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NOVEMBER 2017 11 Millwood Close Maresfield corderycoach E Sussex ___________________________________________________________________________________________ TN22 3AT OFFICE Tel: 01825 732211 Emergency only Contact numbers: JG Theatre Club Guy 07908 720170 Sallie 07889 359367 Email [email protected] MAY WE WISH ALL OUR MEMBERS A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN US. 28 November CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT BLUEWATER. Our annual Christmas shopping trip to Bluewater. Tuesday With over 300 stores and 50 restaurants, you can complete your Christmas shopping with ease while also enjoying a lovely lunch! Depart Heathfield 08.50, Ringmer 9.05, Uckfield £21.00 9.20, Maresfield 9.30, Forest Row 9.45, Herontye 9.50, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 9.55, Felbridge 10.00. Home 5.45pm Still some space on the coach. 3 December BRIGHTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, The Dome Brighton. Barry Wordsworth Sun Mat (conductor). Melvyn Tan (piano). Elgar In the South Op.50. Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major. Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 in E Minor Op.27. Depart Felbridge 12.30, Old £37.00 Library 12.35, Herontye 12.40, Forest Row 12.45, Maresfield 1.00, Uckfield 1.10, Halland 1.20. Ringmer 1.30. NO HEATHFIELD PICK UP. Home 6.00pm. 10 December FARNHAM CHRISTMAS MARKET. Over 150 stalls will be selling unique gifts, yummy treats Sunday and Christmas decorations. Hot roasted chestnuts, mulled wine and festive music will make this a great day out in December. Complete with carol singing, Father Christmas £20.00 and a Live Nativity, there will be entertainment to create the perfect festive day. Depart Heathfield 8.30, Ringmer 8.45, Uckfield 9.00, Maresfield 9.10, Forest Row 9.25, Herontye 9.30, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 9.35, Felbridge 9.40. Home 5.15pm 1 14 December CHRISTMAS CRUISE AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TOUR with a Blue Badge Guide. We board our boat at Greenwich for a one hour cruise with commentary up the River Thames to Thursday. Westminster. This allows you to see the breathtaking sights of London’s historic landmarks £38.00 in a glorious blaze of light. A truly wonderful run up to Christmas. We suggest you bring a picnic supper to eat on the coach. Hot & Cold drinks (not included in price) are available on the boat. Depart Heathfield 1.20, Ringmer 1.35, Uckfield 1.50, Maresfield 2.00, Forest Row 2.15, Herontye 2.20, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 2.25, Felbridge 2.30. Home 10.30pm 17 December CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT WITH THE BRIGHTON FESTIVAL CHORUS AND THE ROYAL Sunday 4pm PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at The Dome, Brighton. Juliette Pochin mezzo. Nicky Spence tenor. Join Brighton Festival Chorus, Brighton Festival Youth Choir and the Royal £38.00 Philharmonic Orchestra for this annual highlight. Get in the festive spirit with all the family, Mid Stall seats. and join in this joyous and humorous celebration of the very best of Christmas music, including the chance to sing your favourite carols, and to bring along your own terrible Christmas joke to be read out. There's also a chance for one lucky person to try their hand at conducting. EVERYONE WHO WENT LAST YEAR SAID WHAT A SUPER CONCERT THIS WAS. Depart Felbridge 1.30, Old Library 1.35, Herontye 1.40, Forest Row 1.45, Maresfield 2.00, Uckfield 2.10, Halland 2.20. Ringmer 2.30. NO HEATHFIELD PICK UP. Home 7.00pm. SEPARATE CHEQUE PLEASE LIMITED SPACE. 20 December CLASSIC CAROLS WITH ALAN TITCHMARSH at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL. Presenter and Wed. 2.30pm. broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh returns for a joyous assortment of traditional Christmas music and sublime carols. Benedict Nelson baritone. Toby Purser conductor. Band of the £59.00 Coldstream Guards. London Philharmonic Choir. London Concert Orchestra. Depart Heathfield 10.30, Uckfield 10.50, Maresfield 11.00, Forest Row 11.15, Herontye 11.20, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 11.25, Felbridge 11.30. NO RINGMER PICK UP. Home 7.30pm. We suggest you bring a picnic to eat on the coach. SEPARATE CHEQUE PLEASE. JG Theatre Club, 11 Millwood Close, Maresfield, E Sussex, TN22 3AT. 01825 732211 NOVEMBER 2017 31 December NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT. BRIGHTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, The Dome Brighton. Sun. Mat Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Rebecca Bottone (soprano). Conductor Laureate Barry Wordsworth leads us on a waltz across the dance floors of 19th century Europe, exploring £37.00 the life and loves of those frequenting these elegant ballrooms and salons, accompanied by the immediately recognisable music of the Strauss familyDepart Felbridge 12.30, Old Library 12.35, Herontye 