Pegasus Post: October 11, 2016

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Tuesday October 11 2016
News
PEGASUS POST
GREAT SUCCESS: Lions clubs from around the city collaborated to raise
$50,000 for Age Concern Canterbury’s new mini van.
Lions answer SOS
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INTERMEDIATE and
high school students have
been exploring the art of
verbatim theatre as part of
The Court Theatre’s latest
holiday programme.
Verbatim theatre is a
form of documentary
theatre in which plays
are constructed from the
precise words spoken by
people interviewed about
a particular event or topic.
This required the
participants, aged
between 12 and 15, to
interview people and
use their testimony to
construct a piece.
Throughout the week,
students interviewed
NEW Brighton Lions
were one of seven clubs
around the city to respond
to an “SOS” call from Age
Concern Canterbury.
The clubs pulled together
$50,000 over a period
of six months, enough to
buy Age Concern a new
12-seater mini-van.
Keys to the mini-van
were handed over to Age
Concern representatives
recently.
New Brighton, Christchurch-Pegasus,
Lyttelton,
Ferrymead, Christchurch
South, Christchurch-Seaview,
and Riccarton-Waimairi
clubs all pitched in
an average of about $3000
each for the new van.
New Brighton Lions
Club member Warren
Glassey said Age Concern
Canterbury needed the
van to provide transport
for elderly locals who had
become “housebound” following
the earthquakes.
“Age Concern said there
was a significant number
of elderly people that
were badly affected postearthquakes
that have now
become housebound . . .
people living with
Alzheimer’s or dementia
and turned their
stories and words into
a performance for the
interviewees.
Theatre education
manager Rachel Sears
said the theme wasn’t
about what it was like
we know it will be used for
the next 15 years, five days
a week at least,” he said.
Within six months, the
clubs raised the $50,000
needed to purchase a new
Ford Transit 12-seater
mini-van. This included a
$20,000 donation from an
international Lions charitable
trust.
The last $10,000 came in
the form of sponsorship
from Colliers International;
Chatswood Retirement
Village, Opawa; and Willowlea
Retirement Village,
Shirley.
Acting out people’s stories
LEARNING: Eric Rule, of Aranui, was interviewed
by Joseph McAllum, of Cashmere, and Charlie
Holmes, of Wanaka.
living with Alzheimer’s or
dementia, but more about
sharing memories.
“We had a great
feedback session after
the interviews. The
students said things like it
was the best history lesson
they had ever had,” she
said.
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