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Mon 01
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Theatre Booking Process
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TBC hrs
Reminder: This is a direct booking process: the theatre schedule is sent out by email and if you want tickets, please respond as quickly as possible but only if you definitely want to see a show(s). We have a Group Membership so can get discounts on tickets, but these are only applicable for certain nights and we have to book quickly. Once tickets are booked, you will be asked to pay for them. If at that point you cannot make the show, you will still need to pay for the ticket. Any time after the ticket has been ordered, if you cannot make it, then it is up to you to see if you can sell it on.
On theatre nights we usually meet in the foyer at around 7:15pm.
Location: MK Theatre, CMK
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Tue 02
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Running & Power Walking Dates
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Running - Tuesdays - June 2, 9,16, 23, 30
Running & Power Walking - Thursdays – June 4, 11, 18, 25
Running – Sundays – June 14, 21
Emails will be sent out weekly to advise of location. Time is always 6:45pm for Tuesday, 7:00 or 7:30pm for Thursday Runs, 9:30am for Sunday Runs. Weekday runs are in the order of 5K, Sunday is 10+K
All Welcome.
Please let me know if you are going to be there (for any of them), thanks.
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Wed 03
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Apprentice Wednesdays
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2100 hrs
Who is your hot favourite? Will there be a better quote of the week than ‘a village missing its idiot’. Has Suralan been getting it right, is he still getting it right?
We are running a sweep to see who gets 'fired' .. and they host the following week ;-) Sweep is £1 per person, and we'll get a small prize and put the rest into the charity box.
Wednesdays – June 3, 10, 17, 24
Let me know if you are coming along by the Tuesday evening.
Location: TBA
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Fri 05
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Club Night
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2030 hrs
Come along and help put the bulletin together for July, get out and do more things you enjoy. Organise a popular pub night, is there a new restaurant you want to try? Go Clubbing? From Belly dancing to the Zoo. Join like minded people to share your favourite pastime with or try something new you’ve always wanted to do. 20 years from now you will regret the things you didn’t do then the things you did.
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Sat 06
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North Bucks Way
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Here is a challenge 35 mile walk over two days with no traffic through scenic countryside. This long distance path starts at the Ridgeway near Wendover and finishes at Wolverton. We can stay at a B&B halfway round or you can drive home and meet up the next day. We can organise logistics and book B&B once we know numbers.
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Pint & A Pudding (or Two!)
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2000 hrs
Now the longer Summer evenings are here, let's sit out by the canal at the Navigation, Stoke Bruene and enjoy the delights of their dessert (and real ale) selection. Of course you don't have to stop at one pudding there’s plenty of time for two – and I even know of people who have indulged in three! This venue is almost exactly half way between Northampton and Milton Keynes so we warmly welcome both IVC groups to this event.
Location: Stoke Bruene
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Sun 07
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Wonderful Football
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1100 hrs
Football, or it's supposed to be. The idea is to kick a ball into one of the goals.
Location: Kents Hill Playing Fields
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Gardening Club
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1500 hrs
How does your garden grow?
Silver bells, sweet peas and runner beans?
Tomatoes and cucumbers?
Garden and plant talk and do! With tea and cake ;-)
Let me know if you are coming along.
Location: TBA
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Passage To India
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1830 hrs
An MKIVC favourite - Enjoy the all you can eat buffet, with lots of different spicy dishes to choose from. Yummy food to end the weekend and no washing up!
Location: Stony Stratford
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Sunday Walking & Coffee
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1030 hrs
For those who want a more leisurely start to their Sundays ;-) Meet at the Caledecotte Arms (Windmill Pub) car park at 10:30
Note: Doesn’t happen unless you let me know.
Dates: Sunday June 7, 14, 21, 28
Location: Caldecotte Lake
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Parks’n’Run
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0945 hrs
Join the monthly Sunday runners. Meet in the Broughton Fields School Car Park, 2,4,10K choices. 9:45 for 10:00am start.
Location: Broughton Fields School
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Mon 08
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Weekly Film Night
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TBC hrs
Love Movies?
Every Tuesday or Wednesday is cinema night, look out for email.
Open to going either day, we can go on most popular date of choice.
