Saturday saw the grand opening of the new Outwood village hall by local celebrity Dame Judi Dench. The old one had to be demolished due to subsidence.
Roger Messanger – Chair of the Outwood Village Hall Committee spoke to Susy Radio about the design and how funds were raised.
Two ‘firsts’ took place at Salfords Based Monotype FC between Christmas and New Year.
The under-9s played their first match and sponsors Netkandi Limited provided a community football first by rolling out branded wheelie bins in club colours for the match on December 28.
Manager Mark Lodge’s new junior team contested four quarters of 10 minutes each on a cold, frosty morning and despite pushing hard lost 4-0 to South Park
And in last weekend’s Football, Crawley’s League one match at Chesterfield on Saturday was postponed, as were many matches in the Ryman League. The only local match to take place ended in a 3-1 away defeat for Redhill at Whitstable Town.
Christmas time is about community and when community works together real Christmas magic happens.
Back in October and early November, discussions and meetings were being had, and ideas formulated for various events.
Approaches made about Remembrance Sunday and during the course of this, the proposal of Christmas was put in Susy Radio’s direction. This led to to further meetings being held, and discussions in the church.
A lot of time and planning followed leading to behind the scenes practice and rehearsal resulting in sample recordings and a trial run through. Reality hits – the community enthusiasm, the Christmas Spirit is punching through, this sounds fantastic!
Final technical preparations are made, the rig day arrives – 5 hours of setting up, testing mics, testing recorders, final rehersals. Then off for a good nights sleep!
On Sunday 21st December at 3pm, the fantastic people of Copthorne come together, standing room only in the Church of St John the Evangelist.
It’s an electric feeling, an air of anticipation – the Christmas Story along with letters on the 12 days of Christmas are told. The organ reverberates around the full church, the choirs voices reach the heavens, the music performed by the church orchestra and the Copthorne Silver Band is heavenly. The congregation raise the roof as each Carol is sung beautifully.
Tea, coffee and mince pies follow!
The equipment packed away and the recording heads to production, and 11 hours later, voice over prepared, schedule changed,
introductions completed, and trailer promo made.
Our sincere thanks to everyone involved – in particular
Father Simon Hill and choir director Lesley Dawson.
Neil Munday, Producer
| Engineered by | Programme voiced by | Promotion voiced by |
|---|---|---|
| Neil Munday John Stockley |
Natalie Osborne | Mark Tickner |
Pictures by Natalie Osborne, Neil Munday
David Jay recently spoke to Stuart Kingsley from the East Surrey YMCA about current developments.
Here’s the interview if you missed it:
Rock Legend Richie Ramone was recently gigging in the area.
Chrissy Muir spoke with Richie, here’s their chat if you missed it live.
Website: http://www.richieramone.com/
