The winner was Jasmine Smith aged 11 3/4 from Oulton Broad who won a Painting pottery session to paint their winning design onto a ceramic shown below.

The runner up was Sian Miller of Worlingham aged 9 who won a chocolate Easter egg and a 1/2 price studio fee.

An egg template was issued to all those who chose to take part for them to design their own Easter egg creation.

Sunday 22 June
Strawberry Luncheon
Shotford Hall, Harleston
(by kind permission of Jill and Roy Whipps)
Tickets (including a drink) are £10 (adults), £5 (children 7 to 12) with children under 7 free
are obtainable from Daphne Beckett (Tel: 07850 709297) or David Alexander (Tel: 01508 530237)

Sunday 13 July
In The Mood
(a trip down Memory Lane)
bring your picnic and relax
to the live music of TIMESCAPE
Bone Hill, Rouse’s Lane off Low Road, Starston
Gates open 3.30pm Music starts 4.30pm
Tickets £10 Adults, £5 U16s, U5s Free –
obtainable from Mike Denham 01603 506925
(event organised jointly by Harleston Lions, Scouts and Magpies HC)

Mike Denham (Chairman)
Tel: 01603 506925
E-mail: MDenham975@aol.com
30/4/08

MONDAY 5th MAY 2008
10am - 4pm

EARSHAM HALL
CHARITY COUNTRY FOOD & CRAFT FAIR
All profits to Leukaemia Research

The very best food, drinks and crafts from our region and traditional family entertainment.

DON’T MISS THIS FANTASTIC DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY!

A great selection of food & drink stalls in the Food Courtyard, a wide selection of craft stalls in the grounds of the Hall, live music, barbeque and bar, punch and judy show, morris dancers, bouncy castle, face painter, dog agility, a wonderful raffle all in aid of Leukaemia Research with fantastic prizes and much much more.

Our stallholders and exhibitors love the day – we know you will too!!

For more information call 01986 893868,
email annabel@earshamhallevents.co.uk
or visit www.earshamhallevents.co.uk

Men's EHL Qualifying Tournament
Hull 2-6 Harleston Magpies

‘Barber Cuts Loose as Magpies Hit Hull for Six’

Harleston followed up last week’s draw against Fareham with a convincing 6-2 win in their second EHL play-off game against a Hull side fighting to retain their National League status. The result leaves the side second in the table with four points from their opening two games and ensures that the squad will approach the final weekend’s games confident of securing a place in the National League next season.

Magpies were subdued for the first ten minutes as they struggled to adapt to their host’s direct style of play and, despite gradually finding their feet and creating some early chances, went a goal down from a short corner breakdown. Magpies reacted well to the set-back and soon started to play their free-flowing hockey that has been their trademark all season. Tom Sumner was particularly dominant down Harleston’s right flank and one of his incisive runs brought a short corner which Hipwell put away to make the scores level at half time.

After some inspirational half time words from coach Les Howlett and manager Robert Stimpson, Magpies came out in the second period determined to push on and pick up all three points from this must-win game. Their increased intensity was too much for a visibly tiring Hull side and Magpies quickly went 3-1 up through a Hipwell penalty stroke and a sharp close range finish from the in-form Toulson. The two goal cushion did not last long as Hull pulled one back with a deflected shot from a tight angle.

However Magpies kept their momentum and for the final 15 minutes produced some memorable attacking hockey with Baynes and Wheeler combining effectively down the left and Leate putting in his best performance of the season in an attacking right back role. The pressure told as Hipwell secured his hat-trick through a well worked short corner and Barber calmly finished a swift passing move to put the result beyond doubt. With the three points secured there was still time for Barber to score the best goal of the game in the final minute when he lost his man and expertly turned a pin point pass high into the roof of the net.

Hull will be disappointed with the loss which leaves their chances of success in the play-offs hanging by a thread but can have no complaints about the 2-6 scoreline which was a fair reflection of Magpies’ complete dominance in the last quarter of the match.

