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Monday, 10 October 2011

Windsmoor Jacket Size 14

Attractive Long Line Windsmoor Jacket
Black with White Pattern detail
Size 14
£15.00


Pre-Owned

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Micheal and Hana to be married

Micheal and Hana have arranged their wedding at Banbury Registry Office on the 16th June 2012 at 4pm.

The Reception will be at The Cromwell Lodge Hotel  http://www.oldenglishinns.co.uk/banbury/

The theme will be pink and white and the men will wear pink ties.

Tha Jarman Centre

Today we went and visited the Jarman Centre in Newmarket where we will be going on Pack Holiday next year, we were very impressed.




On arrival we met Hilda Hardy the Caretaker who then proceeded to show us round.

We first looked round a sensory garden with a lot of outdoor musical equipment.









Story Circle



We first saw the outdoor activity store which included Parachutes, cricket sets, trails and balls, then we went inside and saw the Laundry and Wet Room (Disabled Shower and Toilet), then we went and into the main hall where there is a quiet seating area next to a log burner.

Quiet Area
Main Hall
Then we had a look at the Kitchen, and were told about the air coolers and solar panels.

Kitchen
We then visited The Trefoil Room, which has a TV/DVD, this room will be used as the First Aid Room.

Trefoil Room

Trefoil Room

TV/DVD
There are 2 shower/toilet rooms



We then saw the leaders rooms, there are 2 leaders rooms 1 with 4 beds and 1 with 3 beds.


There are 4 dormitories each sleeping 6 Brownies


We then proceeded upstairs to The Loft, in The Loft there is a Galley a Toilet/Shower and 2 reasonably sized rooms, one of the rooms we will use to sleep the young/pack leaders and the other room we will use as a craft room, so we can leave the crafts out.



Galley
Toilet/Shower
Spare Beds

Young Leaders Room
Craft Room

We then saw the Campfire Circles

House Campfire Circle
Campfire Circle


We saw The Well
The Well

The Well

The Trampolines

Trampolines

We then went on a short woodland walk around the grounds visiting campsites en route









We then visited the on site shop where the Brownies can spend their pocket money



Sunday, 2 October 2011

Big Gig 2011

The BIG GIG is a pop concert for Girlguiding UK members aged ten and over. Lots of Guides from all over the UK come to the BIG GIG to see acts. The BIG GIG 2011 will be taking place at Wembley Arena. The line up is

Presenter Helen Skelton

Helen Skelton joined the Blue Peter team in the summer of 2008, as the 33rd presenter of the long running show.
 Olly Murs
Before The X Factor, Murs grew up in Essex. He worked in telesales, but music and football were his great loves. “All I ever did was go out with my mates, earn money, play football – that was all every week”.
Then an injury playing football forced him to stop. Bored in the local pub one night, he jumped on the karaoke machine. Soon Olly Murs was a local hero, packing them in with his impressions of Presley and Sinatra, singing Motown and soul and funk covers. He and a mate formed a band: The Small Town Blaggers They’d do weddings, parties, anything. They played around Essex every weekend, a few hundred quid in their pocket.
He auditioned for The X Factor. Failed. Auditioned again. Failed. Fed up with his dayjob routine and newly single, using the money saved from his weekend gigs he went travelling round Australia. Then he decided to come back to the UK and give the auditions one more go. It was summer 2009 and he sang Stevie Wonder’s Superstition. He was in.
 Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter who is currently signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records.[1] Sheeran broke through commercially in June 2011, when his debut single "The A Team" debuted at number 3 on the UK chart.[2]


Dionne Blomfield

Dionne Julia Bromfield (born 1 February 1996 in London) is a British soul singer-songwriter. Bromfield's debut album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield, was released in 2009 by the late Amy Winehouse's Lioness Records label. She first came to public attention after appearing on the British TV show, Strictly Come Dancing.

Eliza Doolittle

Eliza Sophie Caird (born 15 April 1988),[1] better known by her stage name Eliza Doolittle, is an English singer–songwriter from London, who signed to the Parlophone record label in October 2008.[2] Her debut self-titled album, Eliza Doolittle was released on 12 July 2010, where it debuted at number 3 in the UK. Since the album's release, Doolittle has spawned two top 25 hits, including "Skinny Genes" and "Pack Up", which debuted within the top 5 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Loick Essien

Loick Mark Essien (born 29 April 1990) is an English singer signed to record label Sony Music. Essien began his musical career after featuring on rapper Chipmunk's single "Beast". He is due to release his debut album, Identity on 5 March 2012.[2]



RD

The London-based trio are bringing some much needed kick and snare to the urban scene. But what’s making RD - so named because it sums up what the girls feel they are - stand head and shoulders above the competition are the sultry vocals of Troy, 22, and Martika, 18, coupled with the fast paced emceeing delivered by Chronz, 21.
Alexis Jordan

Alexis Jordan (born April 7, 1992)[1] is an American recording artist and actress from Columbia, South Carolina. Jordan rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of America's Got Talent in 2006. After being eliminated from the show, she began to upload cover songs to YouTube, which received millions of views. The exposure led Jordan to the attention of Norwegian production team Stargate and American rapper Jay-Z, who both went on to sign her to their label, StarRoc/Roc Nation.[2] Her debut single, "Happiness", was released in September 2010, and reached number one in Norway[3] and the Netherlands, and also became a top-three hit in Australia[4] and the United Kingdom.[5] Jordan's self-titled debut album was released on February 25, 2011.[6]
Pixie Lott

Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott (born 12 January 1991)[1] is an English singer-songwriter, dancer and actress. Her debut single "Mama Do" was released in June 2009[3] and went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart.[4] Her second single "Boys and Girls", also topped the UK charts in September 2009. Her debut album Turn It Up was released in September 2009. It has so far reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, spawned five consecutive Top 20 singles, and sold over a million copies. Pixie's first single "All About Tonight" from her 2nd album "Young Foolish Happy" (due out 7th Nov 2011) premiered at number on Sept 11th 2011 making it her 3rd UK number 1.
The Wanted

The Wanted are an English/Irish boy band based in England. The Wanted were formed in 2009 and currently consist of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes! Their debut single, "All Time Low", was released in July 2010 and reached number one in the United Kingdomfor 1 week.[1] Their debut studio album, The Wanted, was released on 25 October 2010 and peaked at number four in the United Kingdom.[1] The first single from their second album, "Gold Forever", was released in aid of "Comic Relief" and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The band's second number one hit, "Glad You Came", topped the singles chart in the United Kingdom for two weeks, and in Ireland for five weeks.[1][2] Their second studio album, Battleground, will be released on 7 November 2011.
We left Hunstanton about 8am, after a break at South Mimms services we arrived at Wembley Arena about 11.30am.  We went and bought some merchandise then found our seats.

The concert started about 1pm.

Some artists were good some not so good,

Olly Murs - Brilliant
Eliza Doolittle - very good
Pixie Lott - went on stage in her Brownie Uniform, was very good
The Wanted - Very Good
Alexis Jordan - Very Good

Sophie wasn't too impressed, she thought it was just too loud, yes it was loud and noisy, but it was a good show.

It is great people watching, seeing all the lights and the excited young people.




On the way home we stopped at South Mimms Services and had something to eat.

From The Sun Website 3rd October 2011


Pixie’s guide to pop

Guide to pop ... Pixie Lott on stage at Girlguiding UK¿s Big Gig
Guide to pop ... Pixie Lott on stage at Girlguiding UK¿s Big Gig

PIXIE Lott has clearly changed her sense of style since her days as a Brownie – but she wouldn't have done well on camping weekends dressed like this.

 
The singer wore a short dress on-stage at Girlguiding UK's Big Gig at London's O2 yesterday but she also slipped back into her old uniform to perform a few tracks.

Glamourpuss in boots ... Pixie sports cat's ears
Glamourpuss in boots ... Pixie sports cat's ears

Saturday, 1 October 2011

Hand Aid 3 Concert

At the Union Church the Hunstanton Concert Band held a concert to raise money for Becky's Hand, this was music from The Musicals.

Mamma Mia  2008
Baby Elephant Walk  1962 from Hatari
As time goes by  1942 from Casablanca
A string of pearls 1954 from The Glen Miller Story
Harry Potter and the order of the Pheonix 2001
Those Magnificent men in the flying machine 1965
Themes from 007 1962
Hen Wlad fy Nhadau 1940 from The Proud Valley
Old man river 1927 from Showboat

Interval with lovely homemade cakes

Cats 1962
Any dream will do from 1982 from Joseph
Summertime 1935 from Porgy and Bess
Les Miserables 1987
Colonel Bogey 1987 from Bridge over the River Kwai
West Side Story 1961
The Great Escape 1963
Thats Entertainment 1974

Encore of Oh we do like to be beside the seaside

It was a lovely pleasant evening


An i-limb Hand for Becky
The story behind the fund-raising


Becky Palmer Becky Palmer has been principal trombone of Hunstanton Concert Band since she joined us in 2007.

Becky has never let the fact that she was born without a right hand stop her doing what she wanted. Using the basic National Health supplied hands, which have one simple gripping action, she plays trombone, piano, guitar and trumpet and is a keen and competitive tennis and squash player.

She was principal trombone of the National Schools Symphony Orchestra for two years and, whilst at the University of Reading, conducted the University Concert Band.

Last year she captained the winning Ladies City League Division 3 tennis team, won the Glebe House tennis tournament and was in the winning team of the Castle Acre Mixed League.

Becky is a Primary School Teacher specialising in music and also teaches music privately. She also works at Corders Budgens in Fakenham.


One of the hands she uses is operated by pulling a cord with the left hand and the other, which is electrically powered, frequently breaks down. Both are heavy, unwieldy and unsightly.

Becky Palmer The i-limb Hand, at a basic cost of £9,000 but rising to £30,000 with 'options'and user training, has individual movement of all four fingers and the thumb together with a rotating wrist, all electronically controlled by the muscles of the forearm. This would give Becky far more control of her trombone slide, allow her to play the piano far more naturally - and looks wonderfully natural and realistic.

Also, Becky says, it would allow her to use a knife and fork to eat - at present, when eating out, she has to select very carefully from the menu. Another plus would be that she would have more control when walking her dog!

On Wednesday, 11th March, 2009 a joint lecture given by The Royal Society of Edinburgh and The Royal Academy of Engineering examined in some depth Touch Bionics, the company that manufactures i-Limb, and the way its products can transform the lives of those have the chance to use them.

Any excess funds raised by this appeal will be donated to the registered charity, The Limbless Assocation