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January 2014 Calendar and What’s On Guide

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Happy New Year! Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014.

This photo was taken by Sonia Kendal for the January entry in the "Around Our Village" 2014 Calendar produced by the North Luffenham Camera Club.

This photo was taken by Sonia Kendal for the January entry in the “Around Our Village” 2014 Calendar produced by the North Luffenham Camera Club.

January 2014 Calendar

Create your own calendar at timeanddate.com

Would you like a printed version of next year’s calendar? Contact the Camera Club today to reserve your copy of the 2015 calendar.

What’s on in North Luffenham during January 2014

Weds 1st

Weekly Quiz starts at the Fox and Hounds.

Mon 6th

Arbonne Evening run by Jo Spiegl in the Fox and Hounds.

Weds 8th

Weekly Quiz at the Fox and Hounds.

Thurs 9th

Garden Club meeting with a talk on “Companion Planting” by Andrew Sankey.

Sat 11th

Live music from the Dirty Cowboys at the Fox & Hounds, starting at 8pm.

Weds 15th

Weekly Quiz at the Fox and Hounds.

Thurs 16th

Knit and Knatter get together at Liliane Coogan’s, please contact Liliane if you want to join us.

Weds 17th

Weekly Quiz at the Fox and Hounds.

Sat 18th

Live music at the Fox and Hounds by The Blue Volcano who cover The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, as well as old bluesy stuff.

Mon 20th

Parish Council Meeting in the Community Centre starting at 7:30pm.

Tuesday 21st

Camera Club Talk “The Pyrenees” by Sue Churchill.
Chater Community Choir starts.

Weds 22nd

Weekly Quiz at the Fox and Hounds.

 Thursday 23rd

Knit and Knatter pick up their projects again at the Fox and Hounds

Weds 29th

Weekly Quiz at the Fox and Hounds.

Do you have one of these social media accounts?

  • Facebook – You can now add your own posts to the North Luffenham Facebook timeline.
  • Twitter – If you follow or mention North Luffenham on Twitter, we’ll follow you back and retweet all mentions. 
  • Google Plus – Follow the North Luffenham website’s Google+ page, or join and post to the North Luffenham Community page on Google+.

Xmas message from Eric Abell

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Happy Christmas and New Year to all my friends in North Luffenham and thank you all for making me welcome to the village.

I will give a donation to Marie Curie Cancer Care in lieu of cards.

Eric Abell

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Singing in a Winter Wonderland

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Singing In a Winter Wonderland Concert of favourite Christmas music and opera with Caroline Trutz (Soprano), Julie Unwin (Mezzo) and Robert-John Edwards (Bass) and local children.

Santa’s Grotto, mulled wine, a lovely festive evening for all!

Where: Uppingham Parish Church
When: Monday 23rd December, 7pm
Tickets: On the door – adults £10 each, under 16’s £2 each, Under 5’s free

Proceeds will go to Philippines Typhoon Appeal and Uppingham Church

via Susie Burrows

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Santa Spotted Today in Church Street!

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Santa in Church St

Photo via Sallyanne Marsons, Cricket Club

Perhaps Santa has lost his sleigh and is waiting to hitch a ride on the International Space Station which passes over shortly, start looking towards Morcott at 5:08pm and you might see him:

Pass beginning

Date/time: 12/17 17:08:45
Azimuth: 239.66° (SW)
Elevation (altitude): 0.02°
Magnitude: 1.4
Distance to satellite: 2365.7 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO

Maximum altitude

Date/time: 12/17 17:14:10
Azimuth: 156.65° (SSE)
Elevation (altitude): 51.27°
Magnitude: -1.9
Distance to satellite: 534.7 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): NO

Pass ending

Date/time: 12/17 17:19:25
Azimuth: 77.18° (E)
Elevation (altitude): 0.59°
Magnitude: –
Distance to satellite: 2301.3 km
In Earth’s shadow (eclipsed): YES

Data from Real Time Satellite Tracking

Parish Council meeting on October 21st 2013

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The Minutes of this meeting have now been signed as a true record and are posted below

 

MINSOct21 SNO

Rutland Community Spirit

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The Information Bus, First Contact Mobile, is due to visit North Luffenham on December 4th

 details below

Press release updated

 

FIRST CONTACT MOBILE ROUTES Advertising leaflet

 

 

Lifeguards wanted for Rutland Water swimming beach

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Anglian Water will be opening a new swimming beach on Rutland Water in the summer of 2014 and they are looking for Life Guards.

