Virgin Soldiers

Virgin Soldiers combine contemporary acoustic rock with a fully fledged strings section to

 create a melodic sound that they describe as Strock.

2012 was an exciting year for the band in which they supported McFly and Keane as well as
 opening for the legendary Joan Armatrading at the King’s Theatre, Portsmouth. They also performed several times at NME's 'Best Small Venue in the UK', the Tunbridge Wells Forum, where they supported Steve Cradock, guitarist for Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller, Juan Zelada and Jack Savoretti. In July, the band played at BT London Live in Hyde Park as part of the Olympic celebrations.

The band released their debut single 'Moon Song' on August 20th 2012 and it entered the Independent Breakers Singles Chart at No. 19. This is a chart designed for the hundreds of thousands of bands who have never had a top 40 hit. 'Moon Song' also made it to No. 3 in the Amazon Rock Chart behind Coldplay and Ed Sheeran, and along with the song's Radio Edit, held both the 2nd and 3rd positions in the Amazon Hot New Rock Releases Chart.

In 2013 the band will be releasing the four #lovestrock singles starting with Sitar Song on May 19.  A video for each song will be released on Youtube.  They played the #lovestrock launch gig at the E M Forster Theatre in Tonbridge on April 27th.

Tempo

Group: Tempo

Title: Classic Christmas Melodies And Memories

Dates / Times / Venues:

Friday 7 December - 7.30pm Leith St Andrews Church

Saturday 8 December - 7.30pm Duddingston Kirk

Tickets: £7.00 Adults £3.00 Children At the door from 7pm on the evening, in advance from the Church Office (Sat) or email - tix@tempo.org.uk (NB Online booking is not available for these tickets but tickets can be reserved by email)

Additional Info: This December Tempo are producing two fundraising concerts to coax you into the spirit of Christmastime!! A group of twelve singers will present a programme of Classic Christmas melodies and memories. The concerts will feature popular yuletide songs loved by all ages and made famous by singing legends Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley .........and many more! Festive fun wrapped up in the most welcome gift of song - come along and singalong! To enable us to continue to produce our annual programme we rely on your support. Please try to make it to one of the concerts.

Denholm Drama Group

Group: Denholm Drama Group

Titles: Costa del Packet by Anthony Booth / Immobiles by Michael Frayn / Belly Buttons by Michael B Malone

Dates / Venues / Tickets:

4th December - Kenmore Hall, Jedburgh Tickets £7. Coffee/juice and biscuits provided

5th December - Eckford Village Hall Tickets £6. Refreshments available

6th December - Denholm Village Hall Tickets £7. Coffee/juice and biscuits provided

8th December - Southdean Village Hall Tickets £10 including supper. Bar available

Tickets available from W.M. Glennie, Optometrist in Hawick, P& S Dorricott, Hardware in Jedburgh and The Auld Bakery, Denholm. For more information, please call 01450 870604

Time: All performances start at 7-30 pm. There will be a raffle between plays.

Additional Info: After having unfortunately had to cancel our plays in 2011 due to a lack of actors, the Group is back under the expert directorial eye of Jo Scott who has chosen a trio of hilarious short plays that will push both actors and backstage technical support to their limits with quick-fire cues and one liners! Refreshments and a raffle are available at all venues:

Thomas Leng Musical Society Panto 2012

Thomson-Leng Musical Society

Jack and the Beanstalk

 

 

 

Tuesday 4th December - Sunday 9th December 2012 @ Gardyne Theatre

Something BIG is coming to Dundee this Christmas!

Following the massive success of last year’s production of Cinderella, Thomson-Leng Musical Society are back at the Gardyne Theatre this December with their larger-than-life production of another favourite family fairy-tale: Jack and the Beanstalk!

Times are hard for Beyoncé Castle, our flamboyant and outrageously attractive pantomime dame. She’s completely skint and her daydreaming sons, Jack and Stupit Simon, aren’t proving much help either.

Her only hope of being able to pay rent to the evil Giant – via his beastly henchman Baldemort – is to sell their beloved pet coo, Moomoo. And when Jack is sent to market to do the terrible deed, he comes home with nothing but a handful of beans… and that’s when the magic really begins!

Join Jack, Princess Jill, Beyoncé Castle, Stupit Simon, King Kenny, Fairy Fiddlesticks and slapstick comedy duo Whyte and Mackay, as they climb the spectacular beanstalk to an enchanted land of excitement and adventure, where they must rescue Moomoo the Coo from the greedy grip of a very hungry Giant!

Will Jack succeed in rescuing Moomoo before the Giant turns her into coo peh (Broughty Ferry translation: cow pie)? Will Jack win the beautiful Princess Jill’s hand in marriage? Will the follically-challenged Baldemort get his comeuppance? And, most importantly, will there be some of that tasty strawberry ice cream on sale at the interval? There’s only one way to find out!

Packed with brilliant pop songs, sizzling choreography, dazzling pyrotechnics and jokes-a-plenty, Jack and the Beanstalk is a spellbinding show that’s not to be missed. So, if it's laughter you're after – bring your granny and the bairns!

Tickets:

Full Price £14

Concessions £12

Family £44 (2 adults, 2 children)

*Please note, the Family ticket can be purchased online. Please use the promotional code - FAMILY TICKET

www.gardynetheatre.org.uk