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  • More Jazz “With Balls” In Thame (Contributed)

    The 20th Concert Jazz Gig is a Romantic Jazz night out on Wednesday, February 14, at its new home, Thame Snooker Club, St Andrews Court, Wellington Street, Thame; Jazz on Cue ? with Balls!

    Remember Tubbs! – The SIMON SPILLETT Quartet.
    The Quartet will be playing a “Tribute To Tubby Hayes” programme, including many of Tubby’s own compositions. This will also include music written by Tubby which was never recorded on commercially issued albums – something of a coup!

    Featuring :-
    Simon Spillett – Tenor Sax
    John Critchinson – Piano
    Alec Dankworth – Bass
    Spike Wells – Drums

    Reviewing Simon’s quartet for The Evening Standard, Jack Massarik observed that “though born in 1974, a year after Hayes death at 38, Spillett has absorbed the master’s saxophone style to an uncanny degree” and encountering the quartet and “hearing them play Tubby Hayes originals like Off The Wagon and Song For A Sad Lady was like time-travelling back to the future” as Simon “produced a whole compendium of high-precision Hayesian licks”.

    Simon Spillett – Musician, Tutor, Composer and Jazz Writer, has been described as “a fiery saxophonist in the mould of the late Tubby Hayes”, and it is Hayes who his work is most often said to recall, observers noting that Simon shares a fondness for fast tempos and sheer desire to create exciting no holds barred jazz. Indeed, Simon’s quartet pays tribute to Tubby’s genius at its club and concert performances, reprising some of Hayes own compositions, those associated with him and originals written by Simon dedicated to the spirit of the late great saxophonist. Tubby remains Simon’s favourite jazz musician but he also loves and admires the work of many other saxophonists, including John Coltrane, Evan Parker, Stan Getz, Ben Webster, Dick Morrissey, Don Byas, Peter King, Stan Robinson, Branford Marsalis, Danny Moss, Sonny Rollins, Paul Gonsalves, Wayne Shorter, Alan Skidmore, Hank Mobley, Johnny Griffin, Zoot Sims, Joe Henderson, Bobby Wellins, Dexter Gordon, Al Cohn, Ronnie Scott, Junior Cook, Stanley Turrentine and Bob Berg.

    More info on: www.jazzeddie.f2s.com ? download a Poster for your Office, Shop, Car or Home Window

    Ideal concert jazz no smoking, no babble, just good clean straight ahead blowing session for Music Aficionados.

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  • New Gallery of Old Photos of Oxfordshire

    PHOTOGRAPHS showing Oxfordshire?s towns around one hundred years ago, have been used to create a new online gallery.
    Oxfordshire County Council has joined forces with the Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network – which promotes local businesses – to create the new gallery on the Network?s website at www.otcn.co.uk.

    Around 100 black and white photographs of Oxford and many of the county?s towns have been drawn from the Oxfordshire County Council photographic archive and can be accessed through the Shop Locally page – click on the town links on the right hand side for contemporary photos of the county.

    The same photos can also be found on the Heritage pages of the county council?s website: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch.

    Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Faringdon, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Witney, Woodstock, are all featured.

    Don Seale, Cabinet Member for Cultural Services, said: ?This gallery is a great initiative from our perspective as it uses the County?s rich photographic collections in a novel way to help promote the local economy. It also draws people?s attention to the many thousands of photos which can now be found on the Heritage pages of the county council?s website.?

    photo: The old Thame Grammar school

  • Refurbishment For Thame Leisure Centre

    WORK has begun on a

  • Fire Chiefs Warn Against Microwaving Your Dishcloth!

    FIRE chiefs are warning against the advice of environmental experts in America who claim that sterilising dishcloths in microwave ovens kills 99% of germs.
    A recent report by a Professor Gabriel Bitton, an expert in environmental engineering at the University of Florida, claimed that 99% of germs contained in a kitchen sponge or dishcloth would be killed if the item was placed in a microwave oven on full power for two minutes.
    However, Oxfordshire fire chiefs say that doing this could result in catastrophe after a Telford resident’s microwave oven recently caught fire during an attempt to sterilise a dishcloth. Fortunately, the fire was contained within the oven but the incident could have been far more devastating.

