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Local singer aims highLocal resident, Michelle Bewley (photoon Page 37), has her own personal goalthis year: to get into the national UKmusic charts. Michelle, who works atLloyds Pharmacy in Farnham Commonhas been singing since she wasdiscovered after performing at a friend’sparty. Since then she has gone fromstrength to strength performing all overthe Slough area. She has sung at TimeFM events, charity functions as well asat many concerts. She also runs a verysuccessful open mic at the Stag andHounds in Farnham Common on thefirst Wednesday of every month.Michelle B, as she is known when sheperforms, recently won the secondround of the Voice of South Bucks withmaximum points, and ended overallrunner up. She has also won two videocompetitions: one for Lloyds and one forDHL, in which she not only sang butalso starred and directed.She often merges two songs together orwill sing a standard acoustically. If youget the chance to see her over thecoming months don’t miss her amazingacoustic version of Edge of Glory.Although she is a successful soloperformer she is in the process ofsetting up her own group.She is organising a charity fund raisingday for Macmillan Cancer Relief onAugust 25 at the Stag and Houndswhere she will be singing. There willalso be local bands, and lots of otherattractions - more information to beadvertised shortly.However this year she has set hersights on breaking into the national UKmusic charts. She has recorded analbum of original songs and is releasingher first single. “Holding My Breath” willbe released on September 24 oniTunes, Amazon etc and will beavailable for pre-order from July. Fulldetails can be found on Michelle’swebsite www.michelleb.infoMichelle BewleyFarnham Common Open Gardens2012 Eleven gardens in FarnhamCommon were open on Sunday 20thMay to raise funds for FarnhamCommon Community Library.It was a cold and grey day but thankfullyit didn’t rain and almost 150 peopleenjoyed visiting the very differentgardens. I had a plant stall in my gardenwhich raised £244. There was a plantstall, raffle and cake sale in the BrianJubb hall as well, with refreshmentsincluding teas and homemade cakes.Everyone that I talked to said how muchthey enjoyed the event and hadn’t letthe cold weather deter them fromvisiting the gardens.It was a very tiring day for the gardenowners who had spent weeks prior tothe day making sure their gardenslooked perfect. It was also a verysuccessful event which raised almost£2000 for library funds. The librarycommittee are keen to do it all again in2013 so watch this space!Pat Marshall24