Magpies travel to Cannock next week to compete in their remaining 3 play-off games (against Durham University, Harborne and Cardiff) over the bank holiday weekend knowing that three wins will guarantee National League hockey next season.

The players and management would like to thank their dedicated spectators for making the long journey to Hull and look forward to receiving further support at Cannock.

Waveney Revels Events 2008
Week 5

Tuesday 29th April – Monday 5th May

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Tuesday 29th April –


International Dance Day


Click above face to view the Face of Waveney Exhibits
Sponsors of the Waveney Revels

email us your photos, and enter our Digital Camera Prize Draw
email@waveneyvalleyblog.com

click for more details

Bungay Fisher Theatre
Images of India – Charity Evening
Rotary Club of Bungay

Images of India
Traditional Indian Meal

Charity evening consisting of an authentic Indian meal with wine, follwed by entertainment provided by the Natyapria Indian Dance Group; leading sitar player chris Doderidge; an audio-visual presentation and display of Indian art and crafts.

Any profits will be donated to the Akaash Ganga home for displaced and abandoned children in the salt pan areas of Zamabad, and Goraphur orphanage and school
Start time: 7.15pm

Tickets: £15 available from ticket office Fisher Theatre (01986 897130) or reserved from Chris Staines (01986 7681267). Tables can be reserved for up to 10 diners.
For more information contact Chris Staines: chris.staines@btinternet.com or 01986 781267


Watch village green cricket
– ‘friendly’ matches start April and season early May –

Quintessential English heritage: cricket, church and pub!
Match dates - see:
http://suffolkpremier.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp
www.ncleague.co.uk


Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Wednesday 30th April –


Walpurgis Night
is a holiday celebrated on April 30 or May 1, in large parts of Central and Northern Europe.

One of the main traditions in Sweden is to light large bonfires.


Marina Theatre – Off the Wall
The Spirit of Pink Floyd

Off The Wall are Europe's leading production dedicated to recreating the spirit of Pink Floyd and bringing together some of the finest musicians in the business. With stunning visuals and spectacular lighting, Off The Wall will guide you through a journey of classic Pink Floyd. Described by the BBC as "Possibly the best concert experience you will ever see”, Off The Wall have textensively throughout Europe and are nowready for the rest of the world!

Box Office: 01502 573318 or 01502 538179
Website: www.marinatheatre.co.uk


Parish Church of Ilketshall St Andrew
Round Tower Churches in Suffolk

Talk by Lyn Stilgoe – Lecturer for the Round Tower Churches Society
Contact: Mrs Catriona Hodge – 01986 781313
Time: 2pm


The Ramblers Assoc
Waveney & District Group - Kessingland
Around the Hundred River

Meeting Kessingland Beach car park – 10.5 miles
Picnic lunch

Leaders Jenny & David Butcher - 01502 562031


The Brewery Tap, Oulton Broad Lowestoft
2nd Annual Battle of the Bands
Sponsored by Morling Music and Lowestoft Journal

All Wednesday heats will be £2 entry and have an over16 door policy for those nights only (valid ID essential)
The Brewery Tap is tucked away discreetly in an excellent location of Oulton Broad – a music venue which also sells local brewed ales.

For more information contact website: www.brewery-tap.com


Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Thursday 1st May –

The Cut – Halesworth
Hightide Festival – 1st – 5th May

HighTide returns for a second year to New Cut Arts in Halesworth between 1st and 5th May with a packed programme of theatre, film, comedy, talks and masterclasses by individuals including Tom Stoppard.

“HighTide is an extremely good thing” Bill Nighy, Patron

The core programme of the festival remains new writing. For 2008's festival, HighTide will be premièring three new plays:

Stovepipe by Adam Brace,
set in a post-Iraq Middle East.

Switzerland by Nick Payne,
where a woman journeys to Zurich to finally escape her Motor Neurone Disease.

