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COMING up on Saturday, March 15, is a night of acoustic music for people of all ages, to be held at the Barns Centre in Thame. All proceeds will go to Christian Aid and Cafod.
The acts taking part include Wilber (BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards finalist), The Young’s Plan, the Lord Williams’ School Jazz Band and Emmy& Pecco, with jazz and world music provided by DJ Pascal Ansell.
The event will start at 7.30pm and there will be a cash bar and a short talk about Christian Aid’s work in Burkina Faso and Mali. Tickets are

Valentine’s Party in Princes Risborough

Tetsworth Farmers’ Market
Saturday 16th February
(Held every 3rd Sat of the month)
At Tetsworth Village Hall, Just off the A40
9.30 -12.30
BBq and refreshments available
Stalls including; Organic Vegetables, Pork, Organic Beef & Lamb, Traditional Poultry, Game, Organic Breads, Cakes and puddings, Honey, Preserves, Quality homemade meal solutions, eggs, cheese and plants.

BY arrangement with Thame Players Theatre Company, De
Musset & Co will be presenting ‘WILDE AT HEART’ devised by Patrick Marley, at the Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, on Friday, February 15, at 7.45pm.
Patrick Marley and Genevieve Allenbury have performed Wilde at Heart to great acclaim all over the world. Their performance at The Players Theatre in Nelson Street, Thame, will be just a few days after returning from a tour of India with the show.

Devised by Patrick Marley, the show covers the life and particularly the works of one of our best known authors and wits, Oscar Wilde. The actors? peers have frequently acclaimed the show. Fenella Fielding said: ?This is the best show I have ever seen about Oscar Wilde.? Sir Derek Jacobi said: ?A delightful evening ? beautifully compiled and thrillingly performed.?

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THAME and District Twinning Association are holding a cheese and wine evening on March 1, in Thame town hall.
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POPULAR Thame-based band, The Powders, are really busy for the next few months, with up-coming gigs all over the area. You can see them at:
The Bell, Stoke Mandeville ? Saturday 16 Feb
29 Lower Road, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 5XA 01296 614 434

The Swan, Thame ? Sunday 9 March
9 Upper High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 3ER 01844 261211

The Roadhouse, Birmingham ? Tuesday 11 March
Wharfside Leisure Complex, Lifford Lane, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 3DZ 0121 624 2920

The Dark Lantern, Aylesbury ? Friday 14 March
1, Silver St, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2PT 01296 482409

The Granary @ The Grand Junction, Buckingham ? Thursday 20 March
High Street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 1NT 01296 748268

The Britannia, Aylesbury ? Saturday 22 March
9, Buckingham Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP19 9PT 01296 436713

The Bell Hotel, Winslow ? Friday 28 March
Market Square, Winslow, Buckinghamshire MK18 3AB 01296 714091

WITH half-term looming, how about taking the kids to a local dairy farm to meet the cows & see how milk is made?
The Chilterns Conservation Board has organised a visit to a local dairy farm to give children (and parents) an insight into how milk is produced. Visitors will be shown around Hollygreen Farm, Bledlow on Thursday, February 21, by the farmer, Neil Dyson and Tracy Adams, Farming and Land Use Officer for the Conservation Board.

Tracy Adams said: “As part of the Year of Food and Farming, this is a great opportunity to see behind the scenes of a family dairy farm. We will be getting up close and personal with the cows providing our daily pint and get the chance to see afternoon milking.”

The visit is free but booking is essential. Meet at 2pm in the farmyard at Holly Green Farm off the B4009 (grid reference SP775035). The visit should end around 4pm. Please wear wellies and appropriate clothing for a winter visit to a dairy farm with 400 cows.
For more details and to book your place, contact Tracy Adams on 01844 355523.

CRENDON Chamber Orchestra’s next concert is on Saturday, February 16 at St. Mary’s Church, Thame, at 8pm and will consist of three well-known works from three great baroque and classical composers, and the orchestra will be joined by two superb string soloists.

The concert will begin with the familiar Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel, scored for two oboes and strings, and the most famous part of Handel?s oratorio Solomon. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra will bring a double measure with its two soloists. This piece, in three movements, is a favourite with violinists and viola players; it is full of lovely tunes passed from one soloist to the other and back again. For this piece the orchestra will be joined once again by David Le Page and Catherine Leach, who played with them to great acclaim last year.
The programme will end with Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 ? the Farewell symphony. Written to point out to his employer that the musicians’ holiday was long overdue, the final movement has gradually reducing numbers of players until only one desk is left!

Tickets are available by telephoning 01844 238478, or from ForeGolf, 10, Buttermarket, Thame

THAME Dolls House and Miniatures fair, including an Exhibition by Market Town Miniaturists of Thame.
Come to the fabulous Thame Dolls House and Miniatures fair on Saturday, February 23, 10am – 4pm at Thame Leisure Centre, Oxford Road Thame OX9 2BB, to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Campaign.
There will be 30 miniatures artisans, some ranking amongst the UK’s finest, plus a wonderful exhibition by Market Town Miniaturists of Thame.
Other attractions include an auction, miniatures raffle, miniatures tombola, sales table, etc all for Breast Cancer Campaign. This is no ordinary event but something very special! For more information see www,ktminiatures.com, or ring Celia Thomas on 01844 212520.

BY arrangement with Thame Players Theatre Company,
Claptrap productions will present ‘MY FAT FRIEND’ by Charles Laurence.
Following the success of ‘September in the Rain’ last year, actor, Dominic Goodwin, is bringing his latest touring production, My Fat Friend, a hysterical comedy by Charles Laurence, to The Players Theatre in Thame on February 1 and 2.
The story tells the tale of a girl who tries to lose weight to appeal more to a new boyfriend, only to find he really liked her just the way she was. Claptrap Productions is run by Dominic Goodwin who also stars in the show. Dominic has appeared in many plays on stage and TV and has a rare talent for comedy. He is accompanied in the cast by seasoned actors Cal Stockbridge and Mungo Arney.
As the company?s blurb says ?if you like to laugh ? don?t miss it!? The show begins at 7.45pm and tickets are on sale now at Tickets Anywhere, 0871 2227232. They cost