Its a busy week for the Oak.
Carmen is wowing the West End ... well, OK , wowing Beckley with her performance in Wind in the Willows - catch her tonight or tomorrow at either of the matinee or evening performances.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, we have one of our busiest evenings of the year - the Wassail ceremony. This ancient Sussex tradition of wassailing the apple trees takes place from around 7pm.
Wassail is an Anglo Saxon word meaning good health and the tradition of toasting the trees was often known as Howling locally.
It involves pouring cider on the roots and branches of apple trees and making loud noises to scare away any evil spirits before reciting the old wassail rhyme of "Stand fast root, bear well top, may God send us a good howling crop".
The good natured ceremony is said to ensure a good crop of apples later in the year.
Saturday's festivities will also include a traditional Mummers play and Border Morris dancing as well as music and songs in the pub.
So, why not come along and join us?
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