Borough Green Christmas Light Switch On 2013

Borough Green will be holding their annual Christmas Lights Festival on 30th November 2013.

The switch on will take place at 2pm and there will be stalls, food and entertainment available and carol singing in the Baptist Church driveway.

The High Street will be closed from 12 noon until 6:30 pm. As a result there will be a slight change to bus schedules for the afternoon. Please see: http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/content.aspx?id=34359740306 for more details.

Sevenoaks Christmas Light Switch On 2013

The Christmas Lights will be switched on in Sevenoaks on Friday 29th November at 7pm.

The High Street will be closed to traffic from 6pm to make space for street entertainment, food and drink, fairground rides and Christmas stalls.

There will also be late night shopping and free parking.

The cast of Robin Hood and Father Christmas will be attendance.

Westerham Christmas Shopping and Lights Switch On

Christmas shopping extravaganza in Westerham

- Lights switch on and late night shopping: Thursday 28th November, 6.30pm

- Ideas for Christmas presents with a difference: now until New Year

A festive fun evening for all is promised when TV broadcaster and journalist Dr Hilary Jones, accompanied by the Westerham Amateur Dramatic Society (WADS) cast of The Wizard of Oz, switch on the Christmas lights in the historic town of Westerham. The festivities will take place on Thursday 28^th November, at 6.30pm on The Green, after Dr Hilary Jones arrives with Father Christmas on a dray pulled by local Shire horses.

Westerham’s charming and quirky shops will welcome shoppers with mince pies and mulled wine, and there will also be stalls around the town, with hot chestnuts, candy-floss, Christmas decorations, unusual presents and other goodies.

The town’s retailers are offering lots of unusual and different present ideas – ranging from a knicker-making kit and handmade chocs to Cire Trudon luxury candles and a signed French Art Deco figurine (see separate release for more details).

Adding to the Christmas feel will be Westerham Local Vocals performing carols in harmony (The Green, 6.30pm) followed by the Oxted Rock Choir (Market Square at 7pm). St Mary’s Church Festival of Christmas Trees will also be open to visitors.

Info: VisitWesterham.org.uk - http://www.visitwesterham.org.uk/whats-on/w-late-night-shopping

Razzamataz Theatre School in Tonbridge for 4 to 18 year olds

Razzamataz Theatre School Tonbridge opened this September at The Hayesbrook School, Brook Street, Tonbridge. We are exceptionally proud to have won backing from Duncan Bannatyne on the BBC’s Dragons' Den.

Razzamataz Theatre School Tonbridge offers exceptional training in dance, drama and singing together with exciting opportunities to perform. We believe that every student should have the opportunity to be energetic, to gain confidence and to make friends whilst having lots of fun.

 If you’re 4 to 18 and want to get involved in performing arts in a funky, fresh and vibrant atmosphere, Then Razzamataz Theatre School Tonbridge is the place for you!

For further details or to book a place at our FREE taster session please call 01732 364859  or Email tonbridge@razzamataz.co.uk

Live Blues Music at the Anchor and the STAG

The Blues with Bottle Club has been going for nearly 20 years, putting on FREE live blues gigs at the Anchor, London Rd. Sevenoaks on the first and third Wednesday of each month as well as bigger blues nights at the Plaza Suite, Stag Community Arts Centre on a monthly basis. These are ticketed at £12 normally.

More information:

Website: www.blueswithbottleclub.co.uk
Twitter:  @blueswithbottle

Former Sevenoaks Councillor Heads for the Open Road

Former Liberal Democrat District Councillor John Brigden has taken his love of classic cars on the road.

Along with partner Fiona Davies he is organising classic car rallies all over the world under the name Bespoke Rallies.

John has 14 years of experience organising rallies but Bespoke Rallies is a new venture where the focus is more on exploration and culture than endurance.

A taste of the Highlands

Their next rally will be Skyefall - Classic Rally of Scotland in June 2014. This is a 10 day tour of the Highlands and islands that includes luxury hotel stays and golf at Gleneagles. It is open to pre-1982 cars.

More information:

Website: www.bespokerallies.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BespokeRallies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bespokerallies

Get your tickets for Sevenoaks Players performance of Rumours by Neil Simon

Sevenoaks Players will be performing Rumours by Neil Simon at the STAG theatre from the 13th to the 16th November 2013.

Following their sell out production of "Calendar Girls", Sevenoaks Players bring you "Rumours - the British version" a hilarious comedy from the pen of Neil Simon (The Odd Couple, Sunshine Boys, California Suite).

This laugh-out-loud comedy centres around eight party guests trying to spare their unfortunate host, and themselves, from scandal. The resulting misunderstandings, hilarious one-liners and increasingly unlikely, doomed pretences lead to a final outrageous conclusion that will delight and entertain you.

Tickets available from the STAG box office

Tickets are £15 each (Concessions £8-10) and can be purchased from the STAG Theatre website or by calling 01732 450175.

More information:

Website: http://rumoursinsevenoaks.weebly.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rumours7oaks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RumoursinSevenoaks

Local Musicians create accompaniment tracks for music exam students

Two Sevenoaks musicians have set up a website to provide piano accompaniment tracks to students practising for their grade exams.

They say: 'Exam-Accompaniment.co.uk is an affordable way for students to prepare for their exams. It is prohibitively expensive to practise your pieces with a real pianist to accompany you so the first time most students get to play the piece with the backing is in the exam.

We wanted to find a way for them to better prepare for the exam by playing along with the accompaniment part whenever they wanted.'

Music Minus One

To this end they created backing tracks (or music minus one) of the piano accompaniment parts for the Clarinet grades and have now expanded to 8 instruments with more on the way.

The instruments are: Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Descant Recorder, Saxophone, Trumpet and Violin.

Quality licensed piano accompaniment tracks to download

Unlike existing offerings Exam Accompaniment tracks are not computer generated and are played by a real piano accompanist to give a proper musical feel. All tracks are fully licensed.

'The quality is great. Not only can the backing tracks be used for practise and rehearsal but also as performance tracks too.'

Instant Download MP3 Tracks

The piano accompaniments are available on the website for instant download and come with multiple speed versions to allow the student to start off slowly and work up to performance speed.

Students can play the tracks from their MP3 players, phones, tablets, computers or burn them to CDs. This allows the tracks to be easily used anywhere.

Special Offer: 50% OFF!

Exam-Accompaniment.co.uk are offering a discount of 50% on all off their piano accompaniment tracks until December 31st 2013. By entering the discount code: 50OFF13 at checkout any customer can get 50% off the marked price of their purchases.

There's no limit to the number of uses (or amount purchased) and the code can be passed on to friends, family and anyone else.

For more information:

Website: exam-accompaniment.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/examtracks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exam-Accompaniment/243419225735192