Volume Deadline for Next Issue Articles 10/15 20/10/2015 Contents Page 2 - News 3 - July Crossword - Answers 4 - August Quiz 5 - QH Choir 7 - Wine Club 9 - Walking Club 12 - Angling Club 13 - Craft Club 18 - Golf Society 19 - Rose Clark: Raising Funds for Yorkshire Cancer Care 21 - Club Contact Details 22 - Club Activity Programme 23 - Christmas Party 24 - Pedometer Challenge 25 - The Glass Menagerie 26 - Autumn Ticket Offer 27 - Activities Refunds 30 - Lacey’s Cheese Making 32 - Paris Trip 33 - Geocaching 34 - Member Benefits 40 - Becca Lawther Charity Skydive 41 - Table Tennis 43 - London Family Fun Trip 44 - First Direct Area Concerts 46 - HASSRA Y&H Offers 48 - The Forum Adverts 52 - Booking Form and T&C Please Contact Phil On: 0113 2324456 All articles for inclusion in The Newsletter should be sent to: the.newsletter@ hotmail.co.uk October www.hassraleedsnewsletter.com 1 October News This month’s highlights Welcome to out October newsletter, sorry Thank you to everyone who supported it’s a bit late but we were really busy our Macmillan Coffee morning. We raised preparing for yesterday’s Wellbeing a staggering amount which we’ll tell you event, where it was lovely to talk to new more about next time (Simon and his people about HASSRA Leeds and all the colleagues are still counting all the cash). fantastic clubs we have, we also picked up a few names for our first open table Last month, we made a mistake by tennis and badminton session. assuming that the Nick Clark Memorial Match was organised by our Angling I would like to say a special thank you to Club. This wasn’t the case and when we Janet Coy, Jan Legge, Nicola Watkis, found out more about Nick’s wife Rose Anne Brown, Jackie Bryan and Jackie and how she has raised £25,000 over four Wood who demonstrated Zentangle, years, we decided we had to let you Origami Christmas trees, crochet and know more about her. knitting at the Wellbeing event. It was a hectic day and we were fighting for We’re delighted that the Craft Club has space due to a table shortage but it was received funding for the year, so will be fun too. If you’d like to be involved in out and about learning new skills and future events, either making things or passing them on. We meet informally talking about HASSRA, please let me every lunchtime: 12:30 on Mondays and know. 12:00 the rest of the week. Please contact [email protected] or me I really love seeing the things people ([email protected]) to find have made and sharing ideas and out where we are meeting (sometimes it’s inspiration. If you’ve made something or too cold in the North Atrium!). HASSRA are contributing to a wider effort and members can join the Craft Club for just would like to share the links, please £1 and be able to claim back 50% (up to contact me and we’ll in include you in £10) per craft event or class they go to). our next “Handmade by Us” article. This We’ll tell you more about that next month month’s starter features lots of DWP too! makers – mainly because I’ve passed these people in the corridor and been See you soon nosey about what they are wearing or doing. You don’t have to work in DWP to Elizabeth take part! 2 August Quiz - Answers Skool Dayz 1. Where did Billy Bunter go to school? Greyfriars School 2. In which TV series did Michael Palin and Terry Jones parody “Tom Brown’s Schooldays”? Ripping Yarns 3. Who complained to the BBC about Alice Cooper’s hit “School’s Out” being shown on Top of the Pops”? Mary Whitehouse 4. Where did Nigel Molesworth go to school? St. Custards 5. What was the name of the BBC school quiz popular in the 1960s? Top of the Form 6. In which rock band does the guitarist don a schoolboy’s uniform when he plays? AC/DC 7. Whose stint as a schoolteacher was reflected in his early novel “A Clerygman’s Daughter”? George Orwell 8. Where did Jennings go to school? Linbury Court Prep School 9. The movie “School for Scoundrels” was based on which series of books by Stephen Potter? Gamesmanship 10. What was the other A-side on Paul McCartney and Wings number one single “Mull of Kintyre”? Girls School 11. The format of “University Challenge” was based on a US quiz series. What was that called? College Bowl 12. What do Edward Heath, Sean Kerly and Hawkwind have in common? All went to Chatham House Grammar School, Ramsgate There were 9 entries, 7 of which were correct. The winner is Aileen Buchanan, Ground Floor 3 Film Anagrams Quiz 1) A new hello . 2) Tanglement, I'm heartsore . 3) Scar man washes Ace taxis . 