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Leeds Combined Arts Winter Newsletter 2016/17 Notes From The Editor

Hello, My name is Carl Waring and I am usually only responsible for the website. However, Claire is very busy at the moment with her MSc so I have been asked to fill-in as editor for this latest newsletter whilst Claire finishes her exams. We all wish her the best of luck!

A Quick Note From The Committee Annual General Meeting

Our AGM will take place on Wednesday 7th December at 7.30 p.m. at HEART, Bennett Road, Headingley LS6 3HN. We will review the year’s events and present the accounts. Refreshments available.

Disclaimer: Leeds Combined Arts reserves the right to alter, cancel or amend an event when circumstances arise beyond their control. However if an event has to be cancelled or changed this will always be advertised on the web-site. Participation in any event included in this Newsletter is undertaken at the individual’s own risk.

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SPECIAL EVENT – LCA 10th ANNIVERSARY

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Friday 16th December 2016, 7.30 p.m. ‘10th Anniversary & Seasonal Celebration’. A seasonal buffet with music. Join us for a special evening to celebrate 10 years of Leeds Combined Arts. There will be a seasonal buffet, along with music song, and merriment. The event will be held at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD. £5.00 includes buffet and Music. Please book in advance. E-mail sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk (Pay on the door).

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Please note: There will be no poetry evening in December due to the fact our AGM will be taking place on 7th December and also our 10th Anniversary Celebration evening on 16th December. The poetry evenings will return in January 2017. Friday 16th December 7.30 p.m. ‘10th Anniversary Celebration’ A seasonal buffet with music. Join us for a special evening to celebrate 10 years of Leeds Combined Arts. There will be a seasonal buffet, along with music, song and merriment. The event will be held at Meanwood Institute, Green Road, Meanwood LS6 4LD. £5.00 includes buffet and Music. Please book in advance. E-mail Sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk Wednesday 18th January 7.30 p.m. ‘Four Poets Evening’. HEART, Headingley LS6 3HN Join us for our First Poetry & Prose Evening of 2017 when we will have four poets: Susan Mace, Richard Smith, Trevor Wainwright, & Brian Edmunds. More details will be advertised on our website and sent out by e-mail nearer the time. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 includes refreshments. Tuesday 7th February 7.30 p.m. ‘York Spoken Word Poetry Evening’. Join us for the Spoken Word evening at The Exhibition Hotel at the corner of Bootham and

Gillygate in the Conservatory. Bring your poetry, prose, monologs, music or urban primal

scream. Free entry and free Buffet. Tel: + 44 (0) 7914 271871. We look forward to

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Wednesday 15th February 7.30 p.m. ‘Poetry & Music Evening’ HEART, Headingley LS6 3HN

Join us with John Coopey for Poetry & Music on the theme of ‘Love & Romance’ in the first half, followed by an ‘open mic’ session in the second half of the evening. All welcome. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 including refreshments.

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LCA / MBS Workshops: January-February 2017 (All take place at The HEART Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley LS6 3HN)

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‘Arts in the Environment’ We are continuing with our workshops throughout December and January. In December we have two afternoon workshops, On Thursday 1st December there will be a Talk by Kitty Ross on ‘Abbey House Museum & Gardens’. (2.30 p.m. in the Beckett Room, HEART, Headingley) and on Tuesday 6th December (Meet in the HEART Cafe at 2.00 p.m.) for a walk & tour of both Cottage Road Cinema & St. Chad’s Church, Far Headingley. More workshops will be advertised in January 2017. All workshops/talks are provided free of charge. Mind, Body, Spirit Evenings Wednesday 25th January 7.30 p.m. Talk by Alan Pearce on ‘Odinism’. This evening we have a talk by Odinist Alan Peace on ‘Odinism’. What is it?. Tonight Alan will talk about his own journey with Odin a short talk on the old northern religion of Odinism. An overview of its roots, its beliefs it’s Gods & Goddess and how it fits into today’s world. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 including refreshments. Wednesday 22nd February 7.30 p.m. DVD on ‘Multidimensional Parasites, Politics and the Battle for Your Health. Talk by Darren Deojee. Parasites trick a host into providing for them and the host can’t work out why its body, mind and emotions aren’t behaving as intended, or why their energy levels aren’t right. In this talk, we look at the problem, but also the solution; simple nutritional aids to win the battle for your health and Personal Power. Entrance £3.50/£3.00 including refreshments.

