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Calling all singers (and ‘wannabe’ singers)! Come and sing on Saturday 11 June
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ROYAL CELEBRATIONS carry on into the weekend after the Jubilee courtesy of Wincanton Choral Society who would love any ‘wannabe’ singers - and indeed those who already sing or have sung in a choir - to join them for a day discovering from scratch Handel's Four Coronation Anthems, one of which is known as ‘Zadok the Priest’ and is the very incarnation of regal stateliness.
The choir's charismatic Musical Director Katrine Reimers and their accompanist Jacquelyn Bevan guarantee a fun, friendly and energising day - which will hopefully encourage you to give the choir a go when their regular rehearsals begin again in September. No previous experience or musical training required, and you will be impressed by the quality of performance that Katrine magics out of us!
The venue is King Arthurs School, Wincanton BA9 9BX, 10am to 4pm and tickets cost just £20.
For more information see www.wincantonchoralsociety .co.uk or contact Trevor on 07914 074198 or honsecretary.wcs@ gmail.com. Very good homemade cakes also provided!
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Market Place, Somerton (01458) 273168 Homemade Cakes & Scones Morning Coffee, Cream Teas Lunch Served 12 – 3pm Open: Tue – Sat 9am – 5pm Open day and fund raising for local church at Caundle Marsh and Ukrainian refugees
On Sunday 19 June the Walled Garden at Glebe House, Caundle Marsh just off the A3030 at DT9 5LX will be open from 10AM until 5 PM for cream and cake teas in order to raise funds for the upkeep of the church and for Ukrainian refugees.
On show will be four displays, these being: One thousand + William Britains model soldiers from the last one hundred and thirty years representing in miniature (54mm figures) Royal Jubilee parades over that period with: Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II; five royal carriages including George III’s Gold State Coach; two Indian Empire elephants; five bands; cavalry including the President of India’s mounted guard; marching infantry from the UK, West Africa and India; four Royal Horse Artillery gun teams; mountain artillery from the Indian Empire; two Royal Naval gun teams; Royal Marines with a colour party, a band of their own and eighty marching figures; foreign troops including Turks and the French Foreign Legion. Also, as a salute to the gallant people of Ukraine, some of their Cossacks from earlier times will be on parade.
A large model of the Chateau of Hougoumont and the engagement fought there on 18 June 1815 which was a vital part of the battle of Waterloo. Over three thousand miniature figures will represent the attacking French under the Emperor
William Britains soldiers - a part of the miniature jubilee parade to be shown on 19 June in the walled garden of Glebe House, Caundle Marsh.
Close escort to the Gold State Coach - HM's immediate attendants.
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Napoleon and British Guards battalions under the Duke of Wellington. This model was recently displayed at the National Army Museum in London.
A display of model ships by the Society of Model Shipwrights including the brig of war that brought back to England the despatch written by the Duke of Wellington the night after Waterloo announcing his victory over Napoleon.
Last but not least there will be some historic locally owned cars and tractors. There will be experts on hand to answer questions and to encourage people of all ages to try their hand at model making. Please come and enjoy these events or just sit about in the beautiful walled garden drinking tea and eating scones and cake!
Curry Rivel Open Gardens 2022 Sunday19th June
There are now 12 gardens that will open. Please do come, tell your friends. It is a very enjoyable afternoon which also raises funds that are distributed around the village.
Tickets will be for sale in advance at the BP garage/Nisa shop. £5 per adult and children under 16 free. On the day Ticket
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Sales (programmes) and lunches will be available in the village hall from 12.00noon then teas and cream teas will be available from 2.30pm. The village hall will be open until 5pm for toilets. Some gardens will also offer teas and plant sales. Other places to visit on the trail are the War Memorial, Granny’s Garden, the allotments, Eastfield Wild flower Meadow, Batty Piece, the Churchyard and the village green.
As you walk around the village enjoy the Front Garden Trail where pretty and interesting front gardens can be seen
Wincanton Royal British Legion will be hosting a talk on Friday 10th June 2022 at Wincanton Memorial Hall, BA9 9JX from 7 pm until 9pm. Major (Retd.) Simon Carew Price formerly of the Scots Guards will be presenting a talk with slides on the Falklands War.
Simon was Company Commander of the Right Flank, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards at the Battle for Tumbledown Mountain and will look at how the war came about, details of the war, from a Scots Guards perspective, and his experiences during the war. Entry on the door will be £5, tea and coffee will be available and all proceeds will be divided between Wincanton RBL and the Scots Guards Charities.
For further information please contact Steve Lee on 07551 191070 or email: steveclare1@tiscali.co.uk.
