Outdoor Arts

Kylie Minogue choreographer, Tim Noble, is coming to Witney on 18th Feb 2012 as part of the launch of a fresh, new children's theatre school - WOAPA - West Oxfordshire Academy of Performing Arts.

Tim has recently been filming the "Bigger Than .... " series for SKY Living TV

Before joining Kylie Minogue’s team, Tim appeared in the west end in “Grease The Musical” and “Starlight Express”. Since joining Kylie, Tim has been her main dancer, Dance Captain and also choreographed a number of her videos and live international shows, including her “Show Girl World Tour” in 2005.

For those who don't know, Worton Park is a delightful hamlet just outside Oxford, between Cassington and Yarnton. It is an idyllic rural oasis, but also very easy to reach from major roads in the area.

The Blue Room at Worton Park provides a great venue for holding workshop or classes. There is plenty of space for up to 60, but easily adapts for smaller groups with a wonderful new conservatory which has plenty of natural light. The conservatory opens out onto a pool-side patio, which is lovely for refreshments or activities outdoors in summer.

The Witney Choir at WOAPA (West Oxfordshire Academy of Performing Arts) recently helped the staff at Foxbury Farm to produce a special Christmas video as a thank you to all their customers, by producing the soundtrack to the video. With the initial expectation that it would be seen by a few thousand, the video went beyond everyone's expectations when it had 40,000 hits on Twitpics. Just before Christmas, this had leapt up to a massive 200,000 hits but over the Christmas period the video even surpassed all that - it has now been viewed a massive HALF A MILLION times!

You can see the video

The Singers of the Witney based WOAPA Choir recently performed their premiere performance in The New Inn, Witney on December 7th. Over 100 supporters came to the event, which included songs by lady GaGa, Jessie J, Bruno Mars and Adele, and ended with everyone joining in with some rousing traditional Christmas Carols. The Team from WitneyTV were there to join in the fun and video'd the event.

A festive video song put together by staff at Foxbury Farm near Carterton has been a smash hit online, with more than 200,000 people watching it on Twitter in just a few days. The film, created as a way to say thank you to the farm's customers at Christmas, has also proved popular on YouTube, where it has been viewed more than 1,200 times. Events manager Rebecca Dawes said: "We initially only sent it out as a way of saying thank you to our customers but it went viral and I know people like Jack FM have spread the word.