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Book Group - January 2017

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New Book Commencing Monday 9th January 4p.m.–6p.m at ‘Tree Tops Centre’, Shadwell Lane, Shadwell, LS17 8FQ. ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson. It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson's highly colourful, joyous adventure. £2.00 includes refreshments.

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Theatre Visits and Events: Jan-Feb 2017

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Our next programme of Theatre Trips is included up to the end of February 2017. More will be advertised in the LCA Spring Newsletter. As usual please send any payments in good time and preferably let us know by e-mail if you are intending to book for any so we can reserve your place in advance sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org.uk Please check the price before sending payment for each individual production as prices do vary. As usual make all cheques payable to ‘Leeds Combined Arts’ and send to us at Leeds Combined Arts, HEART Centre, Bennett Road, Headingley, LEEDS LS6 3HN. It is also useful if you can e-mail Sibylle in advance to let her know you are sending a cheque or transferring payment to our account.

Friday 2nd December 1.00 p.m. ‘Alice Wonderland’, Newbourne Church Hall. North East Productions, Newbourne Church Hall, Upper Accommodation Road. Following the success of ‘Mother Knows Best’ in the summer, we return to Newbourne Church Hall to see another play by North East Productions at Newbourne Church Hall located on Upper Accommodation Road. The afternoon includes tea or coffee and a variety of savouries and cakes. Then sit back and enjoy the show. All tickets £2.50. (Please book in advance in the usual way).

Monday 5th December 6.30 p.m. Community Network Christmas Event & 7.30 p.m. ‘Strictly Ballroom the Musical’, West Yorkshire Playhouse. (Quarry Theatre). You are invited to our annual Community Network Christmas Gathering on Monday 5th December at 6.30 p.m. Join us for Mulled Wine and Mince Pies before the performance of Strictly Ballroom. Places for the Community Network Event are Free but must be booked in advance. Tickets for the ‘Strictly Ballroom Musical’ in the Quarry Theatre are £10.00. Please book in the usual way and let us know if you are coming to the Network Gathering beforehand at 6.30 p.m.

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Friday 6th January 7.00 p.m. 2017 ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Northern Ballet, Leeds Grand Theatre. A handsome prince is transformed into a Beast as punishment for his ugly arrogance. Only true love can break the spell – but who could love a monster like him?. Northern Ballet’s Beauty & the Beast brings one of the world’s most famous fairy-tales to life in a kaleidoscope of colour, set to an infectious score, including music by Saint-Saens, Bizet, and Debussy, played live by Northern Ballet Sinfonia. Book now to see this remarkable company bring a new magic to this enduring story. All tickets £23.75 (usual Price £47.50!). All seats are in the mid-stalls.

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Friday 20th January 2017, 7.00 p.m. ‘The Witches’, West Yorkshire Playhouse (Quarry Theatre). This Christmas, Roald Dahl’s scariest book is brought to life in a tremendously terrifying treat for the whole family. Witches absolutely detest children. They find them revolting and are planning to wipe them out like weasels! They want to squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear. But one brave young boy and his grandmother have a plan to get rid of the witches for good… if only they can avoid being turned into mice. Directed by Nikolai Foster (Annie, White Christmas), The Witches features a hugely talented cast of actor-musicians and mind boggling illusions that will leave you flabbergasted! All tickets £10.00.

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Leeds YHA Walking Group Weekend Away in Osmotherley 17 -19 February 2017. Join Carol for a weekend at Osmotherley in North Yorkshire. We will be staying in Cote Ghyll Mill a converted Linen Mill only 10 minutes’ walk from the historical village of Osmotherley; a thriving village once famous for weaving linen cloth, it now offers pubs, tearooms and shops and is famous 'walking' country. Osmotherley is on the west side of the North York Moors National Park, yet only 1.5 miles from the A19 dual carriageway between Thirsk and Teeside. There are many footpaths from Cote Ghyll Mill leading to Cod Beck Reservoir, Sheepwash and beyond. It is adjacent to the Cleveland Way, Coast to Coast and at the start of the Lyke Wake Walk,. Accommodation will be in 4 bedded and twin rooms. The cost for shared accommodation in a 4 bedded room is £20.00 per night and £23.00 per night for a twin room. Please make all cheques payable to ‘Leeds YHA Walking Group‘ and send to Carol Downing, 4, Castle View, Moortown, Leeds LS17 5BY.