Wincanton Service of Remembrance - 40th Anniversary of the Falklands War
Wincanton Royal British Legion will be holding a short Service of Remembrance on Tuesday 14th June to remember the 40th Anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. Those wishing to attend are asked to arrive at Wincanton War Memorial, located in the grounds of Wincanton Memorial Hall (BA9 9JX) in good time for an 11 am start.
Wincanton Town Festival [WTF] presents ‘Jubilee’ - a lively intimate celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
WTF and Greening the eARTh gallery commissioned local craft business Bootmakers to run workshops within Wincanton's two primary schools and hence created over 500 'postage stamp crowns' artworks that have been crafted entirely from found materials. These unique artworks will be exhibited for the month of June at the central location of Greening the eARTh gallery and other shops located on Wincanton's High Street.
In addition to this art exhibition WTF will play host to a festival style garden party within the walls of the enchanting walled garden that date back to the 18th century. Within these bucolic walls the public will experience a lively array of world music, art workshops, demonstrations, food
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and drink. The public will be invited to bring along a picnic if they so desire.
Art exhibition: June 3rd – July 3rd. Garden party: June 3rd. 126pm. 7 High Street, Wincanton, BA9 9JN.
Young handler aiming high at the Royal Bath & West Show
Livestock competitions are an integral part of the Royal Bath & West Show , with many exhibitors starting preparations months in advance. We catch up with Thomas Nash, recently crowned RBST Young Shepherd of the Year, to find out more.
Although Thomas is not from a farming family, it was the Bath & West which got him into keeping sheep. “We’ve always had farmers just a few fields away from us, who competed at the Show, and I always went to visit them,” he says.
“At first I wanted cows but my parents thought that was too much of a big step for me, so they bought me two Coloured Ryeland ewes for my birthday and I haven’t looked back.”
An avid visitor to the Royal Bath & West Show, Thomas (now aged 12) first competed there in 2017. “But this year will be the first year with a full show team,” he says.
And of course, preparation is key. “There’s a lot of effort that goes into it, I spend weekends washing the show team, then one or two weeks before the event I’ll start getting them in and giving them their first trim,” he explains.
“I’ll be trying to get a nice flat back onto them – they should be nice and square.”
So what does he look for in his show stock? “With Coloured Ryelands there are certain breed characteristics I look for; they need white teardrops, white mealy markings and as with all other sheep, generally good conformation and head carriage.
“As Ryelands are a medium sized breed, I want them nice and stocky but not too leggy. For me I also like small ears and a small nose.”
Thomas has successfully built up his flock from two. “I now have 39 Coloured Ryelands, including lambs and one Ryeland,” he says. “Mum wasn’t very pleased when I came back from the breed show and sale with a white Ryeland but hopefully I’ll be able to show her and start another Ryeland flock alongside the Coloured flock.”
And his hard work paid off when he won the Rare Breed Survival Trust’s Young Shepherd of the Year Award 2021. “It was similar to the other young handler classes; the judge looks at the way you handle the sheep, getting them to stand correctly and walk around.
“I was ecstatic when I won, it just makes all the time and effort worthwhile. Especially in the winter months or when you’re lambing at three o’clock in the morning – it definitely pays off when you win something like that.”
So what’s his favourite part of the Show? “The thing I really enjoy, is at the end of the Show when most of the public have gone home, just walking around and enjoying it yourself – it doesn’t really get much better.
“I’ve been honing my skills for the past few years and hopefully this year it will pay off. It would be really great to win at the Royal Bath and West, as it’s one of the biggest shows in Somerset –everyone knows about it – it would really put me on the map
Thomas Nash.
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nationally for Coloured Ryelands.”
The Royal Bath & West Show takes place on 2-4 June 2022 at The Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QN. For more information or to book tickets visit www.bathand west.com.
Small publishers’ fair returns to delight of writers and readers
Love writing and reading? Then you’ll be over the moon that Frome’s Small Publishers’ Fair is back after a two-year Covidenforced absence.
The Fair, which takes place at the Silk Mill on Saturday July 2nd, is organised by Frome Writers’ Collective and will offer a wide range of services and support to fledgling writers, while for readers there will also be an exciting selection of books from independent and specialist publishers to choose from.
These publishers will be joined by other stands run by authors, printers and book illustrators. Prominent among them will be Frome Writers’ Collective’s own imprint. Silver Crow Books. Silver Crow offers FWC authors a range of advice, guidance, a cost-effective manuscript assessment service and discounts with preferred self-publishing partners as well as joint marketing opportunities.
