March 2009 Archives

by Frances Chidell

This experienced and well-travelled male quartet consists of Michael Steffan, baritone; Mark Fleming, tenor; Steven Brooks, tenor and Richard Bryan, counter-tenor. During the evening it was clear that Steven Brooks could also sing falsetto and Richard Bryan tenor.
The group engendered a friendly feeling in the hall, and Richard Brooks congratulated the audience, telling us that such groups of music lovers are becoming scarce.
The programme's emphasis was on music of the 17th century but included one Beatles number and an amusing rendering of 'The Lambeth Walk' 'backwards.

by Frances Chidell

Presenting seven of Chaucer's Tales gave the Group a merry variety of parts and playlets in the spirit of Carry On Chaucer which they seemed to enjoy performing as much we enjoyed watching.
Some of these updated stories were definitely not classifiable as Parental Guidance. As the English appetite for bawdiness and licentiousness is unchanged after 600 years, they were extremely funny Most of them had a homely moral.

A talk on the future of the MOD's Defence Language School at Wilton Park takes place at Beaconsfield Town Hall on Thursday next week.
Entitled Current Activities and Future Plans for the Defence School, it will be given by Wing Commander Martin Exley, commanding officer of the school on London Road.
The talk takes place after the AGM of the Beaconsfield Independent Electors Association on March 26 at 8pm. All are welcome.

A family with a front drive large enough to park several cars was has been refused planning permission to build a garage because it might kill two 99 year old Cyprus trees.
Councillors made the unanimous decision after being shown a photograph of a spacious parking area at the front of the detached house on Sandleswood End, Beaconsfield.

It is curtains up tomorrow for girls at High March School in Beaconsfield when they perform a play about children evacuated from London to the seaside to parents.
After a term of rehearsals, all 32 year six girls at the Ledborough Lane will take part in The Evacuees, which has been produced by teacher Isabelle Crawley-Boevey and directed by teacher Susie Matthews. Teacher Richard Elliott will be accompanying on the piano. Pupils watched the dress rehearsal on Tuesday.

More than a hundred pupils at The Beaconsfield School wowed an audience of 250 peers and parents at a sell out evening of modern dance and gymnastics.
The third annual Beatz show on last Tuesday proved a massive hit containing everything from street dance and stunts to ballet and poetry. This year many of the 23 performances were based on dances from films.

Children at Farnham Common Infant School learnt about the importance of having a healthy lifestyle.
Youngsters at the school in Beaconsfield Road took part in a number of activities to encourage them to eat sensibly and to exercise regularly.
Children were given a number of exercise routines to take part in at the event last Monday, and were also given the chance to prepare a healthy and balanced meal.

People living in and near Candlemas Mead are jubilant after a developer was told that it cannot build a row of houses on land they use for parking.
Neil Poulter, a metal worker from The Mead, spoke on behalf of 70 residents in those streets and in Waller Road and Fenhurst Close at a planning meeting of South Bucks District Council on Wednesday last week. (March 11)

They may not have Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman or Helena Bonham Carter in the cast, but Beaconsfield Operatic Society is now selling tickets for its forthcoming production of Sweeny Todd.
Billed as a musical thriller, the show runs from April 1 to 4 at 7.45pm at The Curzon Centre in Maxwell Road. Tickets, price £14, are available from www.bosopera.com or 01494 813518.

A Big Brother style diary room in an inflatable office proved a popular diversion for pupils of The Beaconsfield School on their lunch break.
Pupils queued up to get inside and to take part in a consultation organised by Beaconsfield Neighbourhood Action Group to encourage young people to voice their opinions on issues that matter to them.