Chronicling The Chronicle

18 February 2013 » No Comments

A bit of a quiet one from The Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe Chronicle this month. That’s *quiet* as in the Brightlingsea cousins seem to be blagging all the space. Wivenhoe is a NEWS FREE zone it appears for February. Which is no bad thing.

The all-important “nearby villages” are but a News in Brief tucked away somewhere in the hidden pages that are the B1027 Corridor.

You heard it here first, Comrades:

Anything Goes in Wivenhoe.

Which is easy for you to say as you stagger to the bar for your final half shandy of the evening still wearing your lycra tights from the morning ride.

Whoops.

Nope - ANYTHING *really does* Go In Wivenhoe.

Relax. It’s only the Chronicle treatment for the forthcoming Wivenhoe Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

Phew.

“Wivenhoe Gilbert and Sullivan Society are looking forward to treating their audience to an evening of hilarity [HILARITY] and great music at their forthcoming production of Anything Goes. The show is directed by Mary Williamson with musical direction from Hilary Brunning and with Joe Richardson on the piano.”

It’s also really rather good.

12th - 16th March at the William Loveless Hall (where else?) is where… anything goes. Premier Store, Post Offices, blah, blah, blah. Job’s a good ‘un.

Wait until the summer months; pink lycra shorts will be all the craze with the KIDS on the street.

Anything goes.

Which could also be the strapline for a new youth choir.

Well I never.

Managing to marry up the two matriarchs that patrol the B1027 Corridor of Confusion, Scoop Scarpenter brings together both Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe in a handy cut out and keep conjugality.

“Two well established local teachers, Geoff Osbourne from Wivenhoe and Alison Benz from Brightlingsea, are recruiting members for a new youth choir.”

I believe the children are out future, etc.

“Open to young people from 11 to 18 years of age, the choir will include music from a wide range of styles, from pop and rock through to classical. Students [ahem] slightly outside this age group can still apply and will be considered on individual merit.”

Gargling as the blog post is bashed out.

St. James Church in Brightlingsea is where the choir will rehearse, each Monday from 5 - 6:30pm. More information via [email protected]

Did I pass the audition?

Hey hoe.

There’s always the W.E.A. to help fill those weekends:

“A day school will be run by the Wivenhoe branch of W.E.A. on Saturday 2nd March. The class is entitled A Day in the Dark, Great Films You May Not Know.”

Is Purple Rain part of the programme?

10am - 4pm at the Congregational Hall for film fans.

Flick, flick, flickety flick over to p.6 and we find the Wivenhoe Folk Club.

FANTASTIC!

“Described as being left handed [Ooooh] balding, middle-aged, a songwriting folky and coming from Scotland’s highest village, Dave Gibb will be the guest artiste at the Wivenhoe Folk Club on 7th March.”

And here was me creaming it over Jimmy Krankie, so to speak.

£6 on the door at The Flag on the 7th to feel the folk love.

Helen Chambers reviews Monsters Rock on p.10, the Wivenhoe Panto for 2013:

“The twist in Sara Rout’s witty script was that the monsters were wimpy and terrified of humans.”

Substitute monsters for any number of marginalised social groups and you have a lesson for life. That was the main message in Monsters Rock, right?

Monster Mash was ACE, all the same.

Wivenhoe Funny Farm on the 28th February at the Cricket Club gets a mention. John Gordillo headlines. So could you in future months [seamless] if you shine through at the Comedy Classes that are continuing down at Open Space:

“Comedy classes are starting on 3rd March. This five week course is back by popular demand after successfully running in January with 12 students learning the basics of writing and performing stand-up comedy.”

Enquiries via wivenhoefunnyfarm.co.uk.

It’s the way I type ‘em.

Ha, bloody ha.

Not quite poetic, but justice all the same in poetrywivenhoe having the final word for The Chronicle for this month: