What’s On At Haslemere Hall!The glorious Victorian Theatre at Haslemere Hall plays host to a rich variety of entertainment from Cinema to Theatre, Live Shows via Satellite to Live Music, Opera to Dance. Here are some Summer Highlights:

15th June – The Audience with Helen Mirren as HM The Queen – live from The National Theatre7th July – Kenneth Branagh’s Romeo & Juliet – live from The Garrick Theatre26th July – Andre Rieu 2016 Maastricht Concert24th-25th August – The Mikado

For more information call 01428 642161 or go to www.haslemerehall.co.uk

Thank You!Many thanks to Haslewey’s official photographer, Gareth Davies who has taken all the wonderful photographs in this edition of The Haslewey Times. An amazing Weddings and Family Portraits photographer, you can contact Gareth on 07920 065555 or go to his website – www.studiogdphotography.co.uk

We would also like to thank all the kind students from Jamia Ahmadiyya Haslemere for all their help throughout the year. From manning reception to gardening and much more – their cheerful help has been invaluable and they are a valued part of our Community.

Last, but definitely not least, we would like to say a heartfelt Thank You to the lovely Anita Cumber, Tesco’s Community Champion and the rest of the team at Tesco’s for all their valuable and enthusiastic support. They may say “every little helps” – but we say they help Haslewey a lot!

A Right Royal 90th Birthday Celebration!Haslemere marked Her Majesty, the Queen’s 90th birthday in style on Saturday, 23rd April 2016 with a grand Carnival Procession of vintage cars, decorated floats and fancy dress walkers, like Haslewey who teamed up with Haslemere Performing Arts to represent the 1970s. The colourful procession then left Lion Green for Haslemere High Street.

On arrival, a traditional Cream Tea was served to thousands of people from five serving stations, led by a group of wonderful volunteers. This fabulous afternoon was rounded off by live music from The Town Band and Milford-based music school, The Music Works, who performed hits from the nine decades of the Queen’s amazing life. Rule Britannia!

Haslewey TimesThe Haslewey Community Centre Newsletter, Summer 2016, Issue 7

Tel: 01428 648716 Email: haslewey@haslemere.com

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Events At Haslemere Museum! www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk t: 01428 642112Sat 2nd Jul - Sat 27th Aug - The Museum Inspires Me - A collaborative Exhibition and Sculpture Trail by Pavilion Artists and Local ArtistsSun 3rd Jul @ 2.30pm - Haslemere Guided Town WalkThurs 14th Jul – Dreams And The Dreamtime - Evening talk supporting the Museum in a Million campaignSat 28th @ 10.30am-1.30pm – The Wonderful World of Beatrix Potter - marking the 150th Anniversary with family activities, storytelling, arts & crafts, garden trail and picnicSun 7th Aug @ 2.30pm – Haslemere Guided Town WalkThurs 18th Aug, 1.30-4.00pm – Teddy Bear’s Picnic at The Museum: A fun filled afternoon with picnic, mini fete, games, face painting, stalls and more!

It’s All Go For The Fringe!The Haslemere Fringe Festival, a fantastic, three-day family friendly festival experience returns to Lion Green, just off Weyhill on Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July 2016.

This fabulous biennial event, organised by members of the local community, attracts thousands of visitors and offers the very best in alternative and popular music, contemporary dance, arts and crafts, performance poetry, zany inter-school Poetry Slams, children’s entertainment and hysterical Comedy Clubs and the partner charity for this year’s Fringe will be “Dreams Come True” a national children’s charity based in Liphook.

Tickets are on sale from Haslemere Hall - 01428 642161 or go to www.haslemerehall.co.uk. For information on the Fringe lineup go to www.lionfest.co.uk.

Business As Usual!!In light of recent rumours surrounding Haslewey Community Centre, we would like to reassure all our visitors that HASLEWEY IS NOT CLOSING! The entire centre, including the café, will continue to be open for ALL AGES of the Community for many years to come. We will continue to provide a range of activities for the elderly, along with the current affordable and delicious meals.

HPA At Haslewey!Haslemere Performing Arts is a Dance and Musical Theatre School which has grown and developed into a beacon for keen and eager musical and dance performers. HPA provides the opportunity to learn Ballet, Tap, Modern & Contemporary Dance as well as coaching in Musical Theatre, Aerobic Gymnastics, Drama and Street Dance. The school focuses on developing young children from pre-school age all the way to school leavers and also provides syllabus classes and fun workshops. HPA also enter competitions and perform in shows and festivals - such as the forthcoming Haslemere Fringe.

For more information on HPA at Hasleweygo to www.haparts@aol.com or contact Angela on 01428 652360

Date for your Diary – Haslewey Race Night – Saturday 24th September – more information to come!!

