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Magnolia Events
Wooburn, Bucks
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| 2014 - Open Garden evening for Scannappeal |
A very successful evening garden opening was held in May 2014 in aid of Scannappeal.
Guests sipped a glass of wine and nibbled a canapé or two as they wandered round the garden in the early evening sun.
Entertainment was provided in the form of Dennis and Diane ….. who brought their barrel organs.
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2013 - Joe Cardone
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After meeting Joe Cardone on a cruise ship out of New York we just knew his style of humor would make a perfect evening in aid of Scannappeal. Three years in the planning Joe agreed to fly to England stay in our apartment and treat 80 people to after dinner humour, which will be remembered for many years.
This year we decided to have a sit down meal in a marquee just in case the weather decided to let us down on the day. It did not rain but is was chilly but 12 kilowatts of radiant heating kept all warm included the house electric cables supplying the power
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All our garden concerts have had perfect weather except the 2012 concert when it rained all evening, but we were in the church that year with a choir too large for the garden.
Somebody must be watching over us .
Note from Joe
Hi Alan
We arrived home late Friday evening and have been trying to rest and catch up on some much needed sleep.
Justine and I had a great time with you and Elaine and at the function on Saturday evening. Thank you for being such great hosts and for taking us to Windsor, to the train stations, the stay at your home, and for showing us a beautiful part of England. We are telling everyone how terrific all of you were. Again, I hope you were pleased with my program. If you have any additional feedback, I would appreciate your letting us know.
Fondly, Joe and Justine
JOE CARDONE
Humor Consultant/Inspirational Speaker
jcardone39@yahoo.c |
2012 - Julie A Scott |
Despite the rain, garden openings for Magnolia House, Grange drive as well as The Shades and Fairview, raised a total of approximately £1000.00 for NGS and Scannappeal in 2012. The next garden opening will be snowdrops in February 2012.
The annual concert for Wycombe Scannappeal organised by Elaine Baudouin and Alan Ford was held on July 14th at St Paul’s Church Wooburn.
Julie A Scott was persuaded to return from Liverpool and perform in the Church with the Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice Choir, with Musical Director Louise Langley.
For the finale, Julie appeared in her 2012 dress of the year, to celebrate both the Jubilee and the Olympics. The concert was very well received and raised a total of £1300.
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2011
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successful summer at Magnolia House - our opening with The
Shades for NGS raised over £850 and our Garden party
featuring the Trad Jazz Band, the Orpheus Cygnets and talented
young guitarist Sebastian Leaper raised over £1400 for
Scannappeal, to be augmented by gift aid.
 
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An
Evening with Julie A Scott - 24 July 2010
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Louise and Wendy |
Approximately
130 people enjoyed another warm summer evening at Magnolia
House for this year's garden concert.
In a hosta filled garden, the aviary birds backed the
singing from the Cygnets (12 men from the Wycombe Orpheus
choir) who, with M.D Louise Langley and Director Wendy
Keeble set the scene for a wonderful 2nd Act of song
from the guest star Julie A Scott.
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who travelled down from Liverpool to spend the weekend
at Magnolia House, has sung her way around many cruise
ships and towns in this country since winning the New
Faces show in 1986. Alan Ford saw Julie perform
on a P&O cruise and decided she was perfect to entertain
at the annual Scannappeal concert held at Magnolia House.
As usual the local school loaned the seats which were
arranged on the lower lawn and the steps to the higher
level made a perfect stage for the evening. |
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Her
programme covered light opera, an Ivor Novello Medley,
songs of Liverpool made famous by stars such as the
Beatles and Cilla Black and a selection of Lloyd Webber
songs, and finished with It's Time to Say Goodbye.
Julie's
voice really needs to be heard live to appreciate its
quality and range and after the show finished we were
inundated with requests for her to return soon.
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The
garden bar supplied refreshments and a successful raffle
allowed the evening to raise £2400.00 for Wycombe
scannapppeal. The money will go toward new equipment
to help breast cancer patients undergoing surgery.
Our heartfelt thanks go to Julie for coming down and
singing free of charge on this evening.
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The Audience in Magnolia Garden
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Summer
Mia Evening at Magnolia House - 25 July 2009
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For
the 4th year running the weather was glorious and Summer
Mia performed by members of Forum Players and Bourne End
Musical Players at Magnolia House raised around ￡2,500
for Wycombe Scannappeal. |
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cast performed the afternoon’s dress rehearsal in
hot sunshine but by the evening the weather was balmy.
