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                          Swindon Wide Whit's Or Ir e^errmber
   Music                       Exhibitions
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   Thursday 1st to Saturday 3rd,  Saturday 3rd to Friday 16th                         with
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   7.30pm & 2.30pm Sat matinee  Paintings by members of the Swindon bugging  ou       Midnight Cowboys
   Hot Mikado. Wroughton based Opus  Artist Society. West Swindon Library  Call Practical Applications Ltd. for
   One perform this updated version of  Throughout December  a friendly service       Tuesday: Even Swindon. 7.00
   the Gilbert and Sullivan opera set in  Embroidered Silk Bowls. Exhibition  Upgrades ® Repairs  Community Centre Jennings
   the 1940s with music transmuted  by local textile artist Kathleen  Networking & the internet  Street (off Rodbourne Road)
   from gospel. blues and swing . Tickets  Danswan, as featured in the  Home visits, collection  Wednesday: Highworth, 7.00
   £6.50. Ca/f 855566. E//endune Ha//  November issue of The Worfd of  & delivery     Thursday: Coleview 7.00
   Wroughton                   Embroidery. The bowls are all made  • Or for help getting started,  Community Centre. Nythe Road
      Opus One players Richard  from hand dyed silk, machine  call us days, evenings or
                                                                                           Step by step instruction for
     Abrams with Connie Harman  embroidered then embellished with  weekends on           absolute beginners. Weekend
                               beads and sequins, seebe%w. West
                    ^a 4                                        01793 321361          socia/s in Highworth and Swindon
                               Swindon Library
                                                             Mobile 07919 263072                 For more details
                                                           E: [email protected]  Ring Lewis Watson on 764732
                                                           www.procticalapplications.co.uk  Ten years of teaching!


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                                                                                 Christmas!


                                                                        mething different
   Friday 2nd, 8pm
   The Yardbirds. The band that  To 12th January                               for someone special!
   launched Clapton. Beck and Page.  This Foreign Land: photography by
   and were a major influence on Led  Roger Vlitos celebrating the  ights fro  £50 for 30 minutes
   Zeppelin. Founder members Chris  astonishing cultural history embodied
   Dreja and drummerJim McCarty are  in the Wiltshire landscape. Free.
   joined by Jerry Donahue on guitar.  Great Western Hospital
   John Idan on bass and harmonica
                               Until 3rd December
   player Billy Boy Miskimmin. Their
                               Drawing Power An exhibition by
   sound remains distinctively that of
                               artists who teach, to celebrate The
   The Yardbirds. £16. Arts Centre
                               Big Draw: the national campaign                             d.co.uk
   Saturday 3rd, 7.45pm        which aims to get everyone drawing.
   Ga Ga: The Ultimate Queen Tribute.  Wyvern
   With an even bigger. better light show.
                               Tuesday 6th to Sunday 8th January
   a sound system to match and with                                SOIJTHLEAZE
                               Peter Pan Tales of a boy who never
   audience participation encouraged
                               grew up, told through posters, book
   throughout, the show promises to be                      CHRISTMAS TREES
                               illustrations and engravings and
   a 'kind of magic'. £15 Wyvern
                               reflecting a variety of styles from the
   Sunday 11th, 3pm            Victorian era to the present day. to  Wesf Swindon's supplier
   Swindon Recital Series: Oboe-  coincide with the panto production of
   works. Four of the country's leading  Peter Pan. Wyvern
   chamber musicians, who all work                                  THE WIDEST RANGE OF
                               To Friday 23rd
   regularly as soloists, come together
                               In and Around Swindon. A tribute
   for a programme of Mozart. Schubert,  to Peter Burton who saw so much to  CHRISTMAS TREES AT
   Britten. £10 (free for accompanied
                               paint in the Swindon area. Peter's
   children under 14). Arts Centre                                            THE BEST PRICES
                               work demonstrates a fresh approach
   Monday 12th, 8pm            to well-loved scenes such as Buscot,
   Dylan Project. Four of Britain's most  Lechlade, Coate Water. Lydiard and  Ring or fax to reserve
   talented folk rock musicians and a  the Ridgeway. Arts Centre
   distinctive singer present an                                          your tree or just visit
   exhilarating tribute to one of the
   greatest post-war songwriters. Bob                                                     Also tree stands,
   Dylan. £15 Arts Centre                                                             firewood & potatoes
   Monday 12th, 2.15pm
   University of the Third Age                                                     Open daily 10am - 6pm
   Orchestra and the U3A Merribells
   present a concert afternoon. Call                                                  Tel/Fax: 812322
   642634 for details. U3A members
   free, non-members £2. E//endune                                                       Signposted off Mannington
   Ha//, Wroughton                                                                       Roundabout, Great Western
   Tuesday 13th, 8pm                                                                        Way (behind Mataland)
   The Foundations. Formed in the  Dance                                             Also at:    Mea^way
   mid 1960s. the group quickly found                                                Common      "°""5v"n°°n
   success with 'Baby, Now That I've  Thursday 1 st to Friday 2nd, 7.30p m
                                                                                     Farm       "'e51  we as
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   Found You..., before gaining world  Magic Moments presented by                               `e
                                                                                     Wharf Road           Manningion
   wide recognition with 'Build Me Up  Bobbi's Academy of Dance. For the             Wroughton       Taoth^
   Buttercup'. A set full of soul R&B  first ti me incorporating ballet, tap and
   classics, as well as all The  jazz along with freestyle. hip hop and                           Ga^`   Farm
   Foundations' hits. £17 Arts Centre  musical theatre. £8.50 Wyvern
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