cysylltwch â ni / contact us: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com
Mawrth / March 2013
GRAPEVINE digwyddiadau, newyddion a barn Llambed bob mis/ Lampeter’s events, news and views
STOP PRESS: Victoria Hall secures Ceredigion Social Enterprise Growth Fund to continue refurbishments
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In this issue... listings
events
reviews
papur bro CLONC
kids in action
seasonal snippets
cookie’s corner
from the bottom
creative ideas
also this month:
so hungry you could eat a horse ?
the hungry gap myth
the return of the pickle
GRAPEVINE no. 7, March 2013 Post: c/o Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7EE Email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com Published by: Transition Llambed Development Trust, Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, SA48 7EE Printed by: TSD Reprographics, Lampeter, on paper from sustainable resources To list your event, submit an article, ad or letter or to make an enquiry, email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com or post to address above Please include the reason you are contacting us in the subject box of your email (Ad, Listing, Article, Letter, Enquiry) Full guidelines for advertisers & contributors: see grapevine page on www.transitionllambed.co.uk Listings (events & courses) FREE Display advertising rates: ¼ column £10; ¼ page £25; ½ page £40; full page £70 (back page £80) Discount on ads for public events held in Victoria Hall: £25 off ad Classified ads: £2 / 20 wds (min. £2) Therapists' section (max 35 wds): £10 for 6 editions in advance Copy date for April issue: Fri 8 March. Theme: ‘Spring Watch’ Circulation: 1,500 copies distributed free in the Lampeter area
Croeso / Welcome to the Hungry gap! A time to reflect on food ... how we grow it, transport it, package it, sell it, use it, eat it, save it, waste it! We start with So Hungry you could eat a horse? on p3 which focuses on food habits, and gives lots of ‘food for thought’. For gardeners the ’Hungry Gap’ will be a familiar term, but if you haven’t yet ventured into the world of growing your own food, then it may mean nothing at all. Some folk see it as the period when the productivity of the vegetable plot is in transition, from winter to spring (see Seasonal Snippets p9 ); some folk take this opportunity to forage for goodies instead, because if you know what to look for there is always something out there. Check out The Hungry Gap Myth, p4 or try finding recipes for seasonal veg. Cookies Corner, p19 is using some of the veg you might find at the next People’s Market, and for anyone who has been good at planning ahead, there will be the abundance of preserves & pickles from last year’s harvest gluts to fall back on. So perhaps now is the time to start planning ahead for the planting of next Winter’s store cupboard treats! Ever tried Lacto-fermentation? There’s an introduction on p7 but do you have any family recipes you can share? We hope you’ll find lots to get you fired up for the start of Spring. It’s not all doom & gloom. Go on, delve in and see what you can dig up! To finish on a really positive note - If you are hungry for more articles presented bilingually, now is the time to celebrate. We are delighted to welcome Papur Bro CLONC to the Grapevine, offering links to more local activities, vocabulary tips for learners, and the chance to improve Welsh-language reading skills. Darllen Hapus / Happy Reading Angie Martin
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So hungry you could eat a horse? The theme of this month’s newsletter is the “Hungry Gap”. Unless you grow your own food this probably won’t mean much to you. Food choices in supermarkets are much the same as they were in the summer, with out-of-season food shipped or flown from far away - blueberries from Chile, strawberries from Spain, peas from Kenya – but if you were to try to buy only fruit and veg from the UK, you’d probably struggle for choice right now. However, with the cost of food soaring, a worldwide recession and the pennies being tight after the festive season, you may be feeling like you’ve hit a hungry gap anyway. But did you know that up to one-third of food purchased in the UK is thrown away? And that, by throwing less away, the average household could reduce their food bill by about £40 per month? According to WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme, www.wrap.org.uk), we throw away about 7 million tonnes of food from our homes in the UK. This would fill Wembley Stadium seven times over! And about half of this food could have been eaten. Most of it ends up in landfill sites where it rots down producing methane, a potent greenhouse gas, which contributes to global warming. If we were to stop sending all this food to landfill, the reduced emissions would be equivalent to taking 1 in 5 cars off the road. On a global scale, a recent report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (www.imeche.org) suggest that up to half of all food produced in the world is wasted - that’s up to 2 billion tonnes! With a growing population (expected to reach around 9 billion by 2050) the world is trying to increase food production. However, evidence from a United Nations Environment Programme report, The Environmental Food Crisis, suggests that we could feed this projected population simply by reducing waste, thus without having to put more pressure on our natural resources. If we do not take measures to reduce food waste, then the pressures of increased population, climate change and eating habits that are changing to a more meat-rich and processed-food diet may see food prices soaring by 30-50% over coming decades. On the plus side, as a nation, the UK did reduce food waste by about 1 million tonnes (one Wembley Stadium’s worth) between 2006 and 2010. 3
Photo: Totally Green So what can you do? The two main reasons given for throwing away the food we buy in the UK are that we cook meals that are too big or don’t use food we’ve bought in time. The most wasted foods are fresh fruit and veg, bread and cakes, and drinks. Some ways to avoid this wastage are similar to ways in which you can make your home-grown food last longer, e.g. freezing and preserving excess fruit and veg. Planning meals to make sure you cook just enough for your family, or cooking extra to save in the freezer for another day, could help. Use your own judgement when it comes to "best before" labels - if your carrots look OK they probably are. If your eggs don’t float in water they’re safe to use… If you do have to throw away food, try to compost it or put it in the green kitchen-waste bin for collection so it doesn’t end up in landfill. Take control of your eating habits: buy just enough, buy local & organic where possible, grow your own if you can, be prepared to live with less choice - and help to change the world’s food waste into the world’s food. There are several websites devoted to ways you can reduce food waste - check out Love Food Hate Waste (www.lovefoodhatewaste.com) for further ideas about how you can save food and money. Other organisations, such as Fare Share, are working to redistribute unwanted food to vulnerable people in the UK. They have two depots in Wales (Cardiff & Llandudno - www.faresharecymru.org.uk). Now, if you haven’t been inspired to cook up something tasty with all your food that is fast approaching its sell-by date, and you are feeling hungry enough to eat a horse, it seems there is an increasing supply of horse-meat "ready meals" available somewhere near you! Sarah Watson-Jones
The Hungry Gap Myth - a tale of wisdom Cutting down the last of her Brussels sprouts for lunch, Sarah realised that the polytunnel was finally empty. Initially this pleased her - now she could get stuck in to cleaning it. But then it occurred to her that she had completely run out of food from the vegetable garden. As she made her way back to the house, Sarah’s expensive car taunted her from the muddy driveway. Once upon a time she had jumped aboard and, like a magic carpet, it had taken her wherever she wanted to go. But now with petrol prices the way they were, she might as well think of it as a sunny place to start off her seedlings. Sarah’s mother had been very clear when she was bringing her up. Food wasn’t a proper meal if it didn’t have green on the plate. She remembered her twenties and the rebellion of toast and cereal, but after she lost some of her adult front teeth Sarah had got back on track. Now that they had run out, she found herself craving leafy greens like some kind of crazy sheep. Walking around the cleared beds of her garden, all ready for the next crop of brassica and legume spring seedlings, Sarah questioned her approach. Surely it wasn’t natural for her to run out of fresh food from January until April? Although she could do with losing a little of her middle-aged spread, she would rather cut down on carbohydrates than vegetables.
