Wimbledon strawberry teas
2017-07-16 14:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Come and watch the Wimbledon men’s final on our big screen TV. Enjoy a glass of Pimm’s, or some fizz or beer, have a cream tea, home made cakes, strawberries.

Summer afternoon teas - with a local history theme
2017-08-20 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
Come along to the hall for a chat with the neighbours, a cuppa and some home made scones and cake.
Please bring along anything that you may have about the history of the village and the local area – maybe some old photos of your house or the village… A chance for us all to look at how things were in days gone by.

Quiz night with supper
2017-10-06 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
Quiz night with supper
Fri 6 October, 7pm
The evening will start with a hot supper followed by a night of quizzing (with coffee & petits fours in the interval). Bar. Pre-booking is essential. Tickets are £8 per head from Carol at cbrosecottage@icloud.com or Judy at judyredfearn@gmail.com. Come along and test those little grey cells. All welcome! Make up your own team of four, or just join a team on the night. If you have a team, please let us know by Friday 29th September.

Winter Bull Run
2017-10-15 10:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris)
See Barbera Denton FFI. Also http://www.hortonbullrun.co.uk/

Ladies evening - Bollywood and belly dancing workshop with Maisie Martini
2017-10-28 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
Ladies of the village and further afield!
You are cordially invited to an evening of fun and frivolity at the village hall, hosted by Maisie Martini
Saturday 28 October 2017, starting at 7pm
Horton Village Hall, BS37 6QN
Returning by popular request….
Come and join us for a fun ladies’ night – this year with a Bollywood and bellydance theme. Try out both!
Refreshments:
Glass of fizz and canapes on arrival
Hot main course (vegetarian option available – but please tell us when you book)
Dessert
Tea or coffee and petits fours

Cash bar

Tickets: £15 from Katharine Barnes on 07711 672007 or home@petal.org.uk
Sorry gents – this is a ladies-only event.

You are welcome to participate in the activities as much or as little as you like. We suggest you wear comfortable shoes and clothes.

About Maisie Martini: Maisie (who happens to be Katharine Barnes’ cousin) is from Harrogate in Yorkshire. She’s performed all over the UK, including at the Edinburgh Fringe and also further afield in Australia. Maisie also uses dance, burlesque and can-can as a way to teach “keep fit”. The session she’s running for us is a format which is extremely popular for hen nights and birthday parties.
To learn more about Maisie, see maisiemartini.com.

The Little Matchgirl: A Warming Tale for Winter
2017-12-09 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
Christmas show – The Little Matchgirl: A Warming Tale for Winter

Suitable for everyone (age guidance 5+)

Brought to us by The Last Baguette Theatre Company, sponsored by Rural Arts:
Be transported to Victorian London in this touching and humorous retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale. This magical show uses visual storytelling, physical comedy and a live musician to tell the story of a young girl who sees fantastic Christmas visions as she strikes her matches to stay warm. Laugh, cry and be inspired by this wonderful winter warmer.

Bar and refreshments will be available for purchase.

Tickets:
£8 (£5 for under 16s)
boxoffice@halsvh.org.uk, tel 07711 672007

Burns Night supper
2018-01-27 19:00 - 23:00 UTC

Noche Cubana - an evening of live music, food and dance!
2018-02-23 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
Indira Roman from Cuba and Julian Segura from Colombia, both members of Ajipati, return to Horton for an evening of music that will get you to your feet! Following on from the success of Noce Latina last summer, Noche Cubana will include instruction in basic salsa steps. Dance the evening away accompanied by Indira’s vibrant voice, Julian’s sparkling guitar playing and Michel Padron, also from Cuba, on trumpet. Come dressed for the part – or at least in comfortable shoes. Or, if you prefer, come simply prepared to listen and soak up the atmosphere.
Tickets £20. The evening will also include canapes, a hot Cuban-style meal and coffee. The bar will be open.
Tickets available on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/noche-cubana-an-evening-of-live-music-food-and-dance-tickets-41611523186.
Once you’ve bought tickets, you can reserve a table for 8, or seats for a group of 4 or more, by e-mailing your request to halsvh@petal.org.uk – or come alone or in a smaller group and join a table on the night.
Any queries, call Katharine on 07711 672007.

