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Author: Sonja Francis
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Thame’s Got MORE Talent !
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Thame HAS got talent !
IT was standing room only at The Spread Eagle, Thame, on Sunday (15/11/09) for a capacity audience who wanted to see if indeed, Thame?s Got Talent!
The 300 strong audience ranged from very young children to grandparents, and all those in between who had come to enjoying the musical, dancing, circus skills, poetry and gymnastic talent on display.
The high standard of the performers was quite staggering and they all, without exception, entertained the lively and interactive crowd with a variety of acts, by performers as young as nine years-old, right through to the over 65s.
YOUNG DANCERS RAISE THE ROOF
The loudest cheers of the afternoon went up for a group of younger pupils from John Hampden School, who with their demonstration of street dance, earning them a richly deserved ?highly commended? award from the judges, and a promised visit to the school from Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes, CBBC and Sports presenter, and Thame?s Got talent judge.
WHAT THE JUDGES THOUGHT
Another of the judges, Rick Chase, from the Vocal Booth, said: “My overall impression was the very high standard of talent witnessed by all, which made a very difficult job for us judges to decide the final positions. I was especially impressed with the younger contestants who proved to everyone that they don’t spend all their spare time on the computer! They should all be proud of themselves whether they won or not.
“It was a refreshing change to see a real talent show rather than the Simon Cowell TV ratings show! I’m looking forward to The Vocal Booth studio session winner, Catherine Jacobs, coming along to record her CD, as she has such a huge voice for her small stature! Well done everyone!”
Lizzie and Rick were joined by Peter Denton from Mix 96, Peter Farquhar, General Manager at the Spread Eagle Hotel, who sponsored the event by providing the venue free of charge, and Justin Shardlow from jltd, a local businessman.
THANKS FROM THE ORGANISERS
“I was so proud of what we have achieved,” said one of the event organisers, Matthew Cundy, Chair of local business group, Thame First. “What started as a fun idea last March has produced a community event, solely funded by the generosity of local businesses and produced by volunteers, and with the help of Alison Isherwood from 21st Century Thame Partnership without whose support the event would never have happened.
“The aim was firstly to keep Thame on the map as a vibrant community whilst having a bit of fun, and the messages of thanks that we have received since Sunday, coupled with offers from local business who want to be involved next year has been quite overwhelming and made all the hard work worth while.”
Alison said: “I would like to say a huge thank you to all the volunteers involved in the many months of organising and on the day. Without them the event could not have taken place; to Matthew Cundy from Kismet Jewellers, who generously sponsored the winning prize of
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MP pulls the first Thame brewed pint for generations
THE Mayor of Thame and BBC Radio celebrity, Ken Bruce, were among the crowds of locals – and real ale enthusiasts from as far away as Oxford, who witnessed the pulling of the first pint of Thame-brewed beer for probably a century.
The man with his hands on the pump for this momentous occassion at The Cross Keys pub in Park Street, Thame, was the town’s MP, John Howell.
It was standing room only by 12.30pm on Saturday (14/11/09), half an hour before landlord, Peter Lambert officially announced that Mrs Tipple?s Ghost, a medium bitter beer, named after a former
landlady who ran the pub in the 1950s, would be on sale.Ken Bruce, who lives at Towersey, and a man who himself knows a good pint when he tastes one (as rumour has it anyway), drank the first pint, and the Mayor herself, Jeannette Matelot Green (more an aficionado of the grape than the hop (as rumour has it 🙂 imbibed of the second pint of amber liquid.
The general concensus seemed to be that Mrs Tipple’s Ghost is indeed a fine brew of great character, and a very commendable effort for a first time brewer.
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Neighbourhood Police Surgery 14/11/09
PC RUSSELL HOUNSLOW will be hold a Neighbourhood police surgery at Thame police station on Saturday, November 14, between 10am ? 12 noon.
No appointment necessary – just turn up.
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Have your archaeological finds identified at museum 14/11/09
ON Saturday 14th November from 10am till 1pm, the Portable Antiquities Finds Officer will be giving free identification of archaeological objects at Thame Museum.
