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THAME Twinning Association is holding a Race Night with a difference, which promises to be fun and hopefully profitable for both the group and the punters.
The ‘runners’ are real, wooden horses on casters, which the ‘jockies’ wind in on a wooden baton.
Intriqued? Then visit the association’s website to find out more and book tickets- the price includes a very English supper of fish and chips.
Royal Ascot style, there will be a prize for the best hat!

The ‘course de chevaux’ will be the Thame Barns Centre, on November 17, and as well as great entertainment, the ticket price includes a very English fish and chip supper.

Thame and District Twinning Association website

THAME based band Mungo will shortly be shooting their promo video for their Christmas single “Comfort and Joy,” to be released on Crash Records in December.
The video shoot will take place at The Social, North Street, Thame, and if you would like to be an extra in the party scene, go along at around 5 pm on Sunday, October 29, dressed in punk gear or Christmas attire.
If you would like to be part of a cheesy air guitar scene, take along either a guitar, blow up guitar or a badminton racket!
The single is a punked up version of the traditional Christmas carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, and will be called “Comfort and Joy” and is already getting rave reviews.

If you would like more information then either email Crash Records at
info@crash-records.co.uk or phone Mungo on 01844 212338.

ON November 4, there is to be a Thame Christmas Charities Fair at Thame town hall.
Do your Christmas shopping and support local charities between 10.30am and 1.30pm.

HADDENHAM MUSEUM. A 2007 Haddenham calendar, with 12 photos of village views, is now available from Haddenham Museum, in the High St, behind the Methodist Chapel, (open Tuesdays 10am-12noon and Sundays 2-4.30pm) and also from Blooming Fruity, Banks Parade.

Sun 22nd Heart and Sole Walk. This month’s walk (about 4 miles on country footpaths and taking about 2 hours) starts at 2pm from outside Haddenham library. Suitable footwear and clothing are needed.

Tues 24th-Sat 28th One World Week. Due to a misprint in a publicity leaflet, One World Week was wrongly publicised in September. The week is actually October 22-29 and Haddenham Third World Link will have a display on that theme in the library the whole week. Please note that the library is closed on Mondays and Wednesdays.

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Sat 4th ‘Come and Sing’. Marjorie Johnston and her son, Andrew, who will be taking part in a 340 mile charity cycle ride in India in January, have made a good start to their fund-raising for LEPRA. Their target is to raise

THAME’S young folk phenomenon, Wilber Seers, has got through to the final six of this year’s Young Folk Awards after a very tough competition at the Semi-final Audition Concert in Stratford upon Avon on October 14.
Wilber will perform in the Final Concert on December 1, at Union Chapel, Islington, London where one of the six will be awarded the prestigious prize of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Winner 2007. Highlights of the Final will be broadcast on the Mike Harding Show on Radio 2, on Wednesday 13 December 2006.

To reach the Final, these six acts spent the weekend along with the other Semi-finalists learning the tricks of the trade from professional artists Robert Harbron and Eliza Carthy. Entrants also had workshops in stagecraft, technical and legal issues in the music industry.

In the Audition Concert on Saturday night, the Semi-finalists performed in front of a crowd of over 300 where judges selected the six Finalists.

?This whole concert would not look out of place in a Festival programme. The standard of all the Semi-finalists was better than it has ever been? Steve Heap, Mrs Casey Music.

?All Semi-finalists should be extremely proud of their performance in the concert. The judges had a very hard job in deciding the final six acts,? said John Leonard, Smooth Operations.

A THAME teenager, who has reached the semi-finals in a national music competition, is to feature on national radio this evening.

Fifteen year-old Wilber Sears, a pupil at Lord Williams’s school in Thame, has reached the top 12 in this year’s BBC Young Folk Awards competition, and as a result, will be featured on Folk guru, Mike Harding’s programme at 8pm, on BBC Radio2, this evening.

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ONE OF Thame’s most talented young musicians has reached the semi-finals in this year’s BBC Young Folk Awards.
15 year-old Wilber Sears, a pupil at Lord Williams’s school in Thame, has reached the top 12 in the competition and will take part in the semi-finals to find the top six on December 1, in Blackpool.
Wilber, who lives in Wellington Street, plays music in many other genres apart from Folk, including Rock and Jazz. His current band, The Shorehead flyover, he describes as: “Psychadelic punk rock with a hint of Blues.”

For the competition, Wilber played his own guitar composition, ‘Nobody’s Grave’, and the Stephan Grossman’s ‘Vestapol’.

Wilber told ThameNews.Net that getting as far as he has in the Young Folk Awards has really boosted his confidence for the next round, although, as one of the youngest competitors in the competition, he has no idea what the competition will be like.
His big hero and influence is the legendary guitarist, John Rembourn – one of the great guitarists, including Django Rheinhard, whose music was introduced to Wilber by his dad.

If he gets to the final, Wilber, who also plays banjo, will be invited to play at all the big, national folk festivals next year, including Towersey.
The eventual winner will receive a mini Grammy award and get to play live on the Mike Harding Folk programme on BBC Radio Two.

You can listen to Wilber play by visiting his My Space on: http://www.myspace.com/wilbermusic

Wed. 11th Oct ? Ladies Pampering Evening, at the Memorial Hall

Fri. 13th Oct – Quiz Night at the Memorial Hall

Tues. 17th Oct (The Tuesday Coffee Shop, at the Memorial Hall) ? A talk by Joan Clifford ? Experiences in the Women?s Land Army. 2.15pm ? 3pm. Free admittance ? a collection will be made for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

Fri. 20th Oct ? “Landscapes and Wildlife of Oxfordshire” talk, at the Memorial Hall

Sat. 21st Oct – Live Music with the “Ted Roper Band”, at the Memorial Hall. Contact 01844 281645.

Sat. 28th Oct – Jumble Sale, at the Memorial Hall

Regular Events

LEARN TO SIGN WITH YOUR BABY – FREE TASTER SESSION
Learn sign language and communicate with your baby – proven to reduce tantrums, tears and frustration in babies as young as six months old – yes really! A must for any parent wanting to encourage their childs development. Want to find out more?

Working closely with leading world expert Dr Joseph Garcia, Babysigners classes are fun and friendly, combining theatre and theory as we take you on a journey through over 100 BSL signs over six weeks.

Beginners courses are starting in Thame from 16th October.

If you are interested in finding out more or for classes in other areas within Oxfordshire please contact me at shelley.ensor@babysigners.co.uk.

www.babysigners.co.uk

The REFUSE FREIGHTER will be at Banks Park on Monday (08/10/06) 12.30-3.30pm).

Sat 7th Compassionate Friends. The Haddenham group of The Compassionate Friends (UK), a support group run by bereaved parents, continues to meet every other month and the next meeting is on Saturday (2-4pm). Call Joan on 292512 for details of the venue or to register an interest for future meetings.

Sat 7th Ceilidh. Haddenham Ceilidhs’ first ceilidh of the season is on Saturday (8pm) at Haddenham Village Hall. Music (English, Scandinavian and more) will be provided by St