Believed to be unique in the way it offers a friendly alternative to the often-daunting task of producing and promoting a book in isolation, Silver Crow has already helped has helped many FWC members to develop or publish their books.
FWC’s Gill Harry said: “We are delighted to be hosting the Small Publishers Fair once again, as part of the Frome Festival programme. As before, it’s free and will be running from 10.00am to 3.00pm at the wonderful Silk Mill Gallery. It’s always a fabulous day with a great atmosphere and we’re all looking forward to meeting lots of readers, writers and illustrators.’
For information about the FWC go along to see their information table at the Fair or visit fromewriterscollective.co.uk or the Frome Writers’ Collective Facebook page. More information about Silver Crow is on silvercrowbooks.co.uk and about the Fair on the Frome Small Publishers Fair website, fromesmallpublishersfair.co.uk.
Festival vibe comes to Somerton
Somerton is bringing the festival vibe to town with 14 days of music and culture, starting on 1st July with a performance by the Bath Gilbert & Sullivan society.
The Somerton Music & Arts Festival will also feature talks, a nature walk, chocolate making, wine tasting and a Jive Night. Many of the town’s local hostelries are hosting bands during festival fortnight, and the flagship event is Somerstock on the 9th July which will see ten fantastic bands hit town for the annual family-friendly one day music festival.
For Information and tickets go to www.somertonarts festival.co.uk. Tickets also available from Rocket 68 in Somerton. Funday is free but you will need to download a ticket from the website.
Poyntington Open Gardens & Plant Sale, Sunday 3rd July
Poyntington village is putting on an Open Garden and Plant Sale event on Sunday 3 July in aid of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and the local Church, for one afternoon only.
The event is open from 2.00pm5.30pm at DT9 4LF. The Manor House Gardens plus 5 other gardens. Tickets are £5 (cash no cards) on the day with free parking. Tea and cakes available in the village hall. Sorry, no dogs and sadly wheelchair access to Avalon Quilters Trunk Show on Saturday 11th June
Avalon Quilters have a visiting speaker – Carolyn Forster –coming to do a ‘Trunk Show’ on the quilts she has made on Saturday 11 June at Compton Dundon Village Hall from Norton Show Safari 2022 from 1:45pm, Saturday 25th June - 4 Shows and a Stroll
HamstoneLIVE has booked another 4 high quality performances from professional Somerset performers, for you to enjoy while taking a stroll around Norton Sub Hamdon.
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• Tor Theatre – Amelia
Braveheart, inspired by
Amelia Earhart, the aviation pioneer. • Jack & Jordon – a chaotic journey through the minds of two actors, nay, artists. • Bluebirds Theatre – The Popera
House presents a quality musical show. • Out of the Forest Theatre – A dynamic piece from a local company (they haven’t told us everything yet).
Numbers are limited; all shows are outdoors. Join us for another life affirming afternoon with some inspiring Somerset talent.
Tickets are £10, available at the Village Shop from 30th May 2022 and online. Suitable for all ages. Call John Bailey on 01935 881227 if any queries, or check out HamstoneLIVE on Facebook.
An afternoon and evening of natural daylight, vehicle evolution Summer Solstice Vintage Vehicle Gathering 3pm to 10pm Tuesday 21st June. Drive in to look at others or show your vehicle for only £5 per vehicle, Local event in Gillingham countryside, at North Dorset Rugby Club SP8 5SY. Entrance off Gillingham to Wincanton road
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Visit our Showroom The Old Bakery, Half Moon Street, Sherborne, DT9 3LN
B3081. Nice food, good music, period costume encouraged, bring your photographic equipment and donate some of your better shots to them to remind everyone of a good event and promote future Summer Solstice Vintage Gatherings.
Perhaps you would volunteer some of your time to help other volunteers, behind the scenes before this event, or on the day for a couple of hours. This 2022 event raising funds for Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. Phone Brian 01747 824240. See you there! Sorry, no dogs.
Hall & Woodhouse Dorset Beer Festival returns
The Dorset Beer Festival will be making a comeback on Saturday June 25 for its eighth annual beer celebration and is set to raise vital funds for the mental health and wellbeing charity, Dorset Mind where 100 percent of proceeds made will be donated.
Held at the Hall & Woodhouse (H&W) Brewery in Blandford from 11am to 10pm, the festival, organised and hosted by the leading independent familyowned Dorset brewer, usually attracts more than 1,400 people and provides an opportunity to not only celebrate local craft breweries and cider makers, but
The H&W Dorset Beer Festival returns on 25 June. also raise money for charity.
