Applefest - Echoes of the Orchard

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Location: Hereford, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

Welcome to the Echoes of the Orchard audio experience at Hereford Applefest 2024.

How to play: Travel to the highlighted zones on the map to hear an echo of the orchard. Some echoes (stories) are located in the centre of Hereford city, some are located around the county. Headphones are recommended.

Echoes of the Orchard is an immersive, site-specific audio experience produced by Creative Media Production and Technology students at Hereford College of Arts. (Please note: This experience will use a small amount of mobile data)

Credits Written and produced by Fred Arroyo, Ash Bircher, Ed Child, Sam Corbett, Daniel Davies, Sage Himlin, Cody Jeffs, Ethan Lanchbury, Tyler Lewis, Theo Neades, Ash Niblock, Archie Parry, Jess Presley, Jamie Price, Francis Probert, Jodie Summersgill, Lucius Talbott, Dylan Vincent, Ethan Wood. Project lead: Nick Brown n.brown@hca.ac.uk

Many thanks to Becci O'Reilley and the Applefest 2024 team.

www.hca.ac.uk

The Mermaid of Marden by Theo Neades

The tale of the mermaid of Marden starts at the church in Marden, the tale states that a man was too enthusiastic when ringing the church bell and as he was ringing the bell it fell off and rolled into the river. The villagers scoured the river until they came across the bell on the shore of the river Lugg, on approach they found that a mermaid had entangled herself with the bell. She was summoned by the villagers and was commanded to hand the bell back. The mermaid refused to give the bell back and swam away hiding the bell in a pond near to the church.

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After Apple Picking by Ashlin Niblock

Feel as if you've travelled back in time with Robert Frost's poem, 'After Apple-Picking' whilst surrounded by Herefordshire's beautiful nature.

1 sound

Fruit in the Bible by Archie Parry

My audio for applefest briefly discusses the symbology of fruit in the Bible, as apples aren’t explicitly mentioned, so fruit is the closest thing. I chose to just look at the symbology of fruit in the Bible as my location is just outside a church.

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The Love of Cider by Jess Presley

The love of cider is a gentle poem that takes you on an experience on how cider is made. It starts off where apples begin to grow, then harvested. It highlights different variety of apples. Apples are then pressed for cider and concludes with a toast to the joy cider brings all.

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The Missing Pig by Fred Arroyo

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The Cider Bill by Ash Bircher

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Bulmers Cider by Ed Child

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The Apple Tree Man by Dylan Vincent

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Wassailing by Cody Jeffs

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The Dragon by Francis Probert

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Old Hereford Orchards by Daniel Davies

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The Car Park Orchard by Lucius Talbot

Travel through history and discover the real events that shaped Hereford’s culture of cider from the location of where an orchard used to be. Learn a brief history of cider tax, the harvesting and making of it and the orchard itself through a story of information and sounds.

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An Apple a Day by Ethan Lanchbury

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Cider Production by Ethan Wood

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The Apples of Immortality By Sage Himlin

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Cider Tax by Sam Corbett

A short but sweet tale of how the tax changes on cider in Herefordshire affected the beautiful areas of Breinton Springs and their once standing apple orchards that was a huge part in the success of Herefords cider making industry.

1 sound

The apple’s (other) accidental contribution to science by Jamie Price

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Seasons of Sweet Decay by Jodie Summersgill

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Wassailing by Tyler Lewis

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