Sudbury Rotary Club
After a very successful fund-raising season which we hope at the same time brought festive joy to so many, Rotarians relaxed with both a Christmas dinner and a Christmas lunch at the Mill Hotel. We were entertained by local choir “The Music Makers” at the dinner and by Patricia Eddington at the lunch the following week where she entertained us with stories of life on and around the stage. Patricia was married to the actor Paul Eddington for 43 years. She herself has been a drama teacher and has also worked as a volunteer special-needs teacher in a primary school. After Paul’s death she moved permanently to Little Waldingfield to the country cottage that she and her late husband Paul and the family shared for so many happy years. Sudbury Rotary Club held a number of street collections at the end of November and in the days leading up to Christmas in the centre of Sudbury on Market Hill and outside the Library where Santa could be found in his grotto. The amount collected was £897 with nothing deducted for expenses. Proceeds from the annual Schools Concert and the Christmas Tree Festival in St Peters as well as the Tree of Memories raised a further £5300 which will be distributed to the club’s local and international charities later in the year. We are grateful to so many people who as usual have shown such generosity. We are now into our 2017 programme which began with Rotarian Chris Proffitt and his wife Audrey, a retired teacher and minister, telling us about the book they have written about 65 years of family memories; this was a fascinating presentation explaining how they had gone about doing this and reading extracts from their book. What was so interesting was that whilst the recollections were of course personal to them, many could identify with the places, activities and experiences they had described. Chris also described how the book was produced and how we might use the same process – many were persuaded that this was a worthwhile thing to do – the challenge is to find the time! We look forward to listening to a range of speakers at our Monday lunchtime meetings: Graham Harrison talking about the Tall Ships Race in 2017 followed by Will Ginno who is the Young Persons co-ordinator for the Sudbury Befriending scheme. Bob Walter, Chairman of the Sudbury Rugby Club will be entertaining us in February followed by Tim and Tereza Fairbairn who have established Fulibroch Dairy, producing goats milk and other related products including soap, followed by Peter Minter from Bulmer Brick and Tile. If you are interested in any of these events please get in touch. We meet every Monday at the Mill Hotel at 12.30pm, for lunch, a chance to socialise and most weeks with a speaker. Preparations are under way for Crucial Crew being held this year in the week beginning 20 March. Crucial Crew started seventeen years ago as a way of helping young children aged between 9 and 11 to understand the dangers of everyday life. During a morning or an afternoon session, they participate in a series of scenarios that show them how to be safe in a variety of situations. We see engaging with schools and young people as such an important part of our work and our Environment and Youth Committee is continuing with its programme of engagement with local primary and secondary schools. Meanwhile our Foundation and International Committee, recovering from last autumn’s crocus planting (!) is developing a range of overseas projects as well as plans to distribute dictionaries to all the local primary schools (Year 6) later in the year. As well as our lunchtime meetings, we hold both fund-raising and fun events throughout the year. If you would like more information contact our secretary Roger Green on 07341 290415 or look us up on our website www.sudburyrotray.com or simply Google Sudbury Rotary Club. Rotarian Tony Platt
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The Sudbury Festival of Performing Arts
The Sudbury Festival of Performing Arts is preparing for another exciting year and the 2017 Programme is now available from the Festival’s website at sudburyfestival.org.uk and also the Tourist Information Office in the Sudbury library, Compact Music, North Street, Sudbury and Balaam’s Music, Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Holmes and Hill for generously supporting the Sudbury Festival. The Festival venues and dates are listed below: Dance from the 11th February to the 16th February at the Ormiston Academy, Sudbury Music from the 1st March to the 5th March at the Delphi, Newton Road, Sudbury Speech and Drama from the 9th March to the 12th March at the Delphi, Newton Road, Sudbury The Festival will close with a wonderful concert on the 19th March at the Ormiston Academy showcasing some of the talented performers to all three disciplines. We would love to see you at the various events taking place throughout the Festival. We can guarantee that you will enjoy yourselves. Mary Davies, Sudbury Festival of Performing Arts Chair www.sudburycommunitynews.co.uk
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