1Good morning. You're through to the tourist information office.
2Tim speaking. How can I help you?
3Oh hello.
4Could you give me some information about next month's festival, please?
5My family and I will be staying in the town that week.
6Of course.
7Well, it starts with a concert on the afternoon of the 17th.
8Oh I heard about that.
9The orchestra and singers come from the USA, don't they?
10They're from Canada.
11They're very popular over there.
12They're going to perform a number of well-known pieces that will appeal to children as well as adults.
13That sounds good.
14My whole family are interested in music.
15The next day, the 18th,
16there's a performance by a ballet company called Eustatis.
17Sorry?
18The name is spelt E-U-S-T-A-T-I-S.
19They appeared in last year's festival, and went down very well.
20Again, their programme is designed for all ages.
21Good.
22I expect we'll go to that.
23I hope there's going to be a play during the festival, a comedy, ideally.
24You're in luck!
25On the 19th and 20th a local amateur group are performing one written by a member of the group.
26It's called Jemima.
27That'll be on in the town hall.
28They've already performed it two or three times.
29I haven't seen it myself,
30but the review in the local paper was very good.
31And is it suitable for children?
32Yes, in fact it's aimed more at children than at adults,
33so both performances are in the afternoon.
34And what about dance?
35Will there be any performances?
36Yes, also on the 20th, but in the evening.
37A professional company is putting on a show of modern pieces,
38with electronic music by young composers.
39Uh-huh.
40The show is about how people communicate, or fail to communicate, with each other,
41so it's got the rather strange name, Chat.
42I suppose that's because that's something we do both face to face and online.
43That's right.
44Now there are also some workshops and other activities.
45They'll all take place at least once every day,
46so everyone who wants to take part will have a chance.
47Good.
48We're particularly interested in cookery -
49you don't happen to have a cookery workshop, do you?
50We certainly do.
51It's going to focus on how to make food part of a healthy lifestyle,
52and it'll show that even sweet things like cakes can contain much less sugar than they usually do.
53That might be worth going to.
54We're trying to encourage our children to cook.
55Another workshop is just for children,
56and that's on creating posters to reflect the history of the town.
57The aim is to make children aware of how both the town and people's lives have changed over the centuries.
58The results will be exhibited in the community centre.
59Then the other workshop is in toy-making,
60and that's for adults only.
61Oh, why's that?
62Because it involves carpentry -
63participants will be making toys out of wood,
64so there'll be a lot of sharp chisels and other tools around.
65It makes sense to keep children away from it.
66Exactly.
67Now let me tell you about some of the outdoor activities.
68There'll be supervised wild swimming...
69Wild swimming?
70What's that?
71It just means swimming in natural waters, rather than a swimming pool.
72Oh OK.
73In a lake, for instance.
74Yes, there's a beautiful one just outside the town,
75and that'll be the venue for the swimming.
76There'll be lifeguards on duty, so it's suitable for all ages.
77And finally, there'll be a walk in some nearby woods every day.
78The leader is an expert on insects.
79He'll show some that live in the woods, and how important they are for the environment.
80So there are going to be all sorts of different things to do during the festival.
81There certainly are.
82If you'd like to read about how the preparations for the festival are going,
83the festival organizer is keeping a blog.
84Just search online for the festival website, and you'll find it.
85Well, thank you very much for all the information.
86You're welcome.
87Goodbye.
88Goodbye.