Reflexology and Aromatherapy Massage 1 day Workshops: Friday June 13^th 2008 and Monday 14^th July 2008, 9.30am – 3pm. The day is split between the two therapies with background information and the chance to try some simple techniques. Cost: £50. Maximum class size 8.  For enrolment and more information visit www.learning-chrysalis.co.uk, or call Julie Munnings fully qualified tutor and therapist on 01277 652073.

 Beginners Aromatherapy Massage 10 Week Courses:  Tuesdays from 6^th May – 15^th July and from 17^th September – 26^th November, 9.45am – 12.15, cost £120.  Maximum class size will be 8 so come and join this small and friendly group.   For enrolment and more information visit www.learning-chrysalis.co.uk, or call Julie Munnings, fully qualified tutor and therapist on 01277 652073.

Strawberry Fayre Buttsbury Infant School PA.  Saturday 21st June 2008. Gates open 2pm. Bouncy castles, coconut shy, tombolas, raffles, Hoopla, strawberries, Pimms and much, much more.

Basildon, Billericay & Wickford NCT are holding a kids' messy play session - ideal for making that personalised Father's Day gift (or giving Dad a chance to get messy with the children!)  Make an entry in your diary – Saturday 14 June from 10 to 12 noon in Christ Church Hall, Wickford behind Somerfield. 

Open to all. Painting, sticking, playdough, making Father's Day cards & more!  Suitable for children 18 months-10 years. £3.50 per child, booking is essential: please book by calling Clare on 01268 573517.

CHARITY LUNCH at the Methodist Church, Western Road on Saturday 14th June from 12.30 - 2pm.  Snack lunch and drink for £3.  Proceeds to Samaritan's Purse, providing clean water for Africa.   No need to book.   01277 622297

 Essex Police Choir. Friday 27 June at 7.45pm in Great Burstead Church. Tickets £8, Including light buffet and a glass of wine, from 01277 652701. Don’t miss this popular choir.

 Festival At Great Burstead Church on Saturday June 28 from 11am to 4pm. Fun day out for all the family. Entertainment stalls sideshows, owls, food, displays in the church. Visit the bell tower.

British Heart Foundation. The organizers of the Quiz Evening held at Mayflower High School on May 10 are extremely grateful to all those people who attended the event which raised £991, the second highest amount since the Quiz evenings began in 2001.

Little Burstead W.I. will be having a Birthday Lunch on Thursday June 12 at 12.00pm in the Village Hall.
Meetings of the W.I. are held on the second Thursday of the month in the Village Hall commencing at 2.00pm. New members are welcome.

The Belvedere Jazz Bar, Harding Elms Road, Crays Hill. Every Tuesday from 7.45pm. Cost £6 

June 3             Mervyn Wright Band and Singers.
June 10           Paul Wood and Friends with Bruce Adams.
June 17           The Sandra Lambert Quintet.
June 24           Helen Keating and Friends.

Learn to Paint Water Colour with Gene Turner on Fridays from 2 to 4.30pm. Male or Female welcome. Individual help. Phone 01277 622981.

Billericay Arts Association, The Fold, Laindon Road. 01277 659286 

Saturday 14 June at 7.30pm. Classics (with a difference) at The Fold. Continuing our link with the Royal College of Music we present Trio Cinema Paradiso – Maurizio Malgnini (piano), Mireia Ferrer (violin) and Alessandro Sanguineti (cello). This trio aims to promote the master pieces of Italian film music by composers including Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov and Dario Marianelli in concert form. Tickets £8.
Sunday 22 June at 7pm. Rhapsody in June. A selection of well known songs presented by Buttsbury Ladies Choir. Guest artistes will be the Star Barbershop Sextet. Tickets £7.

 Norsey Wood Society. “Open Meeting” Monday 30 June in the Information Centre, Norsey Wood commencing at 7.45pm. Brian Dawson will give an illustrated talk entitled “Wallasea Island and Wetlands”. All are welcome. For further details please ring 01277 653852.

Rosebay W.I. On Wednesday 25 June at 8pm in Hannakins Farm Community Centre, Rosebay Avenue, Queens Park Mr. E.G. Pretty MBE will entertain members with a talk entitled “My Time at Audley End”.

