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Things that are happening:
TERM 2 NO 2 LECTURE: BUSINESS AND TOURISM IN THE WAIRARAPA
GEOFF COPPS.
Geoff works for Grow Wellington, the economic development
agency which also encompasses Wairarapa. He has worked with
Wairarapa businesses and has helped them to expand their
services. Keenly passionate about Wairarapas potential as a
tourism mecca, Geoff sees the future as bright, with our
unique attractions and the right publicity promising a
glowing future.
Date: Thursday 25 June 2009
Time: 10.00 am for mix and mingle, Lecture: 10.30 am 11.30
am.
Venue: Wharekaka Day Room, Oxford Street, Martinborough.
Cost: $2 per person
Open to members and prospective members; so bring your
friends along!
If you would like to carpool from Masterton, contact Margot
or Kim at Wairarapa REAP to offer or request a ride.
Future
Lectures
Please make a note of these dates in your diary or
calendar:
Term 3, No 1:
Thursday 30 July: Barry Sims:
Growing Business in Masterton; venue will be REAP House,
Masterton.
Term 3, No 2:
Thursday 17 September: Chris
Pedersen: Travels Near and Far; venue will be the Wharekaka
Day Room, Martinborough.
Regular
Groups:
Unless otherwise stated, the venue for all meetings is the
MTLT Education Centre, 22 Dixon St, Masterton. The contact
person is given for each group, or you can contact Margot
at REAP on 06 377 1379 (leave a message for her if shes not
at work on the day you call).
Opera
History & Appreciation
Convenor: Duncan Roper, ph (06) 306 9646 or email
dsroper@xtra.co.nz
Venue: MTLT Education Centre, 22 Dixon Street, Masterton.
The Opera Group meets on the 2nd Friday of each month, from
11 am to 3 pm (with a lunch break in the middle bring your
own). The next meeting will be 10 July.
The featured opera will be Die Dreigroschenoper - The
Threepenny opera by Kurtt Weill and Bertold Brecht.
It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera,
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist
critique of the capitalist world, and is the original
source of that much covered standard Mack The Knife.
New members are always welcome contact Duncan for more
details.
Martinborough Opera
Appreciation Group
Convener: Duncan Roper: ph 06 306 9646 or
Email: dsrpoer@xtra.co.nz
Venue: Wharekaka Day Room, Oxford St, Martinborough.
Our opera for 14 July is a well-known Mozart opera The
Marriage of Figaro.
The plot recounts a single "day of madness" in the palace
of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain, and was one of
Mozarts most successful works.
We start at 10.30 am, and as the duration is 4 - 4 hrs,
remember to bring your own lunch.
Autobiography and
Journalling
Convenor: Margot MacGillivray, ph 06 304 7166 or
email margotmacg@yahoo.co.nz
Venue: REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton.
We're meeting next on Monday 20 July, at 1.30 pm, in REAP
House, and working through the Life Story modules from the
On-line U3A course; we're doing some topics from unit 5.
Phone Margot for details on how to download these
materials, or to request a set to be posted to you.
Last meeting, participants shared family memories and
stories of family gatherings.
Writing
Group, Martinborough
Convenor: Trish Engel, phone 379 5572; email
pmr_mjv@yahoo.com.au
Venue: Day Room, Wharekaka, Oxford St, Martinborough
This group is producing some fantastic writing, but
welcomes additional members (and theres no pressure or
expectation that youll share your work until you are ready
to).
Junes meeting was all about Travel Writing. Julys topic is
interviewing.
The group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 1.30
pm. Next meeting: 7 July. .
Martinborough
Singers
Convenor: Jancis Potter, phone 06 306 9366 or email
dameja-u3a@yahooxtra.co.nz
Venue: varies phone Jancis
This group is flourishing with 18 singers. The groups first
concert was given to invited guests on 17 June.
There will be a short break before resuming on 8 July with
a new collection of songs. New members are still welcome.
Meets every week on Wednesday at 1pm. Phone Jancis for
details.
Book
Group
Convenor: Jan Veitch, ph 370 9261 or e-mail
veitch@wise.net.nz
Venue: Usually REAP House, but sometimes at private homes.
Check details below or contact Jan.
At the May meeting, the Book Group had an interesting
discussion on 'What makes a Prizewinning book' and found
that most of the books reviewed fitted into at least one of
our list of categories - which included things from use of
language, characterisation, complexity of story or
information, and not least, the foibles of the judges.
Books selected were from a range of competitions such as
Montana, Man Booker, Costa and Orange.
The next meeting is Monday, 22 June and as usual will be at
REAP House at 1.30 pm. Topic: Historical novel set in
Britain. The topic for 20 July will be set at this meeting.
New members are welcome contact Jan..
Martinborough Book
Group
Convenor: Jancis Potter, phone 306 9366 or email
dameja-u3a@yahooxtra.co.nz
Venue: Wharekaka Day Room, Oxford Street, Martinborough
This group meets on the first Monday of the Monday of the
month, at 1.30 pm. Facilitation is shared by group members.
