The Hook Norton Village Newsletter
October 2007 Series 32 No 5

Arts & Entertainment


HOOK NORTON SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB

Find details of EVENTS and OPENING TIMES on the NEW
SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB WEBSITE



HOOK NORTON SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB YOUTH CLUB
All the news, reviews, times and dates for the HNSS Youth Club can now be found here!
Bonfire Night at the Brewery

Saturday 3rd November
starting at 6.30
(Gate open from 6pm)
Bar
BBQ
Sparklers on sale



CHRISTMAS IS NEARLY WITH US!

ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR

ST PETERS, HOOK NORTON

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3rd BETWEEN 10AM AND 5PM

XMAS CRAFT FAYRE

THE OLD POST OFFICE, HOOK NORTON

SATURDAY 1st DECEMBER
10AM TO 3PM


HOOK NORTON BRASS BAND
Another exceedingly busy year for the Band & a wet & muddy one at times – Bloxham Steam Rally degenerating into 12 inches of mud by the Sunday & rain stopped play at the Hooky
Beer Festival!
The Band continues to go from strength to strength under Jenny’s leadership – following on from our very successful Spring Concert - the next Concert (our Autumn Bill Clarke Concert) - will be at St. Peters Church at 7.30pm on Sunday 14th. October – free admission, refreshments, with retiring collection split between St. Peters Church & Cancer charity – you are all very welcome to an evening of diverse music & maybe our very own “Pavarotti” – Paul Roberts!
Many thanks for all those of you who responded to the “Friends of the Band” recruitment drive – many new members have joined this most helpful support group.
Watch for announcements of a Christmas Carol Concert in early December.


WATCH OUT ....FOR BEER TASTING EVENING
There will be a beer
tasting evening at
Hook Norton Brewery
in aid of fundraising
for the church clock
restoration.
Watch the village
notice boards
for the date.


CANTAMUS A CAPELLA
IN CONCERT

This year’s annual concert by CANTAMUS
Entitled ‘MEMORIES and DREAMS’
will be held in St. Edmund’s Church, Shipston
on Saturday November 3rd 2007 at 7.30pm.
The musical items will be interspersed with humorous readings by
Anne Hume and Sheila Probert.
Tickets £8 Adults. Accompanied children go free.

For further information please contact: Brian Aspery


THE GEORGE HUMMER PRIZE FOR WRITING
Many people of Hook Norton and Swerford will remember George Hummer. He lived in both villages before moving to Chipping Norton only a few years ago.
Even so neither he, nor his wife Pam, ever lost their ties with us. As an author and teacher, George was a regular contributor in the Hook Norton Literature Group.
It is fitting therefore that his friends have set up the George Hummer Prize for Writing as a memorial to him.
A Prize of £250 will be awarded not only in his memory but to encourage one of his great loves – “good readable writing”.
So if you enjoy writing but have never had anything published here is the opportunity. Entries can be poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction of up to 1000 words on a theme of the writer’s choice. The deadline will be in mid-January 2008 and entrants must live in a 15-mile radius of Chipping Norton.
Details and an application form can be obtained from Jaffé & Neale Bookshop & Café 1 Middle Row, Chipping Norton or on the website of the Chipping Norton Music Festival (www.cnmf.org.uk) which has kindly incorporated the Prize into their Festival programme. A panel of three judges will be chaired by Whitbread Prize Judge, Patrick Neale.


STOUR SINGERS - 32nd Season 2007-2008
Enjoy Singing?
A warm welcome awaits you in Stour Singers, Shipston’s Choral Society. There are vacancies in all voice parts – NO AUDITIONS!
The choir draws members from a wide area of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire and gives two concerts each season, in December and May, in St Edmund's Church, Shipston-on-Stour. The new season is particularly adventurous:
On Sat 8th December 2007 at 7.30pm Stour Singers combine with Caliche, the professional South American Folk Band, to present ‘Christmas Music - Latin-American style.’ The main works are the Navidad Nuestra (Folk Nativity) and Misa Criolla (Creole Mass) of the contemporary Argentinian composer, Ariel Ramirez. There will be plenty of more familiar carols for choir & audience too.
Then on Sat 10th May 2008 at 7.30pm Stour Singers perform Mozart’s well-loved Requiem and Haydn’s Mariazeller Mass with The Cherwell Orchestra, soloists and Rachel Bird (organ).
Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm in the Hall of Shipston Primary School. At the first rehearsal of the next session on January 10th 2008, there will be a short time to meet fellow singers.
Both concerts will be conducted by Richard Emms, the founder director of Stour Singers.
The annual subscription is £50; music is usually hired and is free to choir members.
For further details, please contact Vic Twyman.


