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U3A Gold Coast Incorporated - JUNE Newsletter - Page 1 of 10
Newsletter Learning for Pleasure
Together, we will shape our U3A group to be the best
June 2018 Patron - Councillor Dawn Crichlow
Management Committee
Executive:
President Marvin Summers
Vice- President Lesley Goodman
Secretary Andrew Carter
Treasurer Peter Knight
Committee: Alice Fairley
Officers and Volunteers
Class Coordinator Alice Fairley
Assistant Class Coordinator Andrew Carter
Office Manager Marvin Summers
Social Convenors Margaret Karakatsanis
Pat Jones
Newsletter Editor Marvin Summers
President’s Message
I am pleased to report the expected number of new registrations
were received on the day of our 30th Anniversary Showcase and
are still filtering in. A paid publicity campaign was undertaken for
this occasion and has proved beneficial in attracting many more
new members.
For an overview on how the day went, please read the Class
Coordination Notes by the Class Coordinator/s.
As some of you might already be aware, Doug Oliver has resigned
as Treasurer. We have a lot to thank Doug for - he has been
instrumental in streamlining our association’s financial affairs
impeccably, seeing us through end of 2017 year Audit Review,
establishing a comprehensive Australia Fair and Margaret Street
Asset Register, and aligning the association’s legal obligations with
the Queensland Government’s Laws and Regulations of
Incorporated Associations, not to mention the daily routine of a
Treasurer. Thank you Doug, for all your hard work and dedication.
Marvin Summers (President)
ABN 17 993 804 260
Inside this Issue
Important Dates
Treasurer's Money Box
Class Coordination Notes
Profile: Neil Mcinnes on Ukulele
Meet Gladys: Never too old to learn
Showcase of Classes
Walking with Pleasure
Social Activities
How to contact us
Office:
Level 1 (Shop 1074), Australia Fair, Southport
Phone: 07 5591 6671
Margaret Street Venue:
Phone: 07 5532 1516
Address all correspondence to:
The Secretary
U3A Gold Coast Inc
PO Box 3365
Australia Fair Q4215
Email: u3agoldcoastinc@bigpond.com
Web: u3agoldcoastinc.weebly.com
Facebook: U3A Gold Coast Inc Southport
Office Hours:
9.00am-3.30pm : Monday to Thursday
9.00am-3.00pm : Friday
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Important dates:
End of Semester 1:
Saturday 30 June
Office closes for 4 weeks:
Monday 2 July to 27 July
Office opens:
Monday 30 July
Semester 2 starts:
Monday 30 July
Gold Coast Show Day:
Friday 31 August
U3A's General Meeting:
Mid-September - TBA
The organizing of the 30th Anniversary
Showcase 2018 held on Wednesday 16th May
went quite smoothly in spite of the few hiccups
on the day itself.
All those members who arrived from 7.30 am
did a great job in helping set up chairs and
tables around the room in readiness for the
class members to arrange their wares. The
same is to be said of those who stayed back at
the end of the day returning all furniture to its
original storage place – and this includes the
lady who had fun with the big V-broom
sweeping the massive floor! Thank you one
and all, much appreciated.
The MC, Doug Kennedy, certainly filled in the
gaps with his kind of wit (and clear voice!) on
brief details of each act as they came up.
The knife for the cutting of the cake was held
with four individual hands – our President
Marvin Summers, Councillor Dawn Crichlow,
Founding Member Myra Dawson and Longest
Serving Tutor Graciela Castle.
Many classes are to be commended for
putting on a great display portraying what their
classes are about.
Apart from the three tutors who apologized
beforehand, it was a disappointment of others
who did not make the effort to be part of the
Showcase.
The active class performers – all four of them, Tai Chi,
Yoga B, Yoga Chair, Tap dancers – had the room at a
standstill, and some members have since made
complimentary comments on their performance.
Well done ladies!
All Tutors were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation
for their role in/with U3A Gold Coast Inc. and all Volunteer
Receptionists and Office Workers (non-committee) received
the same for their part in various roles.
From here onwards, there will be no more ‘disruptions’ to
Class Time Tables, at least till September’s General Meeting
– and it won’t be held on a Wednesday!
Don’t forget:
July break starts Monday 2 July to Friday 27July
Semester 2 starts Monday 30 July 2018
Class Coordination Notes
By Alice Fairley / Andrew Carter
Class Coordinators
30th Anniversary Showcase
Treasurer's Money Box
By Peter Knight, Treasurer
Greetings to all U3A members
You may remember me as previously being your
Secretary, and now, I have been appointed Treasurer to
fill the casual vacancy.
U3A is a growing vibrant organisation with extremely
worthwhile objectives and has a great tight knit
Committee supported by very enthusiastic and committed
volunteers, and I am pleased to be part of that group.
Apart from the common goals that we have which include
trying to update and modernise our infrastructure, if any of
you have any individual problems or issues that you think
I may be able to help you with, please do not hesitate
to let me know.
Draw
Norma, Andrew and
our Needle Craft
Class Tutor,
Elizabeth, proudly
announced the
following winners in
the draw:
1st Prize Joan Haydon - Knee Rug & Scarf (hand knitted)
2nd
Prize Ann Green - Cushion (hand knitted cover)
3rd
Prize Mitzi Simpson - Candle & Picture Frame (donated)
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Like father, like son, I made my eldest daughter play
the Flute, middle daughter play the Sax, and son
play the Drums.
