What's On
There are many events going on organised by the Community Association and taking place in the Community Centre
Wooburn Festival-Rossini-Barber of Seville
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- Written by Dave Foster
This
year, as part of the Wooburn Festival, Barefoot Opera presents Rossini's comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville. The production will be on October 11th 2019 starting at 19:30.
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When was the last time Hollywood gave us a true old school style "whodunit" type of film? These types of stories, where a detective is presented with a crime scene and figures it all out with just their intellect and powers of observation have always made great cinema.
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The annual Lace and Craft day will be held this year on Saturday 3rd August between 10am and 4pm. Anyone who is interested in lace or craft are welcome. This is an opportunity to meet likeminded people, have a natter and work on your latest project. Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake are provided but you will need to bring your own lunch.
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Thanks to popular demand singing teacher & recording artist Izzy Cooper (www.izzysings.com) will be hosting a Singing Workshop in the Summer Holidays for children aged 7 and upwards.
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Victorian Pharmacists and Quack Doctors: Graham Harrison talks about the development of chemical medicine from medieval-style alchemy to modern pharmacy during the reign of Queen Victoria.
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- Written by Paul Hurley
On Tuesday July 2nd we play host to the ever-popular Dave Rance and his Rocking Chair Band, led by trumpet player Dave, who will be giving us some of their favourite numbers with their trademark energetic style.
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By popular demand, Tuesday Aug 6th marks the return of The Fabulous Shirtlifters to Bourne End Jazz Night.
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Stan and Ollie documents the lesser-known twilight years of the comedy geniuses, Laural and Hardy; aging and fading from the public eye, they embark on a tour of Britain in order to raise funds for a big movie break to bring them back in the limelight.
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Bourne End Community Centre is having an Open Day on Saturday 8 June from 9.00am to 1.00pm, and we would like to invite everyone in the local community to come along and join us to see the range of activities on offer. There will be an opportunity to speak to Centre staff and engage with clubs and societies about the activities that take place within the Centre.
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“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing”. The Centre bar comes alive on Tuesday June 4th with a visit to centreJazz from the celebrated Dixieland Swing Kings.
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June's centreTalk by Anton Boon is all about the history of chocolate and will include some chocolate tasting.
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The cult of celebrity is not a modern concept. Meet Reginald Bunthorne, aesthetic poet and heartthrob to "Twenty Lovesick Maidens". For one night Maidenhead Operatic Society presents "Patience" by Gilbert and Sullivan.
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To celebrate 50 years since man first walked on the moon our July film is "The Dish". The Dish is the story of how a lowly radio telescope in Parkes, in the southern state of New South Wales in Australia, was upgraded in 1969 to transmit the live pictures of the Apollo 11 moon landing for NASA. This film is packed full of humour and admiration at the enormity of what was being attempted.