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SAWTRY CHORALE’S
COMING OF AGE!
Dame Norma Major,
Patron of Sawtry Chorale, joined choir members, families and
friends for the choir’s 21st Birthday celebration concert and
supper.
Formed in 1986 with
just 18 members by Peter Davies, over the years the choir has
grown in both numbers and reputation. It is an enthusiastic and
friendly group, raising funds for local causes while promoting a
love of good music, under the leadership of Musical Director,
Shirley Allen. The choir meets every Wednesday evening in term
time at 7.45 pm at Sawtry Community College. We welcome anyone
new wishing to join, but are particularly on the look out for
men to join our bass and tenor sections. There are no auditions
and you do not need to be able to read music. Our repertoire is
large and varied and includes classical and religious pieces,
songs from the shows and popular songs.
Sawtry Chorale is
now busy preparing for Christmas and the New Year so please come
and join us at one of our concerts:-
8 pm Saturday 15
December at All Saint’s Church, Hamerton
7.30 pm Saturday 5
January at St Helen’s Church, Folksworth
For further
information about the concerts or to join Sawtry Chorale, please
contact Colet Patmore-Hill on 01487 831487 or Chris Wilson on
01733 243224. |
DIGITAL: The Anglia TV region
switches to digital TV in 2011
The process of digital switchover
will take place between 2008 and 2012, TV region by TV region.
The exception is Whitehaven, Cumbria, which became the first
place to switch in October 2007. Switchover is a complicated
process, and needs to be done in stages so that everyone in the
country will be ready for it.
Switchover will start in the Anglia
TV region in 2011. You need to make sure every TV set in your
home is ready for switchover. You will be informed of the exact
date 9 months before your switchover, you will also receive
further information well in advance to help you get ready.
You could choose to switch now
either by subscribing to Sky or by getting Freesat from Sky, for
a one-off payment. Alternatively, a Freeview box will give you
access to 18 digital TV channels and 5 BBC digital radio
channels through your TV aerial.
If you are thinking about upgrading
your TV or recording equipment now, make sure you buy one with
the digital (tick) logo – see above.
Digital UK is the independent,
non-profit organisation leading the process of digital TV
switchover in the UK. Digital UK provides impartial information
on what people need to do to prepare for the move to digital,
and when they need to do it. For more information please visit
www.digitaluk.co.uk or call 0845 650
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TREE WARDEN REPORT
National Tree Week
will be over by the time of publication, and the irony is that
hardly any trees are planted in that 'week' any more. The HDC
tree nursery will not be lifting trees until the second weekend
in December, and even than some trees may not have fully entered
dormancy. Another sign of global warming. Perhaps the Tree
Council should shift Tree Week into January!
I plan to replant a
few shrubs, dogwood for colour, into The Maltings hedge where
some of the beech has died. Also to tend to the trees planted
last year at Bill Hall Way and the Fishing Lake. Then there will
be some hedge cutting at the Cemetery to thicken it up.
At the Infants
School there has been a delay in getting the soil from
Woodwalton Fen, so things are on hold there for a few weeks. If
you have a child at the Sawtry Day Nursery look out for details
of their project to plant a willow structure in January.
Janet Spencer, 01487
830527 |
Merry Christmas to all our Existing Customers & Drivers from
Sawtry Village Car Scheme
We still need
volunteer drivers to help us provide transport for people in the
Sawtry area who are unable to use conventional public transport
for essential medical appointments, shopping or visiting.
A mileage rate of
40p per mile is paid.
All applicants will
be required to provide a Criminal Record disclosure at our cost.
For further
information please contact:
Lorrie Brooks, The
Volunteer Centre, 48 High Street,
Thrapston, Northants NN14 4JH
Phone: 01832 733336
or 01487 411114
Email:
info@tvcthrapston.co.uk
Fax: 01832 734399 |