They have a number of casual opportunities throughout the summer season (April – November 2014) to join the team based at the recreation centre in Rutland Water as a Lifeguard and Senior Lifeguard.

To find our more about this and our other casual roles go to the Anglian Water careers page.

via Pete Burrows, Homeworkers

Pre-Christmas Fair for Church Roof Fund

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Pre Christmas Fair Poster

Pre-Christmas Fair at the North Luffenham Community Centre on Saturday, 23rd November from 2 to 4pm.

Home made festive food unusual preserves, chutney, marmalade & mincemeat.

Christmas decorations plus cards, paper and fine handmade jewellery.

In aid of the Church Roof Fund.

Do come & join us without the hassle of the shops, and have a chat together with a cup of tea & cake.

Print or Download Poster

Pre Christmas Fair 2013 Poster

via Janet Whittaker

Now You See Me – Uppingham Film Night Out

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Just a reminder that our next film is on Wednesday 13th November: NOW YOU SEE ME (a robbery theme, but the thieves are all magicians….). Usual arrangements: Uppingham Town Hall, doors open at 7, film starts 7.30.

Do bring friends, cushions, drink, nibbles. Tickets (£5) either on the door or from The Falcon. We very much look forward to welcoming you.

May I also give you some advance notice about our December film: THE GREAT GATSBY, on December 11th.

In keeping with the festive season, do feel free to dress the part if you feel like it, and to end up in a local hostelry afterwards…

Do spread the word about Film Night: we are delighted with the enthusiasm we have had, and look forward to the second Wednesday of the month through 2014 as well.

via Susie Burrows, The Uppingham Town Partnership

Fireworks Display Video from 5th November 2013

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The North Luffenham Bonfire Night is organised by the Parish Council. Voluntary donations are collected on the night to help fund next year’s display.

Video via Pete Burrows, NLCC

Uppingham Film Schedule for next 3 months

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Now You See Me - Film Night Out Poster

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Thank you for your past support. Uppingham Town Partnership has obtained the funding to put on a monthly film night in Uppingham Town Hall at 7.15 every second Wednesday in the month at only £5 per ticket, starting in September and carrying on until next summer.

With plenty more support, we hope to be able to make it a permanent fixture! And we aim to keep it as a fun, sociable evening with sweets on sale, soft drinks available and sometimes a quick chat about the film. So, please do bring your drinks (alcohol permitted), nibbles & cushions and come along to enjoy a film evening with us from September 11th.

Tickets will be available from The Falcon two weeks before each film, or take the risk and just turn up and pay on the door! There will be posters around the town.

And do please spread the word by sharing via Facebook or other social media below, and bring some friends along with you.

The films we have planned are:

NOW YOU SEE ME (Official website, reviews: RT, IMDb). A heist movie with a difference – the thieves are all magicians…. – November 13th

THE GREAT GATSBY (yet to be confirmed) (Official website, reviews: RT, IMDb). We think you will have heard about this one – feel free to dress up if we manage to book it! – December 11th

Behind the Candelabra possibly! (Official website, reviews: RT, IMDb, The Telegraph) – the darkly comic biopic about Liberace and his relationships) – January 8th

We will keep you up to date with any additional information, and we very much look forward to warmly welcoming you to as many film nights as you can get to!

➡ Follow Uppingham Film Night Out on Facebook.

Susie Burrows, The Uppingham Town Partnership

via Kathleen Robinson

A Late Quartet – Uppingham Film Night Out

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A Late Quartet PosterThe next Uppingham Film Night at the Town Hall is on Wednesday, October 9th at 7.15pm.

This month’s film is A Late Quartet (reviews: RT, IMDb, theguardian) a moving drama about a chamber music quartet, directed by Yaron Zilberman & with a strong cast led by Christopher Walken. It has had very good reviews.

As ever, do come along bringing cushions, chairs, nibbles, drink, friends – or just yourselves.

Tickets will be available from THE FALCON (£5), but we are moving towards just selling them on the door as we are confident we can get everyone in.

We very much look forward to welcoming everyone to this increasingly sociable evening!

:arrow: Follow Uppingham Film Night Out on Facebook.

via Kathleen Robinson

Carpet Bowls Singles Competition Results 2013

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On Saturday 22 September members of the North Luffenham Carpet Bowls Club (NLCBC) met in the Community Centre.

The occasion was the Singles Competition which is held every year about this time. It is a prelude to the coming start of the League competitions in which the NLCBC enters two teams, Fourteen players took part in a ‘Round Robin’ and were supported by members of the Club, relatives and friends.

