St Mellitus Jubilee Concert - 6th Dec, 7.30pm

Reg

Me and her went to the Christmas bazaar at St. Mellitus (Tollington Park) this weekend and bought tickets to this as it sounded nice. The [London Medical Orchestra](www.lmo.org.uk) is playing. £10 adults, £8 concession, £2 under 16. As they have not taken it upon themselves to advertise it I thought I would flag it on their behalf. (Christmas Bazaar was good, if mainly for the fact that most (if not all) of the prizes on offer in the raffle and tombola were hard liquor. We were slightly confused by the 'plate sale' at the front though. As with most churches, they could have done with a bit more thought as to how they present themselves. Something a little more fun and festive would have worked better to draw in the punters, we felt)

krappyrubsnif

Well St Mellitus is obviously no slouch at the commercialisation of Christmas. I consider December 1st is really a tad early for a 'Chrsitmas bazaar'. But then I'm a grump.

Eliz

I loved the 'plate sale' at the front! Two elderly gents sitting at a table loaded with old plates and crockery - it's not going to appeal to every passer by I admit but it got me and my sister paying our £1 entrance fee. Really wish I'd taken a picture of them.

markwhitehead

Come now - let's be a little more open-hearted about this. The Christmas bazaar was organised by a tiny handful of very hard-working people who did their best to create a nice, friendly event for the people of the parish. I think they did a great job. It was a very cheery afternoon with nice food, a Santa's Grotto, great live music from members of Kingtoadfish, mulled wine and loads of stalls - Christmas cards, Christmas logs, tombola, toy stall, cakes, jewellery and children's craft activities.
It was about community,not commerce. But don't take my word for it - I'm sure the parish would appreciate help from anyone prepared to roll their sleeves up and get involved.
By the way,one of the elderly gentlemen running the plate stall at the front was Bruce Kent, the internationally renowned and respected peace activist - I was delighted to buy a plate from him!

Reg

mark, what? The feedback is positive, read it again. We liked it, so did Eliz. Krappy is a grump. All very open hearted here, and advertising the next event on their behalf. Still confused as to why you would put the plates up front and not mulled wine and cakes/christmas logs etc. If you were involved though, keep up the good work.

tosscat

I would have popped along to buy a plate from Bruce Kent. He's one of those growing-up news figures for me - possibly because of the title Monsignor.

markwhitehead

The concert last night was brilliant - very high-standard orchestra playing great music. They had installed special lighting in the church which transformed it into a very attractive concert venue.

There was a good-size audience, no doubt helped by all the pre-publicity on Capital FM, Time Out, posters, London Medical Orchestra website etc. And of course on Stroud.Green.org!

How brilliant that within a 10-minute walk or so you can go to a local event of such a high standard. And all for a good charity, providing medical care for Iraqi and Palestinian refugees in Jordan.

Did anyone else manage to get along to it?

Reg

I was there and thoroughly agree. Excellent event and a great setting. We loved it - especially the lighting. More please. (if you are an insider, what was with the price drop on the Mince Pies at the interval, even before they started selling? 40p had been crossed out and 30p written beneath, or was this the subliminal marketing kicking in? Have I totally underestimated the whole affair?)

flembo

I attended both the bazaar and concert. Both were great and I was lucky enough to buy a load of plates off Bruce Kent and win a hamper. The concert was very good especially the second half and yes, it was a bonus to have a 10 minute walk home too.