Chard, ‘Verte a Carde Blanche’
Photo: Laura Hudson
The big toothy smile of the old woman caught Sarah’s attention. “Come in,” she beckoned, taking a steaming kettle from an outdoor fire as she did so. “My garden seems so dead compared to yours”, Sarah blurted out as she proffered the bottle.
“I wouldn’t mind this without that muck in it, the screw tops come in handy", the old woman chuckled, looking somewhat dubiously at the label on the bottle Sarah had given her and thrusting the bottle back at her. "You need to start eating what other people call weeds.” Walking Sarah around the garden, she pointed at a bushy low-growing plant. “Land cress”, she said, “that goes all year… dandelion…and that’s my favourite - Japanese knotweed, like asparagus except I can hardly keep it from taking over. Plantain enough of it and you will never go without greens As she stood there unhappily contemplating having again and the seeds can be roasted, and mizuna...” to spend a fortune at the supermarket, she saw her Sarah saw how, instead of harvesting the whole poor neighbour carrying an armful of sticks back to thing, the old woman had picked the lower leaves, her caravan to put on her fire. Suddenly Sarah was allowing the plant to continue to put out new vitamininspired. That old neighbour of hers never seemed to rich crinkly shoots. “These are chard”, she said go past with armfuls of plastic bags from the superproudly, pointing to what looked like fantastic young market. Maybe the old woman would share some of spinach, "they seem to love the cold weather.” Sarah her sage advice now. Pulling on an extra layer and photographed the shiny spears of chard to google grabbing the last bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream from them when she got home. “Then you’ve got your pigher store-cupboard, she set off over the field. nuts” the old woman continued, but she could see The brightly-painted caravan sat facing the sun, with Sarah was starting to look confused. a wall of oak trees shielding it from the north wind “Best thing would be for you to come over and give behind. The old woman’s garden was set out in front, me a hand for a few weeks, to make up for stealing inside a laid hedge to keep the sheep well away. all my good ideas”, the old woman said, still smiling. Sarah came to a halt at the gate, her jaw slack. This Sarah realised her neighbour was, far from being a garden was lush with green, a riotous profusion of pauper, rich beyond any dreams of greed. leaves and vigorous dense foliage emerging from heaps of straw. Maj Ikle 4
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Sefydlwyd Papur Bro Clonc yn 1982. Amcanion Clonc yw: - Hybu Cymreictod a sicrhau twf yn y nifer o bobl sy’n darllen Cymraeg; - Sicrhau bod y papur yn gyfrwng i’n cael i adnabod ein bro a’n pobl yn well; - A bod y papur yn sbardun i hybu gweithgareddau cymdeithasol o bob math. Mae Clonc ar werth am 60c y copi yn Llanbed yn y siopau canlynol: Lomax, J H Williams a’i Feibion, Yswiriant Eryl Jones, Spar a Co-op. Gellir tanysgrifio am flwyddyn am £17.50. Mae Clonc nawr am ddod ag uchafbwyntiau pob rhifyn i ddarllenwyr Grapevine a chyflwyno geirfa fyddai o gymorth wrth ddarllen y papur bro.
Papur Bro Clonc was established in 1982. Clonc’s objectives are: - To promote Welshness and growth in the number of people who read Welsh; - To ensure that the paper is a means of getting to know our community and our people better; - To trigger and promote social activities of all kinds. Clonc is on sale for 60p a copy in the following Lampeter shops: Lomax, J H Williams & Sons, Eryl Jones Insurance, Spar and Co-op or you can subscribe for a year for £17.50. Clonc now brings highlights of each issue to Grapevine readers and introduce vocabulary that would be helpful when reading in Welsh.
Yn y rhifyn cyfredol mae Sian Elin o Bencarreg yn ysgrifennu am ei thaith i Batagonia Yr Ariannin gyda’r Urdd. Yn 1865 ymfudodd 150 o Gymry i sefydlu bywydau newydd ym Mhatagonia. Dilynwyd hwy gan gannoedd eraill. Mae tua 150,000 o bobl yn byw yn yr ardal heddiw a thua 72,685 ohonynt yn ddisgynyddion i’r Cymry. Mae tua 5,000 ohonynt yn siarad Cymraeg a channoedd yn dysgu’r iaith. Mae Sian yn sôn am ei phrofiadau wrth ymweld ag ysgolion Cymraeg, cystadlu yn yr eisteddfod a mynychu Gymanfa Ganu.
In the current issue Sian Elin from Pencarreg writes about her trip to Patagonia Argentina with Urdd Gobaith Cymru. In 1865, 150 Welsh people emigrated in order to establish new lives in Patagonia. They were followed by hundreds of others. Approximately 150,000 people live in the area today and approximately 72,685 of them are descendants of those Welsh people. About 5,000 of them speak Welsh and hundreds are learning the language. Sian writes about her experiences visiting Welsh schools, competing in the eisteddfod and attending a Gymanfa Ganu.
