Annual Review 2004 - The Prince of Wales

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Shakespeare Schools Festival Involvement in the Shakespeare Schools Festival helped to transform a failing school into one that is now ‘drama mad’. Holloway School in London took part in the festival two years ago with a performance of Macbeth. The school put on a professional performance on the night and two years later, in the words of teacher Mary Casey, “the whole school is drama mad.” The Prince attended a performance at Hackney Empire of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream by St Aidan’s School in Harrogate. He was there to launch the Million Kids Challenge from Arts & Kids. Now in its fourth year, the Shakespeare Schools Festival has gone from strength to strength and has helped nearly 15,000 11 to 15-year-olds perform on stage all over the country. The organisation of the festival is aided by The Prince of Wales’s Arts & Kids Foundation, of which The Prince is President and founder. The festival offers school children the chance to put on a half-hour production at their local theatre, and has already put thousands of young actors on professional stages. Chris Grace, director of the event, said: “The festival is all about giving young people their first taste of drama, introducing new audiences to their local theatres, and bringing Shakespeare out of the classroom and back onto the stage.” The festival patrons include Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Cherie Booth and Tom Stoppard. On the importance of the arts, The Prince said: “The arts are a window on our world that can capture a child’s imagination and let it grow. We should all have the opportunity to look through that window.” The Prince of Wales meets students of his Drawing School during a visit to Smithfield Market, London. The Prince was viewing the work of the students who were making architectural sketches of the market.
Promoting and protecting Acting as a Catalyst The Prince of Wales has had, over some decades, a perhaps unrivalled opportunity to meet people and to hear their aspirations and concerns as he undertakes ‘awaydays’ and other engagements and visits around the country. His Royal Highness tries to use his access to people from all walks of life to ensure that views and concerns which might not otherwise be heard receive some exposure and support. The Prince can act as a catalyst, with often unseen effect, by raising issues in correspondence or at private meetings, seminars and events with a wide range of influential individuals and groups, as well as through speeches and, articles, and television and radio contributions. The Prince also tries to do what he can more generally, to promote and protect national values, traditions and excellence – whether it be encouraging tolerance and respect for other faiths and ethnic groups, supporting traditional ways of life in rural communities, or recognising those who achieve success on the local, national or international stage. Rural Communities A good example of how The Prince works to safeguard what he believes is best about Britain is his long-standing suppport for rural communities. As a farmer himself, His Royal Highness cares deeply about the British countryside and the welfare of those who live and work in it. Maintaining a healthy agricultural sector is vital to the country, not just because the landscape relies on the accumulated knowledge of farming communities for its continued stewardship, but also because the social fabric of the countryside depends on a strong farming base. As part of The Prince’s determination to support British farmers, particularly smaller family farms, he is doing all that he can to encourage local sourcing, not only by retailers and food-service companies, but also by public bodies such as schools. As His Royal Highness said in November last year at the launch of Business in the Community’s Local Sourcing Guide (a new guide for farmers and small producers to help them to understand the processes involved in working with larger retailers and food-service operators): “We are rapidly losing what is left of our local culture. When we finally wake up and find it is all gone, we cannot just reinvent it or grow it in yet another test tube. It is a living, delicate organism that has to be nurtured because ‘agri-culture’ should be exactly that – a subtle blend of a production system with a profoundly important psycho-social component.” 30 - 31
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