Clubs/societies

A pressure group has unveiled a bold new vision for the next 100 years of Ealing Broadway Town centre.

A charity carol concert in aid of Ealing soup kitchen will take place next Saturday (13).

A new conductor for Ealing Choral Society will be making his debut performance this Saturday (15 Nov).

Jonathan Williams, who joined the society in September, will be conducting his inaugural concert at St Barnabas Church in Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, starting at 7:45pm.

Dr Williams who lives in Oxford said: "I'm delighted to be the new conductor of the Ealing Choral Society.

"My aim is to build on the Choir's many achievements and excellent reputation.

"I want us to be able to perform as broad a spectrum of repertoire as possible so that everybody can enjoy some wonderful singing."

The concert will include performances of Bach's Magnificat, Handel's Zadok the Priest, Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus and works by Rameau, Britten and Tavener.

Tickets cost £15, £13 for concessions and £3 for children and can be bought by phoning 020 8894 5998.

For more information contact enquiries@ealingchoralsociety.org.uk

The Ealing Music Therapy Project will be holding an annual general meeting next week.

All members of the public are invited to attend the meeting on Wednesday November 12 at The Spring in St John's Church, Mattock Lane, West Ealing.

The meeting will start at 8pm and for further information, contact Jen Whadcoat on 020 8248 2258.

Tributes have poured in following the death of a popular beekeeper.

John Douglas Wilson, MBE, started keeping bees after returning from the War and joined the Ealing Beekeeper Association.

The 87-year-old became the secretary of the association and an executive of the National Honey Show.

Mr Wilson was also an Ealing representative on the Middlesex Federation and executive of the Central Association of Beekeepers.

The father-of-three was interested in nature and the environment and on June 14 2003, was presented an MBE for services to beekeeping.

Friends have said they will miss seeing him at major events in the area and said the beekeeping world has lost a great man.

Asian author Narinder Dhami will launch a girls' night in for young people at Ealing Central Library tomorrow evening (26).

The writer, whose novels include Bollywood Babes, Bindi Babes and Bend it like Beckham, will kick off the special event with a book signing at 5pm.

An evening of music, comedy and surprise guests from TV and radio will kick off Ealing Samaritans fundraising
show at Questors Theatre.

Tickets cost £15 with all proceeds going towards building a new room and improve facilities at the South Ealing branch.

The event takes place on Wednesday October 15 and tickets can be purchased directly from Questors at www.questors.org.uk or by calling 020 8567 5184.

Donations to help raise the £60,000 for the new room can be made at www.justgiving.com/newroom

Guests are being invited to attend a Fairtrade Wine and Chocolate evening to sample products and meet organisations which promote fairer pricing for third world countries.

The Mayor, Councillor Ian Green and leading figures of the Fairtrade movement will attend the event at Ealing Town Hall on Thursday September 25.

Tickets cost £5 in advance or £6 on the door and can be purchased by calling 020 8537 0227 or emailing jawhitaker@oxfam.org.uk

The event, supported by the Fair Trade Gift company, starts at 8pm.