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February 2017 ‘Pygmalion’ West Yorkshire Playhouse. At present we don’t have a fixed date for this production as the Community Network Dates have not yet been set but we will send an e-mail out as soon as we know. However, it will be sometime between February the 4th and 25th. Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological character. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, he believes, is impeccable speech. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on women's independence. All tickets £10.50.

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Music Events December 2016 Friday 30th December 2016, 8.30 p.m. “The Devil’s Jukebox” New Headingley Club, 56, St. Michael’s Road, Headingley LS6 3BG Infectious, red hot ragtime Vaudevillian sensation and a flamboyantly entertaining spectacle with good music that can be enjoyed by all. £6.00 on the door. More Roots Gigs for 2017 will be advertised by e-mail.

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Film Visits 2017. Film Visits. – These will be advertised by e-mail nearer the time, but if you have any suggestions for

films visits please contact Sibylle@leedscombinedarts.org,uk

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Walks 2016 – 2017.

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Sunday 11th December 11.30 a.m. (A joint walk with the LYHA). Harewood Circular & Muddy Boots Café Meet at the Junction of Wike Lane on Harrogate Road for this seasonal walk which is just over 5.5 miles around the Harewood Estate. We will be calling in the Muddy Boots Cafe for seasonal Lunch/refreshments three quarters of the way round. Places will need to be booked for this in advance. Christmas lunch 2 courses, (starter & main course or main course & pudding). The price is £13.50 for the 2 courses including a glass of bubbly or juice. (Vegetarian & Gluten free options also available). The Cafe also serves a selection of hot Panini's, sandwiches, salads,, Homemade soups, jacket potatoes with various fillings as well as a selection of cakes, tea coffee, beer and wine. Vegetarian & gluten free diets catered for. Please let Carol know at the time of booking if you prefer to have the 2 course Christmas lunch as advertised on the Leeds YHA Walking Group Meet-up site which must be pre-booked by 5th December at the latest, with choices given for both courses. It is fully accessible and there is even an area where you can bring your dog. Whether you are joining us for the Christmas lunch or just a snack. Please book your place by contacting Carol on 07708 230 333 or e-mail carol@leedscombinedarts.org.uk Sunday 29th January Thorner 11.00 a.m. The Beehive Main Street, Thorner LS14 3DE (A joint walk with the LYHA) Meet Carol at Thorner Village for 7.5 mile rural walk in the north Leeds area. Starting from the quaint village of Thorner the walk crosses and edges fields, goes through lovely woodland, follows quiet lanes and visits a super nature reserve of woodland and crags which is also the site of an enigmatic Roman settlement. Please bring a packed lunch, flask and water. There will be an optional pub visit after the walk. Saturday 25th February 11.30 a.m. Circular Walk around Calverley. Join us with Rob for this 6 mile walk around Calverley and Calverley Woods. The walk on Saturday 25th February will be a 5.5 mile circular taking in Apperley Bridge and Calverley, following a number of ancient tracks mostly through woodland. The meeting point will be the new Apperley Bridge railway station on the Shipley/Bradford Foster Square line. According to the internet the postcode is BD10 0FD. Comprehensive timetables for after Christmas have not yet been printed but there is currently a train scheduled to leave Leeds station at 11.10, arriving at Apperley Bridge at 11.19. If there is a change in the schedule, information will be circulated early in the New Year. The station has a large car park and car drivers could meet us there with a view to setting off at 11.30 across Apperley Bridge and into Calverley Woods via Parkin Lane, uphill to Calverley village and continuing via Shell Lane, Priesthorpe Road, Ravenscliffe Wood and Fagley Beck back to Calverley Woods and the old Apperley Bridge. On returning to Apperley Bridge refreshments are available at the Stansfield Arms, about 5 minutes walk from the station. Trains return to Leeds half-hourly at 13 and 43 minutes past the hour (on current timetables). Please come dressed appropriately for February conditions especially as some of the woodland paths may be muddy, and with drinking water and a picnic lunch. Poetry on the theme of "The Woods" would seem appropriate. For any further information contact Rob Baker on 0113 216 4492.