Published as Issue No. 129
June 16, 2015
This issue looks more like a calendar with a surprising number of forthcoming events for a community with only a few hundred households.
Dancing without the Stars: Never done Medieval dance before? Who has, but here’s your chance, this Sunday at the Houghton Valley Community Hall, 80 Houghton Bay Rd. 3.30 – 6 pm.
“Come one, come all” invites Coral on behalf of the Friends of Houghton Valley “and celebrate the shortest day of the year. Best costume prizes for girls and boys and ladies and gentlemen, entry $5 or family $10. Fun for all the family!”
Janet Boutel will introduce the Early Dances. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, London who studied Early Dance in Europe and attended many dance workshops, notably in Belgium, France and Switzerland and has taught Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque dance at such places as Cambridge University UK, Yale University USA, the Early Music Centre London. As a ballet teacher she is familiar with our hall. This is a Friends of Houghton Valley fundraising event.
Potluck Friday: On June 26, at 7 pm the first Potluck Fridays at the Community Hall gets underway with a talk by two local artists recently returned from overseas adventures. Grant Corbishley will share his experiences of making art with Chinese students, while Andrea Selwood will talk about her time as Artist in Residence at Bamboo Curtain Studios, Taipei and how she sees the link between art and building community. Bring some food to share. Tea and coffee provided, the hall will be warm and cosy.
Founders Day: Founders Day at the Alice Krebs Lodge on Te Raekaihau Point will be held this year on Saturday, July 11th at 2 pm. This event has been held for a number of years with increasing numbers of locals taking the ten minute walk up the hill from the end of View Rd extension to join members of the Kae Miller Trust for afternoon tea and see progress on the planting/restoration work carried out by TRiG. Kae’s vision for the retreat and peace and conservation was featured in a January 1982 article in the “Evening Post”. [Attachment missing]
School Fair: Saturday, 31 October is set for the school fair. Organiser Karen advises that prior to that they host monthly craft evenings where parents gather in the school library with refreshments and have a social, productive time crafting items to sell. They are always on the lookout for people able to pass on skills in making easy, saleable items, and also people to come and craft with the group. The next evening will be on June 19, where they will make hair accessories. If you feel you could run a session, or wish to come along for a fun evening, please contact Karen. “We would love to hear from you as we look to make the Fair more of a community-focused event.”
Norman and contributors