Our wonderful Knitting & Sewing group received the Thank You letter from the NHS at Preston for all their hard work producing Hearts for the Connected Hearts Appeal.
Well Done everyone involved
Thank You From The NHS
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CREATIVITY GROUP 2020
The new season of the CREATIVITY GROUP will commence on
MONDAY 10th February
at
Bolton’s Croft, Newton Close,
off Dunkirk Lane
Leyland
PR26 7TR
At this session we will be Stone Painting.
Stones and Paint will be provided. Starts at 14:00
On the 24th February we are having a silk painting workshop with Sue Hughes. starting at 13-30
Materials will be provided. A charge of £3 for the Silk painting, with a piece of work to take home.
Places are limited to 10 so let me know if you want to come.
Art Group 2020
John Eccles 1937 – 2019
It is with deep sorrow that I have to let you know that one of our members John Eccles has passed away.
I enclose the tribute link which gives the details,
https://john-arthur-eccles.muchloved.com/
NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEETING
Next Month meeting will be THE CHRISTMAS SOCIAL with a Jacob Join
It will take place on the 11th December 2019 in the Main Hall at St Ambrose Church Moss Lane Leyland PR25 4XA
SPITFIRE DISPLAY OPEN DAY REVIEW
SPITFIRE DISPLAY OPEN DAY REVIEW – SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER 2019
Once again we were able to avoid the rain. Everyone appeared to enjoy themselves.
The staff were in period costumes and extremely friendly and we were able to see spitfires, a hurricane and various WW2 vehicles and regalia.
We even had a musical show with various singers
Someone texting but looks asleep but the performers was extremely good.
The ladies enjoying the show.
From the Spitfire Hanger 42 we then had a very nice meal at the Seniors Fish & Chip shop. Again everyone appeared to enjoy this
We then had a little free time waiting until it was time to finish with a drive through the illuminations and some even started to sing
-: WE MUST THANK HILARY OUR DRIVER WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.
TREVOR McCURDY
NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEETING
Next Month meeting will be a talk by LISA REEDY from Reedy’s Naturally Jams & Preserves
Web link >> HERE
It will take place on the 13th November 2019 in the Main Hall at St Ambrose Church Moss Lane Leyland PR25 4XA
Chorley Live ! 2019
Well, what a weekend for the Ukeleylanders, three performances in two days.
The previous Saturday we attended the “Cultural Event” organised by Progress Housing and our performance gave the first real hint of what we are capable of as a group, and of what was to come a week later. The group played fast and well and melded into a cohesive unit.
Friday night and we opened Chorley Live at the United Methodist Church Hall, a good sized room with excellent acoustics and audio equipment manned by a very capable sound engineer. The room very quickly filled with a responsive audience after we launched our set, with people clapping and singing along. A good reception and a very good audience.
Friday evening was just a foretaste of what was to come on Saturday evening, however, something that we never expected.
Saturday morn saw us at Leyland Library for their “Fun Palace” event, one that we attend every year in support of the local library. Due to the cramped conditions we didn’t expect a large audience but we were well received with several people singing and dancing along. It’s the first event that we have played where we were guarded by Imperial Storm Troopers !
Saturday night we played Chorley Little Theatre. Initially it seemed doomed to failure as the doors didn’t open until late and there was no sound gear set up, due to the tragic demise of one of the engineers the evening previously. Notwithstanding this setback, we cobbled a setup together using the equipment that we had with us together with microphones supplied by the theatre.
It had to be our largest audience and largest venue to date. From the stage it was difficult to tell with the lights in our eyes but it’s estimated that around 150 people were there, maybe more.
Again, the audience were very responsive, clapping, cheering and singing along and they went wild to our rendition of “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Rockin’ All Over The World”.
We could have played all night thanks to the lift that we got from the audience but, all good things must come to an end and we were on a very tight schedule with other acts waiting to come on.
Our closing number, as always, was “Bring Me Sunshine” brought the house down !.
JIM PORTER
Progress Cultural Event
The UkeLeylanders were invited to take part in the Cultural Exchange Event organised by Progress Housing. This event promoted cultural diversity and people from several nations were there with free samples of cooked cuisine, all for free. My favourite price.
We must have hit the big time because we had a supporting act today, a young lady called Grace played ukulele and sang “Riptide” extremely well. So well, in fact, that we invited her to stay and join us in the performance, which she readily did.
The performance itself was excellent and all members seemed to pull together. The beat was fast and the synchronisation good.
We rattled through our repertoire and then had two requests for encores, which we obliged and then could turn our attention to the free food.
JIM PORTER
Exploring Wines and Spirits
This proposed new group will meet monthly to share knowledge about a chosen wine and taste some examples.
Being a member of the group will involve doing a bit of homework (simply drinking a lot does not count!). So, while having some fun, we will also be learning! We will explore growing regions, grape types, production and history. We will learn how to taste wine and spirits so that we can make informed judgements about what we do, and do not, like about certain wine and spirit types.
The nature of this group lends itself to meeting at someone’s house, and it will also entail making a a monthly contribution towards the wines that we taste ( How much etc can be decided by the group).
We will probably go out to wine tastings and get some expert guidance as and when we feel that it will be useful and fun.
The preliminary meeting will take place on Thursday 16th January starting at 6.30pm and finishing around 8pm
If you are interested in joining the group, please get in touch with Gill Whittaker, either by phone or text or email.
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