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Holybourne Theatre
As I write this (13th November), I notice from Google
that it is Robert Louis Stevenson’s 160th birthday.
Purely by coincidence our 2011 pantomime will be
Treasure Island and rehearsals are actively underway.
Treasure Island is not a traditional pantomime story,
but add a Dame, comedy duo and some slapstick
humour and it works really well. Will Long John Silver,
with his pirates Blind Ali and Sea-snake Sally, reach
Captain Flint’s treasure before young Jim, who was
given the map by Billy Barnacle? The story is full of
lots of nautical jokes, pirate puns and modern songs.
By the time you read this, tickets should be available
from Waterstones in Alton High Street.
Also coming up is the Youth Theatre Spring production.
This is “Honk!” a modern musical based on the story of the
ugly duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. “Honk!” tells
the story of an odd looking baby duck, Ugly, and his quest
to find his mother.
“Allo Allo”, the stage version of the popular 80’s TV series,
proved extremely successful and had to be extended for
an additional week to cope with demand. The whole
theatre was converted into Rene’s café with the audience
seated around candle-lit tables and receiving an authentic
supper during the interval. The kitchen still smells of
Camembert cheese!
Holybourne Singers meet every Tuesday at 8pm – this
group is led by professional singer Rebekah Abbott. The
group is open to all levels of singing ability with the aim of
having fun and improving ability. All types of music are
explored and members’ views influence the music selected.
Holybourne Singers will be joining the Holybourne Church
choir for the village carol service on Sunday 12th December.
New members always welcome.
Our latest activity, Keep Fit Dance classes began in
September. The classes run each Tuesday for one hour
starting at 7pm and cost just £3 per session. Those who
have been watching “Strictly Come Dancing” know how
much weight loss the celebrities have achieved whilst
having fun. These classes are somewhat gentler, but will
help anyone get back into regular exercise sessions.
Phew! So much going on......
Bob Yelland
New Community Forums for East Hampshire
East Hampshire District Council’s Community Forums
are changing to give local people more say in the
important issues that affect their lives.
The focus of the new Community Forums will be to respond
to and deliver locally identified needs. All proposals,
projects or ideas to improve the local community will be
considered, and the forums will continue to provide an
arena for people to have their say and help improve East
Hampshire for everyone.
We are therefore looking for members of the local community
to come forward with ideas, be they large and strategic in
nature that might cover a number of parishes, or very local
where the support required might be advice rather than
funding.
All ideas will be put forward to a Technical Panel via a
‘proposal template’, and assistance in preparing the
proposal can be requested from the local Community
Workers, or local Councillors. Once agreed, your proposal
will go onto the Community Forum database.
The database can be accessed by everyone, and will show
the action that is being taken on the project and its various
stages towards completion. Not every proposal can be
immediately funded, but the project will stay on the
database until such time as funds can be found – nor of
course will every proposal be successful, and the Technical
Panel will want to see that the idea has local support, that
it is not duplicating another project already underway, that
it will be a good use of funds, and of course is technically
feasible.
The Forums will continue to consider and approve grants
as previously, and, of course, we very much welcome
members of the public coming along and putting their
views directly to Councillors during the Community Forum
meetings.
We are now in the final stages of consultation, and the
whole project should be going live early next year.
I am looking forward to hearing from you with your exciting
and innovative ideas!
Glynis Watts
The Holybourne Village Magazine - Winter Issue 2010
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