Yn y rhifyn hwn o Clonc hefyd, ceir manylion cyswllt ynglŷn â gwyliau ym Mhatagonia.
Also in this edition of Clonc, contact details are provided regarding holidays in Patagonia.
Digwyddiadau Gŵyl Dewi mis Mawrth a restrir yn Clonc ~ Local St Davids events in March as listed in Clonc Bingo a Chawl, Clwb Rygbi Llanybydder - 1 - Bingo and Cawl, Llanybydder Rugby Club Cawl a Thwmpath, Neuadd Sant Iago Cwmann - 2 - Cawl and Folk Dancing, St James’ Hall Cwmann Cawl a Chân, Neuadd yr Eglwys Maesycrugiau - 8 - Cawl and Singing, Maesycrugiau Church Hall Geirfa ~ Vocabulary Papur bro - Welsh Language Community Paper Cymry - Welsh people hybu - to promote disgynyddion - descendants gweithgareddau - activities cannoedd - hundreds tanysgrifio - to subscribe Eisteddfod - a Welsh festival of literature, music uchafbwyntiau - highlights and performance ysgrifennu - to write Gymanfa Ganu - a Welsh festival of sacred hymns Ariannin - Argentina Cawl - a traditional Welsh broth Urdd Gobaith Cymru - The Welsh League of Youth Twmpath - a Welsh version of the céilidh ymfudo - to emigrate Dylan Lewis 5
LETTERS grapevine, victoria hall, bryn road, lampeter SA48 7EE email: lampetergrapevine@gmail.com
Victoria Hall Refurbishment Update Regular users of the hall may have noticed we are proceeding with the refurbishment of the toilets. The Ceredigion Community Fund, Lampeter Town Council and the not-so-deep coffers of Transition Llambed Development Trust have funded this work. We expect this phase of work to be completed by the end of February, when we hope to have a loo-roll cutting ceremony to celebrate this major improvement.
Sadly there are no letters this month. Please keep in touch. This is your space to let us know what you think. Do you have a burning issue to share, or perhaps some ideas or comments about
In addition, we are delighted to announce that in the last few days we have been awarded considerable funding from the Ceredigion Social Enterprise Growth Fund to continue work on the kitchen, upstairs conference room, offices and a host of energy efficiency initiatives. The ink is not yet on the contracts, let alone dry, but suffice it to say we expect by the second half of the year to have a significantly different look and feel to the interior.
local events, services or activities? This is your newsletter, please help us by sending in your contributions Diolch / Thanks The Newsletter Team
corrections & clarifications
We will publish a more detailed description of the projects in the next edition of the Grapevine and will display some plans in the hall. For the time being, we would like to express our thanks to the funders and to our long-suffering users of the hall. The Directors, Transition Llambed Development Trust
Apologies are expressed for an error in last month’s issue relating to Jo Camlin’s listing in the complementary & alternative therapists section. An incorrect address was recorded. We therefore apologise, to both Jo and Llanfair Clinic, for this misrepresentation and any problems it may have caused.
April issue Copy date:
Fri 8 March Theme:
‘Spring Watch’
“Food security is not in the supermarket. It's not in the government. It's not at the emergency services division. True food security is the historical normalcy of packing it in during the abundant times, building that in-house larder, and resting easy knowing that our little ones are not dependent on next week's farmers' market or the electronic cashiers at the supermarket.” Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World 6
The Return of the Pickle In the times before freezers and all-yearround food availability from the far corners of the planet, many cultures throughout the world ‘pickled’ their vegetables in times of plenty. When it got to their period of shortage, 'the hungry gap’, healthy preserved foods were available to replace fresh produce. For those looking to be more self-reliant, energyefficient and less dependent on supermarkets, consider this: Lacto-fermentation is the process that produces traditional gherkins and real sauerkraut. It takes nothing more than salt, vegetables and water - no canning, no fancy equipment.
Sauerkraut
Photo: Debbie Plaistowe
http://easynaturalfood.com/
This simple process works because of the
lucky fact that bacteria that could be harmful kill off harmful bacteria. The Lactobacillus to us can't tolerate much salt, but there are good guys survive this stage and begin stage healthy bacteria (think: yogurt) that can. two. Think of them as the bad guys versus the good In stage two of lacto-fermentation, the Lactoguys. Lacto-fermentation wipes out the bad bacillus organisms begin converting lactose and guys in its first stage, and then lets the good other sugars present in the food into lactic guys get to work during stage two.
acid. This creates an acidic environment that
The good guys on the salt-tolerant team are safely preserves the vegetables - and gives called Lactobacillus. Several different species lacto-fermented foods their classic tangy flawithin this genus are used to produce fer- vour. mented foods.
