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Vogeltown School Hall, $5 entry perfect for beginners. Contact Ange Day - 021 2229683.
SQUARE DANCING: If you are interested in learning or getting back into square dancing as a mode of gentle exercise and friendship please contact Ian or Jocelyn on 7581911 or email jgfrost@outlook.co.nz or we meet at the Brooklands Church hall on Bideford St behind the church on Mondays at 7.30-9.30pm.
MODERN AND OLD TIME: New Plymouth Modern and Old Time Dance Club, Saturdays at the Methodist Church Hall on the first, third and fifth Saturdays of the month and at St Mary’s Peace Hall on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Start 8pm. All welcome. Phone Barbara on 755 1025.
MORRIS DANCING: Try medieval aerobics at the Brooklands Church Hall Bideford St, New Plymouth, on Thursdays 7pm-ish. Free fun. 758 4709 or 021 085 23321.
BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCE: Social classes with a qualified teacher at Moturoa School. For more information ring Jenny on 027 273 3742.
DANCE GROUP: The Waitoitoi Dance Group meets Monday nights at 7.30pm at the Waitoitoi Hall. Gold coin entry and a small plate for supper. We do sequence dancing, ballroom and a little country. For more information phone Rosemary 7523558 or Ian 7523458.
LINE DANCING: New Plymouth Country Line Dancing is held at the Ferndale Hall, Barry St, New Plymouth, on Tuesdays at 7.30pm and Thursdays at 10am. Phone Barbara on 755 1025. served basis. 4yrs - 6yrs Tuesdays, place TBC, February 14 - April 11 $108. 7yrs-10yrs Thursdays , Beach Street Hall, Fitzroy, February 16 April 13 -$108. 9 yrs-12 yrs Mondays, Vogeltown School Hall, February 13 April 10 - $108. First class free for all new students - $ 96. Contact Imogen Woods, 027 5244008, dramaclubnz@gmail.com.
NEW PLYMOUTH POTTERS: Featured potter for February is Kathryn Gates. She has been working with clay for more than 30 years and channels her creative energy by developing forms on the wheel and sculpturing large slab forms. The gallery, situated at 288 Courtenay Street, New Plymouth, in the historic Te Henui Vicarage, is open from 1-4pm at weekends and other times by arrangement. Email newplymouthpotters@gmail.com or ph 7589114.
ART CLASS: The North Taranaki Arts Society has a drawing and painting class scheduled at the Gables Studio in Brooklands Park, taken by Jan Huijbers. This class is suitable for both beginners and advanced students. The sessions will focus on the perception of seeing and drawing, and on the use of primary colours and colour theory. The classes will take place on Saturday mornings, 10am to midday, from February 25 to April 1. (A total of six sessions). Anyone interested in joining these classes should contact Jan Ph 06 753 6104, or 027 318 7001, or email .
ART: Ackworth Art’s latest exhibition A Taste of Summer can be seen at Tawa Glen Cafe´, 452 Mountain Rd Lepperton. Open Sunday to Thursday 9am-3pm Friday and Saturday 9am till late now. Inquiries phone 752 0068 or 753 2724.
THE GABLES: The North Taranaki Arts Society’s exhibition features member artist Norine Ford Dixon. Her collection is entitled Athens and Rome - Architecture. The Gallery is open 1 - 4pm on weekends. EXHIBITION: Mokau Museum and Art Gallery. New exhibition by artists Maria Brockhill (pottery) and Laurel Davis (insect sculpture). February 17 – April 07. For further info, phone Mokau Museum, (06) 7529 072. Open daily 10am - 4pm. Entry by gold coin donation.