Category: entertainment and leisure news

THE organisers of the Towersey Festival have announced that, for this year’s festival, they have organised a Festival Bus Service between Thame and the festival site in the village of Towersey.
It is to be operated by ThisBus.com and these are the details they have provided.

TIMETABLE Fri – Mon inc.
73 TOWERSEY Playing Fields – Thame Lesiure Centre via High Street:

Leave Towersey Playing Fields 1130 1200 1230 1300 1330 1400 1430 1600 1630 1700 1730 1800 1830 1900

Leave Thame Town Hall
1145 1215 1245 1315 1345 1415 1445 1615 1645 1715 1745 1815 1845 1915
Bus leaves Thame Leisure Centre 3 minutes earlier.

Adult Fare

FRIDAY COFFEE. Please note that Haddenham Age Concern’s Friday Coffee Stop has had to start its summer break earlier than intended as builders are currently installing a new disabled toilet in the Mabel Parkinson Room. It will reopen on August 31.

Sat 21st Parish Surgery. Councillors will be available to answer questions or listen to your concerns at a Parish Council surgery on Saturday (10am-12noon) at the parish office, Banks Park, Haddenham.

Sat 21st Kingsey Fete. The hamlet’s annual fete – billed as a ‘Traditional English Fete’ – will be held at Tythrop Manor starting at 2pm. You can enjoy tea on the lawn, accompanied by live music, as well as children’s entertainment, and all the stalls, food and games that make up the classic village fete. Entry is

RISING young Thame Band, Fee Fi Fo Fum, are about to hit the Oxford music scene with a series of gigs in and around the city, including one in September, at Thame Leisure Centre in September.
Here’s a list of the band’s forthcoming appearances:

7 Aug 2007 20:00
w/ Cape of Good Hope (Vacuous Pop, yay!!) Port Mahon, OXFORD

21 Aug 2007 20:00
w/ Mean Poppa Lean + Dead Leg (Poor Girl Noise, Thame bands night) Port Mahon, OXFORD

22 Sep 2007 20:00
TLC Thame

10 Nov 2007 20:00
w/ Worldveiw + The Focal Point Purple Turtle, OXFORD

9 Dec 2007 20:00
Boom Bang A Twang – Swiss Concrete Duo Special!! Port Mahon, OXFORD

THE Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway has announced that ex-GWR Pannier tank No 6430 will be visiting from 21st to 29th July.
This British Railways Green liveried locomotive has been hired by arrangement with the Llangollen Railway and will be working together with Carmine and Cream Autotrailer No W225W over the weekends of 21/22nd and 28/29th July.

A special timetable will apply with trains departing Chinnor station at 11am, 12.15, 1.30pm, 2.45pm and 4pm.

THAME Youth Theatre’s latest production is to go ahead despite logistical problems caused by the destruction of their home, the drama studio at Lord Williams’s Lower school recently.
Thame Youth Theatre Middies (aged 13 and 14) will be presenting ‘Silent Comedy’, written for them by Chris Walters, their Founder, on Monday and Tuesday the 16 and 17 July at 8pm in the Main Hall at Lower School ? Doors open at 7.45pm.

The Youth Theatre have expressed their gratitude to all those who have rallied round to help after the loss of the Drama studio.
Their spokesperson said: “Lord Williams?s School, Thame Players, and many others have offered both practical help and support, which has done much to raise spirits after the initial shock. “

LONDON rock band, THE LAST GRAND, have been voted for by the public and have been crowned winners of the Aylesbury Showcase Mobile Text Competition.
Over the past six months local bands and music fans alike have been voting for their favourite bands/groups, for who they would like to see perform live at this event.
?The Last Grand? fought off strong competition from ?Domino Theory? and ?King Rat? respectively to win the overall competition, though the final results were extremely close.

The competition closed at midnight on Friday 29 June 2007.
The final results are:

1. The Last Grand
2. Domino Theory
3. King Rat
4. Livingston
5. Just Another Reason To
6. Fiem
7. The Shaker Heights
8. The Swamis
9. Tim Matthews
10. Zavanna

Sunday, August 26, sees the return of the popular free live-music festival “Hobble on the Cobbles”, which last year witnessed John Otway’s welcome return to the main Market Square stage after 28 years.

Aylesbury Showcase are proud to announce original Marillion frontman/songwriter FISH will headline this year?s event, which will also feature a number of very talented and recognised local and national bands – all of whom shall perform across two stages throughout the day.

To check out, listen to and support any of these fantastic bands? visit the official website at: www.AylesburyShowcase.co.uk

To check out all the latest news on The Last Grand visit their website at:
Link

THE Brill Radio Group will once again be presenting ‘Golden Oldies’ from the 1950s-60s-70s-80s, and broadcasting local interviews, from August 23-27.
You can find Brill Radio at 87.9 FM, close to BBC radio two, on the Air, 24 hours a day.
Call or text the Station for requests or dedications to: 07941155272.
CONTACT THE STATION MANAGER on 01844 237131, or prospective advertisers can call Paul Ewers, on o1844 23713 – Advertise your business for only

SATURDAY, July 14, 2pm ? 4pm at the Memorial Hall, Tetsworth.
Cakes stall, strawberries and cream, face painting, Bring and Buy, Lucky Dip, Bookstall, Fancy dress and lots more!

INVITATION: Thomley Activity Centre?s 5th birthday party! 11am – 3pm 14th July 2007. Thomley Activity Centre is a recreational and educational facility for disabled children, their families, friends and schools. Please come and help us celebrate our 5th birthday in your best party outfit. It will be a fun filled day that the whole family will enjoy.
There will be bouncy castles, jelly and ice cream, a B-B-Q, a magic show, the chance to make your own birthday badges and hats, a plant and cake stall, bric-a-brac sale, sporty competitions, a raffle with wonderful prizes plus lots more. You will also be welcome to use our soft play and ball pool, sensory room and outdoor equipment.

Everyone is welcome. Entrance is free (donations welcome!). Guide dogs only please.

Thomley Activity Centre, Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, Bucks, HP18 9JZ.
Tel: 01844 338380. www.thomleyhall.org

BECAUSE of the destruction of the Drama studio at Lord Williams’s school, Thame, by fire, “A Grand Night for Singing,” has had to relocated to Chinnor village hall.
The date remains the same – this coming Saturday, July 7.