Out & About Spring 2019

Win a pair of tickets to see Sansara plus pre-show dinner COMPETITION

T he Crown and Garter is once again pleased to be supporting the Newbury Spring Festival. On Friday, May 24, choral group Sansara is performing at St Martin’s Church, East Woodhay, and the Crown and Garter is offering a prize of a pre-concert meal for two. The Crown and Garter, part of the Honesty Group, is situated in the heart of the Berkshire countryside, in Inkpen, and is the perfect location for a pre-concert meal, being only a short journey from East Woodhay. The Crown and Garter has earned a reputation for good food, cooked simply using fresh, seasonal and, wherever possible, local ingredients. There are 10 beautiful bedrooms all individually designed and there is a lovely coffee shop on site where you can enjoy handmade cakes, pastries and biscuits, made locally in the Honesty Bakery. Honesty Group has six other café coffee shops in Kingsclere, Hungerford, Houghton Lodge near Stockbridge, Overton, Greenham and Bucklebury. It also has a cookery school located near Newbury. Honesty and the Crown and Garter believe in engaging with the local community, so whether it is through employing local people, sourcing meat from local, small farmers, using only fish harvested from UK coastal waters, buying beers and ales from local breweries or supporting local charities, community is close to its heart.

Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2AD. The closing date for entries is Thursday, April 18. For O&A terms and conditions please see p5.

Support the rich opportunities that your community offers, by supporting the Newbury Spring Festival. Sansara make a welcome return to the festival with a specially-crafted programme, exploring the themes of love and loss, performing works from the Renaissance period through to arrangements of well-known popular jazz and folk songs. Sansara is an award-winning vocal ensemble who focus on the performance of a cappella choral music. They have rapidly gained a reputation for captivating performances and they work as a chamber ensemble, so they don’t have a director or conductor. The Newbury Spring Festival runs from May 11 to 25, with world-class concerts featuring artists from classical music, folk, jazz and cabaret. With more than 40 concerts and performances in a dozen venues, this fortnight in May brings something for everyone. www.newburyspringfestival.org.uk Tickets 0845 5218 218 For your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Sansara at East Woodhay Church on Friday, May 24, with a pre-show dinner at the Crown and Garter, Inkpen, answer the following question: Which church are Sansara performing in? Send your answer on the form to Newbury Spring Festival competition, OUT&ABOUT, Newspaper House, Faraday

Newbury Spring Festival competition

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