LEATHERHEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION UPDATE
After such a long, hot dry Summer it will be good (at the time of writing) to welcome cooler days and nights! Here are the many interesting talks, visits and activities that will take place in the Institute over the Autumn. Gwen Hoad starts her music programme on 19 September with a ‘Pick & Mix’ and this is followed on 17 October, 21 November and 19 December by three more afternoons of music to enjoy. The Art/History lectures, arranged by Liz Meikle, start on 26 September with a series of 6 lectures with an eclectic mix of subjects ranging from Frida Kahlo, Arthur Gormley to Gauguin. As this is ‘the year of the women’ there will be one devoted to women in Art. On 12 October Tea and Talks will have the final talk in the Thames series taking you from Tower Bridge to Gallions Reach, on 9th November the Phoenix Players will perform the play ‘Beware of the Fat Man and adventure with a Sat Nav’, and there will be a ‘Christmas Miscellany’ presented by Ian Bevan and his wife on 14th December. There will be a full programme in the Institute over the Heritage Open Days weekend, 14-16 September, when there will be three talks, five exhibitions and two performances on the Sunday. Please look in the special HOD brochure for all the details. Don’t forget there is table tennis and snooker on Monday afternoons, two book clubs on Thursdays, and on Fridays you can play Scrabble or join in with the friendly Social Bridge Group which plays for two hours from 2pm also on a Friday. Rosanna and Janet have planned the Autumn visits going to Chiswick House in September, Freemasons Hall London in October, and Nutcracker at
Guildford in November, and Peter Humphreys is organising his shorter and longer walks, he is always happy to give you full details, just phone him on 01372 378347. The Institute can also offer you tickets at reduced prices for three concerts at the Royal Festival Hall. On 24 October there is an evening of music with a french flavour with the London Philarmonic Orchestra, on 6 November there is music by Grieg and Sibelius with the Orion Orchestra, and on 14 December ‘Christmas Classics’ is being presented by the London Concert Orchestra, together with the Trumpeters of the Coldstream Guards and much more. David Hanson on 01372 374020 can give you full details of all these concerts. Remember that there are rooms for hire in the Institute, either for a single event or a course of classes, but for full information on everything that happens in the Institute please call in where you can pick up the new Newsletter which gives you all the information on the different programmes that will be running in the Autumn. Membership of the Institute is only £5 a year and most of the activities are free to Members, but nonmembers are always welcome for a small charge. There is nearly always a cup of coffee or tea available in the library which is open every morning where you can borrow DVD’s as well as books. Sarah, the administrator, is always very happy to answer any of your questions, she is in the office every morning from 9.30-12.30. Please phone her on 01372 360508, or email at lca2@btconnect.com or go to our website www.leatherheadca.org.uk FROM FRANCES PRESLEY
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