The Weekly Times - TWT - 9th May, 2018
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2 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 9 <strong>May</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />
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<strong>The</strong> Scandinavian Project<br />
Three <strong>TWT</strong> readers can win double passes to a performance of jazz group<br />
Elysian Fields on Thursday <strong>May</strong> 24 at Foundry 616 in Harris Street Ultimo<br />
from 8.30pm to 11pm.<br />
Local musician Jenny<br />
Eriksson (pictured) and<br />
her band Elysian Fields will<br />
launch their Scandinavian<br />
Project on the night which<br />
features Scandinavian jazz<br />
and folk songs.<br />
Jenny formed the jazz<br />
group three years ago and<br />
it is Australia’s only electric<br />
viola da gamba band.<br />
Having featured at the<br />
Vivid Festival and Sydney<br />
International Women’s Jazz<br />
Festival in 2017, they’ve<br />
quickly built a reputation for<br />
performances that blur the<br />
boundaries between jazz,<br />
chamber music and world<br />
music.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’ll also be some<br />
newly composed music including<br />
the world premiere<br />
of a new piece by Putneybased<br />
Siebe Pogson, who<br />
is Jenny’s son and the bass<br />
player in the band.<br />
Jenny’s grandfather was<br />
Swedish. She has previously<br />
released a critically<br />
acclaimed CD of Swedish<br />
music with her acoustic ensemble,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Marais Project.<br />
“We’ve been working<br />
on this project for months<br />
now”, Eriksson said. “<strong>The</strong><br />
music is fantastic, and I am<br />
sure anyone who comes<br />
along will enjoy it.”<br />
Tickets are $20 or $15<br />
concession.<br />
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click on the WIN with <strong>TWT</strong><br />
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on the back of an envelope<br />
and send to <strong>TWT</strong> Elysian<br />
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Ryde 1680. Entries close<br />
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winners published <strong>May</strong> 16.<br />
Salvation Army<br />
Trivia Night<br />
<strong>The</strong> Salvation Army Red<br />
Shield Appeal Ryde & Hunters<br />
Hill Zones have organised<br />
a Trivia Night this Friday <strong>May</strong><br />
11 at Ryde Salvation Army<br />
Unit, 5/112 Talavera Road<br />
Macquarie Park.<br />
Doors open at 7pm - trivia<br />
starts at 7.30pm.<br />
Bring a team or join a table.<br />
Tickets $20 per head or $160<br />
for table of eight. Finger food<br />
provided, soft drinks by donation.<br />
Enquiries 9887-1147<br />
or email: redshieldryde@<br />
gmail.com<br />
Hi girls and boys,<br />
This week we take the Ryde Hunters Hill Life Education van to St<br />
Charles School Victoria Road, Ryde.<br />
Of the 12 new exciting programs one is ‘all systems go’. Part of this<br />
program covers the circulatory system, blood, blood vessels, the heart,<br />
heart beat, pulse, lungs and breathing.<br />
What affects eating junk food and not eating the correct<br />
food has on the body, these are covered in detail.<br />
We look at making the right choices in life to make<br />
all systems go.<br />
Next week we travel to Kent Road Public School<br />
at North Ryde.<br />
See you in class.<br />
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Best regards<br />
Vic Tagg<br />
Chairman, Ryde Hunters Hill<br />
Life Education<br />
Women’s<br />
Morning Tea<br />
Ryde Baptist Church, corner<br />
Lane Cove Road and<br />
Dobson Crescent, Ryde will<br />
host a Women’s Morning Tea<br />
and pamper time this Saturday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12 from 10am until<br />
12 noon.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no cost, just<br />
good coffee and yummy<br />
food. Child minding is available.<br />
All women are welcome.<br />
Ryde Baptist Church<br />
is linked to Northcross Christian<br />
School. <strong>The</strong> church has<br />
parking spaces and there is<br />
street parking on Dobson<br />
Crescent and Myra Avenue.<br />
Enquiries 9809 4977 or email:<br />
admin@rydebaptist.com.au<br />
World Migratory<br />
Local Bird Day<br />
Ryde-Hunters Hill Flora &<br />
Fauna Preservation Society<br />
present<br />
a walk and talk by Cathy<br />
Goswell of Cumberland Bird<br />
Observers Club this Saturday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12.<br />
Experience the birdlife on<br />
the level areas of the Field<br />
of Mars Reserve, East Ryde,<br />
