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JULY 2008 . . . .

1 Jul - The Athena Womens Network - Vibrant fast growing women's network group meets the first Tuesday of every month at The Fox and Hounds, Bishopsgate Road, Englefield Green, Egham TW20 0XU. We are looking for women either in business themselves or women or who are business builders for their organisation. - 12-2pm - 07759613086 - www.theathenanetwork.com -

2/5 July - What the Butler Saw - 8:00pm - Shepperton Players present Joe Orton's "What The Butler Saw": an hilarious, fast-paced farce featuring loose libidos, licensed insanity, cross-dressing and impropriety in a psychiatrist's clinic. The plot contains enough twists

and turns, mishaps and changes of fortune, coincidences and lunatic logic to furnish three or four conventional comedies. You'd be crazy to miss it. Call Howard on 079 7337 0303

3 Jul - Harri's Jazz @ Bar 163, 9 London Rd. Chertsey - 8-10:30pm - 01932-568163 - Harri New York Jazz Vocalist plus her top jazz duo PHIL PHILLIPS- keyboards/vocals (Phil is the entertainer for show biz award parties) and JOHN DAY - Double-bass.

Entrance £3.

4 Jul - Arts & Crafts Market - High Street, Staines - 9am to 5pm - 01784 460108 - British handmade crafts and original artwork.

A lovely selection of craft workers stalls, many of which take private commissions. Come to our craft market and you will have the opportunity to purchase something truly original. Please contact Anna on 01784 460108 or email anna@craftmarket.org.uk

5 Jul - Wraysbury Primary School goes totally tropical!

The sounds, smells and tastes of the Caribbean come to Wraysbury Primary School on Saturday 5th July with their 'Tropical Summer Fair'. The Wraysbury event is always a crowd pleaser and with Trevelyan Middle School Steel Band providing the musical backdrop this year, there will be lots going on to keep the whole family entertained. One of the highlights this year will be Thames Valley Athletics Centre, who will be offering coaching activities and games as well as prizes and competitions to take part in (and maybe keeping an eye out for a future Olympian). Other attractions include the Fire Brigade, Bouncy Castle, Face Painting and a fantastic raffle with prizes ranging from tickets to Kew Gardens and the Lookout Discovery Centre to photography vouchers care of Abacus Photography and Venture." A wide range of refreshments will be available including a licensed bar and BBQ, run by PTFA Chair Surendra Chahal, where you can have a little taste of the islands. And if you fancy a traditional afternoon tea, we've got that too.

Doors open at 1pm and the 50p donation on entry also enters you into a prize draw for a bottle of bubbly! Jackie Lightstone, PTFA Secretary. jackie@barber-lightstone.co.uk, 01784 464518

6 Jul - Harri's Jazz @ The Village Egham - 2-4:30 pm - 01784-477217 - Harri New York Jazz Singer will be appearing with MARK CROOKS - Clarinet/Sax (who is soon to appear as soloist with the James Langton Orch.performing ARTIE SHAW with strings), KEN McCARTHY - Keyboards (He has also developed a career as a musical director and arranger, his credits include many West End shows including – “Bubbling Brown Sugar”, “42 Street”, “Barnum” and “Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”,), and ANDRE MESSEDER- Double-bass (Broadcast work has included appearances on BBC TV’s Pebble Mill at One show playing with American artists Brook Benton, Nancy Wilson, Kay Star and Buddy Greco, as well as numerous sessions with the BBC Radio Orchestra.). - Free Entrance/ Full Menu available.

10/11 July - The Italian Market – Benvenuto a Staines! Staines would like to wish a very warm welcome to the “Italia In Piazza” Italian Market which will be transforming the pedestrianised area of Staines High Street on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th July – offering the tantalising tastes and mouth watering smells that shoppers expect from a traditional market in the hills of Tuscany or on the streets of Rome.

