U3A Events Calendar

TERMS 2010

Winter Holiday Program...

February 1 – April 9 (NB School term ends March 26)
(Easter Friday April 2– Monday, April 5)

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April 12– June 25

July 12 – September 17

October 4 – December 17

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning
End of Year Break-up
Prospectus 2011 Issued

Tue

Committee Meeting

Fri

Term 4 and Semester 2 Classes Conclude

Sat

...have a Merry Christmas...

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning
[Will need to find alternative accommodation]

Duty: Solo Whist Table-tennis Tai Chi

Tue

Committee Meeting

Mon

Newsletter deadline

Fri

Agenda Meeting

Date

Day

Event

Fri

AGM
Coffee Morning

Duty: Requiem Short Walks Singing Together Solo Group

Mon

Term 4 Classes Commence

Thu

FREE SENIORS RACE DAY, Bendigo Racecourse, We’ll car pool from the Uniting Church car park, leaving at 10 am. Phone 5448 4209 to to book at the U3A Castlemaine table if you want a two course lunch in the Silk Dining Room at a special discount price.

Fri

Trip to premiere of the first Aboriginal Opera in Shepparton

3-10

week

Seniors Festival over October starts

Tue

Committee Meeting

Mon

Newsletter deadline

Fri

Agenda Meeting

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning / Fresh Ideas Day

Duty: Memoir Writing, Music Appreciation Opera Philosophy

Fri

Notification of AGM

Tue

Committee Meeting

Fri

Term 3 Classes Conclude

Thu

Newsletter deadline

Fri

Agenda Meeting

Wed

European Masters Exhibition - Bus trip to National Gallery of Victoria

A Sudanese Refugee's Story - some time between Mon 20 Sept and Fri 1 Oct

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning

Duty: Italian Language Italian Conversation Latin with David Kennedy Latin Revisited Lets Read a Play

Sun

CASTLEMAINE FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE PRESENTING MAGGIE JACKSON IN CONCERT AT THE CASTLEMAINE ART GALLERY ON 8TH AUGUST 5-7PM.

DRINKS AND FINGER FOOD PROVIDED.
COST $20 $15 FOR FRIENDS AND CONCESSION.

TICKETS AT THE DOOR OR AT FERGUS FROG.

Mon

Committee Meeting
Newsletter deadline

Fri

27 Agenda Meeting

Date

Day

Event

Thu

10am: Visit to Maryborough Antique Market (Tom Comerford) 1.30pm: Dance Film “Ballets Russes” (Joe Scoglio)
1.30pm: Italian Film “I’m Not Scared” (Norma Rantall)

Fri

10am: U3A coffee Morning
2pm: Bresse Harcourt Winery Tour & Tastings - $15 (Sally Kaptein)

Mon

10am: Herons Gallery Tour (Marion Taubman)
10.45am: Parliament House Tour – 25 people max Lunch booking in Parliament House (optional) - $25: Pm: Immigration Museum (Tom Comerford)

Tue

10am: Castlemaine Telegraph Station (view equipment & photos) 12 people max (Joe Scoglio)
11am: Castlemaine Post Office “backstage”! (Joe Scoglio)
1.30pm: Italian Film “Respiro” (Norma Rantall)

Wed

10am: Short Walk to Red, White & Blue Mine (Dot Henshall)
1.30-4pm: Film “Tom Jones” plus BYO tea (Ann Lodge)

Thu

10-12pm: Old Court House 20 people max (Joe Scoglio)
12pm: Bendigo Racecourse (Tom Comerford)
1.30pm: Italian Film “Tree of Wooden Clogs” (Norma Rantall)

Fri

1.30pm: View Tute’s Cottage – then Tour of Forrest Creek Gold Diggings (Joe Scoglio)
2pm: Skydancers Orchid Garden. Gold coin entry (Sally Kaptein)
...Winter Holiday Program ends

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning
Introduction of New Courses for Semester 2

Duty: Dabbling in History, Digital Photography, English Literature, French Language & Literature

Tue

Committee Meeting

Fri

2-3pm : Consumer Affairs are giving a presentation about unsolicited sales - for example door knockers trying to sell phone plans; door-to-door scams; andemail scams. The presentation will discuss what consumer's rights are, and what to do about these scams. This presentation will be specific to Castlemaine and what is happening here, and is of great relevance to the more maturemembers of the community as they are targeted by unscrupulous people.

Venue: Ray Bradfield Rooms
Tea and Coffee will be served

Mon

Newsletter deadline

Fri

Term 2 & Semester 1 Classes End
Agenda Meeting

Mon

  Winter Holiday Program starts...
  10am: Tait’s Garden Sculpture (Dot Henshall)
  2pm: Opera Film – Gounod’s “Romeo & Juliet” BYO finger food to share – 10 people max (Peter Morris)

Tue

1.30pm: U3A Poets Platform – read your own poems! (Peggy Munro)

Wed

9.00am: Long Walk to Welshman’s Reef – BYO lunch (Carole Ingersoll)
9.30am: Short Walk to Welsh Village (Tom Comerford)
1pm: Bendigo Joss House -$4: then Bendigo Pottery- $6:or Bendigo Art Gallery – “McCubbin Exhibit”- $10: (Elizabeth Rider) 1.30pm: Italian Film “Two Women” (Norma Rantall)

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning

Tue

Committee Meeting

Tue

Newsletter deadline

Fri

Agenda Meeting

Mon

Car Trail and Wine Tour

Date

Day

Event

2-5

F-M

Easter Break

Fri

Coffee Morning
Term 1 Classes End

Mon

Term 2 Classes Commence

Tue

Committee Meeting

Fri

Agenda Meeting

Sun

Anzac Day

Mon

Newsletter deadline

Date

Day

Event

Fri

Coffee Morning

Tue

Committee Meeting

Mon

Newsletter deadline

Fri

Agenda Meeting

Tue

New Members Welcome Day

Date

Day

Event

Mon

Classes for Term 1, & Semester 1 Commence

Fri

Coffee Morning
Commencement BBQ

Duty: Aboriginal History, Art & Drawing, Australian History, Ballet

Tue

Committee Meeting

Fri

Newsletter deadline

Tue

Agenda Meeting

Date

Day

Event

Mon

Holiday Program Launch

19-20

T-W

Registration Days
Car pool Octopus 12.00 Leave 12.15

Committee Meeting

Thu

Newsletter deadline

Tue

Coordinators Training Session

Fri

Agenda Meeting

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