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Swindon Wide Jump and jive for the Jubilee Swindon invites the world and its music into the town this summer 4j with six exciting and lively concerts offering high energy enter-tainment. . Organised by Swindon {, Artscape at the Old Town Bowl in Town Gardens, the concerts will feature bands from Cuba, Ja mss. maica, the Congo and India. And to keep the Golden Jubilee weekend celebrations going, after the jubilee parade in the morning of 1 June (see page 23), the classic 1950's jump jive and doo wop band The Extraordinaires from London will get everybody moving with sweet harmony vocals and stunning dance routines. Celebrate 50 years with this incredible outfit.
Cathedral of cloth launches choir sponsorship Swindon's famed Kentwood Choir is to receive financial backing from integrated energy company Innogy, based at Windmill Hill, for the next three years. Some of the fifty strong choir formed in 1964 celebrated the sponsorship by serenading Innogy managing director Mike Bowden inside the the company's hot air balloon at Lydiard Park on 16 April.
World Music at the Bowl The Extraordinaires
195(E Jive and Doo M p at it's very best. Unmissable! + Jive dance class
June 8th African Plante Elegance
1 the musicians sox dancers - fantastic + African dance class
June 22nd Ska The Top Cats
Vintage ska and rocksteady. 'The Top Cats... will keep your skankin 'feet alive!" Sl ime
All the fun of the shows People of a certain age will re- Members of Stage Struck, well member Jane Marie Osborne sing- known for their comedy and musiing Phantom of the Opera on BBC cal productions, will also be perTVs Opportunity Knocks 15 years forming favourites including Coago. She has rarely sung it since, acabana, songs from the musicals but she has been persuaded to and Phantom. In the show will be a selection of perform it at Music and Passion, the next spectacular being planned the better songs from the by Swindon's Stage Struck at the Eurovision Song Contest since it first started 45 years ago. Wyvern on 16, 17 and 18 May. - "We always strive for something unusual," said producer Geoff Marsh. "Jane Marie's appearance will be very special and it's surprising how many decent songs have come out of Eurovision." Tickets at ÂŁ8 (conc ÂŁ7) are on sale from the Wyvern box office: tel. 524481; or call 642542.
June 6th Salsa Chacon y su Timba
Ten piece Salsa explosion. + Salsa Dance Class ft,lI u 20th
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A tribute to Bob Marley - Rock solid aethyth
August 3rd Bhangra Apna Sangeet t
One of the most successf i Bhar acts arxxnd. + Bhangra dance class Curry nit special at the 8o'4
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