| FRIENDS
OF BAWDESWELL CHURCH
Results of the April Draw
Winners £100
L Condon,
£25 J Menzies, J Gurney,
C Tipper, G Sommerville
£10 R Condon, Worthing
Church, J Mallen, C Wall, P Lilwall
Next Coffee Morning
– Saturday 3rd July 2004, in the church.
FREE & Everyone Welcome
'Broadway
comes to Bawdeswell' - Monday 7th June at 7.30pm.
The Quiddenham Children’s
Hospice, the PCC and The Friends of Bawdeswell Church are holding a joint
fund raising event at Bawdeswell Hall, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs
D Gurney.
The evening’s entertainment
will consist of a cabaret 'Broadway comes to Bawdeswell' staring
Susie Turner and Annette Jude. An evening not to be missed, packed full
of all the best known musical theatre numbers!
A Hog Roast supper and Pimms
reception will be included in your ticket price.
The tickets will be £15
each.
‘The
Music of George Frederic Handel’ – Saturday July 17th at 7.30pm
An evening concert in the
church exploring his music, followed by supper in a marquee.
Soprano June Harrison, Accompanist
James Lilwall, Narrator Roger Hales.
The tickets will be £10.
This concert replaces the
advertised celebrity Guest Speaker on July 10th which is postponed until
next year.
If you would like tickets
for these events please apply to Peter Jervis or James Lilwall at Church
View next to Bawdeswell Church or telephone them.
EVENTS
2004
“BROADWAY COMES TO
BAWDESWELL”
Monday June 7th
in marquee at Bawdeswell
Hall
HANDEL CONCERT & BIRTHDAY
SUPPER
Saturday 17th July
CEILIDH & HARVEST SUPPER
Saturday 18th September
The Norfolk Wherries
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL &
CONCERT – 11,12 Dec
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BOOK CLUB
Held in the Old Workhouse
Bar on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7 30 p.m., this continues
to be a well-attended and very enjoyable group.
Our book choices for May
are " Star of the Sea " by Joseph O'Connor and
" Not the end of the World " by Kate Atkinson
- and for June " My Life in Orange "
by Tim Guest and "All Quiet on the Western Front
" by Erich Maria Remarque.
HAPPY READING !
Kathy Miners
A Review
of one of last month’s books -
Big Stone Gap by
Adriana Triagiani
A romantic story set in
Virginia in the late 1970s and focusing on the central character Ave Maria
Mulligan. Ave Maria owns and runs the local pharmacy, is involved in the
amateur dramatic society and has a colourful circle of friends. Through
these activities and her acquaintances we are introduced to the characters
that populate Big Stone Gap. As the story develops we learn of Ave Maria’s
life, loves, complicated origins, uncertainties, hopes and beliefs presented
in a readable way and reflecting the rhythms of small town life in this
place amongst coalfields and mountains.
This is a feel good story
- the first of a trilogy - bittersweet in part and flavoured with a hint
of ‘true story’ (Ms Triagiana is clearly writing about a background that
she is very familiar with). However, for this reader, that flavour was
synthetic, over-rich and cloying.
Big Stone Gap would make
an ideal summer holiday read, but don’t ask too much of it - it doesn’t
stand up to close scrutiny.
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