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BRIDGEFIELD, the Princes Risborough-based rock band, which has been busy performing extensively in London throughout 2006, has found a vibrant, buzzing venue to play locally.
In conjunction with Crash Records, the band headline at the Social, North Street, Thame on the 14th December 2006. Doors at 8pm.
The band members are looking forward to exposing their brand of ‘light-and-shade’ funky pop/rock to a new audience and old friends a-like in a local, chilled-out setting.

Bridgefield is fronted by the menacingly powerful vocals of Tola Lamont; a show in itself, and she is supported by band members; John Woods, guitar; Martin Kent; keyboards; Kenny Stone, drums; Rob Goss, bass; and the backing vocals of young Rosie Kent.

More information on ‘The Zone’: www.thame.net/zone.htm

THAME PLAYERS’ Pantomime this year is the classic, Jack And The Beanstalk.
The production, which is suitable for all the family, will run from Wednesday, December 13, to Sunday, December 17.
Jack and the Beanstalk has always been one of the most popular pantos and this production has all the colour, laughter, music and drama expected. Jack is joined by a fearsome giant, Daisy the cow, and all the other characters that make up a classic show. Performances on weekdays start at 7.45pm and on Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm and 5pm.

Tony Long, chairman of Thame Players, commented, ?As usual we have been inundated with requests for block bookings but there are plenty of seats for families who want to see good traditional pantomime fun. But in recent years our panto has sold out well in advance so I would urge anyone who wants to see the show to book as early as possible?

Tickets are available from Tickets Anywhere, Greyhound Walk, Thame, Telephone 0871 2227232. Tickets

Fri 8th Haddenham Village Carols. The 11th annual village carol service will be held on Friday (7pm prompt) in the Village Hall. This popular event is organised for everyone in the village by Churches Together in Haddenham (CTIH) who take it in turn to lead the service. This year it is the turn of the Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd and the theme for the evening is “Christ the true light that enlightens all men”. Haddenham Community Junior School choir will be singing during the service and, as usual, the readers during the service will represent different sections of the community. Please arrive early if you want to be sure of getting a seat.

Fri 8th/Sat 9th Thame Road, Haddenham, Development. A reminder that you can view the displays and make comments on Landmatch Ltd’s proposals for housing development on land it owns on Thame Road, between the Haddenham Business Park access road and Yolsum Close, at a public consultation event on Friday (6- 9.30pm) or Saturday (10am-3pm) in the Walter Rose Room at the Village Hall.

Sat 9th Line Dance. The Pondarosa Line Dance Club’s next social dance is on Saturday (8-11pm) at Haddenham Village Hall. Entry is

A SPECIAL youth night for 13 to 18 year-olds is to be held at The Social in Thame, next Tuesday, December 12.
There will be live music and soft drinks available, and the entrance fee is

LOCAL BAND, MUNGO will be playing ‘Comfort and Joy’, their Christmas single release, on Thursay 7 December, live at the social, single launch party gig. Come around 8 p.m. and watch the final edit of the video plus all the out-takes from the shoot.

Just after 9 p.m. Mungo will be live on stage for their usual storming set, plus of course playing their single, Comfort and Joy.

The video was shot at the social in Thame and is such a good video that TV stations such as:

Yahoo Music/Video
Organ TV sky 1734 every wednesay 10.30 and sky 883 every Sunday at 11.30 p.m.
E Music Televsion
Rapture Tv Sky Channel 193
Vid Zone
Bubble Hits TV 374 Sky 24 hrs
Avanti

have already requested master copies to play on their channels.

All the local radio stations are playing the single and Mungo will be interviewed by BBC Three Counties and Mix 96 this coming weekend.

ThameNews.Net’s Music Correspondent, Pascal Ansell, will be interviewing band members on the night. Watch this space for his review.

Watch out for more Mungo Mania!

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to encourage primary schoolchildren in the county to brighten up on their bikes this winter.
The campaign is being run by Oxfordshire County Council?s Road Safety team and technology company, 3M.
Forty-nine child cyclists aged 15 and under were hurt in reported injury accidents in Oxfordshire in 2005, with six sustaining serious injuries.
Although the majority of these accidents were not the child?s fault, cyclists can help reduce the risk by a combination of training, cycle helmets, roadworthy bicycles and conspicuous clothing.

3M, which has a site at Abingdon, has donated high visibility vests to the Road Safety team for children to wear while they are having ?on road? cycle training, which is provided free of charge by Oxfordshire County Council.

The first school to receive the vests is All Saints School, Didcot, where a group of youngsters have just completed their cycle training.

Councillor David Robertson, Oxfordshire County Council?s Cabinet Member for Transport, said: ?We are very grateful to 3M for their gift of hi-visibility vests to school children. I hope the school makes good use of them on future cycling training courses.?

Wendy Jennings, County Council Road Safety Officer, added: ?It is essential that children are visible to traffic while they are out on the roads. They are loaned a high visibility vest for their training and are encouraged to wear something light or bright when out and about after they?ve completed the course.?

It is part of a wider road safety initiative by the company that involves 20,000 vests being distributed to schools close to 3M sites up and down the UK.

The company has also teamed up with teachers and the Department for Transport to create an interactive website ? 3M Streetwise ? packed with information teaching children how to avoid road hazards and take greater care walking to school.

THE next Thame Concert Jazz Gig is on Wednesday 13th December, at Thame Snooker Club, St Andrews Court,Wellington Street, Thame, and will feature The Jo Caleb Quartet.

Organiser, ‘Jazz Eddie’ Says: “Jo is an outstanding young seven-string guitarist leads his own Quartet – intellectual, inspired and refreshingly creative. The extra bass string allows him to add a warm depth to his music, but its undoubtedly the result of his attentive ear, creative chordal playing and considerate accompanying skills. As a band leader, Jo performs with his quartet, preferring the expressive environment frequently associated with the smaller jazz.”

“Stan Sulzmann Saxophone, is without question one of the most highly respected musicians in the UK today, admired by musicians and audiences for his instantly recognisable sound, and boundless creative imagination, and is a source of inspiration to many of Britain’s emerging young musicians.
Phil Donkin Bassist from Sunderland now lives in London where he played alongside – Gwilym Simcock, Ivo Neame, Martin France, Graeme Blevins, Paul Booth, Julian Siegel, Gareth Lockrane, etc”

“Seb Roachford, Drums, this Aberdonian has a musical background that explains much of his group Polar Bear’s eclectic sound. “I first started playing drums along to Prince and Grace Jones records,” he says. Later he discovered jazz, and subsequently shared a teacher with orchestral percussionist Evelyn Glennie.”

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Tickets

THIS FRIDAY! Music in Mind, starring The Hellcats and Every Hippies Dream, The Palace Night Club, 31 Market Square, Witney, Friday, 1st December 2006, 8.00 p.m. onwards. 60?s, 70?s, 80?s Disco, Fancy Dress, Cash Raffle Tickets / Entry

THE Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway will be running a CAROL EVENING TRAIN on Sunday, December 16.
This Christmas carol special will be departing Chinnor Station at 7.30pm.
To book tickets telephone 01844 354117 on Saturdays and Sundays only.