The Gazzini Brothers - Gangster costume characters for promotional and corporate events in the United Kingdom.
Swan Theatre Company - Amateur group performing at the Bowen West Theatre and other local venues.
Bedford Town Band - Details of events, information and history on this local brass band.
Bedford Early Dance and Music - Organises historical dance workshops and social events in and around Bedford.
Bedford Saturday Morning Music School - Providing a variety of instrumental groups for Bedfordshire school pupils, aged 4-18. Held every Saturday morning during term time.
Avenues of Sight - Gallery of works by Sarah Longlands, Alan Singleton and Karen Armitstead.
Boots & Boogie Line Dance Club - Classes ranging from beginners to advanced levels. Also provide linedancing parties.
Bedford Bands - Information about local bands and venues.
Bedford Proms in the Park - Major annual social event featuring an orchestra, soloists, choirs and a fireworks and laser display. Secure online ticket ordering.
The Place Bedford - Performing Arts centre offering a 130-seat performance space and rehearsal facilities for theatre groups. Site also features information on theatre courses and booking details for general hire of the centre.
OuseValleyRadio.com - Community radio station targetted at young people, currently Internet-based, though an FM licence has been applied for.
Bedford Creative Arts - Community-based arts group with details of projects and facilities available for hire.
Bedford Amateur Operatic Society - Upcoming productions, events and contacts.
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery - Art collections, exhibitions and other events. Details of collections and a brief history of the gallery.
Water Seen - A portfolio of color photographs showing the effects of light and shade on water, by Andrew Payne.
Bedford Jazz - A non-profit organisation promoting jazz performances in and around the town. Site includes a schedule, concert reviews, and booking information.
Allsmart Entertainments - DJ and disco agency catering for all types of entertainment, covering the town and surrounding region.
Borneo Linnells - Arts - Illustrated directory of local artists, including biographies, contact information and details of works.
Live Acoustic Music in Bedford - Guide to venues and events for acoustic live music the town and surrounding area. Includes folk, blues, rock, ragtime and jazz music.
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They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. -- August Strindberg "'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!'" (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass) Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings. -- George F. Will, journalist, political commentator, 1994 Arts and Entertainment And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. -- Abraham Lincoln The older one grows, the more one likes indecency. -- Virginia Woolf If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent p You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war they kill you in a new way. -- Will Rogers Give me a museum and I'll fill it. -- Pablo Picasso Arts and Entertainment Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't. -- Victor Borge "For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values." (Keith Rupert Murdoch, media mogul, 1931-) If God had meant us to vote, He would have given us candidates. -- Seen on a bumper sticker Arts and Entertainment Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Journalism is merely history's first draft. -- Geoffrey C. Ward "Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings." (Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet) Friends applaud, the Comedy is over. -- Ludwig von Beethoven, dying words Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done. -- Carl Friedrich Gauss, when informed that his wife was dying Arts and Entertainment Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition -- plowing straight ahead, come what may "The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization." 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Mencken Arts and Entertainment "Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking." (H. Jackson Brown (Jr.) "People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say." (Kurt Vonnegut) I shall return. -- General Douglas MacArthur I hate it in friends when they come too late to help. -- Euripides "I was a total loner, not by self-design. I just didn't know what the hell to say to people. I was so shy. I used to stammer and lisp and dribble at the mouth." (Sir Anthony Hopkins, on his youth) Arts and Entertainment "I am the lizard king. I can do anything." (James Douglas Morrison, lead singer of The Doors) May your wife be a witch who takes after her mother, and may you all live together in a one-room house. 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