The Carrivick Sisters - an evening of bluegrass and folk music
2018-03-09 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
The Carrivick Sisters are one of the UK’s top young bluegrass and folk acts. Twins Laura and Charlotte are largely inspired by the local legends and landscapes of their homeland in south Devon. With tight sibling harmonies, multi-instrumental virtuosity and charming and engaging live performances, this duo is not to be missed.
Doors and bar open at 7.30pm.
Brought to us by Rural Arts.
See http://www.thecarrivicksisters.co.uk/ or follow them on Twitter on @Carrivicks or on Facebook The Carrivick Sisters
Tickets £10 + booking fee from https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-carrivick-sisters-tickets-42841637491

Coffee morning with plant exchange
2018-05-05 10:30 - 12:30 UTC
Come along to the hall for a chat with the neighbours, a cuppa and some home made cake.
If you have any, please also bring any spare seedlings from your spring sowings for exchange.

Badapple Theatre present "Amy Johnson"
2018-05-12 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
Returning for a third visit due to popular demand:
Celebrating 20 years of Badapple Theatre touring, Artistic Director Kate Bramley re-presents the first show the Company toured with ‘Amy Johnson’. The show follows the inspirational life of Hull aviatrix Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia. During WW2 she had a vital role as one of a team of female pilots working as auxiliary personnel.
Join Betty and Mabel, the two jovial WAF girls who follow Amy’s final mysterious wartime journey and celebrate her pioneering career.
Expect a good dose of Badapple humour, as well as a poignant tribute to Hull’s ‘First Lady of the Air’.
And a replica Gipsy Moth bi-plane to boot!
Admission: £12 adults/£10 concs./£6 u16’s.
Tickets: boxoffice@halsvh.org.uk, tel 07711 672007

AGM
2018-06-07 19:30 - 21:30 UTC, 2019-06-27 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris)

Ninebarrow folk duo - back by popular request
2018-06-29 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
After their sell-out concert in 2017, the boys are back!
Tickets £12 + booking fee on
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ninebarrow-tickets-42844388720

Harbottle & Jonas folk duet
2018-10-05 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
Harbottle and Jonas. ‘Disarmingly honest and spine-tingling moments’ – R2 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Harbottle & Jonas are a stunning young folk duo based in Totnes, Devon. Their music is eclectic
and is always accompanied with a great story. Together the husband and wife duo combine the
rich traditions of folk music with original and contemporary interpretations, through a blend of
closely intertwined vocal harmonies. Their music is performed with integrity and on instruments
that include the concertina, harmonium, banjo, stompbox, acoustic guitar and dobra.
Doors open 7.30pm for 8.00pm start. Bar and refreshments. Tickets via Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harbottle-and-jonas-tickets-46649605225

Charity pub night
2018-12-07 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
There will be a couple of short (10 minute) talks by Sue Jarvis and a nurse from Bristol Children’s Hospital about their work with the Mercy James Paediatric centre set up in Malawi by Madonna. We would like to support this project with money from the village Christmas card and discuss possible further fund raising ideas. Please come along, write your Christmas message and have a drink. There is no admission charge but we hope to inspire you to help a very worthwhile cause.

Panto!
2019-01-10 - 2019-01-12
A Horton Panto – oh yes it is !
Looking to banish those post Christmas blues? Why not come along to the Horton Panto !!
The Hortonian Players are performing in Carry On Up The Beanstalk at Horton & Little Sodbury Village Hall on the
10th 11th and 12th January 2019.
Tickets and more details about the panto will be available in December, so watch this space.
There are rumours that this will be the very last panto to be performed by the cast, so you just have to come along
to this “Must See” event. Oh Yes You Do !!