followed by an illustrated talk<br />
in the Environmental Education<br />
Centre on the migratory<br />
birds which share our local<br />
area - highlighting the importance<br />
of protecting their<br />
habitat.<br />
Meet at the Visitor Centre<br />
in the Reserve; walk starts<br />
at 8.30am; children aged<br />
5-12 are welcome but must<br />
be accompanied by an adult.<br />
Bring water, closed shoes<br />
and a hat. Gold coin donations<br />
are welcome to cover<br />
morning tea costs. Further<br />
information and registration:<br />
rhhffps@gmail.com or leave<br />
a message for Alfred on 9879<br />
6067.<br />
Digitized<br />
Books<br />
Family History Group of<br />
Ryde District Historical<br />
Society meet this Saturday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12 at Willandra,<br />
770 Victoria Road, Ryde at<br />
10am.<br />
Local Studies librarian<br />
Angela Phippen will talk<br />
about Digitized Books: using<br />
Google Books, Internet<br />
Archive and <strong>The</strong> Hathi Trust.<br />
Visitors welcome. Enquiries<br />
Christine 9809 7783.<br />
Pensioners &<br />
Superannuants<br />
Radio 2RRR<br />
Open Day<br />
Radio 2RRR will hold an Open Day this Saturday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12 at Henley Cottage, corner Victoria Road &<br />
Crown Street, Henley from 9am to 3pm.<br />
Come along and meet some of the presenters and<br />
see what your local community radio stationis all<br />
about. <strong>The</strong>re’ll be tours of 2RRR station; live music<br />
with several groups performing; sausage sizzle plus<br />
face painting for the kids.<br />
Grab a bargain at the Car BootSale and a delicious<br />
sweet at the cake stall. Musicians will be playing<br />
throughout the day includingthe acoustic duo Glen<br />
and Glenda and the Nude Girls.<br />
Car spaces are limited to car-park so be quick<br />
to book a space. Phone the office on 9816-2988<br />
(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) or send an email to<br />
office@2rrr.org.au<br />
Gladesville-Hunters Hill<br />
Ryde branch of NSW Combined<br />
Pensioners & Superannuants<br />
Association will<br />
meet on Monday <strong>May</strong> 21 at<br />
Gladesville RSL Community<br />
Club at 10am.<br />
Speaker is Joyce Bradley<br />
who’ll talk about “China.” All<br />
new members welcome. Inquiries<br />
Ron Gee 9809-3066.<br />
Learning for<br />
Leisure Fashions<br />
Boronia Park Learning For<br />
Leisure Group will host a<br />
Fashion Parade on Wednesday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 23 of Golden Girls<br />
Fashions in Boronia Park<br />
Uniting Church hall, Pittwater<br />
Road, Boronia Park at<br />
10.30am.<br />
Entrty $5, morning tea provided.<br />
All welcome. Enquiries<br />
Margaret Maxwell 9817-<br />
1854.<br />
Overwhelmed<br />
by clutter?<br />
Clutterers Anonymous<br />
meet each Saturday at 52<br />
Buckingham Street Surry<br />
Hills from 3pm to 4pm.<br />
Come along and learn<br />
some helpful strategies for<br />
dealing with this problem<br />
and meet with others who<br />
can share their experiences.<br />
New members welcome.<br />
Greek Cafes<br />
and milk bars<br />
Macquarie branch of National<br />
Seniors Australia meet<br />
on the third<br />
Wednesday each month<br />
at Ryde-Eastwood Leagues<br />
Club at 12 noon.<br />
Speaker at <strong>May</strong> 16 meet is<br />
Leonard Janiszewski who’ll<br />
talk<br />
about ‘Greek Cafes and<br />
Milk Bars’, a subject we all<br />
remember from our younger<br />
days. New members welcome.<br />
Inquiries Carolyn 9874<br />
7129 or 0409 719 813.<br />
Apple iPad and<br />
iPhone classes<br />
Have you been given an<br />
Apple iPad or iPhone and not<br />
sure how to use it?<br />
Perhaps you have had<br />
one for some time and want<br />
to learn more. Help is at<br />
hand at the Boronia Park<br />
Uniting Church hall with an<br />
8-week course commencing<br />
Wednesday <strong>May</strong> 16 at 93A<br />
Pittwater Road, Boronia Park<br />
from 10am to 11am.<br />
Cost is only $145 per head<br />
for the 8-week course including<br />
a manual and stylus<br />
pen and covers navigation<br />
tips, adding names & addresses,<br />
taking photos &<br />
videos, searching the internet,<br />
updating apps, using<br />
FaceTime, sending emails,<br />
iCloud & backups. To book<br />
phone Christine David 0401-<br />
017-459.<br />
Presbyterian<br />
Women Fashion<br />
A parade of Stafford<br />
Fashions will be held<br />
on Thursday <strong>May</strong> 10 in<br />
the Presbyterian Church<br />
Hall, corner Victoria<br />
and Pittwater Roads,<br />
Gladesville at 10.30am.<br />
Preceded<br />
bymorning<br />
