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Pokesdown Community Market

New Pokesdown Sign SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 10.00a.m to 4.00p.m ON POKESDOWN GREEN

- Bourne Antiques, furniture, china, bric a brac and more
- Plant Stall. Arts & Crafts Materials
- Travels With My Aunty World Café (Sunday Special- American Pancakes)
- Bric a brac, and surplus ‘moving home’ items
- To You With Love, Lovingly Restored Gifts
- Its Epic T Shirt Printing & Embroidered T Shirts
- Keep Coming Back Charity, selling furniture & bric a brac (raising funds so free furniture can be given to families making a new start)
- Willie Wallnut, Hand Made Cards/Freelance Illustrator

Local Premiere for Dorset Composed Song

A charity concert by the Dorset Police male voice choir is to include the first UK performance of ‘Lest we forget’, a song of remembrance composed by Dorset author Ron Dawson and trombonist Kevin Morgan, both of whom live near Blandford. The concert is to raise funds for the Pilgrim Bandits, a charity which supports service men and women who have lost limbs whilst on duty, many in Afghanistan.

The concert is on Saturday 29th September at the Boscombe Salvation Army Hall in Palmerston Road and begins at 7.30.

The song came about when Ron was reading a copy of the British Legion Magazine and the words ‘Lest we forget’ literally struck a chord within him. He immediately began to write the lyrics and a basic melody and, having little musical experience or skill, Ron took his ‘song’ to his friend, Kevin Morgan, Principal Trombonist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Kevin liked what he heard and they worked together to compose ‘Lest we forget’, a song for Remembrance and Repatriation. Now, only a few months later, choirs and bands across the UK and as far away as New Zealand and Canada will be performing it during Remembrance services, festivals and concerts.

Cabaret Carousel for the Jigsaw Appeal

In aid of the Jigsaw Appeal fundraising for an improved Women’s Health and Cancer Unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, “Cabaret Carousel”, the one-night-only spectacular, will be showcasing the best local talent at the newly-refurbished O2 Academy in Boscombe.

Cabaret Carousel – 7.30pm Sunday 30th September 2012 – O? Academy Bournemouth

Musician/Musical Director Stuart Darling (Big Little Theatre School, The Goodfoot) and Dancer/Choreographer Chanti Porter (Royal New Zealand Ballet, Cats) join forces to bring you an evening of entertainment with a whisper of the West-End and a twinkle of Hollywood.

Nick Meaney (Titanic, Gone in 60 Seconds) takes on the role of Ringmaster of Ceremonies. Featuring Jodie Elms (Live 8, MTV Dance Music Awards), Jodie Read (Mamma Mia, Chicago) and Jon Andrew (International Opera Singer), Cabaret star Bethany Jameson’s fabulous Cabaret Vérité and their new comedy songs, award-winning Funky Little Choir and Beat streetdance crew also take the stage joined by a host of others all volunteering their time for the Jigsaw Appeal.

Barefoot Beach Bound - 20 September

This is not your usual charity event! It’s 3K, it’s barefoot, it’s on the sandy beach, it’s on a Thursday evening.

Starting at 6:30pm on 20 September 2012 the Stroke Association will be holding the first ever Barefoot Beach Bound on the beautiful Southbourne Beach of Bournemouth.

Come down after work or school and take in the amazing sunset as you bound 3km through the golden sands of Southbourne Beach for a good cause. You can walk; jog or run the most important thing is that you DO IT!