Kent County Cricket Club part in the competition again in 2018. Kent's main ground is the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury. This ground has been used by the club since 1847 and Kent have played over 500 first-class matches at the ground. It is famous for having a tree, the St Lawrence Lime, on the playing field. The original tree, around which the ground was built, was broken in two by high winds in January 2005 and replaced by a smaller replacement lime tree later in the same year. The ground hosts the annual Canterbury Cricket Week, the oldest cricket festival in the world.
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