4) Thieving if dangled hot . 5) A clairvoyant armpit . 6) Bought stress . 7) Heroic texts . 8) Then she exists . 9) The grin The Ring . 10) The primitive win whatever . 11) Army Voices . 12) Infant is not ideal . 13) Fathead downed . 14) On theme . 15) Oh, abhor a panic . 16) Let go, sprite . 17) Renowned maniacal fool, winner . 18) Charm, keen wit . 19) Fun as Hot-headed . Your name and membership number:__________________________________________________________ Location____________________________________ Tel:________________________________________ Please send your completed quiz to Phil Hepworth, Forum Reception by 20th October COP. All correct entries (or highest score) will be entered into a prize draw for £30. Members only. 4 Quarry House Choir My 'Sing for Pleasure' experience! Stephanie Howe is currently on loan from DWP to the Government Legal Department (GLD) in London. She’s a Coates, a former founder member of the Quarry House Director, and Head of Foundation Choir and has also initiated a new Studies, at Leeds College of Music and, half week course. We were blown GLD choir which will shortly be in memorium, his baton is awarded at away by the amount we were celebrating its first anniversary. each year to the conducting student able to learn in a short space of Stephanie attended the recent Sing who has made the most progress during time. We certainly worked hard for Pleasure Workshop we advertised. Summer School – Jane Edwardson, our from warm ups at 8.45am through choir’s director is a previous recipient of to around 4 or 4.30pm after which It's not often you get to say 'been this accolade. there were opportunities to there, done that and got the T-shirt' and attend a range of performances actually mean it literally. But that's the What particularly surprised me was the from the other groups. There was case for me having just spent a few warm camaraderie amongst the an informal, 'show off your party days in the idyllic setting of Keele groups, many of whom were piece' night on the Friday evening University learning more about choral newcomers. The diversity of talent was which was fabulous not least singing. The idea that a group from the also a very pleasant surprise as every because we got to join in a bit of Quarry House Choir should attend the day there was some kind of gospel singing! We were wowed ‘Sing for Pleasure’ (SfP) Summer School performance as groups shared their by all the talent on show! was prompted by a choir member Nick learning in both singing and conducting. Flood, who has been a regular part of Some attendees, including Nick, were The big performances were on the this experience for several years! Little on the full week course whereas others Saturday evening where each did I know but SfP celebrated its 50th including the other 7 of us were on the choral group sang 5-6 songs anniversary last year so I have come to before joining together for a this experience rather late since it lovely gospel song called 'My life began just before I was born! As a is in your hands'. Then we joined charity it relies on income from the together to sing Mozart's Requiem events it runs as well as donations from with full orchestra before retiring a variety of sources and provides to the bar for a nightcap! wonderful musical experiences for all ages and tastes in music. There is I can honestly say it was an community singing for those relatively experience to be relished, with new to singing, chorale singing for the such variety of music on offer from more experienced who can follow each group, from madrigals, to music, and consort singing for the very jazzy versions of Shakespeare's brave and daring with the more sonnets, from heavy classical demanding repertoire. You can even through to 'It's raining men' and learn how to conduct if you're an 'YMCA', and yes it is the ones aspiring choir leader starting with the you're thinking of. Who knew you very basics and working up to the could sing these in choral intermediate and advanced courses! harmony! One of the founders of SfP was John Final rehearsal before the big performance. 5 Quarry House Choir I recommend the course to anyone wanting to get back into singing and build their confidence in group singing as well as anyone wanting to stretch themselves a little more. The accommodation was comfortable and we were well fed with all meals being included. The teaching staff were superb and totally dedicated to getting the best from us.