Several books, websites and courses are out
The list of benefits of eating food with live there to help you on your way. If you would be
Lactobacillus bacteria seems to be growing, interested in a course being arranged in Lambut include a healthier digestive system and peter,
contact
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speedy recovery from yeast infections. They (mark your email "Lacto course") and we can are also supposed to have anti-inflammatory see if numbers justify it. properties and be useful in preventing certain
Gary Thorogood with considerable help from Leda Meredith
kinds of cancer. In stage one of lacto-fermentation, vegetables
Do you have a favourite Pickle? Send your recipes to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com
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Overall the show went really well and we finished to massive applause and did a little “We wish you a merry Christmas...” Acting in front of an audience is an amazing feeling, being a completely different person up there in front of everyone. It’s so much fun and I would recommend it to anyone. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone backstage, and of course to Annie May our director for putting up with us and being there! We couldn’t have done without you guys. Well done to everyone who took part, y’all did amazing! Remember – there’s no business like show business! Sophie Soutter-Reynolds, aged 12
n o i t c A n i s Kid The making of A Christmas Carol The auditions for A Christmas Carol were quite different to your typical auditions. For a start we didn’t have to learn our lines – we were just supposed to try and get into our character and do things like answer questions from their point of view. We were given a list of typical stage criteria that we were to be assessed on, which included: voice projection, stage presence, use of space, expressiveness, interpretation of the character and our ability to recover when lines are forgotten. Afterwards we were offered certain parts that we might or might not have auditioned for. I was lucky enough to get the character that I wanted, and also an added-on small part - result! The rehearsals were fun but extremely tiring for everyone. They were after school on Friday, which usually meant that most of us were already tired, but it couldn’t be helped unless we were willing to sacrifice our precious weekends - uh, no way! I found it quite easy learning my lines, and everyone else seemed to as well. The first performance went well. I could hear the people on before me loud and clear. I’m not sure how everyone else felt, but honestly I wasn’t that nervous, that is until I stepped out onto that balcony in front of everyone, but it was nothing to worry about. Soon I was relaxed and in character. Besides some missed cues and awkward silences, everyone acted brilliantly and put a lot of effort into that first performance. The second performance on Friday could not have gone better - I thought it was amazing! No missed cues or awkward silences, and the dancers did a good job. An outstanding performance from everyone. The last performance on Saturday was packed. My parents and best friends were in the audience, and the mayor of Lampeter. This time I really was nervous and was praying that I didn’t do anything embarrassing. The show had started and everything was going really well. I was just finishing my scene with Scrooge and was trying to walk quietly off into the dressing room, when I tripped over my dress and landed on the floor with a thump and an “Ow!” At least it was in the dark so they couldn’t see me that well. My friends laughed at me, but that’s what they’re for, isn’t it?
(A member of LYTss ) ______________________________
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NATIONAL CLOWN THEATRE Victoria Hall, Lampeter Fri 5 April Special Matinée 1.30pm
All the fun of the circus slapstick, magic, quick-change, balancing, human slinky acrobat, prizes and surprises.
Limited seating - BOOK NOW Ring 01384 423496 8
Seasonal snippets - more garden & wildlife goodies by Mara, Ian and Tomos Morris who live in Llangybi carrots, beets and a lot more. Not sure if there will be time for the day job though!
march
drawing by Tomos (now aged 7 2/3 !)
the hungry gap filled in the garden… March is a time of year to either kick yourself, because you didn’t grow any over-winter brassicas, or feel very smug because you did. Back in April/May 2012 I thankfully sowed a good selection: Brussels sprouts for Christmas, a variety of tasty kales for right through from autumn to early spring, and my favourite - purple sprouting broccoli (PSB). PSB provides repeat pickings of succulent greens during March and April, whilst waiting for most earlyseason crops to harvest. On the other hand I’m not as pleased with this year’s leeks, as they look more like enthusiastic spring onions. I’m now making a note to sow these from April this year and let them grow to a decent size before the winter. Every growing year is different, and I win some and lose some for a multitude of reasons. My best strategy seems to be growing a very wide variety of crops, which are all pretty safe in our hard climate and also give good returns. March is set to be one of the busiest sowing months. The list is a very long one: broad beans (I’m late with these), lots of different types of tomatoes and chilli peppers (for the greenhouse), salads,
bird watching and listening in March… March is an excellent time of year to learn some of the calls and songs of our most familiar birds. On fine days they can be very vocal, establishing their territories. With no leaves on the trees, this is a good opportunity to watch a bird you know well and to learn and remember the call or song that it is making. Listen out too for the ‘drumming’ of the Great Spotted Woodpecker when out on a walk in the countryside. Just open your eyes and ears and enjoy!
Earth Hour 2013 is focusing on the kind of energy we use. To create a better future for our planet we need A unique annual phenomenon that focuses to move away from dirty fossil fuels and onto clean the world’s attention on our green renewable energy which works with the aweamazing planet, and how some power of nature, not against it. In the UK, we consume three times our fair share of we need to protect it. the planet’s natural resources. Our reliance on highAt 8.30pm on Sat 23 March hundreds of millions of people will turn off their lights for one hour, on the carbon fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas is oversame night, all across the world in a huge, symbolic heating the atmosphere and affecting the climate. show of support. Crucial decisions are being made that will shape our This event is not about sitting in the dark, but about energy system and climate for decades to come. celebrating the things that we all love about the plan- Why not show your support for the planet & switch off et, and this is your chance to take some action to pro- for Earth Hour! For more info & to sign up to join in: tect it - not just for one hour, but every day. www.earthhour.org Check out the video.
WWF’s Earth Hour
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Have you used up all those old Christmas cards yet? If not, here’s a few ideas for more ways of recycling them …
You will need: Old Christmas or birthday cards or coloured paper Scissors Glue stick or PVA Card/Paper
First cut up all your old cards into small pieces, different sizes & shapes are ok Sort into colour groups (these are now your mosaics)
Draw a design onto a larger piece of card/paper
Stick mosaics inside the design
Leave to dry Admire your artwork
Think of another design!