The resident compere, Brian Shillito introduced
Louise Langley, well known locally as the MD of the Wycombe
Orpheus Choir, as the musical director. Louise
played the keyboard, accompanied by the musicians and
sang several numbers herself. Wendy Keeble directed
the show and also performed some comedy numbers. The cast
sang numbers from several well known shows including Mamma
Mia, there were several sketches and A rousing Old Tyme
Singalong as the finale. |
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For
many people this has now become an annual event . This
year Philip Madoc was able to be in the audience due to
a break in his film work and the guest, Mr Jonathan Greenland,
Consultant Urologist gave a short speech on the importance
of The Scannappeal Charity, which helps to buy much needed
equipment for the local hospitals. |
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Snowdrop
Day at Magnolia House 2009
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On
the 28th February 2009 Magnolia House was open for a snowdrop
day For a small fee going to NGS one could wonder round the
gardens and view the 10,000 snowdrops which Alan Ford has gathered
over the few years.
Hot soup and tea completed the day and some 280 people turned
up to help boost the NGS funds by £900.00
Snowdrop day for 2010 will be 21st February 2010 make a note
for a good day out after the oils of the winter . |
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Magnolia House also specialises in Hostas and is open 27th June
this summer for NGS you can see over 300 hosta plants at their
best .
The garden also opens for groups by appointment contact Alan
Ford 01628 525818 . |
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Technicolor
Dream Evening at Magnolia House 2008
Music in a glorious garden and for a good cause has been the message
from Alan Ford and Elaine . They’ve already held two summer
concerts in their lovely garden at Magnolia House in aid of Wycombe
Scannappeal. It was third time lucky and certainly the most ambitious
when they set about planning a concert version of “Joseph and
Amazing Technicolor Dream coat” for 2008. By the finale
they knew their dream had become a very special reality and an outstanding
fundraiser grossing around £3,500 for the Wycombe Scannappeal.
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Singers
melted during the afternoon’s dress rehearsal in hot sunshine
but by the evening the tree shade gave welcome relief for everyone.
Dappled shadows were only matched by the fabulous coat of many
colours worn by James Morrison in the role of Joseph. This young
man continues the Morrison musical tradition with his father
Godfrey magnificent as Pharaoh and dressed Elvis style. His
version of “The King’s Song” was whooped until
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Narrator links the show and Wendy Keeble showed her experience
and commitment in the role. Once again Louise Langley, well
known locally as the MD of the Wycombe Orpheus Choir, was the
musical director as well as playing keyboard. For the first
time the show used the latest musical technology with the main
characters “miked up”. With a capacity audience of just over
150 it was essential to make sure that everyone could hear.
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The
big question on everyone’s lips as they gathered together after
the show was “What will you do next year?” Those involved were
just happy to bask in the joy of a providing great entertainment
in a lovely location. Next year is still a plan away. The garden
at Magnolia House participates in the National Gardens Scheme
and there are plans for a Snowdrop Spectacular as winter turns
to spring in 2009. Alan is happy to hear ideas and he can be
contacted at magnoliaevents@btconnect.com
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An
Evening with Vince Hill 2007
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After
the success of the concert in 2006 Vince Hill offered to perform
a one man show in the gardens of Magnolia House all in aid of
Wycombe Scannappeal.Year 2 of the
Magnolia Events brought another lovely warm summer evening when
about £3000 was raised about Scannappeal Vince Hill was
his normal wonderful self - best known for his hit of Eidelweiss
from The Sound of Music, and he is a great act to see.
He was accompanied by The Ken McCarthy Trio
Register your
interest in future events by email to magnoliaevents@btconnect.com
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Dreams
on a Summer Evening 2006
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July 2006 was
the first garden concert held at Magnolia House in aid of Wycombe
Scannappeal .
A warm summer evening was requested and arrived and some 100 people
spent a few hours dreaming and listen to an outdoor concert of popular
music. The evening guests included some celebrities such as Wendy
Craig, Paul Daniels and Debbie McGhee, and Vince and Annie Hill
and all listened to Harry Pitch on the harmonica closing the evening
with Last of the Summer Wine.
Over £2000.00
was raised during the evening which included and raffle and auction
during which a lucky person won a week in the sun.
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Alan
Ford, Magnolia House, Grange Drive, Wooburn, Bucks HP10 0QD
( 01628 525818 (07836 224855)
Fax 01628 810367 Sales@lanford.co.uk
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