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Rotary Swaffham Swaffham Rotary “In the Bleak Midwinter”, so starts Christina Rosetti's poem published in 1872 and later put to music by both Harold Darke and Gustav Holst. February always seems to me to be the bleakest month of the year though thankfully it's also the shortest. The long winter evenings have been put to good use though by Swaffham Rotarians for hatching plans for our fund raising efforts during 2024. To our regular events, the Golf Day and the Swaffham Arts Festival, this year will be added the Swaffham Beer Festival. Masterminded by Swaffham Rotarian Kurt Oliver, Sunday May 26th promises to be a lively day. Snacks, music, and of course lots of premium beers will be of offer in the Assembly Rooms. Watch out for further details! It's always miserable to hear of Rotary Clubs, or for that matter any other charitable groups, shutting up shop. Our own club came close to closing during lockdown when holding meetings became so difficult. So it's very gratifying to be able to say that our membership is growing. Our President Ray Burman recently welcomed Nayna Bass as a new member and granted Honorary Membership to Sue Whittley, Zoe Waites, Julia Wallace and Mariia Pryzhlei. Swaffham WEA On Saturday 24th February we will be holding a Day School at the Swaffham Community Centre run by art historian Fiona Fitzgerald on the subject “Women in Art 1500 – 2000”. Who were they? And why do we know so little about them? Fiona’s course will help us to gain an insight into ways in which art education, studio set-ups and writing about art have enabled some members of society to become well-known whilst others remain obscure. Fiona has previously run two courses on art with us, one on sculpture and the other on a history of art in 100 paintings. Her courses are always interesting and thought- provoking, and this subject will break new ground for many of us. The course will run from 10 am to 3 pm with a breaks for coffee and lunch (please bring your own lunch). The course code is Q 00013239 and the cost of the day is £25. Then on Wednesday 28th February Mary Fewster will return to the Community Centre with part 2 of her course about “Health, Medicine and Social Care”. Mary’s knowledge is based on detailed research and local references, and she gives us a much greater appreciation of our own history. Tea or coffee will be served from 1.30pm, and the course will run from 2pm to 4pm on 28th February, 6 th March and 13 th March. The cost of the 3 week course is £36, and the course code is Q00013188. You can enrol online at wea.org.uk, or by phone on 0300 303 3464 to speak to a friendly voice. We hope to see old friends and new faces! At the time of writing another candidate for membership has been proposed which is very pleasing. Here's to longer evenings and all best wishes from Swaffham Rotary! Richard Skinner Keep up-to-date with everything going on at Swaffham Community Centre & Swaffham Assembly Rooms by visiting the 'what's on' page of our website: www.swaffhamcommunityhub.co.uk or scan the QR code below #iceniswaffhamhub Swaffham Arts We are delighted to welcome back Chaos Collective, the string quartet that plays everything! They will be at Swaffham Assembly Rooms on Saturday 16th March at 7.30 pm as our contribution to rounding off the celebration of all things Swaffham that has been taking place over the last three years. We don’t yet know what they will be playing, but we do know that the evening will be great fun and very enjoyable. Tickets priced at £12 are available from The Green Parrot 01760 724704 and the Community Centre 01760 722800. Swaffham Arts is grateful to Swaffham Cultural Consortium and Historic England for their support in putting on this concert. And we look forward to bringing more musical events to Swaffham in the months to come. 6
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