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A long summer evening and good weather meant that everyone was able to participate in a team version of boules in the garden at the back of St Andrews. e uneven lawn made for some remarkable results, relying more on luck than skill much of the time – which added to the fun. Overall winners / luckiest team was Di Smith and Maggie Port. is social also hosts the annual club trophy competition. Entries were of an incredibly high standard and covered a wide range of subjects, styles and woods. Many entries were based on wildlife such as dolphin, mouse, cat, lapwing, falcon, eagle and maple leaf. Other entries included a stylised gure and a cat, and a shallow relief carved plaque. Winner of the Novice class was Yvonne Shackleton with a beautifully nished leaf shape bowl in mahogany. e new Intermediate Cup was won by Mark Baker with a perched falcon in lime. e Premier Cup for the Experienced carver class was won by Di Smith with a relief carving in oak of a cat ghting an eagle, with Paul Humphriss receiving the Runner-up shield for a dolphin in lime, mounted on a stained oak wave. the church in Oak Road. As usual, the exhibition at St Andrews will showcase a wide range of subjects and styles. Visitors will be able to buy draw tickets for a beautifully carved wren and there will be other carvings for sale. Wood carvings are very tactile but many carvings are quite delicate, so the club always has a ‘touch table’ with more robust pieces that visitors are able to ‘handle with care’. You can also vote for Best in Show and see a range of carving techniques being demonstrated. e club welcomes new members, age 16 or over, from complete beginner to experienced woodworker. Workshops at Noadswood School take place fortnightly on Thursday evenings where you can use club tools and get plenty of help and support if needed. ere is a lot more information on the club website: www.watersidewoodcarvers.co.uk or phone Di Smith: 023 8084 5787. Trophy Night All of these - and many more - will be on display at the club’s annual exhibition on Saturday 9th August at St Andrews from 11am - 3pm. is event is free to visit with plenty of free parking in front of and behind CONCERT REPORT from Solent Concert Orchestra On Saturday 14th June the Solent Concert Orchestra performed a programme of well-known pieces and a few lesser well-known pieces in support of the Honeypot Children’s Charity at Bramshaw Village Hall under the baton of their Musical Director, Simon Wilkins. e concert got o to a rousing start with Verdi’s ‘Nabucco’ with its famous ‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’. is was followed by Ferdinand Herold’s foot-tapping ‘Clog Dance’. The orchestra then managed to capture the sensitive textual contrasts of Delius’s ‘ e Walk to the Paradise Garden’ from the opera ‘A Village Romeo and Juliet’. e next piece was probably the most challenging of the evening; Franz Liszt’s ‘Les Preludes’ combined lilting melodies with fast arpeggios. The result was loudly applauded by the audience and richly deserved. Beethoven’s ‘Creatures of Prometheus’ overture got the second half of the evening underway. is, too, gathered pace as it progressed nishing with a nal ourish. is was followed by extracts from Saint-Saens’ ‘Henry VIII Ballet-Divertissement’ containing some easily recognisable English, Scottish and Irish folk melodies. Delibes’s delightful ‘Prelude to the Ballet Sylvia’ brought the programme to its nal item, namely pieces from Bizet’s ‘Carmen Suites 1 and 2’. Rumbustuous renditions of ‘ e Toreadors March’ and ‘Chanson’ was greeted with rapturous applause with the former being repeated as an encore. A most successful concert was thus concluded which enabled generous donations to be given to the much deserving ‘Honeypot’ charity. e supporting presence of co-patron Lady Fiona Lewis was much appreciated. e Solent Concert Orchestra’s next concert is at URC, Cornerstone, Hythe on Saturday 15th November which will feature Lalo’s cello concerto and Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ symphony. More details are available at: www.solentconcertorchestra.org. uk Solent Concert Orchestra
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