The Stoke Gifford Trust Committee has announced that the 2022 Village Fête will take place on Friday 3rd June. This is the Friday of the extended Spring Bank Holiday and Platinum Jubilee weekend. The event will take place from 2pm to 5pm at the Trust Grounds, North Road BS34 8PE.
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“How about coming to our choir?” asks Emma Smallwood. We are the Stoke Gifford Gospel choir, part of the Bristol choir Gospel Generation Community Choir (GGCC). We meet fortnightly on Tuesday evenings from 7.30pm to 9pm in the St Michael’s Centre, North Road.
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It has been such a joy to have the Stoke Gifford Gospel Choir back rehearsing… in person! (writes Emma Smallwood of Gospel Generation Community Choir). A number of Christmas performances are planned for the coming weeks, including in Broadmead and The Galleries on Saturday 4th December.
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Members of Gospel Generation Community Choir (GGCC) kept singing through lockdown by holding rehearsals through the Zoom videoconferencing app. They have also done a recording as a choir in which they were joined by members of three other choirs in the GGCC national network.
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By Emma Creasey, secretary of The Gifford Ensemble. Do you like playing classical music and live in the Filton and Bradley Stoke area? If so then The Gifford Ensemble might be for you! We started up in September 2018, when local residents, realising there was no local orchestra for the Stokes area, decided they’d better start one. We gave our
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The 44th annual show of Little Stoke Garden Society, held in the community hall on Saturday 31st August, had lots of interesting entries this year – from pumpkins to pictures, writes secretary Janice Szczelkun. We have had strange weather conditions this year, first with the considerable heat wave and then the rain. Very challenging for us growers! Homecraft and handicraft
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Thirteen-year-old Grace Cousins, who is a member of the Stoke Gifford School of Dance, has successfully auditioned for a place on an associate programme at the prestigious Urdang performing arts academy in London. Grace has been dancing since she was three years old and over the years has developed a love and passion for dancing, having performed in numerous
Continue readingBy Emma Smallwood, choir leader. Did you enjoy the Royal Wedding gospel choir? Do you like to sing along to the radio in your car? Do you love to sing in the shower? Do you think you might like to have a go at singing in a community gospel choir? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then
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Held on Saturday 1st September, this was the 43rd annual show, having unfortunately missed last year’s due to the refurbishment of Little Stoke Community Hall, writes John Harris (chairman). Having previously been a closed show for members only, it was decided to open it up to local residents this year. We had a good response, although entries were down, due,
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The Stoke Gifford School of Dance have performed their Christmas show ‘Beyond the Rainbow’ to an audience of family and friends. The show, which took place at King’s Oak Academy, Kingswood on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th December, was a huge success. The cast, which consisted of 47 girls aged between 3 and 18 years old, showcased their wonderful talents
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