While H&W will showcase its own Badger Beer and special oneoff brews, a further 50 different beers and ciders from a range of other local and out-of-county breweries will be available on the day. Local breweries confirming support include 8 Arch Brewing Co, Remedy Oak, Wild Beer, Palmers and Cranborne Chase Cider. Breweries from further afield include Timothy Taylor, SA Brain and Exmoor Ales.
Toby Heasman, Head Brewer at Hall & Woodhouse, said: “We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to sample our award-winning beers alongside an extensive range of other craft beers and ciders. As well as sampling beer and cider, visitors will also be able to enjoy a host of live music, entertainment, and food offerings. Hall & Woodhouse is committed to growing the festival and we are all looking forward to its return this year.”
Since launching in 2013, the festival has raised more than £51,000 for local charities including the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, Macmillan Cancer Support, Blandford Opportunity Group, Alzheimer’s Society, Teddy20 and Together for Short Lives.
Above and beyond the Dorset Beer Festival, Hall & Woodhouse has raised more than £1million for charity over the past ten years through its different initiatives. Hall & Woodhouse is committed to supporting the local community across the south of England and is always looking for new ways to give back to its guests.
Tickets are available to buy online for £10 per person at www.hallwoodhousebeerfest.com. This price includes entry, a beer glass, programme and four tokens and these can be exchanged for one pint or two half pints.
Tickets will be available to purchase on the gate subject to availability. Last entry to the festival is 8pm.
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‘Postcards from KENYA’ Summer exhibition 2022 by Moish Sokal Floods, and inspiration from Kenya for a watercolour artist
Moish Sokal is bringing the colour of Africa to beautiful East Lambrook Manor Gardens in his latest exhibition Postcards from KENYA from June 4th. However, this exhibition was nearly washed away in major floods as it was being painted.
Armed with a fistful of photographic prints, brushes, paints and paper, Moish landed in his hometown, Sydney, after the long absence imposed by the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. “I was so moved to stand on Bondi Beach again, I was almost crying!” In this surreal present he made his way to Northern NSW and settled in happily to a familiar routine of morning swims and painting.
“As the sunny days rolled by, my cashe of watercolours inspired by a recent trip to Kenya was
But then came the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’. The rains had arrived and they grew stronger, louder. Day and night, non-stop heavy rain. “Daylight was so poor I had to retreat into my bedroom since it had the brightest light over my bed and paint there from the photos I had taken on a recent trip to Kenya, which all of a sudden looked more like colourful exotic postcards”.
It rained for 6 days solid and led to the unprecedented floods which were even threatening to flood his flat. Moish hurriedly put all the paintings on the highest shelves and left to spend a worried night at an evacuation centre. He returned when the floods started to recede and to his great relief found his painting haven had been spared by millimetres and he got back to work again.
It was to the constant sound of the rain that the memories started flooding in. Moish had arrived in Nairobi in the pouring rain too. The first adventure out was to feed giraffes face to face. “Facing these elegant animals, gently flapping long eyelashes as they stick out a huge blue tongue taking the food off your hand is an unforgettable experience”
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Moish painting in his room. After the storm 16x20. Giraffes in the woods.
Then came a visit to the Sheldrick elephant orphanage watching these playful baby elephants sucking the milk from very large milk bottles.
From Nairobi Moish made his way to the famous Maasai Mara wildlife park, known for the Maasai people and its lions, living side by side. The safari vehicle was just a van with an open roof but the sights were breath taking. A lioness with her 6 cubs greeted us by the roadside! Amazing! Lions in the bush, lioness feeding her cubs, lions everywhere! “We could disembark by the famous Mara river crossings where the migrating wildebeest and the hungry crocodiles meet for lunch … we settled for a picnic instead, accompanied by armed Maasai ranger”.
The friendly Maasai people live in a way unchanged for millennia, in small villages in mud huts not
Masai women.
bigger than the average kitchen. Their fierce warriors are known for their bravery in confronting lions preying on their cattle.
From the Maasai Mara Moish continued onwards through the rift valley to the lakes in Naivasha and Nakuru wildlife parks. “I stayed in a modest hut by the lake surrounded by an abundance of birds. Pink pelicans, elegant flamingos, great egret, and fish eagles perched high up in the trees surrounding the lake.” Down one track a big herd of buffalo had a huge grey beast in their midst. Yes! A white rhino, with a young one too, one of the most endangered animals. On the way to Thompson’s Falls Sokal’s wish came true when at long last he had crossed the equator by land. “Watching the water turning clockwise down the drain and 6 metres south the water turned anti clockwise was an extraordinary experience. A thin line of only 12 metres wide marks the equator! Yet, even though I was on the equator, it was cold in that high town and the burning fire in our dining room was a welcome sight indeed.”
