Category: Events

Local author book signing Sat 8 June 2013 Beckenham Bookshop.

Tales of Harina is a series of books inspired by the author’s experiences and background in childcare. In ‘Harina: the Special Girl’, Harina, a beautiful African girl, has a magical adventure and learns about the joy of giving.
The author, Joy R. Hartley, will be signing copies of her book and chatting about her story in Beckenham Bookshop, 205 High Street, on Saturday 8 June, 10.30-12.30 and 14.00-16.00.

Sunshine for Market On The Green tomorrow

The sun is coming out tomorrow for Market On The Green, 10am to 4pm Beckenham Green next to St George’s Church.  And if the forecast is wrong, don’t let a little rain put you off.

Check out what is going on….

Live music  11.30am-4pm

  • Lauren Bush
  • AfterFluers
  • Rachel Simmons
  • 3RD
  • Mr Rootsy

Morris Dancing

  • Maenads ”The Wild Women of Kent” a women’s Border Morris give a masterclass in Morris Dancing

Free Kids Activities by  www.brilliantbirthdays.com

  • Pom Pom Dancing
  • Parachute Fun
  • Games
  • Maracas Dancing
  • Scarf Dancing
  • Clumsy Clown on stilts and Batman characters are coming to the market too.

Market Stalls

  • All Things Saucy – handmade sauces using fresh, natural ingredients from local sources.
  • Body Botanics Body Botanics & Mosaic Jewellery – ethically made body care products & Jewellery.
  • Bromley Cyclists – Bromley Cycling Group
  • Deli Jerk Centre – Jerk wraps and burger made with free range chicken, beef and lamb from local farmers.
  • Global Fusion Vegan Bakery – vegan and nut free breads, tarts, meals and preserves.
  • Holwood Farm Shop and Deli – offers foodies a true taste of the ‘Garden of England’.
  • Howards of Kent – locally produced fruit vodka.
  • K Rothwell Jewellery – hand crafted fine silver jewellery.
  • Layhams Farm Shop – locally sourced Kent produce from jars of honey, chutney and sauces to plants and seeds for your garden.
  • Marsh Produce – rare breed lamb & pork, beef, free range poultry, homemade burgers and sausages.
  • Munchkin Kitchen – hand made cupcakes, muffins and cookies.
  • Nip From The Hip – fruit liqueurs made with locally sourced fruit.
  • Norbiton Cheese – fine British and European cheese.
  • Organically Prepared – Back to Eden – organic fruit and vegetables.
  • Pretty Peculiar – retro handcrafted framed pictures.
  • ‘Sauced’ by Marina – homemade Italian pasta sauces.
  • St George’s Church- promoting church & community activities including the church choir and St George’s Chamber Orchestra.
  • The Happy Apple offers homemade jam, chutney, pickle and vinegar.
  • The Tiddly Pomme at Brogdale offers cider, apple and pear juice from Brogdale Farm.
  • Tiger Spring Tea offers high quality fresh loose tea.
  • Tutor Doctor offers bespoke and managed tutoring services at the home of the client.
  • Ty Janick – authentic crepes and galettes.

 

 

 

 

Free Kids Activities at Market On The Green – 10am to 4pm 18 May 2013 on Beckenham Green

As well as the fun fair, there will be free activities on The Green for kids. Courtesy of www.brilliantbirthdays.com kids can join in and play:

  • Pom Pom Dancing
  • Parachute Fun
  • Games
  • Maracas Dancing
  • Scarf Dancing

Keep a look out for Clumsy Clown on stilts and Batman.

See you on Saturday on Beckenham Green next to St George’s Church.

Mostly Mozart Concert – Sat 25 May 2013 – St George’s Church

The SGCO’s next concert is on Saturday 25th May at St George’s Church, Beckenham.

