Aroundtown Magazine July/August 2022
The July/August edition of South Yorkshire's FREE premier lifestyle magazine.
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HOBBIES<br />
Summer<br />
crafts<br />
Thurgoland Community<br />
Choir celebrates<br />
10th anniversary<br />
MAKE YOUR OWN<br />
Beaded Dragonfly Sun Catcher<br />
With Dawn Topliss<br />
YOU WILL NEED<br />
1mm copper wire<br />
1 Reel of 28-gauge gold<br />
beading wire<br />
4, 6 & 8mm Miracle Beads<br />
Round nose pliers<br />
Wire cutters<br />
METHOD<br />
Cut a length of copper wire<br />
24cm long. Find the centre point<br />
then thread one 4mm bead on<br />
each side for the eyes. Twist<br />
the two pieces of wire under<br />
the beads for 3cm. Bring the<br />
remaining wires together and<br />
thread on 11 8mm beads (over<br />
both wires) to form the body.<br />
Leave 1.5cm of wire and<br />
cut off the remaining. Use your<br />
long nose pliers to coil each<br />
wire towards the body to secure<br />
your beads and form the end of<br />
the tail.<br />
For the wings cut two lengths<br />
of copper wire 24cm long and<br />
two lengths 18cm. Find the centre<br />
of all four pieces and gently bend<br />
to form a wing shape. You should<br />
end up with two large wings 6cm<br />
long and two smaller wings 4cm<br />
long. Twist the wire under each<br />
wing and leave the remaining<br />
wire but do not cut off.<br />
Using the thinner gold wire<br />
and pliers cut two pieces 6cms<br />
and two 4cms. Find the middle<br />
of each piece and thread on one<br />
6mm bead. Twist the wire tightly<br />
for 3cm on the two longer wires<br />
and 2cm on the shorter ones.<br />
Place the remaining lengths over<br />
the bottom of each wing and twist<br />
to secure in place. You should<br />
now have a suspended wire and<br />
bead inside each wing. Use the<br />
remaining wires and your pliers<br />
to attach each wing to the body<br />
placing in the gap between the<br />
eyes and body.<br />
Check all wings and wires are<br />
secure then twist the remaining<br />
wires together to create a spike<br />
underneath your dragonfly.<br />
Your dragonfly is now<br />
complete and can either be<br />
placed in a plant pot or the spike<br />
can be glued into the top of a<br />
garden cane for a border. Watch<br />
as your Miracle Beads light up<br />
when the sun shines.<br />
Happy Crafting!<br />
Music brings people<br />
together and joining<br />
a choir is a great way<br />
to become part of a<br />
community. Whether<br />
you’re a shower<br />
soloist, a car crooner<br />
or a trained singer,<br />
Thurgoland Community<br />
Choir is looking for new<br />
members to join them.<br />
The choir was formed in 2012 by<br />
a group of people from as far afield<br />
as Germany, Catalonia and Australia.<br />
Today, they’re a diverse, inclusive<br />
group of singers from across the<br />
North Sheffield and Penistone areas.<br />
Singing brings joy but it also has<br />
many physical and mental health<br />
benefits: it lowers stress levels,<br />
boosts endorphins, improves your<br />
posture, helps with sleep, and gives<br />
your lungs a great workout.<br />
But most of all, singing in a<br />
choir gives you confidence and a<br />
sense of belonging. Thurgoland<br />
Community Choir is one big family,<br />
with generations of parents, children,<br />
siblings, spouses, neighbours and<br />
friends joining them over the last ten<br />
years. No one is a stranger for long.<br />
With no audition needed,<br />
it doesn’t matter how good or<br />
inexperienced a singer you are.<br />
Most members started singing at<br />
the community choir with basic or<br />
no knowledge of music. But within<br />
a short time, and with the support<br />
or the musical director and other<br />
members of the choir, singers<br />
become almost pitch perfect, with<br />
the high notes of the Ave Maria<br />
enveloped by the baritone tones of a<br />
Requiem.<br />
Their current song list covers<br />
popular, secular and spiritual music<br />
including Ave Maria by Caccini,<br />
songs from the Lion King, with<br />
a dash of Sinatra, Rodgers and<br />
Hammerstein.<br />
And Thurgoland Community<br />
Choir are a daring lot who will accept<br />
a challenge with gusto. They’ve<br />
toured Tuscany and Malta and<br />
performed in the Concert Choir at<br />
Sheffield and Wakefield Cathedrals.<br />
Musical director, Hilary Osborn,<br />
said: “Singing is for everyone and<br />
the health benefits are proven. You<br />
will find that the choir sings songs<br />
to suit all tastes and perhaps during<br />
our rehearsals we will introduce you<br />
to new songs and styles. We can’t<br />
promise you’ll become the next<br />
Katherine Jenkins, Shirley Bassey or<br />
Elton John but you will certainly find<br />
your voice.”<br />
If you like to sing too, why not<br />
join them at their upcoming Open<br />
Night on Saturday 16th <strong>July</strong> from<br />
5pm at Thurgoland Village Hall 2<br />
Roper Lane, Thurgoland S35 7AA.<br />
Admission is free and after hearing<br />
the choir sing a few songs there will<br />
be refreshments followed by singing<br />
games and surprise prizes.<br />
Following a short break for the<br />
summer, weekly rehearsals restart<br />
on Wednesday 7th September at<br />
Crane Moor Methodist Church,<br />
Thurgoland, Sheffield S35 7AT. There<br />
is always a free taster session and<br />
the choir meets every Wednesday<br />
from 7.30pm.<br />
For more information, contact Ruth<br />
Rovira on 07801543164 or email<br />
thurgolandcommunitychoir@<br />
gmail.com. The choir also has a<br />
Facebook group that you can join.<br />
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