GUITAR SUMMIT will be appearing in Thame, on Wednesday, April 11, at 8pm.
This will be the third jazz event at The Players Theatre this spring, and will feature a real treat for all enthusiasts of the jazz guitar. Three top jazz guitarists ? Denny Ilett junior, Jez Cook and Terry Hutchins ? will be providing an evening of sublime jazz. They will be ably supported by Andy Crowdy on bass and Martin Hart on drums.
Tickets for the event cost
REGRETTABLY NED SHERRIN IS UNWELL AND HAS BEEN FORCED TO CANCEL HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE PLAYERS THEATRE THIS SUNDAY 1ST APRIL.
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STUCK for something fun to do with the kids this Easter holidays? Dreading two weeks of hearing: ?Mum? I?m bored?? or ?Dad? I?ve got nothing to do?? Then why not counteract some of that Easter egg-eating by bringing them along to get active with CampSOLL?
Victoria Branch, marketing manager at SOLL Leisure, says:”It can be tricky finding something new and exciting to keep the kids entertained every day over Easter, especially if the good old British weather does what it?s best at and rains! But we?ve got every type of boredom buster to keep your kids entertained, from bouncy castles and magic shows to Easter egg hunts and trampolining ? they?ll be spoilt for choice!”
This year, CampSOLL will be running in leisure centres all over South Oxfordshire, including Thame, so there’s no ‘eggscuse’ for being stuck for something to do this Easter. SOLL has dozens of ideas for beating the holiday boredom blues.
All of SOLL?s leisure centres can guarantee safe, creative and energetic activities available for children aged between four and 11. CampSOLL services and staff are all Ofsted registered and each centre offers either full day camps or one to two hour sessions.
Here are just some of the CampSOLL activities your tearaways can get their teeth into over this year?s Easter hols:
A REAL taste of Spain will be coming to Thame next Monday, March 26, when Rafael and Lola present an evening of Flamenco guitar, song and dance at the Players theatre in Nelson Street, Thame.
The concert will begin at 8pm and tickets are available from Tickets Anywhere, Greyhound Walk, Thame; Call: 0871 2227232
GREAT Stars, Great Atmosphere, Great Value!…………Seth Lakeman, John Tams & Barry Coope, The Battlefield Band and Van Eyken are just a sprinkling of the names that will be appearing at this year’s Towersey Village Festival, held annually in the picturesque village of Towersey, Nr Thame, Oxfordshire.
This nationally famous event returns for its 43rd edition over the August Bank Holiday weekend (23-27 August 2007). The Festival has sold out for the last two years and early ticket sales suggest that 2007! will follow suit. The Festival prides itself on being vibrant and family friendly with a wide-ranging programme of folk, roots and acoustic music. The Full Weekend Season ticket is great value, working out at just
TICKETS are now up for grabs for Oxfordshire County Council?s massive summer party in the park for under-fives.
Last year more than 2,500 children and adults enjoyed a huge range of activities and entertainments including face painting, bouncy castles, fairground rides, music shows and footie sessions led by Oxford United coaches.
This year?s party takes place on Thursday 28 June between 10:00-3:00pm at Cutteslowe Park in Oxford.
How to get a ticket
The event is free and aims to celebrate the work of childcare, early education, play and health services provided for children and families in the county as part of National Sure Start Month.
Sure Start is the government?s programme to deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing together early education, childcare, health and family support.
Parents who want to get a ticket can call 08452 26 26 36 – booking is essential.
Fun day out
Cogges Manor Farm Museum will be there as will Reptiles R Us with their reptile show and the Island Donkey Sanctuary with their donkeys.
Children can visit the Oxfordshire Play Bus and sensory bus, check out the reading tent where library staff will be doing rhyme time sessions or join in the Caterpillar Music sessions.
There will also be a fire-engine, a police car and a chance to make peg dolls and collages.