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick by Joel Horwood,
a coming-of-age story set in Suffolk. Horwood's play will be a co-production with leading Suffolk-based theatre company Eastern Angles.

Alongside these new plays, for the first time HighTide will be developing a new devised production with:

You Need Me, a new young international company.
The piece, Certain Dark Things, explores the delicate relationships within a family living in Spain under the Franco regime. It will be performed in the round with live music.

In a new addition to the festival's line up, The Breakfast Shorts
will see acclaimed high-profile writers such as Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Laura Wade present professional premières of new short plays performed by the HighTide acting company. Performed as rehearsed readings at the start of each day of the theatre and film festival, these new plays will sit alongside full length productions from emerging young writers and theatre makers.

For more information visit www.hightidefestival.org
Website: www.newcut.org


Do something different
Go somewhere new

Suffolk Wildlife
May Morning Dawn Walk

Outney Common, Bungay
Meet at the entrance gate
Starts: 5am

For further details contact Jasmine Rising – 01986 895311

Bird spotting
Count the varieties of birds from your window and enjoy the visual variety and research.

Sadly town birds are decreasing – our town bird life is withering.

Free bird booklet from RSPB – see www.rspb.org.uk
See also : www.garden-birds.co.uk


– Friday 2nd May –

The Cut & Halesworth Milenium Green
( and 3rd May)

Black Shuck– the Musical

From the resident company based at The Cut

Smugglers, King’s Men and the River
Written and directed by James Holloway
Choreography Caroline Mummery
Music by Michael Peck

Venue: Millenium Green, Halesworth
Bring picnics, warm clothes, camp seats or spread a rug on the grass

Tickets: £10 Concs: £6
Contact: 01728 638585
Tickets: 0845 6732123
Website: www.newcut.org


Marina Theatre – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Spring Concert

Start:7.30pm

Schubert Symphony No.8 ‘Unfinished’

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3

Dvorak Symphony No.7

Conductor: Christopher Warren Green

Soloist: Sarah Beth Briggs

Ticket prices:
Stalls & Front Circle: £27.50 Upper Circle: £24.50 Rear Circle: £21.50
Concessions & Waveney Sinfonia Members:
Stalls & Front Circle: £26.50 Upper Circle: £23.50 Rear Circle: £22.50
Priority Friends and Friends of the RPO: Stalls & Front Circle: £25.50 Upper Circle: £22.50 Rear Circle: £20.50 Group rate (40 or more) £22.50 each on top priced seats

Box Office: 01502 573318 or 01502 538179
Website: www.marinatheatre.co.uk

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Saturday 3rd May –

Bungay Fisher Theatre
The Red Shadow Quartet – JAZZ

The Red Shadow Quartet's sound is rooted in the 'Blue Note' jazz era with the classic line up of saxophone, piano, bass and drums.Their 2006 CD 'Pine' has received much praise for its refreshing emphasis on strong melody and original arrangements. Building on this, the band have come up with a programme which will include originals as well as some standards and compositions from McCoy Tyner and Charlie Parker among others

Tickets: £7 Conc: £6
Box Office: 01986 897130
Website: www.fishertheatre.org


Marina Theatre – Barbara Dickson
40th Anniversary Tour

Tickets: £19.50 - Conc: £19 - Friends £18.50

Box Office: 01502 573318 or 01502 538179
Website: www.marinatheatre.co.uk


Step into a high street gallery
They’re just commercial picture shops!

No obligation to buy – judge the creative talent on show for yourself.


Lowestoft to Beccles Bike Ride
Heritage & Arts

Meet: 11am ASDA car park
Start: 11.30am

Proposed route – go directly into a traffic free cycle route alongside the Lowestoft Southern Relief Road . Pick up the Route 30 at the toucan crossing on the Carlton Colville bypass and follow Route 30 all the way to Beccles.