Pub night with talks
2019-02-22 19:00 - 23:00 UTC

Impromptu Shakespeare
2019-04-06 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
Impromptu Shakespeare have their tongues firmly in their cheeks and their feet planted in the works of the Bard. Join us, as the cast buckle on the Bard’s breeches to bring you the plays he never wrote.

Audience members will be given balls upon which are written words from Shakespeare’s plays. After a brief intro, the audience are invited to throw their ball ‘into the Bards breeches’. After pulling out 3-5 words, the show is launched – a loose improvised narrative, keeping within Shakespeare’s world!
Bar and refreshments available.
Tickets via Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/impromptu-shakespeare-tickets-46649744642

Plant swap coffee morning
2019-04-27 10:30 - 13:00 UTC
Swap (or buy) plants whilst enjoying a coffee and cake with friends. Don’t worry about planting too many, or too few, seeds. Bring your excess seedlings or make up deficiencies.

Spring Bull Run
2019-04-28 10:30 - 12:30 UTC

Badapple Theatre presents "The Frozen Roman"
2019-05-31 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
Badapple Theatre return to Horton to present their new show, The Frozen Roman
They came, they saw, they built a wall… they went away again. Or did they?
A clandestine meeting at the Phoenix pub gets heated, as the villagers rack their brains for new ways to fight the imminent housing development that threatens village life as they know it.
The discovery of an ancient Roman site under foot may just throw them a lifeline if they can somehow authenticate their mysterious findings. But things aren’t always what they seem!
Expect a double dose of comedy as the situation goes “ballisticus maximus” in this brand new original comedy
from Kate Bramley and Badapple Theatre.
Tickets via the Badapple website
Buy tickets- Horton &Little Sodbury- The Frozen Roman

Pub evening with talk
2019-06-07 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
Richard Williams will give an illustrated talk on a trip he made overland in the 1970’s to Afghanistan and Australia. The talk
will start at 8pm for about an hour. The bar will be open from 7.30pm. There is no charge for admission.

Jazz evening with "Class Act" jazz quartet
2019-10-05 19:30 - 23:00 UTC
The Class Act Quartet comprises four seasoned jazz musicians – Gareth Williams (flute), John Huggins and Mark Sinfield (guitars) and Jim Pimpernell (double bass) – playing a sparkling selection of jazz favourites from blues to the Great American Songbook, via Latin America and the Hot Club of Paris.
Bar and light refreshments. Doors open at 7.00pm Event starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets via Eventbrite on https://classact-horton.eventbrite.co.uk (£15)
Tickets on the door (subject to availability) £18.

Charity pub night
2019-12-06 19:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris)
Details tbc

"Sounds Interesting" - a lecture for children and adults
2020-01-17 18:30 - 21:30 UTC
“Sounds Interesting” – A lecture for children and adults
Friday 17th January 2020 starting at 6:30 pm
This talk would be in the format of the Royal Institution Christmas lectures and will explain sound and hearing. There will be demonstrations and experiments with active audience participation. The level will be suitable for ages 8 upwards.
Tickets £10 per adult, £5 per child.
To book, please contact bjarvis@eatecdynamics.co.uk

A Brief History of Music
2020-03-06 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris)
“Eclectic and enjoyable… a bewildering range of instruments”
(English Dance and Song)

‘A Brief History Of Music‘ takes in 600 years of musical history in 90 minutes! Beginning in the Middle Ages and ending up in the 20th century (and incorporating everything in between!) this fun and fast-moving show is a whistle-stop tour of Western musical history.
Featuring long forgotten songs and tunes (not to mention jokes!) GreenMatthews paint a vibrant and vivid picture of our musical DNA, mixing the familiar and the obscure, the raucous and the reflective and the courtly and the commonplace.
The show combines the vigour of the medieval period, the musical intricacy of the Renaissance, the grandeur of the Baroque and the pomp and bombast of Victoriana. Add to that the wit of Blackadder and 1066 And All That and the stage is set for a veritable musical feast!
Complete with a bewildering array of instruments such as virginal, rauschpfeife and lute (and that’s just the first 100 years!) ‘A Brief History of Music‘ uses tunes, songs and humour to take you on a musical journey from which you won’t want to return!
See http://www.greenmatthews.co.uk/shows/abriefhistoryofmusic/ for further information.
Tickets available Eventbrite on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-brief-history-of-music-tickets-88576515743
Doors open 7pm, show starts 7.30pm.
Bar and refreshments available.

