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10 SEPTEMBER 2005 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Regular Events SPORT & FITNESS A club of note v Finchley & Hornsey Ramblers By Diana Cormack Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 Television programmes about singing these days often v Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, Summers Lane N12. New and seem to be based on some sort of competitive element experienced bowlers welcome. promoted to bring out the worst in people. (Just think v Keep fit for the Retired of the name Simon Cowell and you’ll see what I’m get- Wednesdays Christ Church N12. Ring Bridie 8883 5269 ting at). Yet singing for its own sake, rather than to draw vMuswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings attention to oneself or to win a competition, can bring Ave, N10. New & experienced bowl- great enjoyment and pleasure. ers welcome. Tel: 8883 1178. vPilates in East Finchley, qualified At Memory Lane Sing- Gold is the club’s musical teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 ing Club people smile when director. An established singing vPilates class Wednesdays, 2.15- they sing. They also smile in teacher and performer, Idit has 3.15pm at Youth Theatre, N2. Ring welcome when you arrive and worked with choirs and singing Penny Hill 8444 2882. helpfully explain the routine to groups for many years and has vTae Kwon Do at The Green Man Thursdays 7-9pm 07949 612 706 help you settle in. This friendly also coached individuals for the vTai Chi at the Green Man on group welcomes singers of all theatre and entertainment indus- Mondays 1.30-3pm. An “ageing Jazz at Church Farmhouse Museum. Photo by Sheila Armstrong levels and abilities and there try. She supports the feel-good well” class for older people. is no audition. If you want to factor of singing, believing it to vTennis club with four clay courts off improve your voice and take be healthy, inspiring and stress Southern Road. Call 8440 6953. Jazz on a summer’s day vWood Walk, meet 10am at By Betti Blatman Cherry Tree Wood cafe on 1st & 50 years of Church Farmhouse Museum continued to 2nd Mon of month for 1 hr walk, be celebrated on a lovely sunny afternoon on Sunday, 31 Call 8883 8750. v Yoga, breathing & relaxation. July, as jazz enthusiasts gathered in its garden. Weekly drop-in classes - N2, N6, Music from the twenties at the Museum, continually N10. Phone Judy on 8444 7783. and thirties, the Golden Age brought out extra chairs to vYoga classes Tuesdays 8-9:30pm of traditional jazz, was played accommodate everybody, all at EF Methodist Church. Experienced by the quartet ‘Fine and Dandy’ of whom greatly enjoyed the teacher. Call Rosalind 8444 8134. led by Brian Master (banjo) and jazz, particularly when requests DANCE, DRAMA, ART including Dave Clennell (Trum- were included. & MUSIC pet), Tim Curtis (Sousaphone/ The Greyhound Pub next v Art Classes. For info call Henry Tuba), and Paula Jackman door provided coupons for a on 020 8888 5133. (Clarinet). The crowd rapidly free pint of Young’s Bitter to v Ballroom dancing classes, increased to approximately 80 quench the listeners’ thirsts on beginners and improvers. Phone and Gerard Roots, the Curator a hot summer’s day. 01707 642 378 v Club Dramatika drama club for kids. Call 8883 7110. Some members of Memory Lane Singing Club enjoying a song v East Finchley Writing Workshops. artsdepot birthday part in group singing, with the busting. Idit told The Archer Creative writing, poetry and prose chance to perform in commu- about a fund raising event she Contact Dennis Evans 8346 9528. v Finchley Jazz Club - 5 & 19 Sept at nity events and local charity is planning for 1 December, 8pm, Wilf Slack Cricket Pavilion, East competition appeals, MLSC could be right when MLSC will be perform- End Rd, N3. New members welcome By Sheila Armstrong for you. ing to raise money for Avenue v Line dancing Tuesdays from The artsdepot, It aims to revive and perform House (further details about this 8.30pm at The Constitutional Club. North London’s songs from the Music Hall right nearer the time). Call Maureen 8440 8530. through to the late 60s, along v Memory Lane Singing Club - a The club meets on Fridays new cultural with those from many hit communal singing club. Call Idit centre at Tally from 11.30am - 1.30pm in St Gold 8458 4508. shows and musicals. When I Mary’s Church Hall, N3. Open v Over 60s come dancing at Ann Ho Corner, is visited they were doing “My sessions are being held on 9 and Owens Centre 8346 8736 offering two Fair Lady” which was right up 16 September so you can try it v Pottery Class at The Green Man, free Friends my street! Call Celia Holmes 8349 9315 out. For further details phone v Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist Memberships East Finchley resident Idit