Opera anywhere
A rather exciting event is taking place at the iconic Red Hut on Sunday 30 June at 2pm
Rebecca Hojlund a local trained opera singer is performing a collection of songs from the Opera as part of her new project “Opera Anywhere”
So do join her as she blends Nature and song effortlessly
Town crier
A wonderful warm welcome to 25 students from Montreuil -sur-Mer on an exchange trip with Rye College Aquinas Trust
Paul Edward Goring and our new Mayor
Andy Stuart
Mayor making day
Congratulations to Rye’s new Mayor
Andy Stuart
And to Rye Town Council celebrating 50 years
A great day to celebrate despite the rain
We are celebrating 200 years of Saving Lives at Sea. Here is the Shanty that Martin Bruce wrote to honour all the amazing volunteers and the development from 1824 till now.
This video could not have been made without the amazing help of the crew RNLI Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station who gave up their time on Saturday and played many different rôles throughout
ClearAirFlying( amazing footage Stu)
@dockyarddogs ( awesome singing)
and some great organisation behind the scenes including a visit from ITV Meridian
Full story in Rye News this Friday
SIX Awards and counting
David Roder at The Rye Waterworks Micropub was presented with his sixth award on Tuesday 27 February
He was a tad pleased
so he should be
He thanked all his staff Ulla, Morganne, Jo-Jo, Lotte, Ross, Pete, Paul, Debbie, Damo and Tim. The pub would not be the award-winner that it is without their support and the support of the amazing punters.
Story in Rye News on Friday
Ryecast meets Noel Varley - the local legend with stories of wartime Rye, travels to far away places and thoughts about life in town today.
Search for Ryecast wherever you get your podcasts or www.ryecast.org
@ryecastsussex
Saturday February 17 the Community Centre was buzzing with activity and the sharing of knowledge of how to best improve our environment. There were experts on hand to answer questions and people went away armed with leaflets and a deeper understanding of what they could get involved in.
Full story in Rye News on Friday
Strandliners
Sue Learoyd Smith
I Love Rye because...
Preview episode of Ryecast 2024 and ideas from @newsrye about what’s so special about Rye. Hear the whole podcast @ryecastsussex or www.ryecast.org
What’s your suggestion?
Thanks to @serenatahospitality for the idea.
@ryecastsussex @newsrye
The people of Rye Harbour and Rye donated lots of warm clothes, hand warmers and money for the charity Warming Up the Homeless and brought them to the service at Rye Harbour Church of the Holy Spirit
They donations were collected today and the charity’s outreach workers were blown away with the donations
Read all about it in Rye News this Friday
Our lead story this week in Rye News is about a SCAM which took place at Winchelsea Beach at New Year
ITV Meridian are reporting on this story tonight at 6
Read all about it in Rye News
Muhammad Ali & Me.
On this weeks Ryecast I’ve been talking to a local songwriter who the the worlds greatest boxer described as his favourite musician. Michel spent 4 years travelling the world with Ali and they made an album together.
Hear their story and some incredible archive by searching for Ryecast or visit www.ryecast.org @ryecastsussex @newsrye