Try out other materials for making the mosaics - fabric, junk mail, leaves, old CD’s (always get permission first before starting to cut anything up! & get someone to help)
Why not try something for Mother’s Day too
Send in photos of your crafty makes to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com
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Friday 8 March 2013
Victoria Hall: regular activities and classes Bryn Road, Lampeter SA48 7EE To book the Victoria Hall phone: 07891 632614 Email: admin@vichall.org.uk
www.vichall.org.uk Contact
Day
Weekly (W) Fortnightly (F) Monthly (M)
Time
Activity / Class
Monday
W
7-9pm
Tuesday
W
Wednesday
Name
Number
Wing Chun Kungfu
Flo Hunt
07796 796259
7.308.30pm
Zumba keep fit session
Julie Lancaster
01570 470542
F 6 & 20 March
1.304.30pm
Young at Heart
W
7-8pm
Zumba keep fit session
Louise Evans
07584 199372
W
10am-12 noon & 1-3pm
Welsh classes
Meryl Evans
01545 572715
M 3rd Thur each month
7-9pm
Transition Llambed ‘Big Gathering’
Friday
W
4.306.30pm
LYTSS: Lampeter Youth Theatre & Stage School
Saturday
2nd & 4th Sat each month
10am1pm
People’s Market
M 2nd Sat each month
2-4pm
Sing Out, Harmony Song Workshop
Clara Clay
07929 018928
W
10am7pm
Lampeter Evangelical Church
Gareth Jones at the Mustard Seed café
01570 423344
W
7-9pm
Brazilian Jujitsu
Mike A. Banica
07783 582081
Thursday
Sunday
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Tea, sandwiches & social for the wiser folk of Lampeter
A chance for all those interested in/ involved with Transition Llambed to plan and co-ordinate activities Everyone welcome! Annie May
01570 423080
Local food, produce and crafts. Plus café, occasional live music and other attractions
what’s going on listings are free. send details of your event to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com
music________________ Lampeter Music Club at the Arts Hall, University of Wales Trinity St David. Sun 10 March, 2.30pm: Inner City Brass, brass quintet. Tickets on the door, £9/£7.50 concs. Students free with a Union Card. Two children free with a paying adult. Contact: David Cockburn, 01570 422436 Lampeter World Sacred Music Festival, 22-24 March. Karl Jenkins conducts, The Armed Man. Plus much more. See advert on page 15
courses_______________ Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Betws Bledrws Sat 9 Mar: Sustainable Beekeeping Sat 30 Mar: Chocolate Egg Creations/Great Easter Bunny Egg Hunt & Nature Trail Wed 3 Apr: Natural Gardening (4part course contd 10 & 24 Apr, 8 May) Thur 4 April: Kitchen Garden Herbs for Health & Taste Thur 11 April: Wild Spring Greens Sat 13-Mon 15 April: Bird Identification Further details: 01570 493358, www.denmarkfarm.org.uk Introduction to Sociocracy workshop. 10am-5pm, Sat 16-Sun 17 March, Denmark Farm. Cost: £100. Sociocracy (or Dynamic Self Governance) is a form of organising by consent - a structured way of working collaboratively. For anyone who seeks inclusive alternatives to top-down management or unstructured consensus. Accommodation available on-site. Contact: Linda Winn 01570 471717, linda.winn@hotmail.co.uk
health & well-being courses & classes______ Gentle Yoga classes suitable for all: Mon 10-11.30am Pontrhydfendigaid Village Hall Tues 10-11.30am Cellan Hall Tues 1.45-3.15pm Llangeitho Hall Weds 5.30-7pm Tregaron Chapel Vestry Contact: Cathy Crick Stanton, 01570 421144 / 07748 031614, cathycrick@hotmail.co.uk
Meditation, Qi Gong and Breathing exercises class to deal with stress of modern living. Self-help practices for health, awareness and insight. Thurs 7-8.30pm (except 3rd Thurs of month), Argoed Hall, Tregaron. £5. Before attending please contact: Iain Cameron Watson, 07852 626001, cameronbodywork@gmail.com
move your body________ Belly dance & Belly fit classes Belly Dance: Mon. 1.30-2.45pm (all ages). Belly Fit: 3-4.00pm (over 50s) Shiloh Church Hall, Lampeter (next to the police station on the High Street). All fitness levels welcome. Contact: Rose Barter, 01239 851737 Belly Dance & Yoga classes Belly Dance: Tues 7.30-8.30pm. £3.00. Beginner Yoga: Thur 78.30pm, £5.00. Crugybar Village Hall. Contact: 01558 685321, elenamgilliatt@hotmail.com Folk dancing Every Wed, 8-10 pm. Talsarn Village Hall. Everybody welcome (including musicians). No partner or experience needed. £1.50 including refreshments. Contact: 01974 272098
20 March: Creative writing 27 March: Card making Wheelchair access to hall & toilet. Free car park. Only £2.50 a session (includes vegetarian lunch and all activities). Pay on the day, no membership fee or advance fee - drop in when you please. Come and see if you like our group. New members always welcome. Contact: 01570 423167 / 01545 590391
markets______________ People’s Market, Victoria Hall, Lampeter, 10am-1pm Sat 9 & Sat 23 March Lampeter Farmers' Market Market Street, Lampeter, 9am-2pm alternate Fridays Next market: Friday 8 March Ffarmers Market Neuadd Bro Fana/Village Hall, Ffarmers, 10am-12.30pm 1st Sat in the month Next market: Saturday 2 March Llansawel Market Llansawel Village Hall, 10am 12.30pm 3rd Sat of the month Next market: Saturday 16 March
Cerddwyr Ramblers, Lampeter, organise a variety of weekly walks throughout the year. Anyone interested in walking with the group is warmly welcomed to join. A walking programme is available from the Town Library or James, 01570 480743.
Lunar Market. Saturday 2 March, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall, 10am-3pm. Local produce and crafts and refreshments. Contact: 07920 063773.