I still love to sit and play at full moon, creepy, dirge
music on the keyboard at midnight.
So, now I am happy to steer and
guide interested budding
musicians of any age, into a fun
instrument called the Ukulele.
The U3A music group has multiple instruments
including Guitar, Baritone and Ukulele. If you play
the spoons, saw, gumleaf, bones, comb, bottles or
other fun gear, why not join Robert Moore, our Guitar
Tutor, and we can jam together.
”I still love to sit and play at full moon, creepy dirge music on the keyboard at midnight”
I was born in Brisbane and moved to Sydney at the
age of 4. Father was a Preacher (Evangelist). Later
he was ordained as a Congregational Minister, then
Uniting Church. So, all of us 4 kids had to learn an
instrument and play in the Cronulla
Congregational Church.
I was the eldest, so I learned the piano, gospel
songs, and got honors in the Australian Music
Examination Board (AMEB) exams.
After my marriage in 1971 and 3 kids later, we saw
the light and moved to the Gold Coast in 1990,
where I played the electronic organ at the Nerang
Uniting Church.
Tutor Profile
Neil Mcinnes
Ukulele
By Neil Mcinnes
Annual General Meeting and 30th Anniversary Morning Tea
Meet Gladys
Never too old to learn
Gladys, at 97, is our inspiration.
She never fails to get to her 500 Cards and Cribbage
Classes every week and it is a delight to see her walk
through the door for a cup of tea in plenty of time
before class starts.
Her class mates reveal that Gladys is on top of her
game and keeps you alert and on your toes.
Gladys shared some of her life experiences over a
cuppa the other morning and we found out she was
born in Streatham in the Southwest of England.
Her husband wanted to come to Australia and
brought her and son and daughter over on, what
was called then, the Ten Pound Scheme.
They went to Sydney first, then moved to Brisbane
and came to the Gold Coast in 1966.
She has 5 grandsons and 1 granddaughter, as well
as 9 great grandchildren spread around but her son
and daughter live close by on the Gold Coast.
Gladys is a respected and admired member of our U3A group.
Gladys
shown here
celebrating
her 97th
birthday at
U3A last
year
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Showcase of Classes - 16 May 2018
Tap Dancing - Maureen
Keyboard - Jan / Imelda
The Keyboard group played Happy Birthday during the cake cutting ceremony as well as providing pleasant
background music during the Showcase on top of their Keyboard demonstration given in the morning.
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Yoga B - Jenny Yoga B girls
Painting - Oil / Acrylic - Julie
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Leatherwork - Linda
Needle Craft - Elizabeth
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Basic Drawing No 1 - Valerie
English Literature - Dee Creative Writing - Christine
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NEXT WALK
To: West End, Brisbane
Date: Saturday 9 June 2018
Meet: Helensvale Train Station for the 9.24 am service to South Brisbane - 2nd carriage from the front.
Other Information:
Train leaves Nerang at 9.19 am.
If you're not already registered on the
Walking Group list, just turn up and
make yourself known to the Convenor,
Diane Newbould, and add yourself to
the list
U3A Walk - Saturday 12 May By Norma Hutchinson
The destination of our walk was the Art Centre at Bundall.
Our group of six caught the bus at TAFE in
Scarborough Street and travelled to the stop on
Ferry Road, opposite the Brickworks
shopping complex.
From there we travelled on foot, through the
grounds of The Southport School (TSS), where a
large sporting event was taking place.
TSS is a huge school which was founded in
1901. It has many impressive buildings and
enormous grounds, part of which run alongside
the Nerang River, surely an advantage to their
strong rowing crews.
We emerged onto traffic busy Ferry Road, but
our route soon put us back by the river pathway
where we continued almost to the Chevron
Island bridge.
We passed under the bridge and continued the short distance to the Arts Centre park, a well-known leisure spot.
A point of interest at present is the recently
constructed amphitheatre, the top of which can be
accessed by way of a pathway of large slabs of
rock, reminiscent to one of the group, of the Great
Wall of China. Of course, we all climbed it and
most of us suffered next day from aching
thigh muscles.
Such strenuous exercise called for a well-earned
break. The Arts Centre cafe serves excellent
coffee and food, so we relaxed there for a while
before continuing with the walk.
The remainder of the walk took us across
Chevron Island to Budds Beach, a very peaceful
spot, then around the pathway at the rear of the
Marriott Hotel and so on to the Gold Coast
Highway.
It was then just a short walk to the Main Beach
tram station from where we caught the tram to our
respective stops.
Bright sunny weather - perfect for walking, and great company.
A lovely day out
We look forward to our walk next month is to
Brisbane.
Look for the notice of the walk.
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Social Activities
The next get-together wil l not be the
tradit ional lunch held on the last
Saturday of the month, but due to
requests for a suitable venue to
experience a 'High Tea', Cherry
Beans at Pacif ic Fair has been
selected, and, unfortunately, they only
hold their 'High Teas' on Sundays.
Convenor: Margaret K
NEXT GET-TOGETHER FOR A
'HIGH TEA' wil l be:
Date: Sunday 1 July 2018
Where: Cherry Beans, Pacific Fair
Cost $16.00
11.30 am for 12 noon
A table has already been booked for
12 people, so don't delay and put your name
down on the notice board in the Office and
mark this date in your diary.
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Social Activities (continued)
$5 deposit - payment in full no later than 9 June
U3A Gold Coast Inc is grateful to the office of Rob Molhoek MP for Southport for photocopying this Newsletter