Monthly Archives: June 2010

Abingdons Got Talent Auditions – 2010

Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
This is the third year of Abingdons Got Talent. Acts came from far and wide.
Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
The judges this year were:
Steve Rich – Abingdon Town Band
Judy Gray – Head of Performing Arts, Abingdon & Witney College
Councillor Duncan Brown – Mayor of Abingdon
Eileen Bagshawe – Abingdon Drama Club
Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
There were dancers.
Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
This young lad of seven did some break dancing.
Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
Friends came to support friends.

Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
I didn’t see all of the acts but near the end there were two female singers who stood out as very good.
Abingdons Got Talent Auditions
The final in on July 17th.

New Bus Shelter on Marcham Road

A new bus shelter has been put in along Marcham Road. It is a good advertising space .
Bus Shelter with Cornbury Festival Advert
One side features Cornbury Festival.
Bus Shelter with Abingdon Blinds Advert
The other side has a a poster featuring Abingdon Blinds.

This is a joint cycle and footway but it does get very narrow round the top corner. The kerb there is also two or three times the height of a normal kerb.The task was made more difficult because a nearby tree has a preservation order.

World Cup – Final Group Match

Queen Victoria with St George Flag
Her Majesty has not been amused by the display of her countrymen on the football fields of South Africa. She expects that her loyal countrymen will show their true spirit today against Slovenia – which she understands is an administrative district of the Duchy of Carinthia, and a small part of the Habsburg Kingdom.

If they fail in the third group match then they will have to come home early and face her Majesty’s displeasure.

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here
The annual Foundation Art Course exhibition at Abingdon College is called ‘Wish You Were Here’ and is on until the end of the week: 10-7 Tuesday to Thursday, 10-4 on Friday. It is well worth going to see …
Kay with fridge magnets
Paul Kilsby, the course tutor, sits in on one of the student’s exhibits. This piece shows pictures and artifacts gathered over four days in Paris tracing the route taken by a character called Nadja in a book of the same name by Andre Breton.
String Unravelling Hats
This exhibit shows dangling hats made from string and the unused string is shown on the floor still unravelling.
Wigs and Profiles
Wigs on the dark profiles make a striking image.
Do you find Humanity in this shape
Do you find Humanity in this mermaid like artifact?
False Teeth eating nose
Just one still from an animation of some nasty false teeth that ate somebodies nose.
Memories grow dim as we grow older
Memories growing dimmer and unclear as time goes by. There are a few exhibits about memory and the mind.