{"id":104,"date":"2006-03-25T14:14:31","date_gmt":"2006-03-25T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2011-06-09T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T14:28:00","slug":"march-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"March 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cPlutarch says somewhere, that the best musical instruments are made from the jaw-bones of asses.\u00a0 Plutarch never made a more sensible observation.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nEdward Bulwer Lytton \u2013 \u201cGodolphin\u201d<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bulwer Lytton never cared for music.\u00a0 He was said to have been completely tone deaf.\u00a0\u00a0 It is ironic therefore that his park is now known worldwide as Britain\u2019s largest and most prestigious open-air music venue.\u00a0 This fame, as we know, does not bring regularity.\u00a0 It becomes increasingly expensive for promoters to stage these large shows and they are reluctant to do so unless they are guaranteed a sell-out.\u00a0 Indeed last year there was no music at all in Knebworth Park and the year before only a single private classical concert.\u00a0 So this year we are particularly pleased to report that we have one confirmed weekend of public \u201cSummer Picnic\u201d concerts and two unconfirmed enquiries for further music events that remain a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSummer Picnic\u201d concerts are small affairs (for us!) only 4,000\/6,000 people.\u00a0 The tickets are \u00a335\/\u00a340 and the dates are the weekend of the World Cup Final\u00a0 \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup>-9<sup>th<\/sup> July \u2013 so we hope the concerts are not too small!\u00a0 Certainly we are very pleased with the artists, who are Status Quo (returning to Knebworth for the third time) on the Friday, Robin Gibb (the one of the two remaining Bee Gees still touring) on the Saturday and Jools Holland on the Sunday.\u00a0 I will keep you informed of any further developments.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, don\u2019t forget our \u201cParish Day\u201d on Sunday 26<sup>th<\/sup> March (details on the back cover), which I see is also \u201cMother\u2019s Day\u201d \u2013 so bring your Mum too!<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/..\/\">www.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPlutarch says somewhere, that the best musical instruments are made from the jaw-bones of asses.\u00a0 Plutarch never made a more sensible observation.\u201d Edward Bulwer Lytton \u2013 \u201cGodolphin\u201d Bulwer Lytton never cared for music.\u00a0 He was said to have been completely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=104\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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