Biggleswade
Country Fayre
onSaturday 25th September 2010
from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm
St. Andrew’s Church, Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, SG18 0AT Click
for more information
Shefford District Treasure
Hunt stall at the Shefford Gala.
Click to see photos of the
East Beds Centenary Fun Day June 2010
Click on the picture to
view a photo gallery of 2nd Shefford Brownies during the Centenary
Year
Record Gangshow Cast To Perform
To Sell-out Audience
Biggleswade Scout and Guide
Gangshow has already broken all records. The cast of 283 is a record
for any gangshow in the UK and it will perform to capacity audiences
at Stratton Upper School.
This year the gangshow has a strong girl element as the Guides celebrate
their 100th birthday. It is an anniversary that has brought out
the very best in Guiding and Scout as the senior movement (by three
years) good-naturedly makes way for their younger colleagues.
Producer of many gangshows, Nick Gurney has two co-producers to
keep him in check. They are Jackie Neville (seen on the right) and
the other is Nick's wife Babs (seen on the left of the photo below)
whom he met at a gangshow when she was a Guide and Nick was a Sco
ut. Jackie and Babs are joint
District Commissioners in Biggleswade and also leaders of 1st Biggleswade
Brownies.
The Trefoil Guild of retired Guides is set to give their all with
a medley of old Guide songs. And in a not to be missed sketch, Judith
Thatcher casts a roguish eye over the audience with her musical
rendition of 'Nobody loves a fairy when she's 40'.
The 1st Biggleswade Guides have secret routine which no one has
seen yet covering 100 years of Guiding. But all will be revealed
on the night. While not to be outdone, the 3rd Biggleswade Guides
perform a dance routine from 'Fame'. But the first half closes in
hysterical fashion with a Guide cookery lesson from the Langford
company that has the stage and the Guides covered in cream.
Romping Rainbow Guides and Brownie dancing queens will show flashes
of music and movement in a carefully choreographed act from the
five to ten year olds. Like all the cast they have been rehearsing
regularly for over three months.
The Leaders hilarious camp breakfast sketch has Judith Thatcher
again as a noisy knocker upper along with Guide and Scout Leaders
performing the Morecambe and Wise routine to stripper music with
a sausage finale that will have the audience asking for more.
And the Scouts get a chance to shine with 'One man went to mow'
along with more dogs than you can shake a stick at. Somehow they
weave this in to a sketch on the theme of 'Bob-a-job' The show will
end with a traditional campfire sing song with lots of audience
involvement.
A DVD of images from the show and a full survey of cast members
will be on sale on the night. It's a must-have memento of one of
the best highlights of Scouting and Guiding action in 2010. Peter
Southurst
Last updated
12 July, 2010
