UPPER NORTH REGION NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2015

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1 UPPER NORTH REGION NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2015 CORRECTIONS TO SECOND SEMESTER COURSE BOOK Please note the corrections to the following courses advertised in the July-December 2015 course book (see page 55). TURRAMURRA UNITING CHURCH 152NT01 RACE, RACISM AND RELIGION Please note: Veroe has had a fall and will be unable to take her Monday History class at Turramurra Uniting Church for at least a few weeks. Phil Pryor has agreed to take the class on 10 August when we may have a better idea of Veroe s situation. Hope to see the current members of the class there. 152NT02 CURRENT AFFAIRS DISCUSSION GROUP We discuss current affairs and associated ideas based on media reports in an informal and objective manner. Subjects presented for discussion by a leader who is rostered on a voluntary basis in each session. New members are welcome. Alt. Tuesdays from 14 July Leader and bookings: Jan Martin

2 COURSE CHANGES Please also note that in August and September there will be speaker changes to the following course. TURRAMURRA: UNITING CHURCH 152NT03 SOCIAL & POLITICAL HISTORY Thursday 27 August, Phil Pryor will give a talk on Historical Mysteries. Thursday 10 September, Paul Barclay will lecture on Ataturk and Gandhi. Thursday 24 September, Paul Barclay will lecture on Galileo. Bookings Margaret Marshall WAHROONGA ROSETTA PARK 152NS01 ITALIAN COMBINED BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE Classes for this course will now resume on Tuesday 25 August. Leader and bookings Adrian Walker. walkeradrian@optusnet.com.au LECTURES IN AUGUST BEROWRA COMMUNITY CENTRE 152NA01 AFFAIRS OF INTEREST Monday 10 August, Rosemary McCulloch will give a talk on the Royal Albert Hall. Monday 24 August, A lecture by Graham Spindler on Federation & Constitution. Leader and bookings, Anne Lycett. j_alycett@optusnet.com.au

3 LECTURES IN AUGUST TURRAMURRA NORTH: THE LANDINGS 152NJ01 TOPICS OF INTEREST Tuesday 11 August. Presenter: Det. Sup. Deb Wallace. Tuesday 25 August. Presenter: Bernd Anner. 440 Bobbin Head Road, North Turramurra. No bookings required, sessions held in the Clubhouse. Convenor: Wendy Bull, KILLARA LOURDES RETIREMENT VILLAGE 152NR01 HISTORICAL AND OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS Thursday 6 August, Tom Sweeney will lecture on what it takes to stage a Broadway musical locally. Bookings not required. 10:00 12:00. LINDFIELD GARDENS 152ND01 A SERIES OF INTERSTING TALKS COVERING A VARIETY OF TOPICS Thursday 27 August, Books before printing by Bill Rees. Book through the office

4 TURRAMURRA ROHINI VILLAGE 152NN01 SPEAKERS PROGRAM LECTURES IN AUGUST Wednesday 12 August, Pauline Thomas will give a presentation, TV Tales. Short anecdotes of people in the public eye. 10:30-12:00. Venue Convenor Patricia Johnson patriciagracej@hotmail.com ST IVES UNITING CHURCH 152NI03 EXPERIENCING MEDIEVAL EUROPE Wednesday 5 August York - Wool and prayer, Vikings and Merchants and Avignon - The Babylonian Captivity. Wednesday 19 August Avignon Papal splendour, Carcassonne, Fortress of the Languedoc, Cathars and Crusaders. EPPING: COMMUNITY CENTRE 152NF01 HUMANITY S CONQUEST OF THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE Alt. Wednesdays from 15 July, Leader and bookings: David Malone. dymalone@bigpond.net.au Mob

5 LECTURES IN AUGUST EPPING: LEISURE AND LEARNING CENTRE 152NE01 IDEAS THAT WILL CHANGE THE 21st CENTURY: EVOLUTION OF MONEYAND CAPITAL Alt. Wednesdays from 22 July, 1:00-3:00. Leader and bookings: Ian De Mellow. Phone BOOKINGS ONLY TURRAMURRA ROHINI VILLAGE 152NN03 GREAT PHARAOHS OF ANCIENT EGYPT Please note that registrations for the above course will only be taken by . KU-RING-GAI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Presents: The Great Masters What: The KPO focuses on the Great Masters of music with a program that includes the Beethoven Overture to Fidelio, Dvorak s Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 and the Bruckner Symphony No 4. The featured soloist is violinist Emma Zhuang (18). Emma was the overall winner of the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition in She is due to leave Australia in September this year, to take up a scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York. The conductor will be Max McBride. When: Sat 22 August 2015 at 7:30pm and Sun 23 August at 2:30pm. Where: The Peter Duly Hall, Abbotsleigh Girls School, cnr. Pacific Highway and Ada Ave, Wahroonga. Booking: Book online at or call Tickets: $30 / $25/15, Students $10, Family $75. Newsletter editor: Susan Shaw ssh84119@bigpond.net.au Design & production: Roger Link roger.link94@gmail.com