12.40, Forest Row 12.45, Maresfield 1.00, Uckfield 1.10, Halland 1.20. Ringmer 1.30. NO HEATHFIELD PICK UP. Home 6.00pm. 10 January 2018 A GUIDED TOUR OF THE OVAL FOLLOWED BY A SANDWICH LUNCH THEN A GUIDED TOUR OF Wednesday THE BEEFEATER ‘HOME OF GIN’ DISTILLERY. We begin at The Oval. After our tour we make our way to The Pilgrim Pub for a sandwich lunch (included in the price) before we move £53.00 on to the Beefeater Distillery. A guide will then escort you to the heart of the distillery to inc tea/coffee a explain the hand-crafted production process and to help you experience a sensory sandwich lunch and understanding of the ingredients that make Beefeater Gin, Beefeater 24 and Burrough’s our two guided tours. Reserve. The tour will culminate in a complimentary Beefeater Gin and Tonic. Depart Heathfield 8.05, Ringmer 8.20, Uckfield 8.35, Maresfield 8.45, Forest Row 9.00, Herontye 9.05, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 9.10, Felbridge 9.15. Home 6.15pm. 16 January A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE LONDON TRANSPORT ACTON DEPOT MUSEUM. The Tuesday Museum Depot in Acton is London Transport’s working museum store housing over 370,000 objects. Sights include rare road & rail vehicles spanning over 100 years, bus and £37.00 rail sheds, signs, ceramic tiles, ephemera and ticket machines. A fascinating chance to see behind the scenes at The Acton Depot of The London Transport Museum. Lunch stop NEW in Richmond on the way before a short drive to Acton for a 2 hr private guided tour. There are no refreshments on site so suggest you bring a flask for the journey home. 2 Depart Heathfield 9.05, Ringmer 9.20, Uckfield 9.35, Maresfield 9.45, Forest Row 10.00, Herontye 10.05 Lingfield Road Bus Stop 10.10, Felbridge 10.15. Home 6.45pm 18 January NOËL COWARD’S PRIVATE LIVES at THE YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD. Full of Thur. Mat. razor-sharp wit and quick-fire dialogue. Time for lunch prior to performance. Depart Heathfield 9.30, Ringmer 9.45, Uckfield 10.00, Maresfield 10.10, Forest Row 10.25, Herontye £47.00 10.30, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 10.35, Felbridge 10.40. Home 7.00pm 25 January CRAZY FOR YOU at THE ORCHARD THEATRE, DARTFORD. Depart Heathfield 9.45, Ringmer FULLY BOOKED 10.00, Uckfield 10.15, Maresfield 10.25, Forest Row 10.40, Herontye 10.45, Lingfield Road Bus Stop 10.50, Felbridge 10.55. Home 6.45pm. 28 January BRIGHTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, The Dome Brighton. Michael Collins Sun. Mat (conductor/clarinet) Haydn Symphony No.102 in B Flat Major. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major K622. Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C Major Op.21. Michael Collins, one of £37.00 the foremost clarinettists of his generation, joins the orchestra as both conductor and soloist in our first concert of 2018. Michael performs Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, NEW completed just two months before Mozart’s death for his friend, the clarinettist Anton Stadler. A popular work, it features in films such as The King’s Speech and Out of Africa and often appears in the top 10 of Classic FM’s Hall of Fame. The concert opens with one of Haydn’s London Symphonies, Symphony No.102, one of twelve symphonies written in 1794 on a visit to England at the invitation of violinist impresario Johann Salomon. Rarely performed, it is regarded as one of his finest symphonies. Beethoven’s Symphony No.1 which completes this concert is clearly influenced by the composer’s teachers, Haydn and Mozart. First performed in 1800 (in a concert he arranged himself) it impressed the Viennese public with Beethoven’s incredible talent. The form of the JG Theatre Club, 11 Millwood Close, Maresfield, E Sussex, TN22 3AT. 01825 732211 NOVEMBER 2017 symphony pays homage to his teachers whilst at the same time pushing the boundaries of symphonic composition. Depart Felbridge 12.30, Old Library 12.35, Herontye 12.40, Forest Row 12.45, Maresfield 1.00, Uckfield 1.10, Halland 1.20. Ringmer 1.30. NO HEATHFIELD PICK UP. Home 6.00pm. 1 February A FASCINATING VISIT ‘BEHIND THE SEAMS’ AT ANGELS COSTUMES, Garrick Road, London. Thursday Dressing the stars of stage and screen since 1840. You're invited to go Behind the Seams at the world's largest costume house; Angels Costumes. A one-of-a-kind experience, the £45.00 Behind the Seams tour showcases our extensive costume collection, which spans 8 miles worth of rails, and over 1 million items. On the tour, you'll be guided around all of Angels NEW Costumes departments including Tailoring, Ladies Making, Alterations, Uniform, Badge Room and Warehouse. You'll hear first-hand accounts of working on the biggest productions such as Shakespeare in Love, The Lady in the Van, Downton Abbey, Wicked and Game of Thrones. And see clothes made or recreated for Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Fred Astaire, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett and many more.