Cantabile Singers. The summer concert, conducted by Sheelagh Perkins and accompanied by Adrian Ure, is entitled “Songs for Summer” and will celebrate Midsummer’s Day with a programme laced with flowers and songs of love including pieces by Gustav Holst, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Andrew Lloyd Webber and much more. The event will take place in the Mayflower Hall, Chapel Street on Saturday 21 June starting at 8pm. Tickets, at the door or ring, 01277 623140 - £5 including refreshments.

A Cream Tea in aid of St Luke’s Hospice is to be held at the home of Christabel and Peter Strong who live at the Ivy House, Laindon Road, Little Burstead on Monday 9 June from 2 to 4pm. Price £3.50 includes Tea, Cake, Cakes and Cream, at leisure in a beautiful garden, various stalls including tombola, gifts, bric-a-brac, books and a raffle. There is ample off-street parking. This event was originally held in the garden of Joyce Norris at Great Burstead.

Billericay Choral Society on Saturday 7 June at 7.45pm in the United Reformed Church present “Music Through the Ages” A concert for everybody with music from across the centuries. The concert features a newly written piece with a special connection to Billericay – The Mayflower Pilgrims”. Tickets £8, concessions £7, children free. – can be obtained from Storyteller Bookshop, High Street, Billericay or from Patricia Parkin on 01277 653338

Billericay Archeological & Historical Society meets in The Fold, Laindon Road at 8pm on Monday evenings.  

Monday 9 June            Mr. Elphin Watkin will give a talk entitled ”Cressing Temple”
Monday 14 July           Mr. Ben Holloway will give an “Update from Colchester Archaeological Trust”. Includes findings on dig at Laindon.

Photofold Camera Club meets in The Fold, Laindon Road from 8 to10pm on Tuesday evenings.  

Tuesday 3 June          A presentation “Aspects of Britain” by Mr. S Hill FRPS
Tuesday 10 June        Annual General Meeting

Billericay W. I. meets on the first and third Wednesday each month at 2pm in the W.I. Hall, St Edith’s Lane.
Wednesday 4 June     Mr. Graham Bendall will give a talk entitled “A Gamekeepers Year”
Wednesday 18 June   Members Day.

The Billericay Society meets in the Day Centre, Chantry Way at 8pm on the third Wednesday of the month.

Wednesday 18 June               Jim Shrubb will give a talk entitled “Town Criers and More”

Billericay & District Philatelic Society meets in The Fold, Laindon Road at 8pm on the first and third Thursday of each month. 

Thursday 5 June                     Visit from Basildon Philatelic Society.
Thursday 19 June                   Thematics – How to display them and exhibit – “Go by Cycle “by Mr. Brian Sole

University of the Third Age (U3A) meets in the Pastoral Centre (Canon Roche Hall) at 2.30pm on Fridays. 

Friday 27 June                        Mr. David Williams will talk about “The Flow of History: the Thames and London”

Billericay Horticultural Society meets in The Day Centre, Chantry Way at 8pm on Mondays.

Monday 16 June                      Visit to Barnards Farm.

Noah’s Ark Pre-School Boot Sale in the grounds of Buttsbury Junior School (Mill Hill Drive Entrance) on Saturday 7th June. Sellers 1pm.  Buyers 2pm. Cars £6.  Vans £9. Entrance 30p Children Free.  

Noah’s Ark Pre School Teddy Bears Picnic in Lake Meadows, Billericay on Wednesday 11th June from 12.30pm onwards. All local pre-schoolers and their teddies welcome

 The Buttsbury Junior School Summer Bonanza
To be held on Saturday 28th of June from 2PM at the Buttsbury Junior School, Norsey View Drive. There will be performances from The Fusion Dance Troupe and the Brentwood Bullets Cheerleaders along with numerous sideshows, games, raffles and a Bar-B-Q. Something for everyone and everyone is welcome.

Stock Drama Group 

Our Annual General Meeting is to be held on Thursday 26th June 2008 – 8.00pm. at the Village Hall. A short friendly meeting is followed by cheese and wine. If you are interested in becoming a member of the group in either an acting capacity or backstage help, please come along and meet members of the group. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Justine of the Stock Hair Studio who kindly agreed to act as our Stock Box Office and also many thanks to Exclusive Dry Cleaners in Holly Court for their continued support as our Billericay Box Office. 

The date of our next production is 26^th to 29^th November 2008.