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BABES IN THE WOOD by John Crocker – Thame Players Theatre – Starts December 9.
IT’S panto time again. Oh, yes it is!! And Thame Players are madly rehearsing their production of Babes in the Wood which begins at the Players Theatre in Nelson Street, Thame, on Friday 9th December. Tickets are already on sale at Thame?s Tourist Information centre in North Street, Thame, with well over half the tickets already sold. Tony Long, Chairman of Thame Players, said, ?We usually sell out early for our Christmas show, and urge anyone wishing to see Babes in the Wood to act quickly to avoid disappointment.?

Babes in the Wood is based on an ancient story of two young children whose guardian and uncle plots to have them killed to steal their fortune. With Robin Hood and Maid Marian trying to save the babes, all, of course, ends happily. This traditional pantomime is suitable for all the members of the family and is full of catchy songs, corny jokes and slapstick humour. The Players are giving 12 performances of the show, with 8 matinees on the weekends of the 10th/11th and 17th/18th December at 2pm and 5pm, and evening performances on Friday 9th and Wednesday 14th to Friday 16th December. Tickets cost just

THE Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway will be running a special CAROL EVENING train on Saturday, December 17.
The 7.30pm departure from Chinnor station will be filled with the sounds of carols being sung throughout the whole train.
For more information telephone 01844 353535 or visit our web site at www.cprra.co.uk

Final Reminder for Wed 23rd November 2005

Concert Jazz @ The Players Theatre
Players Theatre, Thame
DOORS OPEN 7.30pm / CONCERT FROM 8.30pm TILL 11.00pm

ANTHONY KERR with The Tim Dawes Trio; Change of personnel- Tim on Bass,Phil Peskett on Piano,Graham Fox on Drums.
Tickets

CHINNOR Rugby Club is holding a Christmas fayre on November 25.
The event is being supported by local businesses including The Oxford Cheese Company, Picnic at Ascot and Chiltern Breweries who have had the club’s logo put onto one of their bottled beers, and named it ‘TOUCHLINE TIPPLE’.
The beer will be available at the fayre which begins at 7.30pm at the clubhouse.

POPULAR Thame Soprano, Roselle Collins, will be presenting her next concert, at St Mary’s church, Thame, on Saturday, November 12.
The Special programme of songs and duets for two pianos will include Schumann’s ‘Frauenliebe Und Leben’.
Rowena and John Gibbons will be performing with Roselle and all proceeds from the concert will be in aid of church repairs.
Tickets cost

SPOOKY Halloween Party ? Saturday, October 29, from 8pm
Venue: Towersey Memorial Hall, Towersey, Nr Thame
Dancing, games, raffle, licensed bar
Adult Tickets at

LOCAL band, Dr Slaggleberry based in Chinnor, and formed by ex drummer in the now defunct band Hedroom, have a couple of local gigs this week.

Wednesday, September 28, they will be supporting funk/rock band Heft at the Red Lion, London Road, High Wycombe; evening starts at about 8 p.m. and entrance is free.

Friday night, September 30, Dr Slaggleberry support Simple Reason (regulars at the Thame/Chinnor rock nights) and Dillweed at the Queens Park Centre, Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Dr Slaggleberry are metal/funk/rock you can check out their new tunes at http://www.myspace.com/drslaggleberry

IT’S OFFICIAL – One of Thame’s top bands, Hedroom, have split, and will be playing their last ever gig at the Tom Martin Memorial Chinnor gig night on Saturday.
The event has been organised to raise money for cancer hospice where Tom spent his last months.

17 year-old Tom Martin was a student at Lord Williams’s School when he died from a brain tumour last year.

Hedroom headline the event, with main support coming from They? (laments new name), Thame metallers, Red Dawn, new band Dr Slaggleberry,Effect, Zero and Skin.

Entrance is

A Thame band is drawing in nationwide crowds for what promises to be a gig crammed with ?screaming guitar solos and epic thunderous melody lines?!

Red Dawn will be headlining ?Theatre of Dreams?, at the Old Fire Station Studio Theatre in Oxford. Organised by the band, the gig has attracted followers from as far as Cheshire, Manchester and Leeds.

Based in Thame, Red Dawn has been playing together for three years. In October 2004 the line-up changed when vocalist Craig Finlay and synth player George Walker joined Pete Brannan and Mark Truedale on lead guitar, bass player Toby Cross and drummer Loz Dyer.

With influences such as Iron Maiden, Metallica and Dragonforce, Red Dawn?s sound is mainly heavy/power metal. With the return of Iron Maiden to the charts, this type of music is increasingly popular. Pete Brannan, one of the band founders, commented: ?It?s great to see so many warriors of metal, it?s time to show the world heavy metal is here to stay and will never die!?

Since Craig and George joined in 2004 Red Dawn have experimented with new sounds, progressing our music considerably and increasing our fan base. Theatre of Dreams will provide a platform to share this music with both dedicated and new followers of heavy and power metal.

Red Dawn?s style dabbles with metal incorporating Celtic, Folk and Pirate! Future plans include collaboration with a full 80 piece orchestra for another gig in Oxford.

Theatre of Dreams is on the 24th September, at the Old Fire Station Theatre, Gloucester Green, Oxford, starting at 7.30pm. The line-up also includes Soulburn and Andensum. Tickets are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk and www.getlive.co.uk and are priced from

‘A Garden and Three Houses’.
The exhibition is about the house and garden of Turn End, Townside, Haddenham and the two neighbouring houses – all designed by Turn End resident and architect Peter Aldington; it finishes at the County Museum, Aylesbury, on Sunday (10th ).
The exhibition was assembled 7 years ago, when the Turn End Trust was set up to protect and maintain the 3 listed 1960s houses, and it has been on tour to 10 venues, including London, Edinburgh and Jersey.