MIDGLEY COMMUNITY FORUM NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2016 www.midgley-village.co.uk QUIZ NIGHTS IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM DATE FOR YOUR DIARY FRIDAY 4TH MARCH SPAW SUNDAY - 1ST MAY FRIDAY 8TH APRIL This year the theme is to be The Olympic Games ENTRY £5 to include supper Please contact Rema Sim on 885111 if you want any further details and/or are Put your name down in the shop already wishing to volunteer and dress one when the posters go up of the local wells Meeting Wednesday 16th March at 7.30 in the Community Room To discuss 2016 MIDGLEY OPEN GARDENS AND STUDIOS to be held on the weekend of 11th and 12th of June This is an open meeting for everyone so please come along to find out what will be involved in the weekend. You may be interested in opening up your garden or studio but there are also lots of other necessary roles for volunteers to take on which all help to make the weekend a success. Gardens can be large, small or a few pots. They can be formal, wild, or work in progress. There is no such thing as a typical garden. Midgley is blessed with beautiful environs and fantastic open views as well as secret places. These add hugely to the pleasure of visiting the gar- dens and it’s always a popular weekend which draws in people from far and wide. It will also be the biggest fundraiser of the year. If you are an Arts and Crafts person, this could be an opportunity to show off your skills and open up your studios and workshops to the visiting public. Volunteer assistance will be needed with baking, serving refreshments, publicity and publicity ma- terial, putting out signs as well as runners on the weekend itself. If you are interested in being involved with the Open Gardens weekend, but are unable to make the meeting, please contact Anne Holdsworth on 882901 SHOUT OUT FOR PLANTS Please consider sowing extra seeds and taking extra cuttings this spring for selling at the Open Gardens weekend, even if you won’t be opening up your own garden. The more variety, the better, THANK YOU. Community PIANO LESSONS Rights My name is Francesca and I’m an experienced Of Way piano/keyboard tutor located in Midgley/Luddenden. Lessons are at Midgley Community Room. Service All lessons are tailored to the individual, whether that be playing for pleasure or working towards grades White Ribbon House, 1 ( I have 100% pass rate) I teach beginner to advanced, New Road, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5DZ in many styles, as well as theory or compositional skills. Website http:/httpwww.crows-coop.co.uk/ I teach from age 6+. Email [email protected] I hold my ABRSM Grades 1-8 in Classical Piano, as well as a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Music Production, REPAIRING OUR FLOOD DAMAGED PATHS majoring in Composition from Leeds College of Music. The floods and torrential rain this winter have As well as working as a Composer, I’ve won numerous caused a huge amount of damage to footpaths piano festivals, and am a live session musician playing in Todmorden and the Upper Calder Valley. Keys in bands and have performed live on BBC Radio. My first piano book for beginners is CROWS have a list of paths they need to repair ‘The Ultimate Piano Course—Laying the Foundations’ from all over the area, but they need the public’s help to identify problems that they As well as teaching privately, I am affiliated with know are out there. music schools in Leeds and Huddersfield. To make it easy, they have just introduced a I have a fully cleared Enhanced DBS check. new simple system for people to contact them. If you’d like to be taught by a knowledgeable, From this week there are 4 ways to report a passionate and friendly teacher, then please don’t path problem to CROWS: hesitate to get in touch for more details. * Call their new Path Problem Line on www.fmurraymusic.co.uk 07542919931 0784 964 0784 and leave a message (why not put this number in your contact list and share it with your walking friends?) * Send a message through CROWS Facebook page. * Email [email protected] (a photo of the problem would help). *Leave a note at Mountain Wild, Hebden Bridge or White Ribbon in Mytholmroyd, or at Todmorden Visitor Centre. Please tell them about any problem, not just those related to flood damage. ANNUAL VILLAGE COACH TRIP TO WHITBY SATURDAY 9TH JULY MAKE A NOTE OF THE DATE Do you like to sing but don’t want to join a formal Would you like to sing in an informal group for fun and not have to travel far? Then sign up to the Midgley/ Luddenden choir! The choir will meet in Midgley Community COFFEE MORNINGS Room on Thursday evenings for one hour. We need a minimum of 10 members to make it viable. The choir will be led by experienced IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM musicians, Francesca Murray (pianist) and Rhys Williams (vocalist). EVERY THURSDAY Please contact Francesca francescamurray@hotmail,com 07542919931 www.fmurraymusic.co.uk if you are interested or require more information Enjoy the tea/coffee and HOME MADE For items to be included in the Newsletter, please contact Sandra Tel 01422 883388 email [email protected] .