HAMPSHIRE choir TakeNOTE gives its first public performance for more than 18 months in Winchester on Monday July 12. The venue will be the historic grounds of Wolvesey Castle and the outdoor performance is a celebration of singing together after months of lockdown. It will range across modern and traditional folk song, choral arrangements of pop classics, Elizabethan madrigals, Regency drinking songs and sublime church anthems. TakeNOTE’s music director Carolyn Robson, said: “Expect Thomas Tallis alongside Billy Joel, a 16th century piece by John Dowland followed by a song When we can sing written this year by composer and choir leader Anna Tabbush.”
Winchester Business Improvement District s latest trail is officially underway – with the initiative going national. The activity encourages families to discover every key worker otter in the city centre. It has been featured in several national newspapers this week, with the PCSO Window otter having its photograph splashed in print and online. A spokesperson for Winchester Police said: Our very own PCSO Window has made the National papers today for promoting the otter trail within the City. The incentive arranged by BID will hopefully raise a substantial amount of money for the Winchester Hospice when the Key Working Otters are later sold.
Winchester Business Improvement District s latest trail is officially underway – with the initiative going national. The activity encourages families to discover every key worker otter in the city centre. It has been featured in several national newspapers this week, with the PCSO Window otter having its photograph splashed in print and online. A spokesperson for Winchester Police said: Our very own PCSO Window has made the National papers today for promoting the otter trail within the City. The incentive arranged by BID will hopefully raise a substantial amount of money for the Winchester Hospice when the Key Working Otters are later sold.
Catharine Gale, a trustee of Hampshire Swifts charity, with one of the nesting boxes that she has donated to Winchester Hospice THE sight and sound of swifts will become a regular feature at Winchester Hospice thanks to a generous donation and project that will bring benefits to people and the birds. Catharine Gale, a trustee of the Hampshire Swifts charity, has donated a dozen nesting boxes, and the handover meant that these have been installed on Burrell House, which is being transformed into Winchester Hospice, as the scaffolding comes down on the building. Simon Cramp, a trustee of Winchester Hospice Fundraising Charity, said: “The charity is grateful to Catharine for this kind and generous donation of 12 nesting boxes which will add to the natural and calming ambience of the Winchester Hospice environment.