Flamenco Dance classes weekly in Lampeter and Aberystwyth with Dixey Ruscelli. Tues 6-7.15pm, Sally Saunders Dance Studio, Lampeter Industrial Estate, Tregaron Rd, Lampeter (next to Organic Fresh Food Co) Wed 6-7.30pm, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, with live flamenco guitarist. Men and women welcome. Please bring strong chunky-heeled shoes. Contact: 01570 493138, dixeyart@gmail.com
Storytelling Group/Noson Storiau—Change of venue to Denmark Farm, Betws Bledrws. Friendly, informal storytelling evening 7-9pm every 3rd Mon in the month. Croeso i bawb, Cymru, Saeson a Thylwyth Teg, dynion a merched, oedol yn a phlant. Ever yone welcome,from complete beginners to talented bards. Come to listen, come to tell. Please bring a small donation to cover room hire & refreshments. Ffoniwch: Rachel 01570 493222 rachauck@yahoo.co.uk
women’s workshop_____ Wed 10.30am-3pm, St James’ Hall, Cwmann. Every Weds: 11am Qi Gong - gentle exercise. 12noon lunch. 1pm workshop. 6 March: Storytelling to celebrate World Book Day 13 March: A Celebration of International Women’s Day 12
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Llangeitho Book Group meets every second Weds of the month, 2pm in Llangeitho Village Café. We choose a book to read and chat over a paned/cuppa. Contact: 01974 821213 (or just turn up!) gillymail22-book@yahoo.co.uk,
theatre_______________ Lampeter Youth Theatre and Stage School (LYTss) Every Fri, 4.306.30pm, Victoria Hall. Contact: Annie May, 01570 423080, annie@themay.co.uk
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Hanes Llambed / Lampeter History Society Talks are at 7.30pm, Old Hall, University of Wales Trinity St David. All welcome. Tues 19 Mar: Jen Cairns: 'Miss Saunders fach, Undergrove: our link with Senghenydd 1913' Tues 16 April Margaret Bide: 'Woollen textiles in modern Romania: a parallel with pre-industrial Wales'. Contact: Penny David, 01570 422041
Teifi Writers. meet on 2nd Sat of the month in Llandysul, and have workshops with professional writers. Contact: Kelly, 01267 235336. Llanybydder Outdoor Activities events ________________ Committee, Easter Fun Day. Mon 1 April, from 12 noon, Black Lion Hotel Alister Hardy Society for the Study car park, Llanybydder. Egg hunt, Eastof Spiritual Experience. Speaker: er bonnet competition, children’s craft Jennifer Jones, NFSH. “Healing with tent. Plus car boot sale (indoors if wet) the Feminine Principle - Relation- & light refreshments. Contact: 01570 ships”. Sat 2 March 10.30am, Found- 480209 er's Library, UWLTSD, Lampeter. ReLampeter Permaculture Group is a scheduled from 16 February. Contact: collective of like-minded people, interEr ic Frank lin, 0157 0 471367, ested in the practice and principles of erf678@googlemail.com permaculture and sustainability. More People's Kitchen, Sun 3 Mar (& every info: www.lampeterpermaculture.org 1st Sun of the month) from 2pm, Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall. Delicious photography ___________ vegan meal - Magic Hat rule (pay what Lampeter Photography meet on 1st you can afford). Jam (not the kind that and 3 Friday of every month, 7.30 pm comes in a jar!) with local musicians. at the Kings Head, Lampeter. Monthly Contact Mandi, 07976 536983 competitions, exhibitions & workshops. Coedwig Gymunedol Long Wood All welcome. FREE. Contac t: Stef, 07958 772035, Community Woodland, Next meeting: 4 March, 7.30pm. St lampeterphotography@yahoo.co.uk Thomas’ Church, Lampeter. This will religious services & be the last meeting in this current format. Come along to hear about the groups ________________ changes. All welcome. Contact: Philip Lampeter Parish or Carolyn Swain, 01570 493284 St Peter’s Church, Lampeter. Main Why not join our regular volunteer Sun Service: 11am (bilingual), Other days? Contact: services: 8am Holy Communion warden@longwood-lampeter.org.uk (English), 9.30am Cymun Bendigaid The Welsh Quilt Centre's 2013 exhi- (trydydd Sul yn y mis yn unig, Cymbition, Kaffe Fassett Comes to raeg). Wales. The exhibition will be open St Peter’s Church Hall in Lampeter is from March 9 to November 2 at the available for hire at £8.50 per hour. Welsh Quilt Centre, Lampeter. AdmisIncludes use of kitchen facilities. For sion: £5, £4 concs, £2.50 students. enquiries or bookings contact: Beryl, Animal Relief event, fundraising for 01570 422324. For more information animal sanctuaries. Sat 16 March, visit: www.lampeterparish.org 10am-4pm, Aberystwyth bandstand on St Cybi’s Church, Llangybi. Main sea front. Free, donations welcome. Sun Service: 9am (bilingual). Stalls, live band, animal themed face painting, talks, sand castle competi- St Bledrws’ Church, Betws Bledrws. tion. Facebook: “Animal Relief” or Main Sun Service: 10.45am (English or bilingual). email wmanimals@live.co.uk Poets & Peasants. Thur 17 March, 8pm, Castle Green pub, Bryn Rd, Lampeter. Bring your poetry, songs, stories, music, yourselves and your friends. Entertain or be entertained, all for £1 donation
published in the local newspapers. Seventh Day Adventists meet fortnightly on Sat at Cellan Millennium Hall, 10.15am-3.15pm. For more details: www.cellanmillenniumhall.co.uk Lampeter Evangelical Church meets every Sunday at Victoria Hall, 10am– 7pm. Contact: Gareth Jones at The Mustard Seed café, 01570 423344 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Lampeter Sunday Mass is 10am. For other services see church notice board. Lampeter Quakers. Every Sunday at Canolfan Steffan, Peterwell Terrace at 10.45am. All welcome. Crynwyr Llambed. Cwrdd bob ddydd Sul, Canolfan Steffan, Rhodfa Peterwell, 10.45 yb. Croeso i bawb. Contact / Cysylltwch: Deborah Rowlands, 01570 480083, deborahjrowlands@gmail.com St Thomas' Methodist Church Sunday service 10.30am with creche and youth activity. Tuesday coffee morning 9.30-12noon with Beacon of Hope drop-in. All welcome. Details on chapel notice board. Everyone welcome. Interested in Buddhism? A Study Group for Women. Exploring the underlying principle of Buddhist Practice and how we can apply this in our daily lives. Meets one day a month near Aberystwyth. Meditation, shared lunch. Contact: Lesley 01970 617129 or Noel 07988 745364
social _________________ Lampeter Friends is a new SelfAdvocacy group for people with learning disabilities, set up by Eich Dewis Chi (soon to become Ceredigion Advocacy). Every Wed, 2-4pm, CAMFA building, Lampeter. A welcoming and supportive space for people with learning disabilities to meet and talk about issues important to them. Free, all welcome. Meet new friends, find support, take part in activities, build confidence, learn new skills and hobbies and have fun! Contact: Rebecca, Project Coordinator, 07976 023486
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St Sulien’s Church, Silian. Main Sun Ray Ceredigion offers free, openaccess outdoor play sessions. Starting Service: 2pm (bilingual /Cymraeg). at Maes Y Felin play area, Lampeter, St Mary’s Church, Maestir. Main Sun every Mon (term time), 4-6pm. Also at Service: 2.30pm (2nd Sun in month Rhydlanfair play area, Llangybi, Mon, only, English). 3.30-5.30pm. Contact: Helen Lewis, Times apply to the first four Sundays in 01545 570686 each month. For the few fifth Sundays there will be a single United Parish Service at 10am: location will be 13
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International Women's Day 2013 Originally called International Working Women's Day, IWD is marked on 8 March every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from a general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In some regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner. (Info from Wikipedia…) What are women in this area doing on IWD this year? Some are going to: * MILLION WOMEN RISE: National demo in London, Sat 9 March The biggest women's march in Europe against male violence in all its forms. Tickets are now on sale for the bus from Lampeter to the Million Women Rise March. Event is free. Pickup locations: Lampeter/Carmarthen/Llanelli/ Swansea/Cardiff M4 J33 Services/Cardiff Castle/Newport J29. Sliding scale: £28 medium to high income / £17.50 Low income / £13 No income/students/benefits /£13 children. Tickets are already selling fast. To book a seat on the bus please contact us as soon as possible: 07708 851413, millionwomenrisecymru2010@hotmail.co.uk For details of the march: www.millionwomenrise.com * Reclaim the Night Wales Evening, Fri 8 March, in Cardiff NUS Wales and Welsh Women's Aid will co-host a march for women and men through central Cardiff. 7.30pm march assembles at Park Place, Cardiff SU. Rally at 8.30pm, Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Avenue Does anyone want to organise anything more local?
