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Ellie Jefferies is now in Cambodia

Written by Martin Jarvis, Secretary

Friday, 26 March 2010 10:52

Ellie Jefferies Ellie is now in Cambodia as a volunteer for Globalteer. This is a charity that provides basic education to under-privileged children. Ellie would like to thank all those HAODS Members who did so much to make the quiz and concert evenings in the Green Room such a success – they raised £717 to help her on her way. No doubt we shall hear more of how Ellie gets on out there.

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100 Club Winners January

Written by Martin Jarvis, Secretary

Friday, 26 March 2010 10:51

100 Club Winners January lucky winner was Penny Gilbert. And in February the luck passed to Neil Allen. Both have got a cheque for £50. These draws are usually at our Club Lunches held in the Green Room on third Saturday’s of every month – next is Saturday 20th March at 1.00, hosted by Pauline Smith and Hazel West-Manning. For £5 you get a delicious lunch including a glass of wine and masses of chat and gossip!

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HAODS SENDING GIRLS IN TO WIN!

Written by Martin Jarvis, Secretary

Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:46

The Ladybirds Director Claire Wallis says: “The auditions for the Festival Play were a great success. I was very pleased, as were the audition panel, to see the effort everyone had gone to in order to make the characters their own. I have a very talented group of ladies and am sure we will have a wonderful production” The cast and technical crew is:. Marge: Christine Jarvis Betty: Peggie Wilcock Faye: Kate Massey Francesca: Sarah Calderbank Julie: Daisy O’Halloran Babs: Wendy Huntley Agatha Frost: Karen du Plessis Stage Manager: Richard Creed Drama Judge: Leah Corlett Backstage Crew: David Holmes Jenny Nicoletta Hartin Props Nicoletta Hartin Exact dates not yet known, but we are entered for five Drama Festivals: Didcot, Cornerstone April 25 to 29 Maidenhead, Nordern Farm April 27 to May 1 Henley, Kenton May 4 to 8 Abingdon May 30 to June 5 Wallingford, Corn Exchange June 13 to 18

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HENLEY PLAYERS COUNTRY WIFE

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Monday, 08 March 2010 23:48

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CELEBRITIES WHO PERFORMED AT THE KENTON

Written by Bill Port

Thursday, 04 March 2010 14:29

Bill Port has written some histories about events that have happened at the Kenton deep in the past. Many HAODS members will find them fascinating. Bill will be publishing these little potted histories here on a monthly basis. We will find a place for them in a newly created section soon. Part 1 - CELEBRITIES WHO PERFORMED AT THE KENTON No.1 - Albert Chevalier (1861 - 1923) - The Coster's Laureate This article can now be found in full on the about us page. Look at the end of the about us text to see the article. Thanks Bill! Generated in 1.03063 Seconds

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OPEN MIC NIGHT - SATURDAY 13TH MARCH

Written by The Chairman!

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 15:20

Just over a week to go all you budding musicians! Come along to the Green Room on Saturday 13th March at 7.30pm and strutt your stuff! The mic is yours to try out any original material be it a song, and instrumental or even poetry! Just £5 on the door for a great fun evening. We are hoping that this will be the first of many Open Mic Nights when aspiring stars can test out their material on a friendly audience. All welcome - Donation bar, Contact Daisy O'Halloran at daisy_me20@hotmail.com, for more information

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BOYFRIEND TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!

Written by The Chairman!

Monday, 01 March 2010 21:38

Advanced bookings are now being taken for The Boyfriend. Remember, cast members who book and pay for their tickets before they go into the box office get £1 reduction on each seat! Show dates 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 April. Evenings at 7.45pm - Matinee performance only on Sunday 18th at 4.00pm Call Sandra Moon on 01491573887 or email her on sandramoon187@btinternet.com,

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STAGE WHISPERS ARTICLES ON THE SITE

Written by Martin Jarvis, Secretary

Monday, 01 March 2010 20:47

From now on we hope to place all articles submitted for inclusion into Stage Whispers directly onto the HAODS site automatically using this new tool. You can also post your SW articles here and I can pick them up and scrape them into the old Stage Whispers for printing. We still have 80 or so members that like to receive the SW in print format. We'll see how this new-fangled stuff goes... Martin Jarvis, Secretary

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THE ALL NEW HENLEY FRINGE TRUST

Written by Webmaster

Monday, 01 March 2010 19:16

For the last few years, Henley has been the host to a great event every summer. From 2010 the Henley Fringe Trust will be working towards charity stauts to ensure the survival of this fantastic event. Please view the new website to find out more www.henleyfringe.org Jo Southwell

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Open MIC Night

Written by Daisy O'Halloran

Sunday, 28 February 2010 20:43

Open MICrophone Night at the Green Room, Kenton Theatre, Henley (Going to become a regular event we hope.) Musicians, Singers, Bands, Comedians, Poets, Writers all welcome. This time we having only original music. (Next time will be open to all) So songwriters with new material they want to try out, new bands with some new songs they've just put together all really welcome. First timers/novices actively encouraged/welcomed. Anyone interested in performing or with any questions please contact me on daisy_me20@hotmail.com or 07983 333757. Doors open 7.30pm, performances start 8.00pm £5 entry Donation bar and snacks available.

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Automatic emailing of all members with site updates!

Written by Webmaster

Friday, 26 February 2010 23:20

We have just added a new tool to the HAODS site that will email all registered users whenever a new item of interest is added to the site. We are currently just testing it so a few members may receive a few test emails from the site. Please be patient with us for the moment until we get the tool working just right! The idea is that the articles that were written for the old Stage Whispers may soon be written on the website and everyone with a computer will receive them as emails. Don't worry, there won't be too many and eventually you should be able to opt in or out of receiving emails.

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Edward Henderson has won the part of Tony

Written by Chairman

Friday, 26 February 2010 18:44

At last.. A Boy Friend! We are delighted to announce that Edward Henderson has won the part of Tony, our leading man in The Boyfriend. We would like to welcome him to HAODS. "We are delighted to have him on board!" said Ray Burton, who is directing the show.

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New Blog - another way to submit content to HAODS website

Written by Webmaster

Friday, 26 February 2010 16:50

The HAODS website has a new way to submit your news and articles, by email! , you can now submit content whenever you want, all you need to do is send an email to info@henleyoperatic.co.uk and your post will automatically appear in a new page called the Chairman's BLOG page For the moment all submitted messages will be unmoderated. As long as we get good posts (non SPAM) then it will remain so! If you want your views published just send an email to info@henleyoperatic.co.uk. It will only accept text for the moment as images from most digital cameras are just too big for the site to accept. If you have a small image like the one below - feel free to send that too!

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Raffles update

Written by Webmaster

Friday, 26 February 2010 13:34

On Friday 19th February, Ian Senior, Richard Cleghorn-Brown, the authors of Raffles of Singapore and Chairman of HAODS, Julie Huntington, visited the headquaters of the Singapore Tourism Board in the Grand Building in the Strand, for a courtesy visit to acknowledge their sponsorship of the of the show to the tune of £5000. They met with Eunice Yeo, a director of the Board and were treated to a tour of the building. The Tourism Board promised to give and further help they could with publicity throughout the Singaporean community in Oxfordshire. Julie presented a copy of the HAODS Calendar to Eunice, who was delighted with the gift.

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