Chairman's Newsletter

Hello

Where has this year gone?… Here we are heading up to Christmas once again. But having said that we have had an extremely busy year with three excellent shows and great social events. May this continue throughout the coming year.

Crazy For You
Congratulations to everyone involved with our last production and we would like to thank all who supported our show.

The Baker’s Wife
Our next production is an award winning musical written by Stephen Schwartz a prolific composer who is currently enjoying success in the West End with his musical ‘Wicked’ plus he wrote the music for ‘Godspell’, ‘Pippin’, ‘Pocahontas’, ‘The Hunchback Of Notre Dame’, ‘Children Of Eden’ and ‘The Prince of Egypt’. click here for cast details

AKT
Our juniors are in the early stages of their production of ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ which goes on next July. We have a very healthy membership within our junior group and they are growing in stature and talent every year. We wish them every success under the skilled guidance of Helen, David and Tricia (who has come in as choreographer).

Social
Lindsay and her team are doing absolutely sterling work with our social events. October saw us enjoy the delights of a French Evening with a four course meal cooked by our resident chefs Don, Helen, Josh and Nora, bar service courtesy of Don and Audrey and entertainment by that well known chanseuse, Kathy accompanied by David. It was a wonderful evening enjoyed by many and a Spanish Evening is planned for next year. Ole!

A dark November evening was brightened up with our yearly Spend, Spend, Spend night. Again a success for all involved. Traders have already requested their pitches for next year, so clearly a great formula which works a treat for everyone.

Our Christmas walk takes place on Sunday 27th December starting from John and Lindsay’s just after
lunch and then returning back there for Christmas refreshment and mulled wine. This was a winner last
year so don’t miss this lovely family afternoon.

Ernest Dawson
The amateur stage lost one of its most colourful characters with the sudden death of our friend Ernest. He was a great supporter of Walmsley Church AODS and he also played many leading roles for the society during his long amateur career. Not only was he a performer but he also directed shows and was an excellent wardrobe designer and maker. He had many friends connected with theatre and Ernest’s larger than life presence will be sadly missed. Our love and support goes out to Win and Andrew.

Dorothy Lumb
Glad to see that Dorothy is back home and continuing to improve after her long stay in hospital over the
recent months. Get back to us soon Dorothy.

Finally it only remains for me to wish you all A Very Merry Christmas and A Peaceful and Healthy New
Year.

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