Countryside La Vie Magazine

A Date for your Diary

Everyone is welcome, no matter what your origins, to an evening when we celebrate ‘English Culture’.

There will be no typical English reticence and attempts not to annoy anyone with our singing and flag waving. Just as we join in with the Scots on Burn’s Night or the Irish on St Patrick’s Night then April 23rd, St George’s Day, will be our night. The night of the English which also happens to be Shakespeare’s Birthday and you can’t get more English than that !

Where will it take place? You ask excitedly. Well! The venue is local and superb. Welbeck Defence 6th Form College at Woodhouse in Charnwood Forest is a brand new college with fantastic facilities which include a Sports/Concert Hall capable of seating 700. It also has a superb cadet lounge and bar where you can get light refreshments before the concert and during the interval. There is plenty of parking space. The College takes 16 year old cadets who have pledged themselves to the three armed forces for officer training. Two years at the college is followed by two years at selected universities and then a further two years at officer training establishments.

The Concert is organised by the Royal Society of St George, Leicestershire Branch, in association with the Royal British

Legion. The hosts are Welbeck Defence College and all profits will go to SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, and Air Force Association - Forces Help) and the Royal British Legion. The program will include a medley of English pieces by the Welbeck Cadet Brass Band, a Shakespearean Interlude where Town Crier and ex Yeoman Warder, Joe David, will excite you with his performance, and an old time Sing-Along lead by the popular “Timeless” singing group where all can join in.

After the interval, the Enderby Town Brass Band take over and the British Legion parade with their Standards. They are followed by the Welbeck Cadets and then a group of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans from the Angian Regiment who will be announced and welcomed on stage to receive the applause they so obviously deserve. In this way we bring together our veterans of the past, our officers of the future, and our current fighting men and women for us to express our thanks. This is followed by a St George Interlude and finally the Enderby Town Band will play “Fantasia” as an opener followed by soprano Julia Meynell and “Timeless” leading the audience in a “Last Night of the Proms” Finale. What a show !

Tickets at £8 are available by calling one of the following numbers.
0116 237 5254 (Rothley), 0116 286 3656 (Narborough) or 0116 261 6590 (Leicester)

so why not get your party organised for a great English night out .
The Lounge and Bar will be open from 6.45 pm.
The Concert starts at 7.30 pm and should finish around 10 pm. Entry is by Ticket only.