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U3A Gold Coast Incorporated - JUNE Newsletter - 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: [email protected]

Web: u3agoldcoastinc.weebly.com

Facebook: U3A Gold Coast Inc Southport

Office Hours:

9.00am-3.30pm : Monday to Thursday

9.00am-3.00pm : Friday


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)


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


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.


Yoga B - Jenny Yoga B girls

Painting - Oil / Acrylic - Julie


Leatherwork - Linda

Needle Craft - Elizabeth


Basic Drawing No 1 - Valerie

English Literature - Dee Creative Writing - Christine


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.


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.


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

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