CHILDREN enjoyed a visit to a pantomime with a bit of help from Berkshire’s masons.
The Theatre Royal Windsor hosted the youngsters earlier this month, where they took in a performance of Sleeping Beauty, starring Anita Harris, Basil Brush, Kevin Cruise and Stephen Blakeley.
In all, 357 children with additional needs from across Berkshire came together for the show.
The Masosn said that the cast royally entertained the children, teachers and parents who were all enthusiastically joining in with the traditional Panto audience participation. Including a bit of singing, some clapping and of course plenty of opportunity for loud ‘booing’.
The Provincial Grand Master for the Freemasons of Berkshire (Anthony Howlett-Bolton OBE) together with his Deputy (Peter Sands) and the Provincial Grand Charity Steward (Gerry Preston) were all in attendance to meet and greet the children and partake in all the fun.
Mr Sands, said: “To see the pleasure on the families’ faces is quite an honour.
“To be able to come to see this wonderfully performed Pantomime can’t help but leave all who see it, touched by the effect it has on these children.
“This is very much Freemasonry working in the community and I’m delighted to be a part of that. Oh yes I am!”
The panto fun will continue in January, when the masons sponsor a visit from a touring production that will attend a Special Edcuational Needs school in Maidenhead.
