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NEWSLETTER
Issue
81
MARCH 2010
Chairman: Clare Devlin [9020 9723] Vice Chairman: Margaret McGuiggan [9085
3965]
Acting Secretary Eleanore Rodham[9752 8122]; Treasurer: Jill Warwick [9061
2653]
Membership Sec: Margaret Campbell [9266 4535]
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Distributing
the Newsletter by email will cut postage and print costs. If you are willing
to receive the Newsletter this way, please write your email address on
the sheet at the meeting or email it to the editor.
Thank
you!
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This
month there is a new entry in the Contacts list.
Details
of opportunities to volunteer and ideas to help you do so will be sent
each month by the Voluntary Services Bureau to Sandra Foster – see
Volunteering Information contact details.
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PERTH
U3A VISIT TO BELFAST
The programme is now on the website.
We need numbers and full payment for the following events by Sunday 14th
March. Tuesday 13th April – Welcome reception at the Belfast Boat
Club, cost £3.
Thursday 15th April – Irish Night with finger buffet at Wellington
Park Hotel, cost £10. Sheets to sign on the table at meeting.
A short meeting for anyone willing to help will be held after today’s
meeting (25th Feb). For further information please contact Margery.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Placing your name on a list for a visit/event indicates your interest
and gives the convenor an idea of numbers. You should always phone the
convenor to confirm you will be present, or if you are not sure of details.
You will understand that it is simply not possible for convenors to phone
everyone. If you have signed for an event involving ticket purchase, you
will be responsible for paying for that ticket
All
Weather Walkers Group
For
shorter, flat walks on Thursday mornings [Amblers] contact Margaret Matthews.
Details of longer walks[Ramblers] are available from Brenda. For details
of the more challenging walks in the Mournes[Scramblers] on the first
Thursday of each month contact Brian Bridge on 028 9263 9568 [Mob.07770538069].
Art
Appreciation
Tuesday
16th March
Davy Portrait Awards 2010 at The Naughton Gallery in Queen’s.
Meet
in front entrance hall at 11.00 a.m.
Art
Club.
The
Club meets on Tuesdays 10.30h-12.30h at Belvoir Players
New
members of all levels of experience welcome; all media acceptable.. The
Club meets on Tuesdays 10.30am-12.30pm
at Belvoir Players.
Birdwatching
Group
Saturday
6th March
– Oxford Island. Meet Sainsbury’s car park, Sprucefield. 10.00
a.m.
Saturday
10th April RSPB Belfast Harbour Estate. Meet there at 10.30 a.m.
Book
Group
Next
book: “Sacred Hearts” by Sarah Dunant.
Monday 8th March at 8.00 p.m. in
June Martin’s home.
Bridge
Group
Informal
This group meets weekly on Fridays at 10.00am
in a member’s house.
Some basic knowledge of bridge is required.
Duplicate
Bridge
Meets
each Friday 10am-12.30pm at St.Anne’s
Hall, Dunmurry [at Blacks Road traffic lights]. A small fee
is charged to cover hall hire. All U3A bridge players welcome.
Brunch
Group
Continues all year, Alternate Saturdays at 12
noon:-
6th
March
– Fitzwilliam Hotel
20th March – The Crown Bar
Both above are in Great Victoria Street
3rd April – The Tannery, Station
Road, Moira.
Computer
Club
The early user group will be meeting in
Colin Glen library for shared skills sessions the
last Wednesday
of each month 10 till 12.noon
Concert/Theatre
Group
Wed.10th
March at 1.05 p.m.
Lunchtime concert, Ulster Hall. Tickets £5. Lunch in Ginger afterwards.
Contact Maureen.
Thurs.25th March at 8.00 p.m. “Twelfth
Night” by South Bank Company at Belvoir. Tickets £10. Contact
Judy.
Thurs.22nd April at 7.45 p.m. St.
Anne’s Cathedral – fund-raising concert “Fields of Life,
Uganda” - Celtic Tenors and Loughside Chamber Choir. Tickets £20.Contact
Maureen
To
book for all the above, contact convenors.
Film
Group
Usually meets for cinema visits alternate Mondays.
Check the Film page for notices. Please note change of convenor. If you
are interested please contact Daphne; alternatively if you give her your
Email address at daphne.bailie@sky.com
she will advise you.
Garden Club
Wednesday,3rd
March at 7.30 p.m.
Horticultural Lecture of the Year Association: “The World of Culinary
Herbs” by Jekka McVicker at the Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn. For
tickets (£12 including refreshments), send cheque, payable to H.L.Y.A.,
and stamp to Ms. M. Heather Smith, 33 Oakdene Park, Bleary, Portadown
BT63 5SB
Jazz.
Sunday
Jazz Brunch
11am – 3pm (music
from noon) at S.D. Bell’s. Each Sunday 28.2.10 – 28.3.10.
Entry free. Brunch menu: £4 inc.drink. Contact Convenor.
Thursdays
at 8.00 p.m.
in the Parador Hotel, Ormeau Road. Contact Convenor
."Let's
Go" Club
Wednesday,
10th March
All day outing with tour guide to the Boyne Valley. Cost: £35, which
includes refreshments and a meal, payable in advance. Names on list, please,
or ring Clare.
Wed.28th
April
Outing to Ballance House, Glenavy – birthplace of John Ballance,
Prime Minister of New Zealand. £9 for 2-course lunch at 12.30 p.m.followed
by video and tour of house. Names on list, please, or ring Clare..
Literature
Group
This Group meets on Wednesdays 10.30am –
12.30pm in Belvoir.
Contact
convenors for more details
Pilates
Group.
Mondays
2pm- 3pm at
Belvoir Players.
Wednesdays
2pm – 3pm at Belvoir Players.
Play
Reading Group
Tuesdays 10.30am –
12.30 pm at Belvoir
Players,
Tai
Chi
Wednesdays. 11.15am in Divis
Community Centre, Ardmartin Place. Cost £1.
Tel
9031 0346 for details. .
The
Last Word
Our discussion group meets at Belvoir on Fridays
1.30pm - 3:00pm. The subject matter is wide-ranging.
Can
you Help?
Any member prepared to help to“meet and greet” at monthly
meetings should contact Pat Aldred [9066 6246]
Suggestions!
A Suggestion Box is always available at
monthly meetings; if you have any ideas you wish your Committee to consider,
write them down and put them in the box!
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DATES OF NEXT MEETING **
11.00h
Thurs 25th March 2010
VENUE : BELVOIR PLAYERS THEATRE, BELVOIR PARK ESTATE
Could
you please bring your own cup to the meeting to save using disposable
plastic cups
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This Newsletter is circulated to all paid-up
members. All copy to the Editor by Friday 19th March.
You may phone
(no answering machine) or email
Editor: Carol Rusk Tel. 9086 2129
Email:Carolrusk123@btinternet.com
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