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IF you?re a fan of Live music and you?re free next Saturday 925/08), join Racquets, Thame, for a night of UB40, Robbie Williams, The Commitments, Bruno Mars and so many others, brought to you by the very talented, Gav and the Grimnotes.

The Grimnotes were first established in 1997 and since then have played the NEC, Olympia & the O2 – well almost! If you fancy a night of lights, live music and socialising, then go along to Racquets, based in the Cattlemarket, North Street, Thame. It’s free, so take family and friends. The music starts at around 7:30pm.

THE Rising Sun, Thame, invites you to The Rising Sun, Thame’s event: Live Music from Laura Williams!

18 August at 21:30 at Rising Sun Thame

WHAT? Swap Shop and Bike Sale – WHEN? September 15 between 10am and 12 noon. WHERE? Christchurch, Thame.

AND here are just some of the features of this year’s festival:

THE fourth Chinnor Beer Festival is now only 12 days away and it’s gearing up to be a real community celebration of Real ale and live music.

As well as bear though, Chinnor Beer Festival offers the chance to try some wonderful ciders, and tasty food. The money raised is used to support Chinnor youth and youth groups.

The first Chinnor Beer Festival was held in August 2009 and proved to be such a success that a winter beer festival was created which is held in the Village Hall.

The next beer festival will be on August 25, from 12pm to 8p.m. on the playing fields in Chinnor.

Bands so far confirmed include:
The Muttz Knuttz
The Drakes
Bootlegger
Ellie & Henry Ruddock
Wizzkey Mac
Toria Bird
Rodney Quakes

with more to follow. Follow the Chinnor Beer Festival news on the website.

A well established, Thame singing group is looking for new recruits. Thame Choral Society is a friendly group, committed to the enjoyment of music and they would love to welcome you!

TCC says: “No previous experience is required and we do not ask potential members to audition. The ability to read music is helpful but not essential.” Here’s a taste of the group’s programme:

Autumn term: December 15th – DVORAK MASS IN D and RUTTER MAGNIFICAT

Spring Term: May 11th – MOZART REQUIEM MASS

Summer Term: Will consist of a series of evening workshops, each one focussing on a different work or composer.

TCS meets for rehearsals on Wednesdays at the Methodist Church, Haddenham starting at 7.30pm.

Concerts are held at St Mary?s Church in Thame.

Autumn term begins on Wednesday 12th September.

www.thamechoralsociety.co.uk
Thame Choral Society is affiliated to Making Music
Registered charity No. 1003551.

HADDENHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: Schedules for the annual autumn show have now been delivered to members and free copies are available to non-members at the library, Blooming Fruity and various other village outlets.
If you have children who are at a bit of a loose end during the holidays, why not encourage them to have a go at some of the children?s classes for the show? Among the art and craft classes are a greetings card, a model crown, an item made from recycled material, composing a poem and making a puppet (string or glove).

The subject for the photography class is ?A Place of Worship? and there are various cookery and plant classes with items to be made just before the show. Adults can enter flower, fruit and vegetable classes as well as cookery and wine, crafts, art in various media and photography classes.

And for the grown ups : Wed 15th – Simply Walk: The next of the Haddenham fortnightly walks is on Wednesday (15), leaving at 10.30am from the Banks Park car park by the village hall. The fields are very muddy at present so it?s a good idea to wear walking boots or wellies.

IT’S that time of year again! Thame Youth Theatre?s exciting Summer Project is back! This year TYT will be going back to 1930?s New York, where the guys love a good gamble and the dolls love a good guy, in ?Guys and Dolls?.

The Thame Youth Theatre Summer Project is a week-long workshop of rehearsals, leading to two performances at the end of the week. This is the third year that the Summer Project has run, and in previous years, they have performed ?Hairspray? and ?Little Shop of Horrors? to audiences in Thame!

Sadly, Megan Bateman, Manager of Thame Youth Theatre, will soon be leaving after three years of directing the group. Megan said: ?It has been an absolute pleasure coordinating Thame Youth Theatre and helping it grow over the last three years.? Megan?s replacement, Tom Mackriell, who is currently working at the Wycombe Swan Theatre, will be taking over the group from September.

As ?Guys and Dolls? will be Megan?s final Summer Project with the group, all the stops have been pulled out with props, costume and set design. ?We?ve got some fantastic stage creations this year for the Summer Project, and I?m really excited about the performances on Friday,” she said. “There are many people involved in putting the Summer Project together, but nobody enjoys it more than the children!”

Hester Cameron does not attend Thame Youth Theatre as a regular member, but has taken part in all three Summer Projects; ?It?s really fun to take part in the Thame Youth Theatre summer project, and I love being part of the brilliant musicals involving lots of singing, dancing and acting,? she said.

There will be two performances of ?Guys and Dolls?; a matinee at 4:30pm, and an evening performance at 7pm. The production will be performed on Friday, August 10, at The Phoenix Performing Arts Studio, Lord Williams?s Lower School, Towersey Road, Thame. To book tickets, call Megan on 07805 885 846.

SOURCE: Press release

SUMMER Junior Squash Camp at Racquets, Thame, for Juniors aged between 7 – 16. Members

TAKE the family to Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, near Stokenchurch on Saturday 4th August between 11am and 4pm to discover more about the wildlife and countryside of the Chilterns.

?Go Wild in the Chilterns!? is organised by the Chilterns Conservation Board and Natural England. This family event with lots of interactive displays and activities for all ages, takes place in the field opposite Cowleaze Wood Car Park on the Christmas Common Road.

Animal lovers can get up close and personal with live owls, reptiles and amphibians and even microscopic mini-beasts.

Feeling creative? Why not get involved with building wildlife habitats, making creatures from clay and natural materials and helping to construct a giant willow head for this year?s Oxford Wicker Man? Visitors can also enjoy displays of traditional crafts like bodging, chair making, straw plaiting and hedge laying and have a go at some of them.

There will be guided walks throughout the day including wildflower rambles at 12 noon and 2pm, sensory Earth Walks at 12.30pm and 2.30pm and trips to discover ants, the reserve?s tiniest farmers at 1pm and 3pm.

The event costs