Canterbury Cricket Week ceremonies. As of 2017, there have been 166 Canterbury Cricket Weeks held. The week continued through the Second World War with cricket being held on the ground each season. The politician and journalist Bill Deedes wrote in 2000: "while the Second World War was on, I consoled myself by thinking that Canterbury Cricket Week, founded in 1842 with its tents and famous lime tree, unchanging in a changing world, was the sort of thing I was in business to preserve." Traditionally Canterbury Cricket Week has included a Ladies day with prizes being awarded for the best hat on the day.
The Glory Tree The Glory Tree The Glory Tree is a song cycle for solo soprano and chamber ensemble by the British composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad. It was first performed in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre in June 2005. "The Glory Tree" was inspired by Shamanic rituals and is set to the text of Old English poems, including "Dream of the Rood" and "Judith". Frances-Hoad described the composition in the score program notes, writing: "The Glory Tree" has a duration of roughly 15 minutes and is composed in five connected movements: Frances-Hoad detailed the structure of the composition, writing: The work is