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June Programming
Let's start June with great programming right from day one! On June 1, tune in at 7:30 p.m. for Rain: The Beatles Experience. This group does a fantastic job recreating the excitement of the Fab Four. In case you miss it, or if you want to see it one more time, MPT will repeat this program on Thursday, June 5 at 12:30 a.m.
Following Rain on June 1, is Celine Dion: A New Day. Now that's back-to-back concerts you won't want to miss!
In a folksy vein, Peter, Paul and Mary Carry it On airs on Wednesday, June 4 at 8:00 p.m. Don't be leaving on any jet planes before you see this.
On Thursday, June 5, MPT is proud to present RFK Remembered. Guggenheim Films has agreed to allow MPT to be the first station in the United Stats to play this Oscar winning film on the 40th anniversary of Robert Kennedy's death. This program hasn't been on television since it played simultaneously on all three commercial networks in 1968.
At 9:00 p.m. on June 5, MPT brings you The Steve Miller Band: Live in Chicago. There is certainly good music to be heard here!
On Saturday, June 7 at 9:30, we offer you Queen: Rock Montreal for your viewing enjoyment. Join Freddie Mercury and the guys for a rockin' 90 minutes.
The High Kings return on Monday, June 9 at 8:00 p.m. for your Irish ballad music enjoyment.
Thursday, June 12 turn in at 9:00 for 3-hours of Churchill. This is a repeat but we know our viewers enjoyed this programming very much.
The Brit Coms will not be broadcast during the weekdays of June 2 through June 6 but do return on Monday, June 9. Due to Pledge, the Brit Coms will not be on Saturday, June 7, 14 or 21 but return on Saturday, June 28.
What does that mean?
Tiffany M. wrote us asking what "bone idle" means. If you are "bone idle" you are very, very lazy.
Tony wrote to us asking what a "bacon buttie" is. We let him know that a "bacon buttie" is a sandwich - white bread with only very crisp bacon on it.
Drop us a line at tealady@mpt.org if you have a term you would like explained and we'll try to list several every month to try to clear up the confusion!
The British Players
The British Players are performing their 44th Old Time Music Hall.
If you are interested in attending this performance of musical numbers, (sometimes bawdy) dancing, and The Palace Variety Orchestra, you can go to www.britishplayers.org to check out the dates in June and purchase tickets.
Torch-bearing runners baffle onlookers
Baffled onlookers could not believe their eyes this lunchtime as a mysterious, torch bearing runner dashed through High Wycombe. But despite appearances the Olympic Torch had not returned to the UK for a stint in south Bucks. Instead, the intrepid athletes were part of the World Harmony Run, which hopes to spread a message of peace wherever it visits.
Tube worker David Boyle said he had to do a double take when he saw the runner while out to refuel his transit van.
David, 47, of Mill End Road, said: "When I saw him I thought, am I seeing something?' I looked again and expected more people to be behind him. "He looked like a proper runner, I was a runner when I was younger so I could tell by the way he was running."
Torch-bearer was Rostya Vagner, from the Czech Republic, who dashed along the London Road and the A40 to meet his fellow runners in Holtspur.
Ondrej Vesely, from the Czech Republic, had taken four months leave from work to join the run. He said: "It's to promote friendship and harmony between people. It's nothing to do with the Olympic Torch. It's about harmony and friendship and peace."
The relay system sees the team run 60 to 70 miles a day, and today the route was going between Oxford and London.
Mr Vesely explained the philosophy behind the run. He said: "Anything good that people do should inspire other people to do good. We think harmony should start with ourselves, from each individual heart, and we offer our goodwill to other people."
The runners invite anybody who wants to carry the torch to join them for a few steps.
The run was founded in 1987 by Bangladeshi athlete and philosopher, Sri Chinmoy. Since then it has been supported by famous international figures such as Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Mikhail Gorbachev, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Muhammed Ali.
More runners are making the dash for peace in Australia and France at the moment. The group that ran through town today will soon be heading to Holland, Germany and Sweden.
For more information, go to www.worldharmonyrun.org.
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