Kelle Bryan brings a touch of loveliness to Victorian Night

The beautiful, charismatic and charming Kelle Bryan showed up at Watersmeet on Friday 28 November to support Victorian Night and help switch the Christmas lights on...and boy did she sparkle like the true star she is!

Taking time out from her hectic schedule Kelle looked radiant as she made her appearance as Princess Jasmine. Stopping to talk to admiring fans, signing autographs and enjoying our sponsors Waitrose's mince pies, the Eternal singer was surely warmed by the atmosphere and fantastic turn out for this annual event. Even the weather was good, which has to be the first time in years its not rained!

Joining Kelle was John Brenner as the fabulously funny Widow Twankey, who kept the crowds entertained with some good old fashioned pantomime humour and tossing health and safety out the window, through bags of sweets far out into the crowd!

Rumour has it that Widow Twankey was kept warm on this chilly night through sampling mulled wine but we don't believe that do we? Oh yes we do...!

Chairman of the Council, Councillor Chris Lloyd introduced our panto stars and then helped with the countdown and our thanks to him for his support.

Also joining the pantomime stars were some local majorettes who marched and danced down the High Street with a wonderful routine.

We think this Victorian Night was the best ever so well done to all those who organised the event and huge thanks to both Kelle and John for making the evening extra special.

We will be posting photographs from the evening on here soon so visit again...maybe we caught you on a camera!

The boys in blue were back in town...

School assemblies were full of fun and laughter this week when PC Ping and PC Pong visited the district to help raise awareness of the dangers of bogus callers.

Taking time out from guarding the Emperor, our talented policemen delivered what is a very serious message in a very funny, fast paced ten minute sketch which made this on looker laugh long and hard and who was still laughing by the fifth assembly.

Over 500 children enjoyed Ping and Pong's advice on what residents should do to avoid falling foul of doorstep callers and are now spreading the words of wisdom; stop, lock, chain before you open your door to strangers.

The very talented Citrus Brothers who play Ping and Pong in Aladdin will be back on the beat next week when they start pounding the boards during rehearsals.

This on looker thinks it would be a criminal offence not to see the Citrus Brothers in Aladdin so get your tickets booked or get nicked!

Hello, hello, hello - what's all this then?!

Hello again from Ping & Pong -your two friendly policemen!  We're both very excited that Aladdin is drawing nearer and nearer and we've been busy practising our circus skills, learning our lines and preparing to visit some local schools next week to teach the children an important lesson and to tell them all about the show!

We both look forward to seeing you all soon - get those tickets quickly, the show is selling out fast!  And if you see us on duty before the show be sure to come and say hello!

It's only the bulbs which are low energy...

...the performance will be fast paced, action packed, high energy, non stop FUN! FUN! FUN!

Only 12 days to go now until the cast arrive at Watersmeet and begin rehearsals. Some of the costumes are arriving this week, which is great news because PC's Ping and Pong are visiting a few of the local schools to deliver a very personal message to children and our comedy coppers need something to wear!

The Box Office team are busy selling, selling, selling! We now have ten performances which are on the verge of being completely sold out so don't leave it too long before deciding to book!

You can go on-line and book here
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchaseagency=WATERSMEET&organ_val=29468
or call the team in the Box Office direct on 01923 711063.

And if there's any Big Pants out there that haven't been handed in yet the closing date is Friday 21 November!
Widow Twankey will be deciding on the winning design on Saturday 22 November.

Kelle Bryan will be lighting up the High Street

Kelle Bryan, the super soulful singer from Eternal, will be lighting up the streets of Rickmansworth on Friday 28 November when the annual Victorian Night transforms the streets of Ricky back to times gone by.

Kelle, who will be starring in Aladdin as the beautiful Princess Jasmine, has agreed to help Widow Twankey turn the Christmas lights on and we want you to be there to help do the countdown. Come along and support Victorian Night, get behind the panto cast who give up their free time and show us you can count from ten down to one!

There'll be loads of stalls, from fair ground attractions to mulled wine and roasted chestnuts, you may even see the odd penny farthing or two. It's a great evening out for the family and really gets you in the mood for Christmas.

Kelle and Widow Twankey will be switching the lights on at 7:30pm in the High Street on Friday 28 November...

Talking of countdowns, did you know there are now only 44 days till Christmas which means there are only 31 days left until the opening performance of Aladdin...now that is scary! And that must mean that in 19 days time the cast will arrive at Watersmeet for the first day of rehearsals...OMG! We'd better get the tea and biscuits in!

FROM THE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER'S CHAIR...

Now, you see? I am so technically inept, that I think I just posted something on this thing with no message on it! My apologies...
Anyway, it's busy busy in the Paul Holman Associates office at the moment as you can imagine. Not only because we are producing the FANTASTIC "Aladdin" at the Watersmeet this year, but 11 other pantomimes all over the country! You have to be careful not to send a cow to be in Cinderella, or a pumpkin to be in Snow White, or a poisioned apple to be in Jack and the Beanstalk! On the whole, I think we are all staying on top of things...
I joined PHA this summer as Associate Producer with Paul and John, who run the company. Not quite sure what this title means, other than to say that it is great fun getting the scripts together, casting the roles, drinking lots of black coffee and - my favourite part - choosing the songs and music to go in the shows! We have decided to combine very modern contemporary well known pop stuff with some good old traidtional songs. It's like a dream job come true, sat on the internet all day listening to possible musical numbers and then chatting through the choices with Paul. The downside is so many catchy songs stay in your head all day - and all night sometimes keeping you awake! At the ripe old age of 36, I have to say I know more now about what is in the hit parade (isn't that what the kids say nowadays??!!) than I have in a long time.
So, rest assured, the music will be great, very fitting for the action of the story, and will have something for everyone...!
Right, best go, don't to ramble on like Maurice the Director did...!! (I can say that, he's a very nice man!) Will leave you another message soon.... if not too busy climbing a beanstalk or something!