Created for schools a musical journey through the last ten centuries showcasing different parts of history such as the Black Death the legend of Robin Hood Henry VIII's six wives and Captain Cook's voyages around the world. Including information needed to create a school production including production notes cast list and business plan.

This show creates a musical journey through the last ten centuries featuring tales of what really happend to characters of the Bayeux Tapestry at night; 11 century Britain with the 'Domesday Crew'; Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral; King John and the Magna Carta; The Black Death rocking Europe; the elusive Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest; Geoffrey Chaucer researching his next book; Joan of Arc on trial for witchcraft; the six queens of Henry VIII; Guy Fawkes the not-so-successful espionage agent; Captain Cook's around the world voyages; the Industrial Revolution and Victorian Age; the evacuees of World War II; and the technological developments of the 20thCentury.Suitable for Key Stages 2 and 3.Suitable for non-specialist teachers.Includes a compendium of ideas for staging (including costumes props and casting) fundraising advertising and general behind-the-scenes duties.

The Lone State boasts many cultural riches and its gifts to the blues tradition are among its most exemplary treasures. The range of Texas blues guitar styles both rural and urban is captured in this collection of fourteen performances by four legendary Texas bluesmen. Blazing 1991 performances by the great Albert Collins generate a heat which belies his Iceman moniker. Freddie King cooks at full boil in a 1972 set which includes his signature song Going Down. Rare 1960 footage of Lightnin' Hopkins shows how intense the downhome acoustic Texas blues could be. A 1968 performance by Mance Lipscomb traces the blues tradition to its work song taproot withCaptain Captain. Alternately stark and celebratory the Texas blues of these performances comprise a legacy as expansive as the Lone State's legendary vistas.