The Horton Quiz returns!
2021-09-24 19:30 - 22:30 (Europe/Paris)
The return of the Horton Quiz night – Friday 24th September @ 7:30.
We got bored of quizzes during lockdown – what we missed was meeting up and doing them all
together under the same roof.
Now’s your chance!
The Horton Quiz night is returning on Friday 24th September at 7:30 at Horton Village Hall.
Teams of 4 / £2 per person … and the bar will be open.

Ninebarrow - multi award-winning folk duo
2021-09-30 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
Back for another visit, by popular request.
Ninebarrow are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. They are stars of radio, TV, online concerts and musical walking holidays. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding like ‘two halves of one voice’, by Seth Lakeman as ‘a fantastic duo’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British Isles. Most recently, the duo were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the ‘Horizon’ category for Best Emerging Artist; their latest album, ‘The Waters and the Wild’ (released in April 2018) was awarded 5-stars in both The Morning Star and the English Folk Dance & Song Society’s EDS Magazine, and has received airplay on BBC Radios 2, 3, 6 Music, Wales and Scotland. Folk luminary, Mike Harding, has hailed it as ‘absolutely monumental’.
‘Stunning’ ★★★★★ Maverick Magazine.
‘Immaculate’ ★★★★★ The EFDSS
‘An absolute joy’ ★★★★★ The Morning Star
Another example of how strong British folk music is at the moment.’ ★★★★ The Telegraph.
For tickets, see https://www.ninebarrow.co.uk/horton
Doors Open: 7pm
Concert begins: 7:30pm
Tickets: https://www.ninebarrow.co.uk/horton
Cash bar

"A History in Fifty" – an outline of England’s architectural development seen through fifty properties of the National Trust
2022-03-11 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
A HISTORY IN FIFTY – an outline of England’s architectural development seen through fifty properties of the National Trust
With David Grech
In 2020 the Covid pandemic impacted on all our lives. For some of us that was just a matter of inconvenience as we put our lives on hold, but for others the impact of the pandemic was far greater; cancelled weddings, redundancy and, even, the loss of a loved one. I was more fortunate and, aside cancelling a couple of holidays and not being able to visit family or friends, life continued much as before.
As we entered 2021, and our third lockdown, there was a tangible sense of déjà vu. Like most people I couldn’t wait to be vaccinated, though it gradually became apparent that, on its own, vaccination might not be the longed for ‘silver bullet’. At about the same time our new National Trust handbook dropped through the letterbox, and while perusing it in an idle moment I started to tot-up how many properties we had visited and, more to the point, how many I had sketched. From there it was a short step to realising that it would be possible to tell the story of the development of architecture in England through a selection of, say, 50 of the Trust’s properties, and that selecting, visiting and sketching those properties might give a focus for local trips once the lockdown started to be lifted, followed by longer trips away in our campervan as travelling restrictions were eased.
I already had sketches of a number of the Trust’s properties, but needed to add another 30 or so to be able to properly tell my story. These have been chosen from amongst all the various man-made structures in the care of the Trust that illustrate conscious design intent. I have therefore included a prehistoric stone circle and a range of vernacular and essentially functional buildings to sit alongside more recognised architectural works. While my final selection is a matter of personal choice, I hope that the resulting collection is both representative of the Trust’s varied portfolio and, at the same time, provides a tangible narrative to the story of England’s architectural development.
Doors open 7pm, talk starts 7.30pm.
Cash bar. Ticket price includes one free drink.
Tickets £10 (inc booking fee) on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-in-fifty-tickets-226406827917
