Our last trip of 2018 was December’s, when we went to ‘Carols by Candlelight’ at Bristol Cathedral. It had been such a success in 2017 that we’d decided to repeat it. It really gets you in the Christmas spirit! Bristol Cathedral is a beautiful building, with wonderful stonework which is enhanced by the lighting. A choir has been singing on the site of the Cathedral since the original monastery was founded ! in 1140, long before the church was made into a Cathedral in 1542. The choir now consists of twenty-eight choristers, comprising fourteen girls and fourteen boys, all of whom are being educated at Bristol Cathedral choir school - the first “government run” choir academy in the country. Needless to say, they were very good indeed. John Telfer gave the readings, which were not all religious in tone. One of them was an excerpt taken from a Laurie Lee book, rendered complete with wonderful accents! John trained at Bristol Old Vic, has had several parts on TV, and is currently the Vicar of Ambridge on the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Archers.’ Our first event of 2019 was our AGM, held on the 18th of January. There was some sad news to share, since Lin Ashby announced her retirement. Lin has been our treasurer, booked tickets, (always in very good seats,) and unfailingly kept us up-to-date with upcoming theatre performances, allowing us to book early. She has been doing all this since Tetbury Theatre Group started, all of twenty-six years ago, so will be a very hard act to follow. But she does feel she has done her whack! She’ll be very much missed, as will her husband Norman, who has been very supportive in the last few years. We have a varied programme again this year. On the 2nd of February we are seeing “The Girl on the Train” at the Everyman Theatre at Cheltenham - on the 2nd of ! Tetbury Theatre Group March the musical “Annie” at the Bristol Hippodrome - on the 18th of April “The Remains of the Day” at The Playhouse, Oxford - on the 9th of May “Calendar Girls” at The Millennium Theatre, Cardiﬀ - and on the 5th of June “Mind Craft” at the Malvern Theatre. In July we will be having our summer outing, which will be a boat trip around Bristol harbour and the Avon Valley Railway. We have already booked tickets for the 24th of November, to go to the Birmingham International Tattoo. We had to order tickets very early for this event. You can see more details of these trips on our new website tetburytheatregroup. co.uk – and members will also be sent details of all these outings by post or e mail. If you would like to use just the coach journey on any of these trips, or if you need any other information, do contact Helen Price, Chairman, on 01666 503187. Celia Bayes, Tetbury Theatre Group """#$%$&'()*+$+(,%-$(%#./#01! !"###$$ ! ! Tetbury Motor Centre 500 002 Your main dealer alternative • 2345/065!%&$'(&$)*&+,'-,).)!78!90:;<0!=>0?0!;8@!$;4;/$%&$)&(0,+&$'--$1'2&)$34$0&5,+-&A!0>786!B/0!>E#!$50>!1EEG786!B/0/!5;FE!+31*-&.&$ ;<=>/$?<@>/$ABCB=DEFG>/$>EHG;<=>/$ABCB=$IBAG>/$AE@E$DJ>$<@H$C!IJK!$E4:04<7;3!%>4;4EA!,74E4E<>57