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Did you know that...SLEEPING BEAUTY IS THEWORLD’S BIGGESTPANTOMIME?HERE’S SOME INTERESTINGFACTS ABOUT THIS YEAR’SPRODUCTION• Excluding Lady Passionella,there are over 120 spectacularcostumes in the production• Lady Passionella herself,has an incredible 1656costume changes throughoutthe run – a panto record!• The sets and costumes arrivein five articulated lorries• The set takes 5 days tobuild• Over 1,500 pyrotechnicexplosions... will be usedthroughout the run• There are 17 musicalnumbers• There is a chorus line of 10dancers and 8 panto Babes• There are 27 moving lights...and 22 scene changesSleeping Beauty Fairy Cakeswithadded festive sparkleBirminghamHippodrome’sChef, Donald Deans hascomeup with a tasty FairyCakerecipe for you to tryat home.[1] Preheat the oven to190C/375F/Gas mark 5. Either butterthe tin or place the paper cases inthe holes. Put your butter and sugarin your mixing bowl. Using yourwooden spoon, beat the butter andsugar until pale and fluffy.[2] Stir in the beaten egg, a little at atime, and then the vanilla.Birmingham Hippodrome Pantomime AppealMAKING CHRISTMAS DREAMSCOME TRUEChristmas will be made evenbrighter for a few young people thisyear as Birmingham Hippodromejoins forces with BirminghamChildren’s Hospital and QueenElizabeth Hospital on their Raise aSmile Pantomime Appeal.Now in it’s seventh year, thisfundraiser has provided muchYOU WILL NEED:A 12 cup baking tray12 Paper casesMixing BowlWooden Spoon/WhiskSieveTablespoonSaucepan[3] Sift in half of the flour and fold intothe mixture. Add the milk and the restof the flour and fold until well mixed.[4] Spoon into the tin and bake for 12minutes or until risen and golden ontop. Allow to cool for ten minutes on arack before removing from the tin.needed light relief for over 1500local families by providing them withtickets to watch the UK’s biggestpantomime at BirminghamHippodrome complete withprogrammes and a gift for everyfamily.One of the parents to benefit fromlast year’s trip to Robin Hood told us“It was a lovely treat to dosomething as a family. It has been ahard year and there have not beenINGREDIENTS:• 125g butter• 125g caster sugar• 2 eggs, lightly beaten• 1 teaspoon vanillaextract/flavouring• 125g self-raising flour• 2 tablespoons milkFor the topping: Jam GlazeSparkle• 8 tbsp of seedless jam• To make it sparkle use silverballs or ‘hundreds and thousands’• Heat the jam gently with atablespoon of water in a smallsaucepan or in the microwave.Brush on to the cakes and drizzleover your hundreds andthousands or silver balls whilstthe jam is still warm.many nice momentsbut it was lovely tocome to panto andenjoy ourselves.It did us so much good”If you would like to make adonation to the BirminghamHippodrome PantomimeAppeal simply go online towww.birminghamhippodrome.com/pantoappeal or call0844 338 5040.WouldLikeToMeetPrince of about 20 yearsWLTM Princess with GSOHfor potential marriage. Sendapplications to “The Castle”.Little John WLTM lady withGSOH with an interest inarchery and socialist values.Send applications toSherwood Forest care of FriarTuck.Lonely little pig WLTMfemale pig with an interest inproperty development.Aversion to wolvespreferable. Wave wand twiceand quote “oink”.Frog with GSOH would likelady for good times and maybemore. (Must be of royal blood).Apply to mysinglefrog.com andquote “kiss”.LadyPassionella…Panto Land’s Agony AuntLiving with seven men isgetting me downI have been living with seven menfor a while now and it’s reallystarting to get me down. All I do iswash, clean, sew, cook and tidy upafter them. They do work hard allday, but I can’t help feeling that theyare taking me for granted. I feel likeI owe them as they took me in whenI had nowhere else to go and gaveme a home. How can I approachthis with them without seemingungrateful?S White, Chelmsley Wood.Well my dear, you really need to tellthem how you are feeling and soon!If you carry on as you are, it will onlyget worse. My advice is to sit downwith them one night and tell themhow you are feeling, men don’trealise there is something wronguntil you tell them! Perhaps suggesta rota system for the chores – thisshould leave you with more ‘you’time and leave you feeling a bit lesstaken for granted. If you do this andthey still don’t change their ways,then I suggest you stop doingeverything for them and see whathappens then!I’m treated like a slaveMy father passed away some timeago and I am now living with mystepmum and my two stepsisters.Now my dad is not around they treatme like a slave and make me do allthe housework and chores whilethey do nothing all day. They swanaround in lovely clothes and all I amgiven to wear is old rags. My twostepsisters are even going to a ballat the new local club The Palaceand I’m not allowed to go. How can Iget away from here?Anon, Solihull.You poor thing – sounds like you arein desperate need of a fairygodmother to whisk you away. Ithink you should start standing upfor yourself more and get yourselfout of the house – if you are notthere then they can’t make you dochores, right? You need to startworking towards your future, whynot look for a job so you can afforda place of your own? Or failing thatsneak out in disguise and getyourself down to The Palace onFriday nights for speed dating – younever know who you may meet!My friends think myboyfriend is uglyMy new boyfriend is notconventionally attractive, but I reallylove him. He treats me really well, isso caring and I want for nothing.The only problem is my friends.They have recently taken to callinghim ‘Beast’ behind his back and itreally hurts me to hear them talkabout him like that.Beauty, Sutton Coldfield.It’s hard when some of the mostimportant people in your life don’tget along as it puts you in themiddle. I suggest you organise anight out with your boyfriend andyour friends so they can see whatyou see in him – a lovely person. Ifthey get to know him, then perhapsthe mocking will just fade away. Ifthat doesn’t work, get him down tothe local salon and spruce him up!

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