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SUMMARY:The Queen's Shoulders
DESCRIPTION:The Queen’s Shoulders\n\nHow a local woman came to feature on
  one of the most iconic images of the 20th century.\n\nIn 1964 Her Majesty
  Queen Elizabeth II sat for Staffordshire artist Arnold Machin\, as he mod
 elled the clay cameo for his iconic postage stamp image. However\, Machin 
 only sculpted the Queen’s head\, and the Palace decided it needed someth
 ing extra - shoulders! Machin asked a young Stoke-on-Trent woman\, Angela\
 , to sit for him as he modelled the monarch’s shoulders. Angela remained
  in the area\, becoming a teacher and raising her family in the Staffordsh
 ire Moorlands. She was involved in local theatre groups and choirs through
 out her life.\n\nOriginally commissioned for the late Queen’s Platinum J
 ubilee\, this new production celebrates Machin’s Stoke-on- Trent roots a
 s part of the Stoke100 Centenary celebrations and brings you the extraordi
 nary true story of how the local woman’s shoulders would become known th
 roughout the world.\n\nDirected by Polly Wain and featuring Ava Ralph as A
 ngela\, The Phoenix Singers bring this unique story to life with words by 
 Victoria Brazier and music by Ashley Thompson.\n\nYou’ll never look at a
  stamp in the same way again.\n\nWe realised that some of our friends migh
 t not realise our extremely close link to the famous image of the Queen th
 at appeared on our stamps\, This image of Queen Elizabeth II  has appeare
 d on an estimated 220 billion Royal Mail stamps alone. Then consider the c
 oins\, the banknotes\, the portraits\, and the Commonwealth-making the tru
 e number of reproductions nearly impossible to estimate\n\nNot only was th
 e artist local but the beautiful shoulders of the queen were modelled not 
 in a palace or surrounded by corgis but in a studio here in North Stafford
 shire. The model's own daughter is Katie Thompson\, part of Phoenix Singer
 s\, Leek\, Staffordshire. UK . \n\nShe tells us\n\n" I  was in my 20s wh
 en I discovered my mum’s fascinating story. I can’t quite remember how
  I did\; it was probably a throw away remark that I probed into. I was ast
 ounded. How could it be possible that my mum\, an ordinary teacher living 
 in Staffordshire\, was part of such an iconic image? And how was it that a
 lmost no one\, including me\, knew about it?\n\nOn reflection it wasn’t 
 really surprising that she didn’t share the story\; she was a private pe
 rson and to her\, it was just one of those things. The family had a connec
 tion with Arnold Machin and she was just in the right place at the right t
 ime. I think she’d be delighted but amazed at the interest the story has
  now generated."\n \n\nFor more details visit: www.phoenixsingersleek.co.
 uk and Facebook: phoenixsingersleek\n\n\nFor full event details\, visit: h
 ttps://www.phoenixsingersleek.co.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=205
 948
LOCATION:Derby St\, Leek ST13 5AB
URL:https://www.phoenixsingersleek.co.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id
 =205948
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