The Early Learning Centre will be there as will Usbourne Books, who publish books for small children. And for the very young there will be baby massage classes.
Super Camps will run face-painting sessions and are providing bouncy castles and inflatable assault courses.
Goodie bags will also be handed out containing useful information for parents.
The county council?s Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, Councillor Louise Chapman, said: ?This year?s event promises to be just as popular as ever and should be huge amount of fun.
?It is also about promoting the services available to children and families in Oxfordshire and recognising the work of the staff and organisations involved.?
FOLLOWING the success of their concert in January and subsequent requests from an appreciative audience, the Le Page Ensemble will be returning to Thame for two further concerts at St. Mary?s Church, Thame.
The first concert on March 17 will include Mozart String Quartet in D minor K421 which is one of only two that Mozart composed in a minor key, and is one of the set of six quartets inspired by Haydn?s Opus 33 ‘Russian Quartets’ and composed after “long and arduous labour”. Mozart dedicated the set “to my dear friend Haydn” who readily acknowledged that they surpassed the works that had originally inspired Mozart.
Tchaikovsky?s String Quartet No. 1 in D, Opus 11, dates from 1871. It was written rather hurriedly for a concert of his recent compositions, the purpose of which was to supplement his meagre salary from the Moscow Conservatory. This quartet was the first of Tchaikovsky?s compositions to achieve widespread acclaim, particularly for the second movement, Andante Cantabile, which very soon took on a life of its own in many instrumental arrangements.
Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin by J.S. Bach is a set of five dance movements, culminating in the majestic and inspiring Chaconne.
The second concert on May 12, will include Elgar String Quartet Opus 83 in E minor, which was composed between 1918 and 1919 and premiered at the Wigmore Hall in May 1919. The quartet, simply a masterpiece, was written at the same time as the Violin Sonata and the Piano Quintet and shortly before the Cello Concerto and shows Elgar at the height of his creative powers.
Both concerts begin at 7.30pm
More information about the Le Page Ensemble and the final programme for the May concert can be found on www.davidlepage.co.uk
Tickets at
SPONSORED WALK – in through the back gates at Blenheim Palace. Saturday, 10th March 2007, Starting at 11.00 a.m., from The Cock Inn, Combe, Nr Longhanborough, Oxon – 6.5 Miles We will all stop at The Cock Inn for drinks and refreshments after so please bring money for refreshments. For a sponsor form visit www.oxfordshire-mind.org.uk or telephone 01865 310830. Please note dogs are welcome as long as they are kept on leads as there are sheep, pheasants, ducks and geese in the grounds of the Palace.
Oxfordshire Mind’s Street Collection Day in Witney town centre, Saturday, 31st March 2007, 10.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. We are actively looking for lots of volunteers for this event. People wearing fancy dress costumes are most welcome! Please contact Nicky Clargo on 01865 310830 or email nicky.clargo@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
Trek Sierra Nevada and Explore Granada in aid of Oxfordshire Mind. 19th – 23rd April 2007. Registration Fee
Thame Chamber Choir’s first concert under it’s new Musical Director, Duncan Aspden, is this weekend, March 10.
The main work is Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonnelle, with his Ave Maria arrangement as an opener. Rossini was responsible for The William Tell overture (known to enthusiasts as the theme music for The Lone Ranger!) as well as a number of operas; he was very successful as a young composer.
After a period of withdrawal around middle-age (no comment!) Rossini returned to composing, producing mainly arrangements of sacred texts – but didn’t give up the operatic style! For this reason, we are departing from our normal practice of drawing soloists from within our own ranks, and instead, have invited some student singers (approved by our new MD) to join us for the occasion.
(See Events listed on Home page of ThameNews.Net for ticket details)
FRIENDS of Tetsworth School are presenting ‘A Great Saturday Night Out’ at Thame Barns Centre – your chance to dance, groove and show off your moves to music provided by the fantastic live band, Southbound.
Saturday 24th March 2007 – doors open 7.30pm