In May our topic was Floods and Flooding.
Floods are becoming more frequent in most parts of the world. They have many causes and can be country wide, affect a town or just a local street or area. This example is Thorsby Dale in 2020.
Next month we are meeting via Zoom on Friday, 18th June, 2021 at 10 am for a presentation on ‘The History and Development of Forensic Science’.
David Rose
During the structural work and changes at Hucknall Leisure Centre courts have been booked at the Kirkby in Ashfield (Festival Hall) Leisure Centre on: Thursdays from 1pm to 3pm. Please note the change of times from our previous 2pm start.
Several members acted as an advance party and played our first session since early March 2020 on the 20th May, 2021. Covid protocols are in place which restrict each court to a ‘bubble ‘of 6 players. This worked well on the first visit.
Location: Hodgkinson Road Kirkby in Ashfield NG17 7DJ
David and Terry
This group formed almost six years ago and, up to the lockdown 14 months ago, members were playing enthusiastically, introducing new songs each month.
In 2020 they held a few session on Zoom but it wasn’t a popular way of playing as a group, having to ‘mute’ while only being able to hear the leader of the group playing.
24 May 2021 was the date set for an outdoor session, the days leading up to that Monday morning had been atrocious, weather wise, more like November than May, but at 9.15am the sun was shining and the decision was taken to go ahead. The get together to be on the patio at Alan’s home, balloons were tied to the hedge at the entrance to his drive so the nine other members could easily locate the house,. So keen were the members one arrived a good 20 minutes early and another missed the drive and had to go another mile before they could turn around.
Everyone was set up and ready to go at 10.30am, Phil, the group leader admitted that he had not touched the uke since the last Zoom meeting, last September, gasps of horror could be heard from everyone, before most admitted they were as guilty of not practising.
Gradually everyone ‘warmed up’, their playing that is and the sun continued to shine. We managed to play all the songs requested, finishing just as the grey clouds arrived.
The group will start up again, Covid permitting, on Monday 13 September, 2021 at 10am at the John Godber Centre and will resume the regular meetings on 2nd and 4th Monday of the month. If you would like to come along, either to look at playing a ukulele or just to join in the singing please contact me.
To contact Vivian, the Group Co-ordinator, please use the form below:-
‘June is busting out all over’ … It’s going to be much easier to sing with the sun shining, although the weather won’t put off anyone who likes to sing, they just may not do it with quite the same brio. Now that we can begin to see the possibility of actually meeting up again, (to me Covid has seemed a bit like being pregnant, you know it must end, but it doesn’t seem absolutely real until there are definite signs of it happening).
I wonder if anyone else would like to consider joining the choir? You could always come to see what we do, join in or watch. Get in touch nearer the date of our recommencing and we can arrange it. It would be a good time for anyone new to choir singing, and lacking confidence, to give it a go, as we aren’t back yet and it’s already been fourteen months since we sang together, so we’re going to be rusty! Hope to see you all before too long.
To contact Christine, the group leader, please use the form below:-
Our group has been meeting since February 2016 and we have tried many different foods, including Japanese, Polish, French, India, Nepalese and Thai street food to name but a few. We usually meet bimonthly on the 4th Thursday.
For further information contact Marilyn Gretton, the group leader, on the form below:-