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Barmouth News - 20th June, 2010


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Tickets for the “For mountain sea and Sand “ performances around Barmouth will be on sale at the Tourist Information Centre. Special concession prices of £5 and £3 for local adults and children apply. You can also buy on line www.theatrharlech.com or by phoning them on 01766 780667. The performances start at 3pm at St Johns Church Hall. Buying in advance helps the National Theatre group prepare and give the best experience to those participating. This is like nothing you have ever seen before, it is a first for Barmouth and is getting attention from the national press already. Be curious, be confused but don’t miss out on the chance to be part of this amazing experience. There will be 12 performances from 25th June, one each day but none on Mondays and Tuesdays. If you need more information call in to Communities First for an information sheet about the event. The National theatre are also looking for stewards for the event, if you can help even if only on a couple of events please contact Alison Williams on 281697

Cylch Meithrin y Bermo

Enillwr y £50 am enwi dyddiad geni Mrs Mair Owen, Ganllwyd. Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb sydd wedi trio. Y gyfartal oedd £100. Winner of the £50in naming the birth date was Mrs Mair Owen, Ganllwyd. Thank you to everyone who tried. The total raised was £100

Walk leaders

If you are a fan of Nordic Walking and would like to train to be a walk leader you have the opportunity to take a one-day training course with Gwynedd Council in Tywyn. This session will equip you to lead safe walks for people of all ages, further information is available from the Communities First office, there is also a poster in the office window.

Sixties night

Barmouth Bonfire & Firework Committee present a night of dancing to the fabulous sounds of the swinging sixties! For a great night of Sixties nostalgia, performing classic numbers from both the Liverpool and British Beat groups of the Sixties, classic hits in a fun packed, fast and vibrant show let Cavern take you back to the beginnings of the Swinging Sixties and the birth of Beatlemania. Cavern recreate this era performing classic hits from groups like The Beatles, The Searchers, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Mersey’s, The Hollies, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who and many other hit groups from the Sixties. Cavern bring The Sixties back to life, taking the audience on a Magical Musical History Tour, through One of the greatest musical decades of all time, it's a fast and vibrant show, designed to get everyone dancing along. Cavern use original instruments from the period, names like Rickenbacker, Epiphone, Gibson, and the famous Hofner Violin Beatle Bass, together with a Black Ludwig drum kit, Cavern also use original amplifiers from the period names such as Marshal and Vox. The Sixties look is completed by the use of original stage clothes including the classic Sixties style Black thin lapelled suits, narrow leg trousers, White button down collared shirts, thin ties and the famous Cuban heeled Black Beatle boots. Anyone daring to don their hotpants, mini skirts or flares there will be a cash prize for best 60's dressed! Cavern will be appearing at The Buffs Club, Barmouth on the 26th June @9pm. Tickets £6-00 available from Rita 01341281541 or 07827315674, Sue 07796485603, alternatively they can be purchased on the door!

Allotments

Would you like an allotment, are you short of growing space? In order to judge what provision needs to be made Communities First are collecting the names of people in the town who would like land to use for cultivation. Please call into the office in Station Road to put your name down. At present no time scale can be given as suitable land has to be acquired

Craigs Award

Craig Dobbins was presented with a certificate of recognition for the work that he has done in the community by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, This is an annual award, created to acknowledge the efforts of people who help their community. Craig was one of five people throughout Gwynedd to receive an award. Craigs certificate was presented at a ceremony in Portmeirion by Robin Llewelyn who is a descendant of Clough Williams Ellis who founded the unique village. Craig works to collect bottle tops, stamps and ring pulls for three charities and helps run the Y Not Drop In. He has developed a network of collection points and provides posters and collecting buckets for the individual sites. He was accompanied to the ceremony by Rita Hunter from the Regard Partnership, Martin Williams Coordinator and Nan McCready from Communities First . The ceremony ended with a generous afternoon tea for the party.

St Johns Church

Sunday the 13th of June marked a special day in the life of St John's Church in Barmouth. It was the re-opening of St John's for Sunday worship following the second phase of restoration work. Work has been ongoing at St John's over the last few months on the mountainside of the building with several high-level nave windows having their stonework and glass repaired by specialists. Some of the stained glass windows have also been removed for repair in specialist workshops -no mean feat given the size of the windows! St John's has also had new cast iron drainpipes fitted from the top of the tower and had a lot of lead-work replaced. The end result is now a building that is almost fully weatherproof. All of this work would not have been able to go ahead without the generous support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, Cadw, the Piggott Trust and all of the kind people of the parish who donated not only funds, but their valuable time towards the project -and getting the Church ready for its first service. A warm and friendly invitation is therefore made to everyone to go to the 11 am service and see what has been done to St John's. you will be able to read the information displays and learn about future plans of facilities developments at St John's.

Frankly Sinatra

Jo King is an expert at recreating the atmosphere and magic of a Frank Sinatra show. The intimate atmosphere of the Arts Room at the Dragon Theatre is the perfect venue for this cabaret style show, one which was a complete sell out previously. This show will be on Friday 25th June at 7-30pm, tickets will cost £8 and can be reserved by calling the theatre box office on 01341 281697

CAB Kiosk

The new high tech Citizens Advice Bureau computer system has now been installed at the Communities First office in Station Road. It is a touch screen operation which means you do not have to understand anything about computers to use it, just touch the symbol on the screen and follow the simple instructions. This facility is available 9-30 till 4-30 Monday to Friday, it has local and national information on a vast range of subjects. There will be someone available to help if needed but otherwise you can access the service independently and anonymously in privacy. Access is free and is in addition to the fortnightly visits by a C.A.B. advisor.

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