Page 58 • The HERALD • 11th July 2024 v THE NEXT HERALD IS OUT ON 1ST AUGUST v KIDS ZONE Services offered: Private Tutoring Services Home-schooling Solutions Exam Prep and Entry Coaching and Mentoring Services Soft Skills Training Phone: 07751 083447 Email: office@stgeorgeseducation.com Website: www.stgeorgeseducation,com CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS THIS SUMMER e team at May ower eatre and MAST May ower Studios are pleased to announce details of the exciting and broad mix of children’s entertainment shows that will be performing across both venues during the 2024 school summer holidays. With a variety of enjoyment for all young ages, audiences can enjoy the delight of live performances across both venues this summer. Starting with Zog and the Flying Doctors, running at MAST May ower Studios from 23rd–25th July. Zog, super keen student turned airambulance, still lands with a bang-crashthump. Together with his Flying Doctor crew, Princess Pearl, and Sir Gadabout, they tend to a sunburnt mermaid, a unicorn with one too many horns and a lion with the u. However, Pearl’s uncle, the King, has other ideas about whether princesses should be doctors, and she’s soon locked up in the castle back in a crown and a silly frilly dress. With a bit of help from some friends and half a pound of cheese, Pearl needs to make her uncle better and prove that princesses can be doctors too. Science Museum Live is at MAST May ower Studios, 30th–31st July. London’s world-renowned Science Museum are bringing their brand-new stage production aimed at igniting curiosity, fuelling imaginations, and inspiring audiences in new and exciting ways. May ower Summer Youth Project presents: Bugsy Malone at May ower eatre on 16th–17th August. Based on the classic Alan Parker movie, Bugsy Malone which launched the careers of Scott Baio and Jodie Foster, this new production will feature over 150 talented young people from across the Southampton area. Filled with the stunning songs, Fat Sam’s Grand Slam, My Name is Tallulah, You Give a Little Love and of course Bugsy Malone. e show takes place in Prohibition era, New York. Madagascar the Musical is coming to the May ower eatre from 21st–24th August. Meet the favourite crack-alackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and nd themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar. Starring CBBC and Strictly Come Dancing star Karim Zeroual as King Julien, audiences should get ready to join Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria and the hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime Bluey’s Big Play is coming to May ower eatre from 27th–30th August. Audiences of all ages will get to see Bluey, her younger sister Bingo and Mum & Dad Bandit and Chilli, as they’ve never seen them before, as Bluey & Her family embark on their rst live theatre show, made just for you, featuring brilliantly created puppets, live actors, and iconic sets. Tickets for all shows are on sale at may ower.org.uk or 023 8071 1811. Zog and the Flying Doctors Go along to Totton and Eling Community Centre on Tuesday mornings, 10.30am–12noon, for Guiding Stars SEND Specialists and Totton Baby Bundles, supporting parents and caregivers in and around Totton. At the sessions you will nd toys and activities, books, baby weighing scales, drinks and snacks, baby and toddler clothing, sensory stories, songs and attention-building sessions led by Guiding Stars and a chance to speak to Guiding Stars about any concerns you have about your child’s development or if you suspect special needs. e sessions are free and there is no need to book. Any questions, please email: susan@compark. co.uk Guiding Stars and Totton Baby Bundles CONCERT REPORT – SOLENT CONCERT ORCHESTRA AT BRAMSHAW VILLAGE HALL The Solent Concert Orchestra under the direction of their conductor Simon Wilkins recently gave a concert in aid of the Bramshaw Village Hall Trust. e theme was ‘Music from Film’ and featured many well-known pieces from such lms as ‘ e King’s Speech’, ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Apollo 13’. e concert opened with the fanfare ‘ us Spoke Zarathustra’ by Richard Strauss o en associated with ‘ e Dawn of Man’. is was followed by Mussorgsky’s boisterous ‘Night on a Bare Mountain’ featured in Walt Disney’s lm ‘Fantasia’. e orchestra went on to play something a little quieter, namely, the ‘Allegretto’ from Beethoven’s 7th Symphony as used in ‘ e King’s Speech’. Next the spotlight moved to the grandeur of Tsarist Russia with Tchaikovsky’s lovely waltzes from the opera ‘Eugene Onegin’ and the ‘ e Swan Lake’ and ‘Nutcracker’ ballets. By way of a contrast this was followed by the haunting theme from the 1986 lm ‘ e Mission’ – ‘Gabriel’s Oboe’ by Ennio Morricone. Music from Howard Shore’s lm score from ‘ e Lord of the Rings’ concluded the rst half. Bizet’s ‘Les Toreadors’ used in such lms as ‘Falling for Figaro’ and ‘Carmen Jones’, amongst many others, provided a lively start to the second half. Verdi’s ‘La Forza Del Destino’ with its changes of pace and lingering melodies was beautifully interpreted by the orchestra. It was instantly recognisable from its use in a well-known lager advert as well as in lms such as ‘ e Souvenir’ and ‘Jean de Florette’ e dramatic theme music from James Horner’s ‘Apollo 13’ was followed by Waldteufel’s ‘Skaters Waltz. Interestingly, Elton John played this at just three years of age. It later featured in his lm ‘Rocketman’. A most enjoyable evening concluded with Mendelssohn’s ‘Wedding March’ and a robust rendition of O enbach’s ‘ e Can Can’ famously featured in the lm ‘Moulin Rouge’. e orchestra’s loyal patrons Lady Fiona and Sir Julian Lewis MP considered it one of the orchestra’s best ever concerts, a view shared by the full-house audience judging by their applause. e next concert is on Saturday 9th November at St. Saviour’s Church, Brockenhurst and will have a maritime avour. Further details can be found at solentconcertorchestra.org.uk Solent Concert Orchestra Waterside Veterans Coffee Club The Waterside Veterans Coffee Club is held on the 3rd Saturday of every month from 10am at Fawley Royal British Legion, Exbury Road, Black eld, SO45 1XD, with their next meeting scheduled for Saturday 20th July. All veterans, serving personnel, their families and dependents are invited to attend and enjoy the usually good humour, refreshments and occasional visiting guests. If you would like further information on this great venture please do get in touch by calling Lucy on: 07979 673343 or emailing: wvcc@btinternet. com Discovery Day at Tadburn Meadows Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, located in Romsey (SU367214) will be holding a Discovery Day on Sunday 20th July, from 10am until 12noon at Tadburn Meadows. Meet at the entrance to the reserve at Eight Acres. Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve is hidden amongst the houses and covers almost 12 acres and provides a home for a variety of Britain’s best loved wildlife and some nationally threatened species. e site boasts a variety of habitats, from a stream more characteristic of the New Forest to wet woodland and grassland. Tadburn Conservation Volunteers are a local group working on Tadburn Meadows Local Nature Reserve, Romsey. Contact: tadburn.meadows@ gmail.com CAR BOOT SALE A Car Boot Sale is taking place at Memorial Car Park in Totton on Sundays 21st July and 4th August from 9am to 12noon (weather permitting). No booking is required, sellers from 8am (for safety, sellers please do not leave before 11.30am). Any size car £5 and the area is hard standing. Please take your own tables. Use of community centre toilets, some free parking available. For more information please call: 023 8086 3769 or email: tandeca@ hotmail.co.uk or just turn up.
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