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    A Charming Place: Jane Austen in Bath and the West Country

    Fri, May 9 • 7:30 PM

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    How to Understand a Trout in its World

    Tue, May 6 • 7:30 PM

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    'Have a Go' Morris Dancing

    Sat, May 3 • 11:00 AM

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The CERNE GIANT FESTIVAL was born out of our vibrant May Day tradition, when the Morris Dancers and villagers gather at dawn on the Trendle, the original  site of the village Maypole at the top of the Cerne Giant. Here we salute the sunrise and celebrate the start of summer with a barrel of Beltane Beer.  Begun in 2017, the Festival has now extended to about 3 weeks. With a theme of ‘Celebrating Humanity in the Landscape’, there will be a huge variety of events including workshops, talks, and walks so that there is something for everyone to explore their own connection with landscape of Dorset and what it means to them. Any profits from the Festival will go towards maintaining the fabric and work of the churches in the participating villages.