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Tue 09
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Dorian Grey
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1930 hrs
Oscar Wilde’s gothic fable becomes a darkly seductive dance theatre event from master storyteller Matthew Bourne. Set in the image obsessed world of contemporary art and politics, this ‘black fairytale’ tells the story of an exceptionally alluring young man who makes a pact with the devil. The destructive power of beauty, the blind pursuit of pleasure and the darkness and corruption that lie beneath the charming facade; the themes behind Wilde’s cautionary tale have never been more timely.
Location: MK Theatre
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Wed 10
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Pub Night
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2000 hrs
Come along to the Barge, Woolstone, and have a chat - as we are in a pub we might have a drink as well.
Location: The Barge, Woolstone.
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Thu 11
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Committee Night
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2000 hrs
Any issues with the club? Pass them to a committee member and it'll be discussed.
Location: Gilly's House
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Fri 12
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Pub Night
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2030 hrs
Come along to the Olde Swan, Middleton, for drinks and a chat. We'll be in the garden if the weather is good.
Location: Middleton
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Sat 13
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A World of Cracking ideas
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Techno-trousers, the Telly-scope and the Shopper 13, Wallace is famous for his wacky contraptions! Join him and Gromit as they guide you through the world of inventions to discover how simple ideas can transform into life-changing devices. In this fun family experience see some of the greatest objects ever invented, plus some of the first ever patented inventions from the Science Museum's collection.
This is a 60minute show which is free to members, but for those us who are not:
Adults £9, Concessions £7, Family (1 Adult 2 children £21), Family (2 adults, 2 children) £30 + £1 booking fee except families. Under 5's go free. Plus train fare (v cheap if we go in groups of 3 or 4).
Location: Science Museum, London
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Live Music
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2000 hrs
Join us at The Bull Hotel, Stony Stratford. The Concrete Cowboys put the Moo in Music! Yee Haa!
Free entry with a bucket collection.
Location: The Bull Hotel
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Sun 14
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Woburn Woods Wander
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1000 hrs
Discover some scenic and adventurous rambles through this area of outstanding natural beauty - trying not to get lost!
Location: Woburn Woods
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London Open Gardens
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This is the one weekend in the year when you can: visit gardens in London not usually open to the public; enjoy special activities in gardens and discover gardens you didn't know existed. Over 190 gardens are taking part in the 2009 weekend so we have plenty to choose from. See http://www.opensquares.org/
Tickets, allowing entry to all participating gardens over the weekend and including a guidebook, cost £6.75 in advance or £8 during the weekend. Free admission for children under 12
We will do group rail fares to get there and back.
Location: London
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Tue 16
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
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1930 hrs
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a glorious romp, with a brimful of hand clapping effervescent energy, dazzling dance routines and sixteen smash hit
showstoppers including Bless your Beautiful Hide, Goin’ Courtin’ and Wonderful Wonderful Day. With colourful costumes, fabulous sets and sassy performances. It’s toe-tapping good!
Location: MK Theatre
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Wed 17
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New Members Night
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2030 hrs
Come and meet prospective members, catch up with existing.
Location: Ship Ashore, Willen
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Thu 18
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(Gourmet) Non-Book, Wine Drinking Club
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Because it just wouldn't be the same without bookclub! We haven’t done Hay but hey! We must have read something ;-)
Location: The Plough, Simpson.
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Fri 19
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Gt. Linford Waterside Festival
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1830 - 21 hrs
Join us for this annual free music festival in the grounds of Linford Manor.
Bring a picnic and bottle of wine, or enjoy the BBQ, beer and ice cream tents.
Kiddies welcome. Parking clearly signposted off Marsh Drive. Ring to find us.
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Sat 20
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East of England Show
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TBA hrs
Food is the heart of the show from suppliers, producers to chefs or from Farm to Fork. If you love food and are interested in where it comes from or into cookery then this is the event for you. Sample and purchase locally grown produce. This event is at Peterborough so we can organise car shares. Tickets on sale now call 0845 600 5445 for discounted advanced tickets.
Location: Peterborough
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Midsummer BBQ Party – London IVC
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1900 hrs
BBQ party at Dogget's by Blackfriars Bridge, including a welcome
drink, a great barbecue and of course great company. There is a
vegetarian option. Tickets cost £20 if requested before 31st May and
£25 from 1st to 13th June. Exclusive access to the outside Terrace Bar
overlooking the Thames and Thomas Doggets Bar.