tea at 10am.Bookings/<br />
enquiries Pauline Taylor<br />
9807 5199.<br />
Single Mums<br />
High Tea<br />
Are you a single mum?<br />
Come and enjoy some<br />
pampering and high<br />
tea this Saturday <strong>May</strong><br />
12 at C3 Church Ryde,<br />
89 Blaxland Road, from<br />
10am to 12 noon.<br />
Free childminding.<br />
Registration is essential<br />
by phone 9807 2500 or<br />
email info@reachcommunityinitiatives.com.au<br />
Public talk at<br />
Christian<br />
Science Church<br />
A FREE public talk<br />
about prayer titled <strong>The</strong><br />
Comforter Today will<br />
be held on Saturday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 19 at the Christian<br />
Science Church in Top<br />
Ryde at 2pm.<br />
Mary Beattie will discuss<br />
how radical changes<br />
in thought impact<br />
our lives. All welcome.<br />
Inquiries Jill 0432 771<br />
183.<br />
Your Chamber of<br />
Commerce Meets<br />
EPPING: Chamber<br />
enquiries President<br />
Tony Hackett 9869-<br />
8900; 0418 413 226 or<br />
secretary Betty Ockerlander<br />
8876-5888.<br />
EASTWOOD: Meet<br />
second Monday each<br />
month. Next meeting<br />
<strong>May</strong> 14. Enquiries<br />
president Vic Tagg<br />
0412 369 510 or secretary<br />
Steve Colquhoun<br />
9874-0221.<br />
GLADESVILLE: Meet<br />
third Tuesday each<br />
month. Next meeting<br />
<strong>May</strong> 15. Enquiries secretary<br />
Maria Zappia<br />
o401 158 307 or email:<br />
maria.zappia@mortgagechoice.com.au<br />
WEST RYDE: Enquiries<br />
President Nora<br />
Etmekdjian 0417 699<br />
955.<br />
DRUMMOYNE: Meet<br />
first Wednesday each<br />
month. Next meeting<br />
June 6. Enquiries Secretary<br />
Alex Elliott 0438<br />
774 323 or Vice President<br />
Paul Harcombe<br />
0438 089 900.<br />
Open Days at historic<br />
Willandra & Addington<br />
Historic Ryde buildings Willandra and<br />
Addington will conduct Open Days on Sunday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 20.<br />
Come along to Willandra at 770-782 Victoria<br />
Road Ryde from 10am to 3pm and see their<br />
museum plus a display of memorabilia from<br />
Ryde’s history. <strong>The</strong>re’ll be walking tours of the<br />
house, Ryde Village and St Anne’s churchyard<br />
leaving Willandra at 2pm - book on the day.<br />
A digital presentation of over 150 historic<br />
photographs of Ryde will be on display while<br />
Ryde District Historical Society publications and<br />
historical information are available for purchase.<br />
Devonshire teas/coffee available.<br />
After visiting Willandra, call into Addington<br />
- Australia’s oldest complete settlers cottage<br />
- just down the road at 813-815 Victoria Road<br />
Ryde for a sumptuous afternoon tea from 2pm to<br />
4pm. Special exhibitions of scouting, Girl Guide<br />
and Guild memorabilia on display. Admission<br />
FREE. Enquiries Doris Carrall 0425 223 628; Lyn<br />
Donald 0402 256 920 or Ron Paton 0418 408 323<br />
(Addington).<br />
Epping Probus seeks members<br />
Epping & District Probus<br />
Club is a social<br />
club for retired or semiretired<br />
men and are<br />
seeking persons interested<br />
in membership.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Club meets on<br />
the second Monday<br />
each month in Epping<br />
Presbyterian Church<br />
hall from 10am to 12<br />
noon and runs regular<br />
social activities including<br />
speakers, musical<br />
Calling all Former<br />
Scouts & Guides<br />
Keep Alive the Spirit<br />
of Scouting & Guiding with the<br />
St George’s Guilds meeting at historic<br />
“Addington” 813 Victoria Road Ryde<br />
Sydney Guild meets Tuesdays:<br />
Inquiries Doris Carrall 0425 223 628<br />
John F Booth AM 9807 6666<br />
Visitors welcome but RSVP for seating & catering.<br />
SUNDAY MAY 20<br />
2pm - 4pm<br />
Special exhibitions of Scouting, Girl Guide<br />
and Guild memorabilia on display<br />
Open Days 3rd Sunday February-November<br />
Admission FREE - Afternoon Teas served<br />
Inquiries:<br />
Doris Carrall 0425 223 628<br />
Lyn Donald 0402 256 920<br />
Ron Paton 0418 408 323<br />
St George’s Guilds<br />
in Australia<br />
afternoons, movie attendances,<br />
outings,<br />
walks, coffee morning<br />
teas, theatre performances<br />
and tours. Visitors<br />
are encouraged to<br />
attend a meeting and<br />
consider membership.<br />
Ladies are welcome to<br />
attend as visitors. Inquiries<br />
president Colin<br />
Jones 9871-2933 or<br />
secretary Ross Beattie<br />
9871-1838.<br />
OPENDAY<br />
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Australia's Oldest Complete Settlers' Cottage<br />
813-815 Victoria Road Ryde