12 Jul - Grange Festival - Free entry. Attractions include over 70 Classic cars, birds of prey displays, Morris dancers, various crafts, large inflatable slide, teas and cakes, plant sales, live music, licenced bar, barbecue, raffle,tombola, bric-a-brac and children’s activities. The Victorian Walled Garden will be open. Charity fundraising event. Free entry. Attractions include over 70 Classic Cars, Birds of Prey displays, Morris Dancers, various crafts, large inflatable slide, teas and cakes, plant sales, live music, licenced bar, barbecue, raffle,tombola, bric-a-brac and children’s activities. The Victorian Walled Garden will be open. 70th Anniversary of The Grange at Bookham - Deborah Grant Bergerac, Peak Practice etc) to cut celebration cake. (Charity fundraising event for The Grange which cares for and supports people with disabilities.) 11am to 4pm - 01372 455232 - www.grangecentre.org.uk

12 Jul - Stanwell Village Hall - Amateur Variety Show - 7.15 for 7.30 start - 01784 250422 - This has now become an annual event with music, comedy and magic. Come along, enjoy a light supper with a glass of wine and all for £6.50 adults, £4.00 children under 15. All our entertainers are amateurs and they range from early teens up to senior citizens. We are privaleged to have a barbers shop quartet known as the 'Unlikely Lads ' who are magnificent and a member of the Magic Circle together with a Jazz & Saxaphone duet and various singers plus some comedy sketches and please don't forget the man with the organ. Come and have some fun. Ticket entry only.

13 Jul - Walton Open Gardens Day - 2pm-6pm - 01932 230235

www.waltonopengardens.co.uk - Walton Open Gardens Group are a small group of amateur gardener volunteers who open our private gardens to the public for one afternoon from 2pm-6pm on Sunday 13th July 2008. All of our gardens are located between Walton-on-Thames town centre and the River Thames. The objective for the Walton Open Gardens Group is “Raising funds to improve Walton’s community garden spaces”.

13 Jul - The Albany Singers conducted by Georgina Colwell - Strawberries and songs - 3.30pm - 01923 244038 - The Albany Singers sing for you! Folk songs, show songs, all songs! including solos and duets, in aid of the Breast Cancer Care Campaign. Tickets are £7.50 and include strawberries and real home-made lemonade! Children and groups get in at a discount. Come to the Vera Fletcher Hall, Embercourt Rd., Thames Ditton. The best thing to do on a Sunday afternoon! - www.musicair.co.uk

13 July - 3 CHOIRS COMES TO WOKING - OK, not THE world-famous 3 choirs festival, but this one will ensure the “church full” signs go up at All Saints’ Woodham Lane, Woking on Sunday 13th July at 6pm when the only three local choirs to boast singers aged 8 to 80 perform for the first time. Comprising the regular All Saints’ church choir, guest vocalists from the local Loveday Singers and the debut of 10 junior choristers, their pot pourri programme of tuneful entertainment includes music that’s ancient & modern, sacred & secular and both vocal & instrumental. Turn up early as entrance is free, so too is the ample car parking behind the church near the Six Ways roundabout. There will be a retiring collection for Church Music Funds, to include some new robes for the fast growing number (and size) of the young choristers. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.

15 Jul - The Athena Women's network - The Athena Network women's networking group launches in Staines. Athena is the largest women's network in the Uk and is soon to launch in Australia. We are looking for inspirational business women either in business by themselves or women who are responsible for building the business in an organisation. 12-2pm - 07759613086 - www.theathenanetwork.com

21-26 Jul - HENLEY Fringe Festival - If you are a street performer, stand up comic, cabaret singer, one act production, musical production or poet, then get in touch so we can add you to our programme - Visit the Website >

AUGUST 2008 . . . .

1 Aug - Arts & Crafts Market - High Street, Staines - 9am to 5pm - 01784 460108 - British handmade crafts and original artwork.

31 Aug - London to Windsor Bike Ride - 9.00 - 10.30am Start - finishes 5.30pm - Tel No 0117 989 7080 - www.bike-events.com - A late Summer's day cycling - 27 or 37 miles on country roads from Richmond Green to Alexandra Gardens in Windsor. Both routes are signed with marshals, first aid, bike mechanics and minibuses in case you get tired! The route goes through the pretty villages of the Thames Valley to the finish where you'll find entertainment, food, beer tent, music and sports massag, and you can raise money for Bowel Cancer UK.