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delight to the ear!”
The
programme ranged from Mozart and Puccini to Lloyd-Webber and Gilbert and
Sullivan giving full rein to Elizabeth Fulleylove, soprano, and Helen
Rotchell, mezzo-soprano both graduates from Southampton University and now
budding soloists. Ruby Aspinall, on harp and from Trinity College of Music
gave two beautiful solos, the first by Debussy and
then by J. Thomas a late nineteenth century Welsh harpist. The whole evening was staged by Mike Streather of Shaw Green who also arranged for some delicious canapés (with wine), the ‘profit’ from the evening going to St Marys. A lucky ‘13th’ for all!
From John and Sarah Lever For
all those many people ( over 100) who filled the pews of St Mary's Church
on Friday 13th September, there was a wonderful treat in store. The
operatic duo of Elizabeth Fulleylove (soprano) and Helen Rotchell (mezzo
soprano) accompanied by nationally acclaimed harpist Ruby Aspinall brought
the joy of opera with a few additional songs to our church and
CLICK HERE FOR SOME MORE PHOTOS With thanks to Chris Whitton and John Dingemans (click on photo for larger image)
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 On
Sunday 4th August 2013 John and Sarah Lever said goodbye to Rushden
after around thirty years of living in the village in the same house.
They are moving to South Wales but said they will be coming back to
visit.
Click here for some photos - with thanks to John Dingemans
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What
a wonderful turnout we have had at the "Pimms O'Clock".
Donations by those who attended The Pimms Nights was in excess of £1,911.
Costs totalled around £690 and I have now had confirmation from those
who Donated inputs for the Nights that they are all willing to
"Gift Aid" there Donations, so that gives us a total earner
of nearly £2,100.
Hello
and a very warm welcome to our new families at Barn Cottage, No
5 Treacle Lane and Little
Thatches.
GOODBYE|
I
hope you have a lovely Christmas Kelly
Smith Office
Manager 30 Campus Five, Letchworth, Herts, SG6 2JF |
I’d
like to say a huge thank you to the Rushden Carol Singers for raising £318.28
for Headway Hertfordshire. Thank you to all the singers and everyone who
supported them. We couldn’t do the work that we do without the support
of local communities such as yourselves.
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Six
brave souls came round the village to sing some lovely Christmas carols. They
were not put off by the rain and wind and deserved their drink in the Moon
and Stars afterwards. Have
a lovely Christmas everyone. Kind
regards John
Dingemans
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John
and Sarah would like to wish all their friends in Rushden a very happy
Christmas. They are enjoying themselves in Swansea and as usual are very
busy. John's choir The Swansea Bach sang in St David's Hall Cardiff
yesterday to an audience of 900 people and had a standing ovation. The
rehearsals were televised so watch out for it on BBC 4.
TOUR DE LARD
COMPLETES THE CHALLENGE!Tour De Lard has successfully completed its challenge, reaching Lands End on 6 July, on the very same trusty scooters that set off from John O’Groats 7 days earlier! At the time of writing, we are on the brink of breaking through our £10,000 fundraising target, even before we add in the Gift Aid.
The trip went well, with no major hiccoughs, and we arrived safely at Lands End, on schedule, after 995 miles of riding, to a small welcoming party. Bunting and more supporters met us on our return to Rushden the next day. The people we met along the way showed us fantastic hospitality and generosity, and the encouraging comments we received on our Facebook page helped to keep our spirits up when poor weather dampened them .
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY
WHO HAS SUPPORTED US & CONTRIBUTED TO OUR FUND, ALL OF WHICH IS GOING
TO ISABEL HOSPICE
From all of Tour de Lard (Chip, Chris, Dave & Steve)
· CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME PHOTOS with thanks to Elsbeth Gutteridge
John
O’Groats to Land End
An
amazing challenge was taken on by local residents to raise much needed
funds for Isabel Hospice. Charles Gutteridge, Chris Hill, Dave
Manchester and Steve Pettyfer, aka Team Lard, took to their mopeds and
rode 995 miles to raise £10,000 for the charity. Cheryl Cusack,
Fundraising Co-ordinator for Isabel Hospice, said that everyone at the
hospice was astonished that this team of supporters could conquer such a
challenge and bring in this enormous donation. Our grateful thanks
to Team Lard.
RUSHDEN
SUMMER FETE
The Rushden Fete raised £3958.53. Well done everyone.
In
spite of mixed wind and rain, Saturday 22nd June saw a large turn out for
the Rushden Village Fete with stalls selling well and smiling faces
everywhere. The cake stall sold out and others showed pretty empty tables
by the end of the day. The Hall itself seemed permanently full of people
buying the delicious teas and outside the village's menfolk did sterling
work at the barbecue. There also seemed to be large collection of men
around the beer barrel! Well done also to Penelope for turning out to run
the rose raffle after her recent hip operation.
Thank you to all those who worked so hard to make the day such fun for
everyone.
CLICK HERE FOR SOME PHOTOS with thanks to Chris Whitton
The
Comedy Evening was a runaway success and much enjoyed by everyone.
Click here to see some photos With thanks to John Dingemans
The daffodils that were planted in memory of our dearly missed Jean Chalk are now in full flower.
They do brighten up the churchyard.
with thanks to John Dingemans
The
Soldiers of Rushden WW1 - a talk by Jean Handley 22 March 2013
Message
from Jean Handley
I
was delighted to share my research of your soldiers with such a welcoming,
enthusiastic and interested audience. It was a most enjoyable evening and
Sheila's supper was delicious.
After
announcing the wonderful £88 collected in my 18 pounder WW1 shell case
(for the memorial board I plan to put up at the Hitchin British Schools'
Museum) more people must have popped money in, for when we counted, it
came to £125.29p. AMAZING!
So thank you all so much for your wonderful generosity.
Villagers will be saddened to hear of the death of Dawn Dodd- Noble on Tuesday 26th February. Dawn was always a very visible presence at Rushden events and a genuine village character. She will be greatly missed.
For
those of you who missed out on the Village Treasure Hunt, here is a copy
to follow in drier weather.