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The News
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Written by paula
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 17:39 |
 May Fair & Duck Races
A successful days racing was had by all in Luxborough on Monday 5th May 2008.
Fair weather during the May Bank Holiday brought out the punters for
the annual Duck Races.
Crowds of people descended on the pretty village of Luxborough on
the Coleridge Way for the May Fair and Duck Races.
People travelled from as far as Tiverton to join the fun.
Pat McGlynn & Clare Pound had their work cut out to keep up with the demand for duck ownership before the start of each race.
The Bouncy Castle and Skittles were as popular as ever.
 Inside the hall the stalls laden with cakes, pies, jams, plants and books and all stalls did a roaring trade.
One of the highlights this year was a demonstration by
The
Somerset Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers who showed children
how to make pretty friendship bracelets.
Heathers
Jewells, a member of Minehead Producers, was another another new
feature of the Fair this year. This stall provided a
bright and cheerful display of quality jewellery at very
reasonable prices.
The outcome was a good afternoon of entertainment which resulted in
several hundred pounds being raised for the upkeep of the Village Hall
and the Church.
Pics to follow of
Eliza & Rosie Quint Millie & Joe Small, Marie Denley having a good time on the Bouncy Castle.
Sam Pound and friends watching the 2nd race
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 May 2008 14:04 )
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Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash Tribute Band - June 08 |
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Johnny Cash Tribute Band The Ring of Fire at the Belladrum Festival
 
The Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire played Johnny Cash numbers to a packed hall with true professionalism on Saturday 14th June. They were well supported by great acoustic duo - The Yips.
Luxborough Village Hall
put on a really good night once again. People travelled down from
London and up from Exeter as well from all the surrounding towns and
villages. There were people from Tiverton, Wellington, Milverton,
Minehead and Watchet to name but a few. A good number of the
tables were snapped up early by local residents. The age range of
the audience was quite extraordinary with teens to '80teens' enjoing
the evening to the full.
Everyone finally got seated at tables in both front and back hall
for supper. Extra room at some tables was made for latecomers and
more tables were brought out to accommodate unexpected sales of tickets
on the door. The Yips played us through our early supper with a
variety of well known
covers from some of the old classics. We heard numbers from
a variety of bands
including The Eagles and The Everley Brothers with some very good
harmonies.
The Ring of Fire came on
after supper and started with professional enthusiasm which got
everyone tapping their feet to those well known Cash
numbers. The applause came loud and clear after their first set.
The Yips once more entertained the audience during the interval with
some more of those good old hits with the emphasis on good harmonies. The
playlist included numbers that everyone knows the chorus to (if not the
verse). Plenty of singing along was heard to those well known tunes.
The second set from the Ring of Fire went down a storm. The crowd
was by now really in the swing of things and dancing was the order of
the night. The Ring of Fire proved to be a hit and their musical and vocal talents well received.Everyone we spoke to said they had really enjoyed
it.
The food was included in the price and went down a treat - it was tasty, filling and just the ticket - (sorry!)
Well done Luxborough for pulling such a great evening together.
This really was a great follow up to the John Etheridge & Chris
Garrickjazz night and the Mad Woman in the Attick play - What will you
come up with next? We cant wait!
The Ring of Fire
This is a no gimmicks band with the emphasis on live vocal and musical performance http://www.theringoffire.co.uk
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The "Mad Woman” returned - March 08 |
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RECENT NEWS EVENT: Following a highly successful tour in 2006, “The Mad Woman In The Attic”, the one-woman comedy show written by Coleford-based playwright, Sian Williams, returned to village halls in Somerset and Dorset Saturday 15th March saw this amusing monologue in action. The village hall in Luxborough was once again packed with people from surrounding towns and villages. The doors opened at 7pm and the hall quickly filled. That pre show anticipation was felt as people met up with friends over drinks, teas and coffee. During the interval the lights went up to a general buzz of delighted chatter from the audience. Moving amonst groups of people socialising and enjoying their interval drinks and ices, many comments were heard praising the performance by Sally Sanders. It is no wonder the Boiling Kettle Theatre Company had been asked to tour this production a second time. Loud laughter and chuckles abounded throughout this well acted performance. It was well written and had a great story line with many moving moments and some very funny lines. The performance is a hilarious account of the ways in which a family tries to restrict the social life of one member of the family - a senior citizen with a sense of humour. It features Sally Sanders as Pat, the rebellious grand mother whose jokes and experiments in cyberspace have disconcerting results on an international basis. Tickets for this are a must for anyone with a granny or parent creeping towards senior citizenship - you'll never see a mature cyclist near a traffic speed camera in the same light again.
 Boiling Kettle Theatre Company was set up in December 2005 by three women:
Sian Williams, Anne Pearson and Sally Sanders, to bring professional performances of new work to small rural venues.
Supported by Take Art Live and Arts reach the village performance schemes for Somerset and Dorset, “The Mad Woman In The Attic” opens at Wanstrow Village Hall on Friday 1st February and tours to fifteen other venues before finishing its run at Cerne Abbas on 5th April.
Boiling Kettle Theatre Company: 10/b, The Crescent, Coleford, Radstock, Somerset BA3 5RS
(01373) 812 793 www.boilingkettle.co.uk
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Chris Garrick and John Etheridge played Luxborough! |
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A great evening of contemporary jazz and classical guitar. Sell out success for Luxborough !
The John Etheridge
and Chris Garrick evening on Thursday 17th January was a resounding
success. It was a full house with a waiting list in operation for any
extra tickets. The feedback has been exceptional, and people
came from far and wide for this event. It was an excellent night. The
musicians were amazing and the evening really did turn out to be as
advertised 'an intimate and truly memorable night'. There were plenty of complimentary comments about the great food provided in the interval too. At
close of play, The Royal Oak Inn, Luxborough (just a few yards away),
was full to bursting with the musicans and many of the enthusiastic
audience.
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