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from the bottom continuing annie may’s narrative of surviving losing everything in the late 1980s crash PART 7 Chickens and Gardening We came to Panteg in August. We established vegetable gardens and animal accommodation. Hens to start with.
Actually, from a human point of view chickens aren’t very nice people. If they find one of their numbers tangled in a bramble or hurt they’ll peck it to death. Look a chicken in the eye. You know that there is no meeting of minds here. Ducks are sweet and quite cuddly when you pick them up; but the look in the eye is no different. There is nothing in a duck’s eye that speaks to you; heart to heart I mean. If these creatures are truly descended form Dinosaurs I, for one, am relieved to find that only the small ones are left. There is no compassion there to speak of. But I wonder what it would be like if the boot was on the other foot. I don’t suppose they’d they keep us in battery cages.
The Dodo walked alone. None of the other birds seemed to recognise her as a chicken. She stalked through puddles stooping to sip some horrible oily water with the sapient air of a wine connoisseur. I bought her as an egg and she turned into a vast, mottled, awkward bird that lurched about the farmyard squawking and bumping into equipment. We thought she wouldn’t survive for long; either a dog or a fox would pounce on her, if only to shut her up. So we called her the Dodo. But she lived on, and on and . . .
Annie May
The chickens had their houses in the pond field. It was choked with reeds and brambles and had no pond. But once the pond and the vegetable garden had been dug and soft fruit beds established it was a lovely place to work. Some fifty hens lived at one end of the field. By the pond there were five geese; a crowd of Khaki Campbells and some snooty white Muscovies. The ducks lived in brand new houses and the geese under cover of an Isuzu pickup nailed to an old door to make it fox proof. Geoff built Poultry Metropolis, I gardened.
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We had two dozen rescue birds from the nearby battery farm. We penned them over some fifty by fifteen feet of cattle muck. By the time they had finished it cut like the best chocolate cake; dark, moist and of an even consistency all the way through. It became the base for my vegetable garden. I spent every summer evening barrowing it.
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The Warrens reminded me of us with their settling in problems. They huddled into a tiny space in the corner of their house. When we got them they didn’t know how to scratch or use the space they found themselves in. They huddled in a corner of their house until one day I shooed them out where gradually they began to enjoy the sun, the green grass, the bugs, and were making an attempt at dust baths.
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LIGHT OF LOVE FOUNDATION Can you help us to make the ‘Poetry Corner’ a regular feature of the Grapevine? Send your musings to lampetergrapevine@gmail.com
Some of you may be wondering what’s going on behind the sari-draped screen in the People’s Market. Nothing sinister, I assure you. What is happening is that I am channelling the Universal Energy through my own energy field into the energy field of the person who is sitting receiving it. I do not even have to touch the receiver. I firmly believe that this energy is an intelligent force and knows what our body needs and how much it needs at any one time. Almost everyone can feel that something is happening, although each one experiences it differently. Back in the 1980s I worked with the Masters in a spiritual community in America, learning techniques of healing energy transmission. Two and a half years ago I was attuned by the Light of Love Foundation to intensify my ability to channel this energy. The Light of Love is transmitted into this frequency by a Hungarian named Tibor, who had a nineminute near-death experience and came back to life able to sense and transmit energy of a very high vibration. He is also able to attune other people to carry on this work. There is a large Light of Love community in Hungary, and Tibor visited Wales three years ago to bring his gift; he feels a strong connection with the Celts due to the same racial origins of both countries. He is coming again to Wales in March. Here in Wales there are 39 people attuned to give Energy Treatments. We do not claim to heal, although the energy is undoubtedly a healing force. However, the results are different for everyone. Most people feel very relaxed after the treatment and it is generally accepted by holistic therapists that relaxation is the first step to physical healing. For those of us on a conscious spiritual pathway, regular treatments and, especially, being attuned to give the energy, speeds up that process. We are holding a preparation group near Lampeter, at the end of February and beginning of March, in readiness for the next Attunement on the weekend 15 17 March, when we stay in a wonderful retreat centre near Llandrindod Wells. Interested in exploring this further? or would like free Energy Treatment outside People's Market hours? Contact me: Ceredwin, 01570 421476.
Poetry Corner A CELTIC FESTIVAL SONG Sing to the Gods a song: Sacrifice given in love: Hear the trees sing us a song: Glorious sacred grove Three doves signal Rebirth; The Eagle, a God of Light; Wild Boar we bury for Death; Lamb, the Symbol of Life Oak fans out to the sky; The Ash is tall, straight and true; The Beech it pleases the eye; Most precious is the Yew Water creates and will take; Rivers such secrets we tell; Chariots placed in the Lake; Sacred the Holy Well Sing to the Gods a song: Glory at the sacred grove: Listen the trees tell a song: Truth is the path to love by Daisy Ching 18
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add 6 cloves of chopped garlic, a 1-inch piece of ginger finely chopped, 2 tablespoons of ground cumin, 2 tablespoons of ground coriander, 2 tablespoons of tomato puree, and a finely-chopped red chilli. Cook this mixture for a couple of minutes, keep it moving in the pan to prevent it burning. To this mixture add 1lb of potato chopped into ½ inch cubes, along with some salt and 1 pint of veg stock. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are almost cooked. Shed 1lb of savoy cabbage. Add to the pan and replace the lid - don’t stir it in just yet, give it 5 minutes to cook in the steam before stirring it in. Another 5 minutes should do it - depends how you like your greens.
