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Downloaded Before the Event Building a world-class city for everyone ...and inside pull-out guide Oxford Friday 26 November is . YOUR Your See centre Winter 2010 pages for your Lantern The OTP stage on Broad Street procession hosted by Supported A 4pm – 10pm by THE stage in Broad Street will showcase a diverse treat of A 5.00pm Somerville College Choir A 6.15pm from Bonn Square The Story of the local talent throughout the evening. A 5.30pm Afropean Choir Oxford Wheel Relish this festive entertainment and treat yourself at A 6.00pm Oxford Harmony the Light Night Broad Street market. A 6.45pm Christmas Light Switch On with Special Guests KICKING off the revelry tonight is the Make sure you’re around to enjoy seeing the streets A 7.00pm Dance Platform spectacular lantern procession. light up at 6.45pm. A 7.30pm Oxford Gospel Choir Oxford school children will parade their pull-out Here is the exciting stage line up: A 8.00pm Dance Platform amazing lanterns made from willow, A 8.30pm Out of the Blue tissue paper and recycled bicycle wheels. A A Each of the lanterns represent a different 4.00pm Dance Platform 9.15pm Christian Life Centre Group stage in the history of the wheel. The procession will wind its way through the city streets leaving Bonn Square at Join Oxford’s Unsilent Night Promenade 6.15pm. A 8.15pm-9pm from Radcliffe Square pants. This community sound promenade made its debut K&G Youth Band from Leiden OXFORD Contemporary Music invite you to take part in in New York in 1992 and now brings people together in Oxford’s first Unsilent Night Promenade. WATCH out for the great K&G Youth Band who This is composer Phil Kline’s free outdoor cities all over the world. will lead the lantern parade and bring their participatory sound sculpture recorded on To take part email [email protected] or call harmonies to varied locations throughout the cassettes, CDs and mp3s and played through a roving 01865 488369 for instructions and a copy of this sea- night, including an indoor appearance at the swarm of audio devices brought along by the partici- sonal atmospheric music. guide to Town Hall. A For more details visit www.oxfordinspires.org Light Night P4: GlitteringEnjoy an evening night of spectacular Scheme earns one-off late night viewings of their Olympic festive celebrationsexhibitions on andLight displays, Night enhanced OXFORD starts the season by special performances. mark on Friday 26 November with Those taking part include the Ashmolean, the Bodleian Library, the Christmas Light Night. Museum of Oxford, the Museum of Celebrate with a lively, atmospheric Natural History & Pitt Rivers and the and fun evening, buzzing with Museum of the History of Science. processions, lights, dance, music, art A variety of Oxford’s shops will and street performance. also stay open later on Light Night. A spectacular lantern procession OVADA are showcasing the talent Cleanest city’ gong leaves Bonn Square at 6.15pm, led by of local artists in the beautiful and P5: ‘ the fabulous K&G youth marching historic spaces of the Town Hall. band from Leiden. Local children Visit their affordable art make up this parade, displaying fair in the stunning amazing lanterns made Main Hall and treat from recycled materials. yourself to food and Queen Street and refreshments. Oxford Cornmarket Street offer Contemporary Music P6: New Town Hall tours great viewing spots invites you to bring for the procession. Broad Street offers a your portable stereos along to take PLUS feast of performances part in Oxford’s first Unsilent Night P12: Council spending throughout the evening from 4pm, Promenade, leaving Radcliffe Square P18/19: Your Councillors and is the place to be for the Light at 8.15pm. Switch On at 6.45pm. Unsilent Night is Composer Phil Look out for the Broad Street Kline’s free outdoor participatory Recycleis printed it... on Christmas tree sponsored this year sound sculpture event performed in Your Oxford by The Tree Barn, Watlington. cities around the world. environmentally friendlyin paper. your bluePlease Oxford Castle turn their lights on at Atmospheric bells, chimes and recycle Your Oxford choral vocals fill the streets as wheelie bin or recycling box when you 7.15pm and also bring a Winter have finished reading it. Call the press Wonderland to the city. Their participants play pieces of music office on 01865 252096 or email press German-style market is open every downloaded before the event. See [email protected] if you wouldYour like our Light Night pull out for details of to make any comments about day from Light Night until 12 . December. how to get involved. Oxford Spread the spirit of Christmas and ❄ For more detailed information ■ To advertise in the pleasenext leave gifts at Oxford