2022 – WHAT A YEAR FOR BOGNOR REGIS CONCERT BAND

from Bersted In Focus February 2023

HOROSCOPES FOR FEBRUARY

Bognor Regis Concert Band is celebrating 2022 as a very successful year. In March 2022 we entered The Chichester Festival of Music, Dance and Speech, and were thrilled to be the winners of one of the Wind Band classes.

Pictured is the Chairman of Chichester Festival for Music, Dance and Speech, Alan Rodger, presenting the Southdowns Concert Band Cup to our very proud Musical Director, Robert Horner. We are entering again in 2023 and hope that our performance will result in us retaining the cup.

There were performances at the Seafront Bandstand for the 10K race in May, The Wilkes Head, Eastergate in July, Hotham Park Bandstand for Proms in the Park in September, followed by Proms at Sea, our annual Proms Concert, in the Alexandra Theatre.

It was a privilege to play at a Festive Charity Concert on 3 December at St Mary Magdalene Church in South Bersted. Raising money for Bognor Regis Food Bank and Christians Against Poverty.

We were back at St Mary’s Centre, Felpham on 17 December for our 2022 Christmas Concert. It was a very entertaining and successful evening. What a year it has been!

Entertaining you all again in 2023, we are performing our Coronation Celebration concert in the Alexandra Theatre on Sunday 2 April and Proms in the Park on 10 June 2023.

If you would like to book us for your next event, please contact us at brconcertband@gmail.com or via Facebook and Twitter, call or text 07864 543802 for further information.

Shakshuka

Shakshuka is a North African and Middle Eastern dish. It makes a wonderful spicy brunch or supper for a cold winter’s day.

Preparation time: 10 mins Cooking time: to 30-40 mins Serves: 4 with bread

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp olive oil

• 1 onion, finely sliced

• 1 red pepper, diced

• 1 green pepper, diced

• 6 garlic cloves, crushed

• 2 tsp sweet paprika

Method

• ½ tsp cumin seeds

• ½-1 tsp cayenne pepper

• 800g tinned tomatoes (use the best quality you can find)

• 2 tsp soft brown sugar

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• 4-8 eggs, depending on hunger

• Small bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan (with a lid) and add the onion. Fry gently until golden, then add the peppers and cook until they are soft. Stir in the garlic and spices and cook for another minute or two.

• Pour in the tomatoes and mash roughly. Stir in the sugar and lemon juice. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Taste and season. Add a little more cayenne if you like your dishes spicier.

• Make 4-8 hollows in the sauce and break an eggs gently into each one. Season lightly, and turn the heat down as low as possible, cover the pan with the lid and cook for about 10 minutes until the eggs are just set. Sprinkle with coriander and serve with crusty bread.

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ARUN & CHICHESTER (AIR) ENTHUSIASTS SOCIETY

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Patrons – Sqn Ldr Richard (Dick) Kharegat RAF (Retd) – ex Vulcan, Victor, B52 Pilot Wg Cdr Robert (Bob) Prothero MRAeS, MIMgt, RAF (Retd) – ex Victor Pilot Monday 27th February 2023 - 1900 for 1930 hrs

‘Formation Display Pilot’ presented by Mr Andy Evans, Team Leader, The Blades Aerobatic Team

Andy Evans will offer Air Aces members an exceptional insight into the life of a formation display pilot and the requirements and demands of the profession. As one of the most experienced display pilots in the world, with almost 2,700 hours in the Extra 300 alone, he has accumulated almost 8,500 flying hours. With all of this experience, Andy is also a Qualified Flying Instructor so well positioned to be mentoring and commanding the team when he took over as Team Leader in 2018, as well as managing the team’s flying itinerary.

Andy began his flying career in 1984 when he was awarded an RAF flying scholarship. He joined the RAF in 1985 as a member of Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron and following completion of officer training at Cranwell, Andy was selected to conduct his flying training in Texas, being awarded his wings in 1989. A former front-line Jaguar pilot, Andy flew on operations over the Balkans and spent three years as the Air Show Advisor to the Royal Saudi Air Force National Aerobatic Team. Andy is also a former Red Arrows pilot, flying with the Team between 1997 and 2000 and after his third year, he was the first Red Arrows pilot to stay on and become Team Manager, flying as Red 10.

AirACES is an aviation talk society, providing its members with regular talks, given by experts in many different fields related to the world of aviation. The talks are held at the Chichester Park Hotel, Westhampnett Road, Chichester 7pm for 7.30 start. Members £5, visitors £7 and under 16s FREE. Doors open at 6.45 no pre-booking, no reserved seating For further information about AirACES, please see www.airaces.org.uk, or call David Batcock on 01243 823007.

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Local History By Sylvia

ENDACOTT

Good to be back again, I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. We had some poor weather over the period, and because of this I spent some time looking through old newspapers to see what sort of interesting events took place. One article caught my eye from 50 years ago. There was a question asked in the Bognor Regis Observer on the 5 of May 1972, yes 50 years ago, “What will it be like in the year 2000?” This was to be a magical year, the millennium which promised so much for the future. So let us have a look at what happened or what we missed. One of the major focal points is ‘what will occur,’ with changing holiday trends, maybe the town will be aimed more at the shorter holiday for families? One comment made me smile, that of the problems of taking children abroad was seen to be so difficult with, ‘unfamiliar food, so staying in Bognor in familiar surroundings would be better.’ Remember this is 1972. Also with the new Channel Tunnel this could increase the need for a local holiday resort, with large halls for dancing like the one contained in the demolished Rex building on the prom. The subject of the ownership of the pier was discussed, but this is a repeated theme before and after 1972. The headline paragraph of this article talks of the future with a hovertrain from London or even a monorail from an out of town terminal. I wonder how 2023 will be reviewed in the future?