Enter Beccles via Castle Hill, Brick Kiln avenue, Common Lane and the Avenue (ie coming from the rear of the station)

Likely arrival time would be 2pm, allowing people to have a picnic on Beccles Common - part of our heritage.
Contact details for Phil Tregea:
Mob: 07717302558
Phil-tregea@googlemail.com


The Brewery Tap, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Music presented by Deep Purple tribute

For more information contact www.purple-online.co.uk

Cost £4
The Brewery Tap is tucked away discreetly in an excellent location of Oulton Broad – a music venue which also sells local brewed ales.

For more information contact website: www.brewery-tap.com


Bungay Holy Trinity Church
Daleian Singers
For the past 50 years the Daleian Singers have been making music. Originating in the mining village of Silverdale (hence our name), near to Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.

Since the inception they have attempted to bring to a repertoire a high standard of male voice singing that gives pleasure to the many people who come to listen to them. From classical male voice, to modern musical arrangements for male voices, the music they make varies to suite all tastes.

Starts: 7pm for 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church , Bungay

This is a Charity event for All Hallows Hospital, Ditchingham.

Tickets: £8 – this includes light snacks during the interval and coffee/tea/soft drinks. Contact Rev. Ian Bryne – 01986 892553
www.daleiansingers.org.uk to find out more

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Sunday 4th May –

Milestones Jazz Club, Hatfield Hotel, Lowestoft
The Organ Trio featuring - Jim Mullen
One of the most popular bands on the national scene. Headed by Britain's finest jazz guitarist, Jim Mullen, The Organ Trio play a mix of standards, originals and modern jazz with a variety of tone, texture and attack in the funky Wes Mongomery/ Jimmy Smith vein. Also featuring the great Mike Gorman (organ) and Matt Skelton (drums).

Visit Jim’s website(when live) for more information: jimmullenjazz.co.uk

Milestones is resident at Hotel Hatfield, Esplanade, Lowestoft and opens its doors at 8pm on the first Sunday of every month with an admission price of £7 or £6 concessions - no club membership necessary. For enquiries, information on how to find us or to join visit website: www.milestonesjazzclub.co.uk


The Millennium Green & The Cut, Halesworth
The Concertante Ensemble
An afternoon of light classical music on the banks of the New Reach Canal, The Millenium Green, Halesworth

A beautiful place for picnics, music and leisure
Hot line info 01728 –638585


Geldeston Locks Inn
Maypole Dancing, Morris Dancing sides, Mummers
Music from 1 – 4pm

One of the Broads most historic pubs, the unique location and the variety of means by which you can access this pub eg canoe, Bid Dog Ferry, public footpaths, cycle and of course by car.
Full details on website – www.geldestonlocks.co.uk


Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, nr. Bungay
Annual Aviation Enthusiasts’ Day

Table-top displays by aviation museums, groups, collectors in the region – Flypasts requested.
On this site also there are over 60 aircraft and 23,000 artefacts to view in 2 hangars and 8 themed buildings, plus Adair Walk nature stroll, Shop, Bricabrac stalls, and NAAFI refreshments.

Open between 10.00 and 5.00.
Free admission.
See more on www.aviationmuseum.net

Do something different
Go somewhere new

– Sunday 4th May –

The Ramblers Assoc
Waveney & District Group
Oulton Broad to Beccles (train and linear walk)

Meet at Beccles railway station to catch 10.13am train to Oulton Broad South.
Picnic lunch

Leader: Michael Farrow – 01502 716352


Earsham Hall, Bungay
Annual May Day Country Food and Craft Fair
10.00am - 4.00pm

The Fourth May Fair selling the best local produce and crafts from the region – in aid of Leukaemia Research this year. A traditional country fair proving to be a great day out for the family – whatever the weather!
Please call us on 01986 893868 if you would like any further information.


Somerleyton Hall
Bug Hunt in the Maze

For more information visit website: www.somerleyton.co.uk


The Brewery Tap, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
Charity All Dayer
The Brewery Tap is tucked away discreetly in an excellent location of Oulton Broad – a music venue which also sells local brewed ales.

Cost: £4
For more information contact website: www.brewery-tap.com