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May 2012

Saturday 19th May. Shipton Church Fete on the Village Green

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June 2012

Sunday 3rd June. The Shipton Big Lunch celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

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2012

January 2012

Sunday 8th January Film: The Way (2011) cert 12, 2hr 10mins
Memorial Hall, Charlbury 7.30pm (bar open from 6.45). Tickets £5.
Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Rather than return home, Tom decides embark on the historical pilgrimage to honour his son's desire to finish the journey. Carrying his son's ashes with him, he is slowly won over as the experience of the pilgrimage gives him a deeper insight into life, meeting a fascinating and amusing medley of characters along the way.
A touching and beautifully shot film which we found heart-warming and very satisfying. Written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who casts his father in the lead role.
Wednesday 11th January. The CDFAS lecture is entitled "Leonardo's Portraits and Madonnas: Painting, Patronage and Privilege in the work of Leonardo da Vinci", by Leslie Primo. This lecture will look at Leonardo's early use of oils and drawing to achieve his results and at his endless struggle with the Madonna and Child grouping. It will also explore Leonardo's association with particular noble families. Leslie Primo lectures at the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and several educational institutes.
Lectures take place at the Bradwell Village Hall, Burford OX18 4XF, beginning at 11.00am. Non-members are very welcome to attend (suggested donation £8). for further information please see our website at www.cotswolddfas.org.
Saturday 21st January Free Energy Forum run by Swych at the New Beaconsfield Hall, Shipton from 3pm to 5pm.
Friday 27th January Live event: 1000 Mile Highway and Fused
Memorial Hall, Charlbury, Doors and bar open at 7.30pm. 1000 Mile Highway set: 8.15pm to 9.15pm. Fused set: 9.30pm to 10.30pm Tickets £8
Shrug off the midwinter blues by enjoying the music of Charlbury favourites, 1000 Mile Highway and Fused, the Witney-based top rock cover band. Charlbury’s Memorial Hall will be rocking to the sounds of these great bands.
Get your feet tapping and your dancing moves loosened up with 1000 Mile Highway’s personal take on Americana and roots music.

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February 2012

Wednesday 8th February The Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society are pleased to announce their February lecture entitled "Great Tarts in Art: High Culture and the Oldest Profession" by Linda Smith. The lecture will take place at the Bradwell Village Hall, Burford OX18 4XF. Please note we have a new starting time: lectures will begin at 11.00 am with coffee and tea available from 10.15. However, as the March lecture is also our AGM, this will take place at 10.30 am with the lecture at 11.00 am. Non-members are very welcome to attend (suggested donation £8). For more information please see our website www.cotswolddfas.org.
Sunday 12 February 12 ilm: Senna (2011) cert 12, 1hr 41mins
Memorial Hall, Charlbury 7.30pm (bar open from 6.45). Tickets £5
A documentary about the life and death of Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2011, Senna is not just a tribute to perhaps the greatest racing driver ever, whose tragic death in a crash on the San Marino Grand Prix racing track in 1994 was watched live on television by 300 million people, but also witness to the emotions and complexities of the man behind the helmet. Add a brilliant background score that truly endorses what happens on screen, and this is a film not to be missed!
Wednesday 15th February. BRIDGE DRIVE. Calling all local bridge players and their partners! St Mary the Virgin , Shipton under Wychwood, Events Committee cordially invite you to a Bridge Drive in aid of Church Funds at The New Beaconsfield Village Hall. Coffee will be served from 10.00 a.m. with play commencing at 10.30 a.m. The ticket price of £16 also includes a delicious,hot, luncheon, glass of wine and of course prizes! We shall be advertising this event to a wide audience of bridge players and so strongly recommend you apply for tickets quickly so as not to be disappointed.
Please send a stamped addressed envelope with your cheque made payable to Shipton P.C.C. to Penny Campbell, 1 Langland Cottages, Fiddlers Hill, Shipton under Wychwood OX7 6DS, by the closing date of Wednesday 11th January 2012. Cheques will be banked and tickets sent out by the end of January 2012. For further information please contact Penny at PennyJLCampbell@aol.com or telephone 01993 831745.
Friday 17th February. Cate Cody presents The Great American Songbook Show at the New Beaconsfield Hall Shipton Doors open 7:00 p.m.
This promises to be a wonderful evening of vocal jazz with great numbers from composers such as Gershwin and Cole Porter. Don’t miss this opportunity to see a top performer.
To listen to Cate go to www.jazzcats.co.uk
Tickets are £12 to include a cooked supper. There will be a bar available. Tickets are already selling so book now to avoid disappointment.
Call Lee on 01993 832216 or Gordon on 01993 831134.

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March 2012

Sunday March 11 ilm: Jane Eyre (2011) cert PG, 2 hours. Memorial Hall, Charlbury 7.30pm (bar open from 6.45). Tickets £5 (under-15s £3)
An adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's novel about a governess who falls for the master of the house, only to make a shocking discovery. Raised by her aunt Sarah (Sally Hawkins) after her parents die of typhus, young Jane Eyre (Amelia Clarkson) is later shipped off to a stark boarding school as the result of her perceived insolence, and suffers greatly at the hands of the cold, unusually strict administration. Upon turning 18 and completing her education, Jane (Mia Wasikowska) finds work as a governess for Adle Varens (Romy Settbon Moore), the ward of Edward Fairfax Rochester (Michael Fassbender), master of Thornfield Hall. It doesn't take long for the young Adle to warm to Jane, and upon returning home the charming Rochester, too, falls under the spell of his modest yet captivating governess. On what was supposed to be the happiest day of Jane's life, however, a scandalous secret is revealed, and the emotionally shattered governess takes flight...
Wednesday 14th March The Cotswold Decorative and Fine Arts Society are pleased to announce their March lecture entitled "Matisse & Picasso" and will be given by Nina Levick. The lecture will take place at the Bradwell Village Hall, Burford OX18 4XF.
Please note we have a new starting time: lectures will begin at 11.00 am with coffee and tea available from 10.15. However, as the March lecture is also our AGM, this will take place at 10.30 am with the lecture at 11.00 am. Non-members are very welcome to attend (suggested donation £8). For more information please see our website www.cotswolddfas.org.
Saturday 24th March Live show: The Full Bronte. Memorial Hall, Charlbury 7.30pm, doors and bar open at 6.45pm. Tickets £8 (Children 11+ and students £4)
'Scary Little Girls' are a very talented performance troupe who specialise in entertainment based around the lives and work of well-known literary figures. For our first foray with them, we're bringing you The Brontes -- and that will tie in very nicely with our March Film Jane Eyre a fortnight earlier.
This affectionate tribute event is a performative romp through everything we all love about the Brontes and their creations. This homage to English literature’s favourite sisters is a mixture of storytelling sketches, music and song, audience games and giveaways.
Sunday 25th March Ascott Songsters Sing for you. 6pm in Tiddy Hall, the Ascott Songsters will be putting on an evening of songs from well – known musicals of the 20th Century. The idea is to bring a smile to your face, and remind you that a good tune never dies! Do join in if you want – we will encourage that.
All funds made will be for Tiddy Hall, and we will give you an evening to remember, with rousing choruses, lovely solos , tasty nibbles, and a chance to buy a glass of wine at the bar. Keep your eyes peeled for where to get your tickets for this ‘not to be missed’ fun evening!

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April 2012

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