Youth Choir - Mondays at 4pm
WELCOME TO 2023
Aim: to foster the joy and skills of singing together
When: weekly on Mondays in term time at 4pm
For whom: children from age 7 to 16 (negotiable) boys and girls
Where: St James' Church Hall 71 Woburn Road (behind the Library)
How much: a gold coin per session, or $20.00 for the term
What we do: begin the session with warm-ups, physical and vocal, and learn how to sing and produce our voices.
What we sing: a range of songs from various cultures and languages, including Te Reo, Latin, Hebrew, English, rounds, sea shanties, folk-songs, songs from the shows!
• At Easter we sing Tenebrae in the church using songs from the Taize community
• At Christmas we sing a carol service with the senior choir
• We aim to have more informal concerts from time to time, and even produce a musical.
Our Leaders: Dr. Jonathan Berkahn, organist and choir director at St James' Church, and Helen Willberg, whose life-long work is to share the enjoyment of making music with others.
For more information or to register please contact Helen on 021 157 3892.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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63% Summer
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35.6% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
What word sums up 2024, neighbours?
If 2020 was the year of lockdowns, banana bread, and WFH (work from home)....
In one word, how would you define 2024?
We're excited to see what you come up with!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
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