TheVillageOctober 2005

Village Festival
ONE OF the highlights of
Alvechurch Alight! was, again,
the Sunday morning performance
by members of Alvechurch
Amateur Dramatic Society.
This kicked off a day of
activities at Alvechurch Cricket
Club, including Morris dancing,
a classic vehicle display and
a penalty shoot-out against
members of Alvechurch Lions
girls.
For their surreal performance
of The Animal Kingdom – Explained,
the village thespians
took on the guise of Alvechurch
Naturist Society – ”because we
like nature”.
As the narrator and author
of the very entertaning script,
Chris Davies, told the audience,
tongue firmly in cheek:
“It’s strange, when we first
made our new name known,
we had quite a lot of interest in
the Society. Sadly, most people
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The Village October 2005
‘Alvechurch Naturist Society’
demonstrate proceedings on The
Weakest Evolutionary Link.
seemed to lose interest after
the first meeting. I did think the
vicar would have stayed longer
though.”
With thanks to Chris, we
can also quote his words of
wisdom on “those enigmatic
denizens of the undersea world
– the fish.
“There are literally several
different types of fish, mainly
cod, haddock and plaice. Cod
can be found in both normal
and mini-fish sizes, presumably
due to some sort of natural
variation in the water temperature.
“There’s also something
called roe which looks disgusting
and isn’t like any fish I’ve
ever seen, but some people
seem to like it. Some fish are
bony – these are called vertebrates
– whereas others are not
– these are called fillets.
“One of the great moments
in the history of all animals
was when the fish crawled out
of the sea and started moving
about on land. Scientists
have speculated that the first
creatures to do so were the
ones wearing blue wristbands,
whereas those with yellow
were allowed to stay in a bit
longer.”
. . . . well, perhaps you had
to be there! Just don’t miss
next year’s performance.
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