Of course competition was keen, with many cliff hanging moments, Play went on all afternoon. The out come was: Tim Smalley – took the Winners Cup and the Club Shield. The runner up was Thomas Ellis taking the Trophy. Well done and congratulations to them both. The presentation was made by Katy Ellis.

An entertaining and enjoyable time ended with a serving of fish and chips all round.

via Sylvia Lawson, Carpet Bowls Club

A Bittersweet Evening of Romance

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A bittersweet evening of romance – with poetry, candlelight and sensual music by galàn.

galan

Specialising in European Renaissance and Baroque music, the group is accompanied by Theorbo and Harpsichord.

  • Three Sopranos: , Lucy Page, Alison Hill, Katy Hill
  • Harpsichord: Christopher Bucknell
  • Theorbo: Manuel Minguillon

Manuel Minguillon

Christopher Bucknell

A unique opportunity to hear this young & inspiring ensemble prior to recording their first album in North Luffenham Church.

Where: St John the Baptist Church, North Luffenham.

When: Sunday 13th October 2013 at 6pm.

Tickets cost £12 each (Including a glass of wine and canapés) and can be booked online from the Stamford Arts Centre or by telephone: 01780 763203.

Download/Print Promotional Poster: Loves Reflections

Loves Reflections poster

via Paul Cummings, Mutual Support

Uppingham Film Night Out – The Sapphires

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The SapphiresOur new film night season opens next Wednesday, 11th, at 7.15pm in Uppingham Town Hall with a showing of The Sapphires (Reviews: IMDb, RT) .

This is a real feel-good movie, with plenty of food for thought & should send you home humming if not singing to yourselves.

Tickets are on sale at The Falcon (£5) or get them on the door.

Bring along comfy cushions, nibbles, drink – tables & chairs if you like!  We will be delighted to see you all.

Do spread the word! And remember we are putting on a film on the second Wednesday of each month, having secured funding for a year in hopes its popularity will keep it going after that!

➡ Follow Uppingham Film Night Out on Facebook.

Susie Burrows, The Uppingham Town Partnership

via Kathleen Robinson

Tonight! Venus and Crescent Moon pairing after Sunset

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Venus

Venus [courtesy of NASA]

A rare opportunity to view Venus and the crescent Moon in close proximity to each other will occur tonight, just after sunset.

Look towards West-Southwest (WSW) in the direction of Wing shortly after sunset, and cloud cover permitting, you will notice the two brightest objects in the night sky.

Venus is the closest planet to Earth and never strays too far away from the Sun due to its relatively close orbit, and being the second closest planet orbiting the Sun.  So if you don’t want to miss the pairing, make sure you catch a glimpse earlier in the evening before Venus sets on the horizon.

Venus, although Earth-like in many ways, is a particularly inhospitable place to visit, none of the space probes sent to land there lasted very long due to the very high surface temperature of 464°C, 90 times Earth’s atmospheric pressure, and acidic conditions.

Some scientists believe that Venus’ atmosphere may have been much more Earth-like in the past, with an abundance of water. Doomsday comparisons are often made between the natural runaway green-house effect that has occurred on Venus, and the possible man-made fate that awaits our own planet.

Volunteers wanted for Big Collection Weekend

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Tesco - Diabetes UK

Diabetes UK are looking for volunteers over the weekend of October 4th/5th/6th to take part in a bucket collection as part of the Big Collection Weekend at Tesco in Oakham.

If anyone can give 3 hours between 12 and 3 on Friday or Saturday, or between 3 and 6 on Friday,  please could you contact me please, its a great charity.

via Gail Arnott

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New Yoga classes starting this week in Preston

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do yoga! website

Fancy a new way to keep fit and healthy? Why not give yoga a try?

2 new classes begin this week on Tuesday 3rd September at Preston Village Hall.

The morning class runs from 9.30 – 11am and consists of gentle strength building exercises to help with posture followed by a lovely guided relaxation.

The evening class (8 – 9pm) focuses on releasing tension from the spine and relaxing the body and mind. For more details have a look at the Do-Yoga! website or contact Deb King.

How Far will your Penny go?

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Penny Farthing

Having promoted the Rutland Ride and Stride in the Rutland Times this week on my Penny Farthing, I have decided to enter riding one and will be starting at the church 10.00 am on 14th September.

I have set up a just giving page, if anybody would like to contribute.

via Keith Read, Just Giving