Heartbeats Takapuna Meeting
Heartbeats is a community-based cardiac support group for heart event survivors, their families and whanau.
It is supported by the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit at the North Shore Hospital and also works closely with the Heart Foundation NZ.
We are very inclusive and welcome ALL heart event survivors to come along and learn about heart disease and heart health management from the experiences of those who are on the same journey.
Heartbeats meets at the Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Rd, Takapuna, on the first THURSDAY of each month, at 10:00am and we have regular guest speakers from the medical, pharmacy, physiotherapy and psychotherapy/counselling healthcare communities.
NEXT MEETING is Thursday the 6th May, at the Mary Thomas Centre, and our guest speaker is one of Auckland's leading dietitians, Anna Sloan, Reg. Dietitian, who will be discussing heart healthy diets and the important nutrients for heart health after a heart event: as well as the impact of medications in our dietary requirements.
Come along, bring a friend, and learn how to deal with and manage your heart health journey!
Contact for more information: Trent at 0220 606 199 or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com... 476099493155288/
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Christmas Carols- A brief history
Hello,
As we head into Christmas and the long holidays, the unmistakable carol music of Christmas will be heard. From shopping malls to radio stations to homes where tree decorating missions are underway not to mention seeds of an argument that reaches it zenith on Christmas Day!
But where did it all originate ( not the argument!), the carols?
Here at the Flea FM, each week we will post a few short snippets* we have curated so that you can appreciate when you hear a carol, a little history about the simple Christmas carol. Enjoy.
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In medieval times, the word ‘carol’ referred to a round dance with musical accompaniment (‘carole’ in French). It later developed into a song form of verses and a refrain. Not all the original texts had Christmassy words but many were associated with Mary, Advent and Christmas. The term has since come to be applied to all Christmas songs, whether or not in carol form.
Christmas Carols were introduced to formal church services by St. Francis of Assisi.
‘One of the oldest printed English Christmas carols is the Boar's Head Carol, sung as the traditional dish is carried in on Christmas Day at Queen's College, Oxford; it was printed in 1521.’ (Oxford Dictionary of Music)
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