WARRINER CHORAL SOCIETY

Handel's Oratorio - SAMSON


With orchestra, and soloists:
Soprano Keren Davis
Contralto Jeannette Agar
Tenor Brendon McBride
Bass Robert Williams
Musical Director Martin Quinn


Saturday November 10th at 7.30pm Deddington Parish Church
Tickets (£8) mid-October from Jenny on 01295 721224
One Man Band Banbury, or on the door. Refreshments during the evening.
www.warrinerchoralsociety.co.uk


PERSPECTIVES EXHIBITION 10 October - 16 November, Monday – Friday, 10am - 4pm Free Entrance
Science Oxford, 1-5 London Place, St Clements, Oxford, OX4 1BD
01865 728 953, events@oxtrust.co.uk, www.scienceoxford.com
Science Oxford is the scientific equivalent of an arts centre. It houses the Hands On science gallery for kids, an information centre, an exhibition space and our What’s On series of special events. Call or visit our website at www.scienceoxford.com for opening hours and details.


Compton Verney : October Dates for your diary
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ tel: 01926 645500
Open: Tuesday – Sunday 10am - 5pm. Closed Monday except Bank Holidays
Admission: Adults £7, concs. £5, Students £4, child £2,
family (2 adults & up to 4 children) £16, under 5s free. Grounds only, £1.
www.comptonverney.org.uk
Collection highlights tours (Every Wednesday, 12 noon & 2.30pm)
A 45 minute tour of selected works. Tour included in admission price.
Portraiture Week (Tuesday 2 - Friday 5 October) Included in admission price.
Join professional artists as they work in the galleries.
Grounds tour (Friday 5 October, 2.30pm) Tour included in admission price.
A 60-minute tour of the ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds.
Beginners’ Portraiture (Saturday 6 October, 10am–4pm)
A bookable workshop for adults. Come and try your hand at portrait painting.
£45 - includes gallery admission, materials, a light lunch, tea and coffee
Lecture: Striptease Culture (Saturday 6 October, 2pm)
£12/£8.50 concessions - inc. gallery admission
Advanced Portraiture (Sunday 7 October, 10am–4pm)
A bookable workshop for adults.
£45 - includes gallery admission, materials, lunch, tea and coffee
Beginners’ Life Drawing (Saturday 13 October, 10am–4pm)
A bookable workshop for adults. Gain basic knowledge about life painting and drawing.
£45 - includes gallery admission, materials, a light lunch, tea and coffee
Advanced Life Drawing
(Sunday 14 October, 10am–4pm)
A bookable workshop for adults.
£45 - includes gallery admission, materials, a light lunch, tea and coffee
Exhibition tours (Friday 19 October, 3pm) A 45 minute tour of the exhibition.
Samuel Cooper and Oliver Cromwell (Saturday 20 October, 2pm) Lecture by Dr Robert Edwards, £12/£8.50 cons - inc gallery admission
The Big Draw Sat 20 & Sun 21 October, Sat 27 & Sun 28 October 11am-4pm Join in the Big Draw workshop and help make a huge head in the Adam Hall. Activities are included with admission and are suitable for all ages.
October half term family fun Tuesday 23–Friday 26 October, 11am–4pm All over half term, there are creative workshops & practical activities to join in. Work with the artists to sketch fantastic faces in the galleries, make your own clay face portrait & listen to tales about the people in our pictures. Admission inc. activities suitable for all ages.