Fortnightly News 4/9/2015

Annual General Meeting

It is that time of the year again, the Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 12 noon on Monday 21 September 2015 in Hall 1. A light lunch of sandwiches, cakes and tea/coffee will be provided after the meeting. Please consider coming along to the meeting.

Calligraphy Classes are up and running again

Pam is back from her winter travels to far north Queensland and is running her calligraphy classes on Tuesdays from 1.30pm in Hall 2. Newcomers are welcome.

Social Ballroom Dance Classes

Make the most of Karen Rutherford’s (K’Motion Studios) expertise while she is with us. Social Ballroom Dance sessions: Mondays 1pm to 3pm and Fridays 2pm to 4pm. Newcomers welcome, especially on Monday.

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Fortnightly News 21/8/2015

2nd BIG BOOK FAIR

The Second BIG Book Fair was a huge success, raising over $16,000. In addition to raising funds, the Fair provided a point of social cohesion within the Club where members gave generously of their time and energy.

A huge thank you to Margaret Bourke, the driving force behind the Book Fair who would like to thank the following people:

Paul McGlew for his considerable support throughout the year, not to mention the heavy lifting!

Judy Henderson for an amazing effort with the publicity;

Chris Sheen and all the volunteers who worked so hard for 10 months to clean, sort and price the books;

Anne Murray for organising the weekend helpers;

Jennifer Pratten and the craft group for making and organising the jewelry display and raffle;

Lutana McLeod for organising the cake stall and her daughter Alex for the poster design;

Mollie B for story telling on Saturday;

Polly for her ever-cheerful help;

My family, Sarah, Rohan, Pat, Richard Cumpston and Tim B;

Luton and Ray White real estate for supplying posters and road signs;

Rotary, Canberra Seniors and Canberra Bridge Club for lending tables;

All the weekend helpers and that includes setting up and dismantling too;

Not to mention all those generous people who donated books and the customers who came and bought them.

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Fortnightly News 7/8/2015

2nd BIG BOOK FAIR

The Second BIG Book Fair is here and it is running all weekend. In addition to books there is a cake stall tomorrow, Saturday morning and some very beautiful pieces made by the Beading Group for sale.

As a member of Woden Seniors you can help to get the message out by:

· Inviting your friends and family to come to the Fair;

· Posting the dates and times of the Second BIG Book Fair on your Facebook page. You can post it as a public event.

The Magic Tin Party

You are invited to celebrate and thank Elizabeth Halfnights for her many years of teaching Tai Chi in the Club and to wish her well in retirement.

When: 1pm to 4pm, Thursday 27 August 2015

Where: Woden Seniors Club

What: An opportunity to share memories, spend time with Elizabeth, enjoy a (short) Tai Chi session, and to eat, drink and be merry.

It’s the Magic Tin Party because it is the final opportunity to make a contribution to the Magic Tin, an Elizabeth initiative which has been dear to her heart for many years and which has provided some much needed financial support to a range of charitable organisations and projects.

Elizabeth is of course adamant that she doesn’t want a gift, so we ask that those attending bring a donation to give the Magic Tin a mighty send off.

Please RSVP to Sue 0412 044 449 or Jenny 0419 497 218

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Fortnightly News 24/7/2015

2nd BIG BOOK FAIR – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The Second BIG Book Fair will be held on Friday 7 August from 11 am to 6 pm, Saturday 8 August from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 9 August from 10 am to 4 pm.

With just 2 weeks to go, we are drawing up a roster of helpers for a variety of tasks before and during the big event. Please let Polly know if you can help.

We plan to work on 3 shifts per day … morning, noon and afternoon … shifts of about 2-3 hours each. Tasks include: front desk
- sales desk
- patrolling and restocking tables
- and most importantly, the tea/coffee stall. We are also having a cake stall so all your baking contributions will be much appreciated.

We want to encourage as many people as possible to come to the Book Fair and we have already started to publicise it through major media outlets and on Woden Seniors website www.wodenseniors.org.au. In the next few weeks we will be making a concerted effort to get the message out to a wide range of media outlets.

As a member of Woden Seniors you can help to get the message out at a more local level by:

· Asking your friends and family to put the dates of the Second BIG Book Fair in their calendars

· Posting the dates and times of the Second BIG Book Fair on your Facebook page. You can post it as a public event.

· Asking local organisations in which you are involved e.g. Church, schools, Bowling Club, Golf Club etc. to put the details of the Second BIG Book Fair in their newsletters.

Social Ball Room Dancing

We had the first session of the Social Ballroom Dancing group at 1pm last Monday afternoon with 12 people participating. We had a lot of fun. Karen, the instructor is away today and Monday (27 July) so the next instructional session is on Friday 31 July from 2pm to 4pm, and then the following Monday (3 August) from 1pm to 3pm and each Monday thereafter. Newcomers are welcome, it is easy to join at this stage.

The Club has received an ACT Government grant to help develop a cohort of people that are interested in learning to dance and/or teach and participate in a regular social dance activity within the Club. The grant will be used to fund the services of a professional dance instructor to both teach specific dances and to train people within the cohort how to teach those basic dance steps. The dances may comprise Slow Movement, Rhumba, Cha Cha, rock and roll or Jive and Waltz. It is envisaged that this instructional activity will run from mid-July through to November 2015. It would then be up to the group to take the activity forward.

We are particularly looking for couples that have some dance experience to help lead this group. If you are interested in participating please let Polly know.

A WOW Exhibition

The “Watercolour on Wednesday” Art Group (W O W) that meets at Woden Seniors every Wednesday morning, will hold an exhibition of work in the Gallery at the Hellenic Club, Woden from 28 June until 31 July. All paintings will be for sale and 10% commission on sales will be donated to a local charity.

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