The Butterfly Ball and The Grasshopper's Feast

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Thompson, Dave (2004). Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story. ECW Press. p.207. ISBN 978-1-55022-618-8 . Retrieved 11 January 2022. Since then Caudwell Children has grown exponentially year-on-year, supporting on average an additional 2000 new children each year. Cowie, Peter (1978). International Film Guide 1979. Tantivy Press. p.451. ISBN 978-0-498-02241-8 . Retrieved 11 January 2022. Alan Aldridge, the seminal graphic artist who burst upon the art world in the sixties, came across it in a Victorian anthology and set to work designing illustrations inspired by Roscoe’s work.

John Lawton provides one of the loveliest vocals, for the gospel-tinged ballad Little Chalk Blue, and subs for Dio on the movie’s epic-length rendition of Love Is All. This is the tale of a summer’s day, deep in the woods of England, when the grasshopper and the butterflies invite all the creatures to a ball and a feast. From St Michael’s Mount, Windsor, Rye, Salisbury, Tintern Abbey and the far corners of England they come: Undaunted, Glover staged a live concert at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall, recruiting several celebrities to perform his songs. Footage of the 1975 concert comprises most of this movie. Following the successful sale of his family business, entrepreneur and philanthropist, John Caudwell, committed to a long-term partnership with the charity.

The picture also features the Love Is All animated film clip as well as weird interstitial bits of performers in animal costumes strolling through London. The film climaxes with a live-action version of the ball, at which the various animal characters sit around a table in a scene straight out of Alice in Wonderland. DJ legend, Pete Tong also made an appearance, bringing Ibiza vibes to London with his incredible set.

Passionate, positive and practical, the charity team are motivated to improve the lives of the estimated 770,000 disabled children in the UK living, starting with the 400,000 living on or below the poverty line. The book was first published in 1973 by Aurelia Enterprises and Jonathan Cape in association with Times Newspapers. It was an immediate success with its first edition of 25,000 copies selling out in three days. Over the next year it went on to sell an unprecedented 700,000 copies, winning the Whitbread Children’s book of the year award. Donnelly, Kevin (26 February 2002). Pop Music in British Cinema: A Chronicle. Bloomsbury Academic. p.85. ISBN 978-0-85170-863-8 . Retrieved 11 January 2022. It's fascinating to read this older work and spot all the little connections with the more recent work of Plomer and Aldridge:

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Due to the unique association with the Caudwell Family, the charity can boast that 100% of direct donations are used to directly support disabled children. The charity is now widely recognised as one of the fastest growing children’s charities in the UK and the second largest independent providers of specialist equipment. If all of that is not enough, there will be dancing into the wee small hours to the fantastic sounds of Scoonie Brae punctuated with a reviving beverage and homemade shortbread break at midnight. The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast is a poem by William Roscoe, written in 1802, and telling the story of a party for insects and other small animals.