Prescription for

MURDER!

A WADS Production
19/20th November

In the seemingly quiet town of Bere Knighton there is never a dull moment for Dr Richard Forth. Not only does he have a hectic work schedule and an awkward friendship with his ex-girlfriend, but his wife, Barbara, has sudden unexplained illnesses. The best of medical minds don't seem to be able to help. She is constantly ill and nobody knows what is wrong with her. When Eric Dawson, a stranger, claims to have known Richard's second fiancée - a woman Richard claims does not exist - Barbara's health worsens and she isn't the only one. With bad luck spreading almost as quickly as bad news, it seems somebody is out to kill Barbara, and anyone else who gets in their way. The characters are now walking a lethal maze of razor sharp twists and turns; a deadly puzzle.

WADS present
‘Prescription for Murder’

a thriller by Norman Robbins on Friday 19th November and Saturday 20th November at 7.45pm in Wellesbourne Village Hall. There will be a licensed bar open from 7.15pm. Tickets available on the door or call Andy or Julie Stokes on 01789 841939.


AN AUDIENCE

WITH WELLESBOURNE CALENDAR GIRLS
Hosted by ALAN (J.T.) CARR

If you missed the launch - do not miss this! In St Peter’s Church Hall, Saturday 13th November, 7.30pm Tickets £5 each in aid of James Whale Kidney Cancer Fund from Stags Head, Wellesbourne Pharmacy, Sutoni and David Clarke on 01789 470194.


Stour Singers

Christmas Music in St Edmund's, Shipston, Saturday 11 December 2010 at 7.30pm

The celebrated Orchestra of the Swan is visiting Shipston again on 11 December 2010 to join Stour Singers in a splendid programme for Christmas designed & directed by Richard Emms, the choir's founder conductor. There are familiar carols for everyone to sing and some really lovely choral pieces but the highlight of the evening is Benjamin Britten's dramatic cantata ‘Saint Nicolas’. This depicts the legends of the life of the Bishop of Myra, patron-saint of children and travellers. Britten wrote it for the centenary celebrations of Lancing College in 1948 and it involves the whole assembly - choirs, audience, chamber orchestra, and virtuoso parts for the percussionists and the tenor soloist, Richard Dowling, as Nicolas. Do come and take part yourselves - Britten composed several community pieces and the audience role in Saint Nicolas is vital & invigorating.

Tickets £12.50 (accompanied children free) from choir members, R. Clark, 27 High St, Shipston-on-Stour and at the door. Visit our website: www.stoursingers.org.uk .


Kurt Tong

In Case it Rains in Heaven
13 November - 12 December 2010
At Compton Verney Gallery

The Chinese have believed for centuries that, when people die, they will need to take earthly possessions with them into the afterlife. This tradition continues today, with relatives creating and burning paper versions of personal objects including money, cars and even iPods. Kurt Tong's rich, highly-coloured photographs document the creation of these fascinating paper objects before they are burnt. The photographs are seen alongside Compton Verney's historic Chinese bronzes, themselves originally used for ceremonial offerings for the dead.

Ferrari with Chauffeur

Equestrian Figure

Kitchen Utensil

Roller Skates

All photographs © Kurt Tong 2010

Artists’ Christmas cards: Vintage designs from the 1930s to the 1950s
20 November – 12 December 2010

A festive display of artist-designed Christmas cards, including cards by Enid Marx in Compton Verney’s collection. A successful 20th century designer, Enid Marx was well known for her designs for books, stamps, posters and seating fabric for London Transport both before and after the Second World War.

Exhibitions in 2011

What the folk say   26 March – 11 December
Wallis & Nicholson   26 March – 5 June
Stanley Spencer   25 June – 20 October
Capability Brown   25 June – 20 October
Quentin Blake   November/December

Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

Wellesbourne Choral Society

The Choir has been very successful in its recruitment drive this year with nine new singers who have come along to see if they would like to join. We very much hope that they are enjoying the experience and will become paid up members. Unfortunately, the music festival scheduled for 18 September was cancelled but it may be rearranged for early in 2011.

Rehearsals for the Christmas concerts are well underway, with some pieces going better than others! The concerts will have a mixture of Christmas songs and carols followed by a modern cantata called “Night of Miracles” written by the American composer, John W. Peterson. In this, there are lots of tuneful choruses for the whole choir but also some short solo pieces and the music is then linked by short readings from the Christmas story.

There will be two performances. The first at St. George's Church, Newbold Pacey on Friday 3 December starting at 7.30pm; the second at St. Peter's Church, Wellesbourne on Friday 10 December also starting at 7.30pm. Tickets will cost £7 for adults; accompanied school children are free and interval refreshments will be included. Any profit from this concert will enable the choir to buy new music so that it can continue to offer a wide variety of entertainment.

If you want any further information about the choir, please have a look at our new website:- www.wcs.me.uk .


Tailpiece

A farmer who grew watermelons was doing pretty well, but some local kids would sneak into his watermelon patch at night and eat his watermelons. The farmer came up with a clever idea that he thought would scare the kids away for sure. He made up a sign and posted it in the field: “Warning! One of the watermelons in this field has been injected with cyanide.”

That night the kids saw the sign and they ran off to plot revenge. Next morning there were no watermelons missing, but a new sign said: “Now there are two!”

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