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____________________________ Wednesday 1st 3pm & 7pm Food and Art Through the Ages: From Renaissance Sugar Sculpture to 3D Printing Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne Art Society lecture with Tasha Marks, award-winning food historian and artist. Non-members £7. All welcome. theartssocietysherborne.org
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____________________________ Thursday 2nd 7.30pm BSO On Your Doorstep - Music of Reflection Sturminster Newton Exchange BSO Principle string players journeying through 450 years of music from JS Bach and Corelli to Arvo Pärt and Anna Meredith, presented for an audience of all ages. £10, £5 u18s, £25 fam. 01258 475137 bsolive.com artsreach.co.uk
____________________________ Friday 3rd December - Sunday 2nd January Mother Goose The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Tickets £14.50 - £25. Box office 01935 422884 octagon-theatre.co.uk
____________________________ Friday 3rd 7.30pm Bowjangles - Dracula in Space Chetnole Village Hall The award-winning, internationallyacclaimed foursome are blasting off into outer space on course for an hilarious, sci-fi horror musical. £10. 07966 177789. artsreach.co.uk bowjangles.org
____________________________ Saturday 4th, 11th & 18th 5pm-9pm Wincanton Town Festival of Lights Greening The eARTh Gallery, 7 High Street, Wincanton An illuminating trail of light installations themed on sustainability. @wincantontownfestival
____________________________ Sunday 5th 10am-4pm Sherborne Festive Shopping Day Festive stalls, entertainment, church services, live music, choirs, Santa’s grotto, lighting of the tree and more!
____________________________ Thursday 9th 2.30pm Quiz and Miniature Floral Arrangement Competition Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne A quiz, a floral arrangement competition (maximum 6”x4” overall) and some festive fare. Visitors £2. 01935 389375
____________________________ Friday 10th 7.30pm Touki – Right of Passage Pamela Hambro Hall, Winterborne Stickland. Senegalese kora player Amadou Diagne and French-American guitarist Cory Seznec tour their beguiling debut album. £12, £6 u18s, £27 fam. 01258 880920. artsreach.co.uk amadoudiagne.com
____________________________ Friday 10th 7.30pm David Mynne - A Christmas Carol Sydling St Nicholas Village Hall David Mynne, veteran Cornish actor presents his acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Celebrate the festive season with a mesmerising one-man performance of this timeless, transformative story. Recommended 9+. £10, £6 u18s, £25 fam. 01300 341777 artsreach.co.uk mynne.com
____________________________ Saturday 11th 4pm The Ridgeway Singers & Band West Gallery Carols Stalbridge Village Hall Inspired by the rich sources of locally collected folk songs and West Gallery carols, the Ridgeway Singers and Band present a joyous celebration of Christmas past and present. £8, £5 u18s, £20 fam. 01963 362355. artsreach.co.uk ridgewaysingersandband.wordpress.com
____________________________ Saturday 11th 7.30pm Pocket Sinfonia Presents: Mozart and a Miracle Cheap Street Church, Sherborne Works by Mozart, CPE Bach and Haydn. Tickets £10 ticketsource.co.uk/ pocketsinfonia or on the door (cash only)
Advent & Christmas Services
____________________________ Sherborne Abbey Sunday 5th 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm Shoppers’ Carol Services
Sunday 12th 5pm Christingle Service
Monday 13th 7.30pm Christmas Concert
Thursday 16th 7pm A Quieter Christmas
Friday 17th 5pm Choral Evensong - Sherborne Singers
Saturday 18th 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm Shoppers’ Carol Services
Sunday 19th 5pm Abbey Festival of Lessons and Carols
Christmas Eve 3pm and 5pm Crib Services and Lighting of the Tree 11.30pm Midnight Mass - The First Eucharist of Christmas
Christmas Day 8am Holy Communion 9.30am Parish Eucharist 11.15am Festival Matins
Boxing Day 8am Holy Communion 9.30am Parish Eucharist
____________________________ Castleton Christmas Day 11am Service of Lessons and Carols
____________________________ St Paul’s Sunday 19th 10.30am All Age Nativity Service
Christmas Day 10am All Age Holy Communion
____________________________ Lillington Sunday 19th 6pm Carol Service
Christmas Day 10am Family Service (followed by Holy Communion)
____________________________ Longburton Sunday 5th 4pm Christingle Service
Sunday 19th 6pm Carol Service Christmas Eve 4pm Crib Service 11.30 Midnight Mass
Christmas Day 10am Family Communion
Planning ahead
____________________________ Wednesday 5th January 10.30am The Probus Club of Sherborne: The Samaritans - with guest speaker William Christopher The Grange Hotel, Oborne New members always welcome. Contact John Hutchings (Club Secretary) 01935 813448. probus-sherborne.org.uk
Friday Lunchtime Recitals
Cheap Street Church, 1.45pm
3rd December - Pianists ’ Recital II 10th December “Mince Pies “ Chamber Music Recital
Tindall Recital Hall, Sherborne School