Castle for Your Oxford on Christmas Light Night issue of patients of Helen & Douglas House activities, see inside or visit call 01235 547825. until 22 December. Theatres and museums will throw www.oxfordinspires.org open their doors for Christmas Night SSAFA Forces Help is the national charity supporting those who serve in the Armed Forces, Light to share a festive treat of those who used to serve and the families of both. From the cradle to the grave we are here to look after the serving and ex-Servicemen and women who have The lantern procession on Christmas Light Night 2009 Working already given so much themselves. If you or your dependants need help due to illness, age, disability, financial problems or bereavement we are together here, in Oxfordshire, to help you at all times. One day's paid service in any of our Armed Forces is all that is needed to qualify for assistance from SSAFA Change Forces Help. This includes those who serve in the to reserve Forces and anyone who did National Service as well as close relatives, widows, and widowers. We estimate that approximately 10 million people may be eligible for our assistance, with more than 200,000 ... personnel currently serving in the Forces and nearly 7 Lives million ex service men , women and their families. To find out more or to get in touch with our trained volunteers throughout Oxfordshire please phone the Branch Secretary and leave a message or visit www.ssafa.org. Meet the team Oxfordshire Office, Branch Secretary, 98 Makins Rd, Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 1PR or 01235 548039 To find out more about fostering, W: www.ssafa.org.uk come to an information meeting. For details visit our website - www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/fostering Fostering 0800 783 5724 or call: Your Oxford Building a world-class city for everyone Your Oxford Building a world-class city for everyone www.oxford.gov.uk 2 www.oxford.gov.uk 3 Winter 2010 Winter 2010 A message Your guide to... Walk the Santa trail around museum galleries VISIT the Museum of Oxford in the Santa needs to get ready for Get into the Christmas spirit by run up to Christmas and enjoy the Christmas. taking part in our Christmas craft from the special activities we’ve got planned. We’re also running a trail to activities that run until 24 December. Until 24 December you can take celebrate our Big Car Project until These cost £1.50. part in a trail round the Museum 26 November. The trails cost £1 Children must be accompanied by Leader of What’s On galleries to find everything that each and include a souvenir. an adult for all activities. your Council Learn a new skill WE’RE running a new programme of Dear Friends and Residents Music to get Wednesday afternoon sessions until 15 December at the Museum of Oxford. THE Wahoo Club in Hythe Bridge St has a large sign outside The free sessions start at 1.45pm and 3.30pm and are aimed at encouraging inviting its customers to ‘Let the Good Times Roll’. you in the people to learn new skills and try out Sadly, this cheery message may look increasingly out of new activities, including painting, place as the deep cuts in government funding for local volunteering and sharing skills, and finding council services, housing and the National Health Service out how local museums and library start to take effect next year. services support these events. We don’t yet know the full scale of the cuts or where they festive mood GET into the spirit of Christmas with Oxford ■ For more details contact Neil Stevenson will fall, but we have already had announcements from the 01865 252118 [email protected] County Council of £200 million of cuts across social services, Philomusica’s annual Christmas Concert on Thursday 16 December and the Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carol or Katherine Hughes 01865 776643 education, transport and libraries, and the prospect of 1900 [email protected] jobs to go in the local NHS. on Sunday 19 December. At the City Council, we are planning for up to 40% cuts as The Oxford Philomusica concert takes place at the BIG CHOICE ON THE CARDS we start the budget preparations for the 2011-2012 financial Sheldonian Theatre from 7.30pm. year. British composer Howard Goodall, whose music VISIT the charity Christmas card The Council has been steadily reducing costs and accompanies The Vicar of Dibley, Mr Bean and Red shop in the Town Hall and choose improving value for money over the past three years and we Dwarf, will present the concert. The all female group from a selection of 300 cards have already launched two major projects that will carry that Enchanted Voices will be joined by cellist Bozidar supporting 40 different national and process forward in 2011.
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