    Julian Green, Risk Reduction Manager, said: “Attempting to sterilise a dishcloth or kitchen sponge in this way is extremely dangerous. There are too many variable factors such as the capacity and power of the microwave oven or the moisture content of the dishcloth or sponge, which may or may not cause fire. The potential for scalding oneself is another likely hazard. We strongly advise people not to sterilise cloths in this way.”

    Photo: Courtesy of MTV

  • Save Money On Rail Fares

    WITH the cost of rail travel in this country rising all the time, Nicholas Newman, of Oxford Prospect, has some great ideas for saving money on rail tickets.
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    Photo: Courtesy of Reuters

  • Breakfast Meeting Invite – Greening Your Business

    RUNNING a cost-effective and environmentally friendly office – Breakfast meeting – February 13, Sherard Building, Oxford Science Park 8am – 12 noon.

    This FREE half day event will provide information and solutions to running a green office. Businesses can take a big step towards cutting office waste, and saving money on resources and utilities such as paper, water and energy – which Envirowise has estimated could be as much as

  • Search For Sports Talent – Your Nominations Count!

    DO you know a sports club athlete or player, coach or volunteer, who has excelled in 2006? The Oxfordshire Sports Partnership Core Team, hosted by Oxford City Council, is calling for all nominations to honour these achievements at the Inaugural Sports Awards in March.
    A glittering Awards ceremony and gala dinner is being held on Friday, March 23, at the Witney Lakes Resort to commemorate the achievements of 2006.

    The Awards encompass all five Districts within Oxfordshire and aim to recognise and celebrate the wealth of sporting talent and dedication seen in community Sports across the County.

    The nomination categories are:

    Club of the Year
    Volunteer of the Year
    Young Volunteer of the Year
    Coach of the Year
    Sports Achiever of the Year
    Young Sports Achiever of the Year
    Disabled Sports Performer of the Year
    Young Disabled Sports Performer of the Year
    If you know someone who deserves to be recognised please request a nomination form from Amie Hill ~ Sports Marketing and Events Officer on ahill@oxford.gov.uk (please quote ref AWM01) or visit www.oxfordshiresport.org to download the forms.

    DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS IS FRIDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2007

    We are also starting to plan for 2007 Oxfordshire Sports Awards. We are aiming for these to be on a larger scale, linking in with the regional nominations for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2007. The 2007 Awards will be held in November. Please email Michelle Corbett on mcorbett@oxford.gov.uk if you are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities for this event.

  • Could You Help A Young Man Socialise?

    GUIDEPOSTS Trust is a national charity that provides services for people with disabilities. The Trust has been made aware of a young man with a learning disability in the Tetsworth area who would welcome the chance to go out and socialize more.
    To do this he needs to be accompanied by a volunteer for friendship and safety reasons.
    He enjoys football, computer games and pool.

    If you think you could give Guideposts Trust a couple of hours a month to socialize with this young man, please contact Nicola Oddy, Friendship Scheme Co-ordinator on 07894 256251, or email: noddy@guidepoststrust.org.uk

    www.guidepoststrust.org.uk

  • Report Over-Packaged Goods To Trading Standards

    WASTE managers at Oxfordshire County Council have added their voices to the current national calls for the amount of packaging on food and other consumer products to be cut.
    Large amounts of cardboard, clingfilm and other plastics come with most goods that are bought in the shops. Environment Minister, Ben Bradshaw has invited people to take their own action and report examples of over-packaging to their local councils.

    Andrew Pau, Head of Waste Management at Oxfordshire County Council, said: “I am glad to see that this debate is now taking off at a national level and in the corridors of power.
    “People in Oxfordshire are great at recycling and getting better all of the time. We are among the best in the country. However the simple fact is that if there was less packaging on consumer goods the issue of what to do with waste would be less acute.
    “This is all about tackling a problem at root. At the moment we create problems for ourselves as a society by allowing this kind of extravagant packaging to carry on as the norm.”

    Councillor Roger Belson, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: “Oxfordshire people are ahead in their thinking about these kinds of issues. The debate about packaging has been going on for some time in the county. It is pure common sense. Less packaging means less wasted resources and less waste to dispose of. There is no counter argument. It is about time we started to see some national direction on this issue with organisations compelled to do something about it.”

    If you want to report a case of a ridiculously over packaged item, contact Trading Standards on (0845) 0510845.

  • Thame House Prices

    WANT to know the 10 most expensive streets in Thame, the 10 cheapest and the 10 most transient?
    Find House Price information about Thame by visiting OurProperty.co.uk