Pershore

This year it is planned that the open day will be bigger and better than ever and will include displays from the Hindlip and Holme Lacy campuses and Core Food and Drink. There will be course advice, plant and produce sales, landscaped gardens and plenty of advice, RHS information, cider tasting, refreshments, rides and demonstrations and fun for the children as well.

Admission is £1 per person. For further information ring 01386 551157.

The college is about one mile out of Pershore town centre, on the A44 heading towards Evesham.

ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION: The canes and other items are now in stock at the Gardener's Arms.

The Gardener's Arms will now be open on Sundays, from 10am to noon, until October.

Volunteers are needed to go on the rota for Sunday morning.

Please contact chairman Ken Rowe, as soon as possible so that the rota can be made up.

Ken is available at The Cookery Nook, High Street, Pershore, where you can either pop in or ring on 01386 556655.

The gates have now arrived and will be fitted within the next few weeks.

PERSHORE COTTAGE HOSPITAL: The Friends of Pershore Cottage Hospital are holding a coffee morning in St Andrew's Parish Centre, on June 23, at 10.30am.

Please go along and support your local hospital.

They have also organised a buffet barbecue and jazz evening which will be held in The Star Hotel, Pershore, on June 30, beginning at 7pm.

Tickets are available for the barbecue from The Star Hotel and Mrs P Freeman. Telephone 01386 561591.

At both events a grand raffle will take place and tickets for this will shortly be available. The main prize will be a wide screen TV for the coffee morning and a video recorder for the jazz evening.

Raffle prizes have been donated by various businesses in the town and thanks goes to all who have given donations.

We all know how much we rely on Pershore Cottage Hospital so please go along and support these events.

There will be no strawberry tea this year and it is hoped that the two events above will appeal to a wider area of supports and friends.

FLOWER AND CRAFT SHOW: This year's flower and craft show is being held at Angel Hotel Riverside Gardens on August 11.

Schedules and entry forms are now available from Carleton House Coffee Shop, Bridge Street, Blue, Broad Street, Browns Ironmongers, High Street, Serendipity Florists, High Street and the Town Council Office in Bridge Street, Pershore.

CONCERT IN PERSHORE ABBEY: On Saturday, at 7.30pm, the Worcester Philharmonic Orchestra are due to perform Mozart's Marriage of Figaro Overture, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D and Beethoven's Symphony no 5 in C.

Tickets are £6 (£5 with concessions, students £3 and children free). The conductor is Neil Aston with Robin Stowell violin.

On June 9, at 7.30pm, Worcester Symphony Orchestra will be performing The Fantasy Overture - Romeo and Juliet Tchaikovsky Horn Concerto in C minor. Franz Strauss and Symphony no 9 (Great C Major) Schubert.

Tickets are £7, £5 and £3 (concessions available) and can be bought from the Verger, Pershore Abbey, Sugar 'N' Spice, High Street, Blue in Broad Street and a La Carte at No 1 Royal Arcade Bridge Street.

OPERATIC AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY: Are presenting Me and My Girl on June 19 - 23, with old favourites like Leaning on a Lamppost, Lambeth Walk, The Sun Has Got His Hat On, plus many others of that era.

The venue will be at The Swan Theatre, Worcester and tickets are available from Blue in Broad Street, Pershore, Maxine's Bookshop, High Street, and the Swan Theatre booking office 01905 27322.

CANINE TRAINING SOCIETY: Classes have now been resumed at Norton Village Hall, on Tuesdays at 7.30pm, after being postponed for a period as a precaution against the spread of the foot and mouth virus in the area.

The society is now in full swing and looking forward to planing at match or two with similar training organisations.

The group is also looking forward to meeting both new and former members during the coming year.

The AGM takes places next Tuesday, in Norton Village Hall. The society, established during 1980, now hopes to maintain a full programme of classes on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm.

For further information please contact the chairman, Mrs M Reeves, telephone 01386 833668 or the secretary, Mrs K Vick, telephone 01386 750679.

RIVERSIDE FESTIVAL 2001: The fifth annual riverside festival is being held on July 29, down by the River Avon.

During the last four years the festival has been a great success, attracting both the young and the older members of the community.

The festival has rapidly become one of the main attractions in July.

The main attraction is the Dragon boat racing and if you have always wanted to have a go at Dragon boat racing then please apply for an application form on 01905 356628 or e mail Dragon@Madasafish.com for further information regarding setting up teams etc. During the festival there will be music workshops, face painting, archery and bouncy castles, plus lots more interesting activities.

Brand new this year are five-a-side football matches on a bouncy castle, just to add a little extra to the events.