Mostly Mozart Concert

  • Mozart Symphony no.29 in A,  Apollo and Hyacinthus Overture
  • Leopold Mozart 1st movement from Symphony in Bb
  • Jonathan Pitkin (RCM professor & Beckenham resident!) Whispering, Clamoring
  • Haydn Cello concerto in C
  • Michael Atkinson – Cello (SGCO principal)
  • Dominic Moore – Director

Book in advance from The Beckenham Bookshop and St. George’s Church Office (Monday to Friday until 3.30pm). Best seats will be reserved for pre-concert sales. Tickets also available on-line at http://www.stgeorgesbeckenham.co.ukand on the door.

St. George’s Church is on the corner of High Street and Bromley Road Beckenham BR3 1AX.

 

English Music Concert – Sat 20 April 2013 – St George’s Church

The SGCO’s next concert is on Saturday 20th April at St George’s Church, Beckenham. Young supertalent Sarah Kim, already a favourite of Beckenham audiences, joins us to play two organ concertos. The orchestra will be directed by Dominic Moore.

English Music Concert

  • Charles Wesley Concerto Grosso
  • Arne Organ Concerto no.3
  • William Boyce Symphony no.2
  • Handel Organ Concerto in F op.4 no.4
  • Elgar arr. Simon Baggs Fairy Pipers from Wand of Youth Suite no.1
  • Britten Simple Symphony

Book in advance from The Beckenham Bookshop and St. George’s Church Office (Monday to Friday until 3.30pm). Best seats will be reserved for pre-concert sales. Tickets also available on-line at http://www.stgeorgesbeckenham.co.uk and on the door.

St. George’s Church is on the corner of High Street and Bromley Road Beckenham BR3 1AX.

 

See the ‘Beckenham Shake’

See link below for a video of the Beckenham Shake held on Sunday 17 March.

Beckenham Shake

The Beckenham Shake is the ‘Beckenham’ version of the internet viral sensation – Harlem Shake, a craze started by a bunch of Australians on 2nd February this year and now been copied over 100,000 times on YouTube, viewed by hundreds of millions worldwide. Beckenham did their own version earlier this month.

 

 

Kent Stage Academy of Performing Arts Beckenham presents ‘Magic To Do’, 2nd, 3rd & 5th April 2013

Magic To Do, 2nd, 3rd & 5th April 2013

The journey from childhood to adulthood, with all the highs and lows, joy and pain, triumphs and mistakes that make us all human, wonderfully expressed through the songs of Stephen Schwartz, Andrew Lippa and William Finn.

For more information and to book tickets online see the KSA website:

www.ksapa.co.uk

8pm TONIGHT – Future of Beckenham Beacon Meeting and Copers Cope AGM – 8pm Thurs 28th March 2013, Beckenham Public Hall

Copers Cope Area Residents’ Association has invited the Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group to their AGM & open meeting to address residents on the future of the Beacon in light of the South London Healthcare Trust (SHLT) pulling out. We encourage all Beckenham residents to attend this meeting, you do not have to be a member of our Association. Residents will also have an opportunity to address our councillors and MP.

  • The Annual General Meeting of the Copers Cope Area Residents’ Association from 8pm to 8.30pm.
  • Dr Jon Doyle (Clinical Lead), Paul White (Associate Director of Delivery) and Janet Edmonds (Senior Carepathways Redesign Manager) of the Bromley Commissioning Group from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.

Background

Currently the NHS Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) pays the SLHT to provide services at the Beacon. When SHLT pull out Bromley CCG will need to commission care from another provider. The TSA recommend the SLHT hand over the Beacon to Bromley CCG on 1 June 2013 (and the Secretary of State for Health advises it must be done by 1 October 2013 at the latest).

The 1st of June will soon be upon and as yet Bromley CCG has issued no formal plans for the Beacon. They have advised that they still want to have GP and practice nurse services, access to a service dealing with minor injuries, and a range of outpatient and diagnostic services and tests such as blood tests and X-rays, delivered at Beckenham Beacon. They are also looking at options around other primary and community care services.

