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	Colchester Zoo - A centre of excellence in conservation research and education which welcomes visitors to see the wide range of animals, including elephant and wolf breeding programmes, Spirit of Africa enclosure and Wilds of Asia complex.
	Colchester Orchestra - All concerts will be held at St Botolph's Church Colchester on Saturdays and commence at 7.30pm.
	Colchester Youth Chamber Orchestra - A charitable trust providing young musicians from North East Essex and Suffolk border area the opportunity to play classical and modern music at public concerts under professional direction.
	Colchester Jazz Cooperative - A collective of various people (from teens to retired) with various musical tastes (from trad to free) who are unified by their desire to improvise music.
	Colchester Arts Centre - Rock and folk gigs, club nights, comedy, world music, jazz, drama and kids theatre and workshops.
	Colchester Leisure World - One of the biggest and most comprehensive leisure, sport and recreation complexes in East Anglia.
	African Drum Beat - Dedicated to West African rhythms. The aim is to educate and inform. Lists drumming teachers and drum makers, and includes rhythm samples.
	Digital Imaging Workshop - Includes galleries of sample digital images and full contact details.
	Signals Media Arts - Supporting film and video artists and providing community access through production, exhibitions and training.
	East Anglian Railway Museum - The finest and most comprehensive collection of period railway architecture and engineering in East Anglia.
	Dream 100 - Commercial radio station. Includes presenter profiles, playlist, contact information and is also available on FM.
	Colchester Bach Choir - A mixed choral group. Includes history, future programme and pictures.
	University of Essex Indie Society - Music on the Colchester campus and surrounding area. Events, news, forum and calendar.
	Layer Marney Tower - An Italianate masterpiece, built in about 1515, it is the tallest Tudor gatehouse in England and was originally intended to rival Hampton Court. Includes a history and photographs.
	Headgate Theatre - Company administered by Theatre Arts Action Trust. Rental and booking rates, current and past productions, and newsletter.
	Shoestring Theatre Company - Small amateur dramatic society based in Layer de la Haye. Productions, members and news.

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One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. - General George Patton Arts and Entertainment Where there is love there is life. -- Gandhi Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -- Martin Mull When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree. -- William Blake Arts and Entertainment Establishing yourself, furnishing a house, building up a comfortable existence, and having that menace hanging over your head all the time - no, I prefer to live in hotels, caf�s, just passing through Books had instant replay long before televised sports. -- Bern Williams Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards. -- Benjamin Franklin Many a wife thinks her husband is the world's greatest lover. But she can never catch him at it. 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