To obtain tickets write to Phil Lofts, 160 Florence Road, London, SW19 8TN with a cheque payable to London IVC. Of course say how many tickets you want and please enclose a SAE. Also state if you want the vegetarian option and include your email address and/or phone number if possible.
Dress Code: smart casual.
Phil Lofts: 020 8542 2960(H) 07881 992272(M) phil_lofts66@yahoo.co.uk
Location: London
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Pub Night
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2000 hrs
Come along to The Frog And Nightgown (behind The Swan Revived), on Newport Pagnell's High Street for an evening of chat. OK one or two drinks maybe drunk as well. Let me know you're coming along and I'll keep and eye out for you.
Location: Newport Pagnell
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Sun 21
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X-Rated Football
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1100 hrs
Football, or it's supposed to be. The idea is to kick a ball into one of the goals.
Location: Kents Hill Playing Fields
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Summer Solstice Festival
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1200 hrs
As there is no walking on this day, why not join me and enjoy the live music and a picnic in Great Linford. Bring your own food or you can buy some there.
NB: If it rains then the event is cancelled.
Location: Great Linford
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Mon 22
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Alan Ayckbourn Season
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Royal & Derngate are running an Alan Ayckbourn season:
Private Fears in Public Places – June 22 – 11 July. Six people looking for love and companionship against the backdrop of a modern city find their lives intersecting in this startlingly beautiful play. The action flows seamlessly from hotel bar to bedsit to office as the characters discover that what you see in public isn’t always what’s going on in private.Tickets - £22, £21, £17, £11
The Revengers’ Comedies – July 7 – 11 July (Underground) When fires accountant Henry Bell and society maverick Karen Knightly meet on a London Bridge late one night, their fevered minds quickly turn to revenge. These unlikely bedfellows soon find themselves entwined in each others’ lives, hunting down the objects of each others’ wrath. But revenge is a dangerous business, and soon their .lives are hurtling out of control.This is a tribute to Strangers on the Train. It is also a two-parter so be prepared to commit to two nights. Tickets £8.50 (part 1 or 2); £15 for both parts bought together.
Orvin – July 16 – 18 July Orvin the great. Orvin the indestructible. Qrwin the …. Only one left? When the chorus of gods find themselves with no choice but to appoint Orvin, the most reluctant and unlikely of heroes as Champion of Champions, even they find his story a challenge to tell. And Orvin, a hopeless squire, transformed into a legendary warrior, discovers that he has got a bad case of being in the wrong place in the wrong time. Tickets £8.50, £5.50.
Man of the Moment – July 27 – 15 August. After years of celebrity, Vic’s about to come face to face with the man who made it all possible, and this time it will be captured on camera. Who is the real Vic and will the television produced get the dramatic reunion she is banking on? A biting satire! Tickets - £22, £21, £17, £11
Let me know if you are interested, and preferred date.
Location: Northampton
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Fri 26
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Mexican Food
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1930 hrs
Enjoy the wonders of Mexican food in Chiquitos, CMK
Location: Chiqutos, CMK
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Sat 27
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Handwriting Analysis
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1900 hrs
With Joyce Parkinson (Graphologist) – www.jpanalysis.co.uk.
A unique opportunity to find out about this fascinating subject. Whether your writing is copperplate neat or a hurried scrawl across the page, it says something about you. The evening kicks off with a brief intro. and an opportunity to view the writing of the famous and infamous. This is followed by individual private readings of about 20 mins. - cost £15 for those who would like to book a consultation. For everyone else, the cost is £5.
Places strictly on a first come, first served basis so please book early.
Location: Gilly's House
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Togfest
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All Day hrs
Togfest Music Festival at Bradwell Abbey. To see the music lineup go to www.togfest.org. It also includes details of how to buy your ticket. Let me know when you get your ticket and we can arrange a time for meeting up
Location: Bradwell Abbey
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Josie's Birthday Bash!!
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2030 hrs
Met at Moon Under The Water for 8:30pm. Then onwards and upwards to Oceana around 9:30pm for a free boogie with the birthday girl! 21 Again!!
Location: Moon Under The Water, CMK
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Sun 28
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Sunday Lunch
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1300 hrs
The last Sunday lunch of the month. Come and make Sunday feel like Sunday with a roast lunch.
Location: Peartree Bridge
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