Amboseli wildlife park was the next destination - a park is known as home for Africa’s largest elephants, some displaying huge tusks. They march down in herds from the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the swamps on the plain to spend the heat of the day in the cooling water. The rich grass lands provide ample food for the grazers; zebra, wildebeest, giraffes, buffalo, gazelles feed well but so do the big cats lurking in the long grass.
“The first sight of a cheetah family feasting was unforgettable, cheetah cubs playing in the tall grass, an elusive pair of lions courting in the middle distance, and all this with the iconic backdrop of snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro rising high above the plain”.
The final destination was old Mombasa. The decaying yellow painted buildings (displaying a rich heritage of Omani, Arabic, Portuguese and British influence), welcomed us with warmth, humidity and colour. Fish markets, spice markets and mosques, porters loading the wooden dhows bound for Zanzibar, the same kind of ships Moish saw being built in Gujarat on the other side of the Arabian sea a decade earlier.
The coast south of Mombasa was just pure white sand, turquoise water and palm trees, Sokal headed to the small and colourful African village of Shimoni which is mainly concentrated around an ancient Baobab tree.
Alongside these exotic paintings, Moish has found inspiration in the English countryside, staying put for a while made him appreciate the changing seasons and find the magic again.
Finally, Moish could escape the floods in Australia to return to spring in Somerset, to look forward to being in the beautiful surroundings of East Lambrook Manor Gardens where he will bring these vivid memories of Africa and the floods to us all in his exhibition Postcards from KENYA.
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Motcombe Village Fete Platinum Jubilee - Saturday 4th June
On Saturday 4th June Motcombe Village will hold its brilliant annual Fête celebrating the strong sense of community around the village and beyond. With 3000 adults and children expected from around the local environs descending on the village during the afternoon, they will be in for a fantastic day.
“Well it’s become a bit of a festival really.” explains Fête coorganiser Barney Mauleverer.
The enthusiasm to make the Fête a great event spread like wild fire – the scarecrow making competition took grip in the leading weeks beforehand with 80+ entrants balancing their masterpieces outside their houses for judging in anticipation of prize giving on the day.
The magnificent hexagonal music tent and stage ‘The HEX’ (provided by local company Q&R our title sponsor) will rival Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage (sort of...), with local band Jamarca headlining, supported by Kind of Blue and an Open Mic for young people during the afternoon. Local choirs are also playing a crucial supporting role on the music front.
They will be showcasing the opening of the NEW village clock hall, filled to bursting with beautiful bunting and cream teas. There will be a massive street food BBQ, a locally-stocked bar, quiches and salads, cakes, strawberries and cream and
If you would like to know more have a look at 2019 here https://vimeo.com/365938051 or contact one of the team at team@motcombefete.co.uk
Motcombe Village Fete takes place on Saturday 4 June.
Midweek Music at St Mary’s, Sturminster Newton
On Wednesday 15th June at noon, come and relax for 45 minutes as local professional musicians play music for cello and piano! Featuring Janet Coles cello, Laura Manning - Piano.
Programme includes: Frank Bridge – Spring Song, Beethoven – Sonata no. 2, Saint-Saëns – The Swan. Retiring collection in aid of DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
Yeovil Probus Club find new home
The Probus Club of Yeovil has found a new ‘home’ having started up again following the pandemic. After an extensive search and trying out alternative venues, the Club have settled on The Quicksilver Mail on Hendford Hill and is now ready to recruit new members.
New Chairman, David Parsons, said: “We are really excited about our new venue. It has exceeded our expectations and our members are delighted that we have found a settled home.”
David went on to say: “There is another exciting development on the horizon. Whilst our members have traditionally been men, it is hoped that shortly there will also be a ladies’ Probus Club in Yeovil.”
Probus is a national organisation which draws its membership from those who are retired or partly retired from all walks of professional & business life.
Every month they arrange for a guest speaker to talk about a variety of subjects that will be of interest to members. They gather around 11.00am for coffee, followed by a talk at 11.30, after which they enjoy a convivial get together and lunch.
In addition to this they organise visits to places of interests, walks culminating in a pub lunch, skittles and social events. There is very modest annual subscription of £20.
The club normally meets on the second Monday of each month with the next meeting at the Quicksilver Mail on 13th June. The guest speaker is Brian Wright who will talk about ‘West Country Witchcraft’. Anyone interested in attending a meeting, with no obligation, or would like further information, please contact the chairman, David Parsons, on 01935 414765. or by email; yeovilprobus @gmail.com.