Valerie on 8458 4508. Church. Call 8883 4070 for info. to celebrate the v Street Dance every Tuesday at Old first anniversary Barn for children of various ages of its opening. Lunch clubs Contact Lorna 07976 203669. A Traditional Lunch Club, organised by East Finchley vSwampRock events: Call Carole Members will receive £2 off tickets for some shows, 10% off 8810 7454 or Neil 01727 830280 daytime café use, the season’s brochure in advance of the general Neighbourhood Contact, meets every Tuesday at the www.swamprock.org.uk public and last-minute ticket deals. Green Man. Bookings can be made on 020 8444 1162 on v Symphonic Wind Orchestra of the previous Friday. No transport is provided but Contact North London, Contact Caroline To enter, all you have to do is to answer the question “When Egan 8340 2706 did the artsdepot open?” Send your answer on a post card marked can arrange registration with Dial-a-Ride. v Tap Dance for children beginning artsdepot Competition to THE ARCHER, PO Box 3699, London N2 Contact also run a Muslim Ladies’ Lunch Club, which meets at Old Barn every Monday, Contact 8JA. Please include your name, address and phone number. The first on the first two Wednesdays of each month at the same venue and Sharon 8349 4613 two correct entries drawn win. The closing date is 30 September. time. After the break for Ramadan the times may change to allow CLUBS & SOCIAL members to participate in a Tai Chi class. As those attending this v Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the Lunch Club come from all over Barnet, transport can be arranged Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. for the less mobile. v What’s On... East Finchley National Childbirth E-mail your listings to [email protected] Trust, Contact Sophie on 8444 1890 v East Finchley Writers meet Throughout September: Muswell Hill Festival and weekly at The Old White Lion. An exhibition of Tark Butler (of EFO)’s prints and paintings at Chorak, Call Lilian 8444 1793 High Road, N2. v Fairacres Monday Club for Jewish Saturday 3 September: Donkey Derby people. Contact Rene & Reuby 8883 HGS Horticultural Society Flower Show, 3-5.30pm, Free Church Hall, 0448 or Sylvia 8958 7878 Northway, Hampstead Garden Suburb, NW11. Teas, children’s classes. The Festival, organised by the Hornsey Trust for Chil- v Finchley & District Philatelic Contact 020 8455 8741. dren with Cerebral Palsy, returns to Cherry Tree Wood Society, Contact Brian 8444 3251 Sunday, 11 September, 8pm: on Sunday 11 September. v Friendly Rubber Bridge at The Concert at East Finchley Methodist Church, High Rd, N2 (opp. Creighton Old Barn. Contact 8349 4613 Activities include a dog entry. Every hour, the fast- Ave) by Jacquin trio. Programme to include works by Schumann, Pou- v Haringey Recorded Music Society lenc, Milhaud. Free admission, but there will be a collection in aid of agility competition, a monster est dog at running in and out informal meetings locally. Call David North London Hospice. veg competition for under- of hoops, bollards and water Mouldon on 8361 1696. v North London Bridge Club, Tuesday 27 September, 8pm: 12s, an unusual fruit and veg wins a prize. Muswell Hill. Contact 8348 3495 Garden Suburb Ward Liberal Democrats present: A War of Words; competition for all ages, darts Capital Gardens are spon- v Muswell Hill and Highgate Working at Bletchley Park. Illustrated lecture by Ruth Bourne. Fellow- competitions for all ages and soring the children’s compe- Pensioners’ Action Group Call Bob ship House, Willifield Way, NW11. Entry £2.50. Non-members/non Lib skills, donkey races, bouncy tition for ‘monsters’ created Cottingham on 8444 7635. Dems welcome. Contact 020 8455 6705. castles and merry-go-rounds, beforehand from fruit and v Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, Thursday 28 September, 8pm: face painting, children’s enter- vegetables and judged on the contact 8883 4390 The Finchley Society, Avenue House, East End Road. Talk by Percy Reboul v Old Barn pre-school club, contact on Barnet in the WWII blitz. See below for conact details. tainers, 80 craft and local group day. And anyone can enter the 8349 4613/1961 stalls, international food stalls, best home-grown plants com- v Thursday 29 September, 8pm: Parent & Toddler Group, Green The Finchley Society, Avenue House, East End Road. Talk by Hugh Petrie a vintage car display and morris petition. Man Centre, Julia 8444 2276 on the impact of electronic media (eg. the internet) on local history stud- v dancers. If you would like to help in Probus Lunch Club for retired ies. Non-members welcome. Contact 020 8883 2633. professionals. Call Eric 8340 0822. Dog-owners can register any way, please contact Peter vStepping Stones, interactive play Saturday 8 October, 10am - 1pm: dogs on the day for the timed Thompson on 020 8883 0371 session for under 3’s.