A great time was had by all who attended the AMOS Christmas Ball on Saturday 19th December 2009. The flurry of snow that day made for a very atmospheric evening of magic and sparkle!

The evening commence with Buck Fizz and entertainment from local Magician Archie Manners. who at just 16 years old was absolutely amazing and had guests mezmerized with his tricks.

Andover Sound DJ Paul Newman acted as Master of Ceremonies and did a fantastic job, giving the welcome speech and later presenting the AMOS Awards.

Comedian Lee Hume travelled through the snow from Brighton to be with us and performed two brilliant sets in between dinner, with his individual style of conversational humour that made us chuckle! He's a rising star of the comedy world so keep an eye out for him in the near future!

After dinner Paul and Lee presented the AMOS Awards - a light hearted reiew of the last five shows and an opportunity to give members recognition for the hard work and fantastic performances.

All in all it was a fantastic evening, and our thanks go to Mark Lazenby and his team at The Quality Hotel for providing a delicious meal and holding the event, and to photographer Andy Brooks who was there snapping gust portraits and candid shots throughout the evening - photos will be online asap.

Here's to the next one!

AMOS will be carol singing in The Chantry centre on Saturday 21st November and Saturday 12th December to raise money for Naomi House Childrens Hospice.

Last year we were pleased to have raised over £300 for the childrens charity who have struggled this year due to some of their fund being tied up in an Icelandic bank. It is such a worthy cause that helps so many children in our area, this year we would like to raise even more so in addition to our carol singing we will also be collecting donations at the theatre during our production of Scrooge.

For more information about Naomi House visit their website: www.naomihouse.org.uk

We are pleased to announce that over the last two weekends we have managed to raise over £300 for local charity - Naomi House by entertaining the crowds of Christmas Shoppers in Andover's Chantry Centre with Christmas Carols. Beverley Streets, Office Manager for the Chantry Centre said "Many thanks for your efforts – AMOS are more than welcome to perform in the Centre at any time!". Beverley will present the Naomi House Childrens Hospice with a cheque in the new year.

For more information about Naomi House Children's Hospice visit their website: www.naomihouse.org.uk

We also entertained the residents at Andover War Memorial Hospital's 'Willow Court' Nursing Home with an afternoon Christmas Carol Concert on Saturday 13th December.