Puree half of the mixture - it is best to divide the contents of the pan and totally whizz one half whilst leaving the other half intact. That way you retain Mind the Gap some bite-size bits rather than ending up with a halfI thought the ‘hungry gap’ occurred every afternoon whizzed mush. around half past four. I’ve already had too much cofYou can serve the soup now, but you may want to fee, I need a shot of something because the thought add a large tin of coconut milk and the juice of half a of working for the good of my employer is not suffilemon - remembering to re-heat. Check for seasoncient to keep me awake, and I’m not going to make it ing and sprinkle lots of chopped coriander leaves on till teatime without either nodding off or losing the will top if you fancy it. to work. I know I should eat an orange or banana but I also know the biscuit barrel contains a few broken Variations: bourbons or, if in the office, the vending machine Feel free to replace the savoy cabbage with any beckons - both hold the added attraction of 5 greens you can find. Kale may still be lurking in the minutes away from the laptop. Chocolate and ‘work polytunnel, or early spinach may have made an appearance. If using spinach don’t bother to shred it - it avoidance’ - who could say no? will wilt down. Anyway, to my surprise, I discover the hungry gap is nothing to do with my lack of moral fibre and lots to The spice mixture can be replaced with garam masado with the dearth of colours hanging around in the la - but don’t forget the tomato puree. The amount of bottom of my fridge. What to do? All the pretty shiny chilli is, as always a matter of taste. Increase or destuff is long gone, or long-haul, so we have to deal crease depending upon your preference. Tim Martin with the few seasonal veg either still hanging on or just coming through.
Cabbage ‘Tourmaline’ (Winter Savoy)
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Do not despair. At this time of year there is nothing more suited to the weather than a bowl of soup - and I think there is nothing better suited to soup than the humble potato. A bit of colour is easily added, using some of the greens still strong at this time of year, and a touch of spice adds a bit of a bite to combat the cold. Potato and Savoy Cabbage Soup with Indian Spices (serves 5 as a main) In a big pan (about 6 pints) heat a couple of tablespoons of oil and gently sweat 2 coarsely-chopped onions. Whilst this is going on you have time to prepare the other ingredients. When the onions are soft, 19
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Recent Reviews Beautiful Banners The Year 7 Religious Studies class at Ysgol Bro Pedr were surprised to find the tables set with colourful art materials and some religious symbols, when they came to class on 9 January. Their teacher, Sian Thomas, introduced artist Lynne Denman and explained that today they would have the opportunity to collaborate on some designs for six banners to decorate the streets of Lampeter for the Sacred Music Festival in March. The pupils worked in six groups, one for each of the major world religions: Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. One for each of the six banners. To begin with, everyone chose a sheet of coloured paper and drew, with one coloured pastel, their own version of the symbol. Everyone noticed something different and finally there were five unique versions of the same symbol. Next, one person from each group was chosen to be the artist, while everyone else chose their best bits from all the drawings and told the artist what to draw. The artist re-drew all of the favourite bits into one colourful picture and then each one explained to the class what they had done. By the end of the class there were 25 beautiful individual drawings and 6 colourful collaborative pictures. The pupils' work has been given to the artists of Lampeter Artworks, who are making a great job of painting the designs onto six large banners. Thanks are also due to Shirley's friend who has provided materials, Glangwili Laundry, and Helena of Pwythau in Lampeter. Shop owners will be invited to hang a banner above their shops during the Festival. L Denman
Moving Music at the Mulberry Bush several of her own wry compositions about relationA wet and windy Saturday evening in January was warmed up nicely by a good meal at the Mulberry Bush followed by music from local singer and guitarist, Georgia Owen. Georgia has recently returned to her roots in West Wales, and is fast becoming established on the music scene with several well-received performances under her belt. But, before the music, we had a menu "inspired by Indian cuisine". For starters I opted for the tasty vegan potato and pea patties, while my husband chose the vegetable pakoras. The main course was a vegan Thali. The rich aubergine and tomato curry was complemented perfectly by the delicately spiced rice with almonds and the cute little bowl of red pepper and coconut soup. However, the potato and cauliflower in cashew and sesame sauce met mixed reviews on our table - some loved it and some were unsure about the smoky taste. The dessert choice was a tough one - banoffee cream pie, which lived up to its billing as “not Indian at all, just yummy!”, or the juicy and comforting pistachio and pear crumble. After the meal, Georgia grabbed our attention with a soulful version of John Lennon’s Imagine followed by
ship woes. Following a Beatles medley came the evening’s highlight - a powerful and heartfelt performance of Mary J Blige’s No More Drama. She then lifted the mood with a couple of her own upbeat numbers - including the Rolling Stones-inspired Let’s spend the night together. After a break, Georgia returned with Steeleye Span’s All Around My Hat and the audience sang along enthusiastically. By now, any first-half nerves were gone and she gave an impromptu a capella performance of a sea shanty to loud applause. Georgia quotes Joni Mitchell as one of her influences, and the set included Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi and Night Ride Home as well as more of Georgia’s own songs. These included the hauntingly beautiful Glencoe, written when she lived in Scotland, and the fun rap Wannabe. The encore was Elton John and Kiki Dee’s Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, and her young daughter (and biggest fan!) Lauren presented her with a bunch of roses. Check out future events at the Mulberry Bush on www.mulberrywholefoods.co.uk or Facebook, and you can look forward to fantastic good-value food and great music in a friendly atmosphere. But, when they invite Georgia back, make sure you book your place early! Mary Galliers
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you offer a service?
Need
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something?
Why not advertise it
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HERE?
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