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Gypsy Magic Harmony Theatre Group – Hazlitt Theatre


FOUNDED by John Kingdom, Harmony is an all-age group based in theMangravet Estate, Maidstone, with a bias towards the young. GypsyMagic is a collaborative piece of writing by John Kingdom and Kayley Prebble, the latter also directing and play- ing in the show. Kayley,


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a sorcer- ess, spir- ited her sister the queen


into a tree. Ashlea Thorpe is the queen to Dave Frost’s king. The king was very un- happy at his loss. Then a wonderful band of gypsies arrived, cheered him up, re- leased the queen and the wicked sister re- pented. This is a lovely, happy story, very well written, directed and performed. Emmajo Isles-Holliday gives us some terrific cho- reography. It was an all-dancing, all-singing show. Jessica Jones sang a memorable God Help the Outcast. At the end of the first half, Topsy Turvy, sung and danced by the company, was great. Fay Hamlett’s Some- one Like You was a show-stopper. The entire cast danced as if their lives depended on it and there was great vari- ety of dance. The entire cast sang with wonderful smiles and an enjoyment that we enjoyed with them. Everyone on stage and back stage can be proud of the result. Thanks Harmony.


‘Tankie’ stamps up for auction


STAMPS produced to mark a military march through Maidstone this summer are to be auctioned by the mayor. Cllr Brian Mortimer, who lives in Coxheath, requested the special-edition stamps when


he heard the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment – known as the ‘Tankies’ – had decided to parade through the County Town for their homecoming from a six-month tour in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Only five sets of the 1st class stamps


were commissioned and a silent auction for two sets will raise money for one of themayor’s chosen charities, Help forHe- roes. Cllr Mortimer said: “These stamps had


to receive approval from the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Mail and will not be repeated.” Bids – commencing at £80 – should be


sent inwriting to the mayor’s office at the Town Hall by January 26. The two high- est bids will win. The Tankies are based in the South


West but also recruit in Kent. Their com- manding officer is Lt Col Marcus Evans, from Broomfield, who is pictured in the council chamber being presented with one set of the stamps by the mayor in September.


Farming occupancy removal SUSAN Rutter has been given permission to remove a condition restricting the occupant of a bungalow at Longend Farm, Claygate to an agricultural worker. Her planning statement says: “This is a sub- stantial country house, with a limited acreage, that has never supported a viable agricultural of horticultural operation. “The planning condition now serves no


valid agricultural purpose for which it was applied. It is now redundant and should be removed.”


Evensong in the afternoon SUNDAY evensong services at the three Suttons churches have been brought for- ward from 6.30pm to 4pm since the clocks went back. The curate, Rev Chris Lavender, said: “There was general agreement it should be earlier than 6.30pm during the dark winter months.We will try this until the clocks go forward again in spring.” However, East Sutton’s Christmas carol service on Sunday, December 18, will be at its usual time of 6.30pm.


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