We understand they are in negotiation with Kings College London to provide services at the Beacon, and that Kings College also want to enhance services at the Beacon. (Note: another of the TSA’s recommendations is that Kings College London take over Princess Royal University Hospital, this is expected to happen some time between June and October.)

Naturally residents are concerned that the services provided at the Beacon will change. We may get some new services, however there are worries that key services currently provided at the Beacon may move, perhaps to Princess Royal Hospital Farnborough or even Kings College London. To address this and give residents the opportunity to have their say we have invited Bromley CCG to speak at our open meeting. We hope the following will be covered.

  • Update on negotiations with Kings College London.
  • Confirmation of specific services that will remain at the Beacon.
  • Future improvements/opportunities for the Beacon that have been confirmed or are being explored. (Note previously the CCG advised Intermediate Care Beds being provided could be considered).

‘Beckenham Shake’ – Beckenham Green Sun 17 March 3.17pm

The Beckenham Shake is the ‘Beckenham’ version of the internet viral sensation – Harlem Shake, a craze started by a bunch of Australians on 2nd February this year and now been copied over 100,000 times on YouTube, viewed by hundreds of millions worldwide.

A bunch of locals are going to meet and film a version on Beckenham Green this Sunday 17th March at 3.17pm

It is a free to join in public film, just for fun, not a professional shoot.

Everyone is welcome to take part. You’ll need normal clothes for the first 15 seconds and then there will be a break and any outfit is welcome for the second 15 seconds. Yes the second part is supposed to be crazy!

The organisers have more information on the Beckenham Town Us and Facebook

BECKENHAM SHAKE 

FACEBOOK

We are not quite sure what to expect, but if you are free and up for a fun idea then why not go along, join in and enjoy, plus spread the word.

The Virtuoso Bassoon Concert – 7.45pm Sat 2 Mar 2013, St George’s Church Beckenham

The Virtuoso Bassoon – Saturday 2nd March 2013 7.45pm

  • Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in D RV121
  • Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in C RV471
  • Telemann Overture ‘La Lyra’
  • Vivaldi Flute concerto in G minor ‘La Notte’ RV439
  • Handel Concerto Grosso in D minor op.6 no.10
  • Telemann Concerto for flute and bassoon

Emma Harding – Bassoon – SGCO principal, guest co-principal LSO, LPO, RPO.
Stewart McIlwham – Flute – SGCO/LPO principal and President London Philharmonic
Dominic Moore – Director

Tickets £12 / £10 concessions / £5 under 25s.

Book in advance from The Beckenham Bookshop and St. George’s Church Office (Monday to Friday until 3.30pm). Best seats will be reserved for pre-concert sales.

Tickets also available on-line at www.stgeorgesbeckenham.co.uk and on the door.
St. George’s Church is on the corner of High Street and Bromley Road Beckenham BR3 1AX.

 

Beckenham’s famous Blytons exhibition at Central Library until 8 Feb 2013

An exhibition showcasing Beckenham’s beloved children’s author Enid Blyton and her composer nephew Carey Blyton is now open and runs until 8 February 2013.

The ‘Carey’s Aunt and Enid’s Nephew’ exhibition will be displayed at Bromley Local Studies and Archives on the second floor of the Central Library, with highlights including some of Enid’s published works and Carey’s musical scores. Beckenham historian, Cliff Watkins, compares the lives of, and traces the links between, the famous Blytons of Beckenham and the ongoing legacy left by them.

“Our towns have been inventive and creative hotbeds over the years and have produced many famous faces, including the much loved author Enid Blyton and her talented nephew. This exhibition will reveal the links in their lives and facts about their works. To find out more about these household names for yourself, why not come along to the Central Library” said Catrin Holland, Archivist at Bromley Local Studies and Archives.