Anyone with an object they wish to have identified is welcome to go along.
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In The Loop at Thame Cinema 4 All – 14/11/09
A SPIN-OFF from Iannucci’s political television series, The Thick of It, In the Loop contemplates the behind-the-scenes machinations in Whitehall and Washington during the run-up to an unspecified Middle Eastern war.
An inexperienced, low-level minister, Simon Foster (Tom Hollander, toe-curlingly excellent), is asked an unexpected question during a radio interview. The results are catastrophic. His off the cuff response about ‘…climbing the mountain of conflict…’ makes him a target for the Washington apparatchiks currently visiting London in search of support for military intervention. Shipped over to Washington for covert negotiations, Foster finds himself a whipping boy for the attack-dog spin doctors of government and a pawn in the war game between the hawks and the doves.
The principal spin maestro is Peter Capaldi’s awesome Malcolm Tucker, a volcanic, bilious, cyclone of a man, the government Director of Communications charged with the task of keeping the team on-message. Tucker takes threats, insults and character assassinations to unforeseen levels of quite magisterial profanity.
As Malcolm desperately firefights the torrent of gaffes and leaks and faux pas, we follow the Brits into the corridors of real power as the wheels grind toward the inevitable outcome, greased by words taken out of context, and egos engaged in Machiavellian power play. The satire steams and fizzes like concentrated sulphuric acid. Very, very funny. But, be warned – this film contains language that some viewers may find offensive.
This Saturday, November 14, 2009 – Doors open 7.30pm Film 8pm. Admission
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Death of popular teacher
IT is with great sadness that we have to report that a popular teacher who taught at John Hampden Primary school for many years, has died suddenly.
Graham Hollows worked at the school in Park Street, Thame, for over 10 years, until 2003, eventually rising to Deputy Head under the current Headteacher, Alan Haigh.
He was later Head at Longfields Primary and Nursery School in Bicester, where he had to deal with an arson attack in March 2007, which caused
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Re-branding Thame
LOCAL business people, councillors, residents and other stakeholder in the town, have begun work on re-branding Thame, with a view to encouraging more visitors to the town to ensure its economic sustainablity.
They were joined at a South Oxfordshire market towns network event at The Spread Eagle Hotel by representatives from Henley and Wallingford, and spent the morning discussing rach individual town’s assets and potential, developing ideas for a brand for each town.
Marketing associate of Miller Research (who are leading the exercise on behalf of South Oxfordshire District Council’s Economic team), Steve Capell, will work up some of the ideas over the next week or so on the key words, vision, colours, fonts, images and ingredients that Thame needs to project to its future visitors.
A third workshop will then take place on November 24, also at the Spread Eagle, to take things forward.
The picture shows some of the creative work and emerging ideas that the group brought together.
The Speakers at the networking event were:
Cllr Rodney Mann, Cabinet Member for Economic Development & Finance, Welcomed delegats and prsented the programme for the event.
Nick Miller, Director, Miller Reseach, who presented the results of the ‘distinctiveness’ project so far.
Steve Capell, Associate, Capell Creative, who spoke about developing a town image in market towns.
Nick Quail, Q and A Research, who presented the findings of visitor surveys done in the three towns and led a reflection on what it meant for businesses.
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THAME’S GOT TALENT – It’s a sell out !!
THE organisers of the Thame’s Got Talent competition this Sunday (15/11/09)are warning that there are absolutely no more tickets available for the show.
250 tickets have been sold for the event, which is being held at The Spread Eagle Hotel.
The editor of Thame.Net, Sonja Francis, will be taking photographs of all the competition entries and prints will be available after the event.
All the pictures will be available to view on the internet early next week.
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Injured kitten is back with its owner
THE young cat that featured on ThameNews.Net last week, after beeing injured by a car, has been returned to its grateful owner.
The kitten’s owner heard about its accident via a friend who saw the report on ThameNews.Net.
The ginger kitten was taken to the Blue Cross hospital after it was hit by a car in Cromwell Avenue, Thame.
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