New To HasleweyScaravelli Inspired Yoga is a Friday morning class, 9.00am – 10.15am and is suitable for every level of student as the emphasis is on quality of movement beyond the achievement of posture and allows you to experience a greater connection to yourself, a quietening of mind and fluidity in your body. The classes are run by yoga teacher, Louisa Burtwell, who is also an aromatherapist and reiki healer and passionate about helping others to return to their natural state of vitality and well-being. Classes are run and charged termly in line with school holidays - £10 per class. For more information – contact Louisa on 0791 9074735.

Mindfulness4Ninjas is at Haslewey every Tuesday from 4.00-5.00pm and teaches children aged 9-13 yrs old mindfulness meditations, techniques and practises. Natasha Brittan has been practising mindfulness for over ten years and has been teaching for one.

“Mindfulness reduces stress and anxiety, improves concentration and allows children to build on, improve and enhance their existing strengths making them more focussed,” says Natasha. “By becoming more aware of their bodies and their thinking, children can learn to calm and soothe themselves and become aware of the messages in their emotions. Mindfulness also helps deal with negative emotions, encourages a positive self-image and helps manage exam performance and social media pressure.”

Parents are invited to join the final session so that the children can share what they have learnt. Private groups of four wishing to learn mindfulness in a four week course and who quote “Haslewey” will be given a 15% discount.

Another new activity to promote relaxation and to refresh your spirit is Yoga for Well-Being. A qualified Yoga teacher for over 18 years, Eleanor O’Brien says Yoga has long-term health benefits and greatly improves posture and flexibility bringing about calmness and balance. The class runs every Tuesday from 9.00-10.00am and the first session is £6.00 instead of the usual £10.00.

For the more artistically inclined there’s an Oil Painting Art Class for all abilities every Thursday from 11.00am – 1.00pm with art teacher, Clare Oakley-Bowen. “We use the Haslewey Activity Room as it’s perfect for light and size,” says Clare. “It’s a relaxed atmosphere as you can imagine, but with structured teaching, demonstrations and class discussions. There’s lots of practical painting and colour mixing and a handout to take away and practise. Students of all ages work from simple ‘still lives’ ie a teacup or fruit and vegetables, working towards painting landscapes.” For more information go to www.clarebowen.blogspot.co.uk.

Hear, Hear!!Anyone who has tried to attend a meeting in the Haslewey Activity Room will know that the acoustics aren’t particularly great, especially for our hard of hearing groups and those who rely on hearing aids. The echo was often quite deafening and many users had difficulty following simple conversations.

Thanks to the Haslewey Fundraising Committee, we have installed five echo boards. The boards are cleverly disguised as canvasses and feature pictures of Haslewey users during their various activities – brilliantly taken by the official Haslewey photographer, Gareth Davies from Studio GD photography.The boards act to absorb the sound rather than reflect it, reducing the echo. Not only do the boards look great – but the room now sounds fantastic!

What A Larf!!!The first weekend of June saw the Haslewey Comedy Night entertain a packed audience. The compere was, again, local comic Andy Stedman, who cleverly mixed songs, gags and audience banter in readiness for each individual act.

Tickets were just £10 per head and a hot and cold snack menu was available together with an in-house Bar. Profits raised were a staggering £546, which will be used to fund free community activities.

The Headliner was Mike Gunn, who has recently appeared on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, as well as supporting Lee Mack on tour. It was a major coup to book Mike as he is one of the top comics on the UK circuit!

Mike was ably supported by Erich McElroy, a hugely likeable American comedian and regular at London’s Comedy Store, who took the audience through the American Presidential election in an intelligent and hilarious manner, together with charming Italian, Luca Capani, who is the current “So You Think You’re Funny” Edinburgh Fringe Champion and Comedy Store raconteur.

It was laugh out loud amusement for locals of all ages and the next Comedy Night is planned for Saturday, November 26th.

A Summer Of Fun - For FREE!Children go free at Haslewey during the Summer holidays with fun activities every Wednesday afternoon from 2.00pm – 4.00pm!

Jul 27th – Giant ScalextricAug 3rd – Pony PalsAug 10th – Build a Buddy*

Aug 17th – Disco SkateAug 24th – Teen Wellbeing RoadshowAug 31st – Craft Club

(* £4 charge per child, Teddy Bear cost subsidised by Fundraising Team)

Thank You St. Ives!A huge Haslewey thank you to the pupils of St. Ives School in Haslemere. These two delightful young ladies came to invite us to their school Summer Fete on June 11th and presented us with a lovely bouquet of flowers, arranged by the pupils themselves! A fantastic example of community spirit – and the flowers brightened up Haslewey’s reception area beautifully!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!Haslewey shared Lion Green along with nearly two hundred other classic and vintage cars at the annual Classic Car Show, on a beautiful sunny Sunday at the end of May. Now in its eighth year, the Classic Car Show has more than tripled in size and is a favourite fixture on the Haslemere Events calendar. We had a fabulous 1955 Fiat 500 on our stand which belonged to a friend of Haslewey and we ran a successful tombola which raised nearly £120, which will contribute towards our free Summer events for children!