There was no meeting in June as it fell on Queen's
Birthday. Next meeting will be on 6 July and we'll be
discussing the books by Alexander McCall-Smith.
Martinborough Film
Group
Convenor: Jancis Potter, phone 06 306 9366; email
dameja-u3a@yahooxtra.co.nz
Venue: Circus Cinema.
In June the group saw Last Chance Harvey. This group will
be in recess until further notice..
Music
Appreciation group, Martinborough
Convenor: Jancis Potter, phone: 06 306 9366; email
dameja-u3a@yahooxtra.co.nz
Venue: TBA please contact Jancis.
At the June meeting, the group was set a composition task
they wrote an 8 bar melody to help them appreciate how a
composer goes about developing an idea. We also did a
detailed study (following a graphic time-line) of the 1812
Overture. Next meeting is Monday 13 July.
Philosophy
Group
Convenor: Ross McCrostie, ph 377 1058 or e-mail
rossmxt@gmail.com
Venue: REAP House, 340 Queen Street, Masterton.
Philosophy Group
We will be meeting again on Wednesday, 1 July and as usual
from 10.30 is to about midday. We usually meet at REAP
House but on this "1st Wednesday of the month " REAP is
fully booked. Ross has invited the group to meet at his
home. Details will be sent out by email but any new member
is welcome to contact him at 377 1058.
The topic: Education - Can each and every child be expected
to reach the same degree of attainment?
Our numbers are fairly small at present and we will be
pleased to see the return of both Jill and Margaret as they
recover from their recent major surgery.
Lunch
Group
Convenor: Mike Cooper ph 06 306 8596 or e-mail
mike.cooper@paradise.net.nz
We are a group of ten or so people who meet on the 2nd
Wednesday of the month at a different caf or restaurant
within the Wairarapa to discuss current news events and to
enjoy good fellowship. Food and beverages are purchased at
own expense. Next meeting is 12.20 pm on Wednesday 8 July
at Toppys Caf Bar, Jellico Street, Martinborough Phone Mike
if youd like to join this group.
Current
Affairs over Morning Tea Martinborough
Convenor: Mike Cooper ph 06 306 8596 or e-mail
mike.cooper@paradise.net.nz
This group meets for lively discussion of current events on
the third Wednesday of each month, and to make it even more
interesting they vary the meeting place between
Martinboroughs various cates. The next meeting is at 9.15am
on 15 July at the Village Caf, Kitchener Street,
Martinborough.
Italian
Language & Culture
Convenor: Mary Rishworth, ph 377 5929 or e-mail
rishworths@xtra.co.nz
Venue: MTLT Education Centre, 22 Dixon St, Masterton
This group meets every Thursday at 1 pm.
Two new people have joined the group, which is very
encouraging! Another social occasion is planned, possibly
with a movie and sharing of Italian lunch. I did go and see
An Italian girl in Algiers in Wellington, a wonderful comic
opera by Rossini and a world class standard performance -
most of the cast were from New Zealand!
Beginners and new members always welcome contact Mary for
details.
French
Conversation
Convenor: Robyn ONeill. Phone 377 1802 or email
allyon@xtra.co.nz
Venue: MTLT Education Centre, 22 Dixon Street, Masterton
This group, with a focus on discussions in French has been
going for a while, but has missed the newsletter editors
radar! Weekly meetings give a great opportunity to try
speaking in French, with a supportive group who are also
practising!
Meetings are at the MTLT Education Centre at 1 pm every
Friday. For more information, please email Robyn.
Financial
matters Subscriptions Due
We have been very generously supported by REAP, and their
support is on going. However, REAP has many commitments in
the Wairarapa and so at the AGM of U3A a motion was carried
to increase the annual subscription from $10 to $15 per
year. The new subscription for couples is $25 per year. In
this way, it is hoped that we will be able to be more
self-supporting.
Photocopying and postage are a heavy cost to every
organisation. If you have email, we can send you the
newsletter to your computer, thus making some savings
there.
Please let Kim, Margot or me (Patricia Engel) know your
email address, by sending your name to one of us below:
margot.macgillivray@waireap.org.nz
reception@waireap.org.nz
pmr_mjv@yahoo.com.au
Subscriptions are due at the beginning of July, so a
renewal form is included with this newsletter. 2009-2010
membership badges will be purple, so make sure your green
one is traded in for the new colour!
NZSO Friday
Subscription Concerts in Wellington
NZSO Friday Subscription Concerts and Tranzit Concert Bus
to Wellington: Book through the NZSO Client Services 0800
479 674. The bus leaves Masterton at 3.45 pm and picks up
people on the way through Carterton and Featherston
(Martinborough people - we'll organise a car pool for you -
phone Jancis to work something out.) Jancis also runs the
Music Appreciation group in Martinborough, see page 3.
Proudly supported by
Wairarapa REAP
For More information about
U3A or if you would like to become a member, please contact
Wairarapa REAP.
Ph: 06 377 1379 or Email: reception@waireap.org.nz
Alternatively you can CLICK HERE to download a Membership Form, fill it
out and post it back to us at
the following address:
U3A
C/- Wairarapa REAP
P O Box 442
MASTERTON.