Much-loved children’s author Enid Blyton lived in Beckenham from 1897 to 1929 and had more than 7,000 works published, which include the Famous Five, Noddy, the Secret Seven and the Faraway Tree. Come along to the exhibition and see some of the 7,000 works published by Enid as novels, poems and short stories in magazines
and periodicals.

Her nephew, the composer Carey Blyton, lived in Beckenham from 1932 to 1962 and composed more than 150 works, including the first ever music for Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Carey Blyton worked for 5 years with Britain’s most famous 20th century composer, Benjamin Britten. Some of his most evocative works were written during the 1950s when he and friends created The Beckenham Salon. Examples of some of Carey’s works will also be on display, including the scores of his Victorian Melodramas and his book of nonsense poems.

Bromley Local Studies and Archives is located at the Central Library in Bromley town centre. It is open Monday to Saturday and offers resources going back hundreds of years, on topics related to the local area. It has specialist collections on The Crystal Palace, Walter de la Mare and H.G. Wells and works closely with the Bromley
Museum based at The Priory, Orpington. It also houses the archives for the borough and has extensive family history resources. A range of local history publications for sale are available from the local studies library.

Kent Stage Academy of Performing Arts Beckenham presents A Night Before Christmas on Sunday 16th December 2012

  • A Night Before Christmas
  • Sunday 16th December 2012, 19:30, Beckenham Public Halls, 4 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3  5JE
  • Tickets: £12.00 / £8:00 concessions. Available online from www.brookstreetproductions.co.uk or in person from Beckenham Public Halls. Call 020 8090 580 for further information.

Kent Stage Academy of Performing Arts (KSA), Beckenham-based musical theatre college, is delighted to announce that this year’s Christmas performance “A Night Before Christmas” will be in aid of The Breast of Bromley, a volunteer group for research charity Breast Cancer Campaign.

More information can be found on the KSA website

The Nutcracker (Live) 2012 (Royal Ballet) – Odeon Cinema Beckenham 13 Dec 2012

DID YOU KNOW THE ODEON IN BECKENHAM SCREENS LIVE PERFORMANCES?

Next is  The Nutcracker performed by the Royal Ballet on 13 December 2012.

From the very first notes of Tchaikovsky’s overture to The Nutcracker, a sense of mystery and magic pervades the theatre as Herr Drosselmeyer sets in train the events that will see his beloved nephew, Hans Peter, freed from the enchantment of the evil Mouse King by the resourceful Clara. Peter Wright’s classic production, first seen at Covent Garden in 1984, is an essential part of Christmas for audiences of all ages.

 

Book online

 

Free advent concert – St Paul’s Church Beckenham – 7.00pm Sat 1 December 2012

St Paul’s Church, Brackley Road, Beckenham invites you to a free advent concert on Saturday 1 December 2012.

Performed by the Croydon Citadel Band of The Salvation Army, the concert will include Christmas music and carols.

6.30 doors open, 7.00 part one, 7.45 interval, 8.15 part two, 9.00 encore (times are approx).
Free sausage rolls and mince pies in the interval. Wine and fruit juice will also be available for purchase.

There will be an opportunity for any who wish to make a voluntary donation towards the work of The Salvation Army and St Paul’s Church Weekend Away 2013.

For more information see www.stpaulbeckenham.org.uk or contact the Church Office on 020 8650 0501.

Bromley Community Engagement Forum Public Meeting – 29 Nov 2012

Date: Thursday 29 November 2012
Time 7pm
Venue Bromley Football Club, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EF

This meeting will provide you with the opportunity to hear and question the relevant authorities (Police, Fire, Ambulance, Health, Council) as to how their services coped during and post the Olympic period. We have asked them to provide us with a report which will be circulated to you beforehand to ensure you have time to discuss within your groups and to notify us of any questions in advance.

Everyone is welcome to attend, but to ensure seats it would be appreciated if you could RSVP to:

Amanda Evans, Operations Manager
amanda.evans@bcef.org.uk http://www.bcef.org.uk