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BOLLYWOOD KATHAK: Fusion dance classes. New to New Plymouth. Performing Arts
Collective is bringing a series of eight workshops to the New Plymouth community for all those who love to dance. W Classes will be held every Wednesday 6-7.30pm in February and March at the Senior Citizens Hall, Liardet St. No experience is necessary. Contact 0211492756 or performingcollective@gmail.com to register or inquire further. AMERICAN SQUARE DANCING: Free learners classes, all ages, no partners required. Every Thursday at 7.30 pm at Knox Church Hall, Fitzroy. Contact Margaret (06) 755-0090. ALIVE! LINE DANCE: Sessions on Mondays at NPBC Hall, 50 Vivian Street. Basic Beginner 9.45am and 5.45pm, Beginner-Improver 11am and 7pm. $5 per session. Bring along a bottle of water and your sense of humour. Melissa 021-02302998 BELLYDANCE LESSONS: Gypsy Caravan Tribal Bellydance Classes. Holy Trinity Church Hall. Contact Amanda 027 478 9029 for more information.
CEROC DANCE CLASSES: Every Monday and Wednesday night at Devon Intermediate School Hall, Devon St West, New Plymouth. No partner required, suitable for all age groups. For further information phone 027 6245778 or our website www.cerocdancetaranaki.co.nz. 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.
SALSA: Thursdays at St Andrews Hall. Beginners Class 6-7pm, Improvers 7-8pm. Contact Kiel: 021 051 0608, email danceconnexioninfo@gmail.com MODERN JIVE: Modern Jive dance classes provided by Clubdance every Thursday 7.30pm at the New Plymouth Club Level One. 55 Gill St, New Plymouth. For further information check out our website: www.clubdance.co.nz
ROCK N ROLL: The New Plymouth Rock n Roll Club meets every Wednesday night at the New Plymouth Club from 7- 9pm. Nonmembers welcome. First lesson is free then only $6 per night per person for the next five nights. For further information contact Nigel on 021 2866771 or Suzanne on 0212347477.
MODERN AND OLD TIME: New Plymouth Modern and Old Time Dance Club welcomes you to sequence dancing, waltz, foxtrot, quickstep. Start 8pm at St Mary`s Peace Hall on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Phone Barbara on 7551025.
MORRIS DANCING: Try medieval aerobics at the Westend Scout Hall in Bonithon Ave on Thursdays at 7.30pm. We don’t meet every week so contact Janet 7584709 for details. It’s fun, free and keeping an old English tradition alive.
BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCE: Monday Night Social classes with a qualified teacher at Moturoa School. 6-7pm. Children, Thursdays 5.15pm at St Andrews Hall. For more info call Jenny 027 273 3742, email danceconnexioninfo@gmail.com or see our facebook page Dance Connexion
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.
BROOKLANDS DRAMA GROUP: This is for the 5-10 years olds and meets at 3.30 - 5pm each Friday during term times. For further information please contact Leonie on 7574666. February 9, 3:30pm, Brooklands Church, 21 Bideford Street, Welbourn.
MOUNTAIN BIKES: The Big Bike Film Night Feature Series’ mission is to satisfy those cycling enthusiasts that crave even more cycling drama, more cycling action, and more cycling drama. We have the standout mountain bike feature length documentary The Moment, about the birth of freeride mountain biking. Saturday, February 10, 7.30pm, 4th Wall Theatre, New Plymouth, E Exempt (Coarse language). Tickets: $22 available from www.bigbikefilmnight.nz and on the night at the theatre (subject to availability).
ART CAFE: ´ Until the end of February, a series of compelling works by local artist Joe Kirkup. The Art Cafe´, situated in the Top Town movie complex, is open Monday – Friday from 8am - 4pm (3.30pm on Fridays) and Saturday from 10am – 3pm. Phone (06) 281 1183 for inquiries.
IN THE MIND: The period of the art course ‘‘Art is all in the mind’’ run by Jan Huijbers is on Saturday mornings February 17. till March 31 at the Gables Studio. janhuijbnz@gmail.com ph. 06 7536104 mob. 027 318 7001. GABLES GALLERY: The North Taranaki Arts Society has an exhibition under way at the Gables Gallery. Works for this exhibition have been selected and judged by the society’s patron Colyn Nicholls. The exhibition runs until March 4. All visitors welcome.
TEXTILE ART CLASSES: Based in New Plymouth, second and fourth Wednesday each month, 9.30am 3pm. Using textiles as the main medium, we will explore, trial and play with various techniques and ideas. Contact Vanessa for further details, evenings 06 755 0433.
FUN FOR AGES: Come and join us for fun and friendship at the New Plymouth Club over 60s’ adjunct. Every fortnight at 1pm playing pool, bowls, euchre, 500, rummikub and dominoes, all welcome. For further information call Lynnette 06 7572504 or Stephanie 06 7510784. FITZROY BRIDGE CLUB: Play on Monday nights: starts at 7pm. Contact: either Marion 756 7820 or Russ 758 2078.
PHOTOGRAPHY: The Inglewood group meets the first and third Friday of every month at 7.30pm.
For further information contact Viv Adamson 7522846 or Rob Small 7568322.
FORMERLY PROBUS: New Plymouth Ladies Friendship
Club meet at the NP Club Inc, 55 Gill St on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 10am - noon. For further information contact: Marcia James Ph 759 1939. Merrilands Ladies Friendship Group meets at the Merrilands Hall, Mangorei Rd on second Monday of every month at 10am, for two hours of fellowship and fun. For further information contact Yvonne Scott 769 9939 or Val MacDonald 758 7772. Devon Ladies Club If there are any recently retired or semi-retired ladies looking for a friendly club to join to meet new ladies, having a cuppa and being entertained, we would love to see you at the Westend Bowling Club, Cutfield Rd, every fourth Thursday each month at 10am. For more information please phone Gail on 7535470 or Dene on 7591423. Kawaroa Combined Group is a welcoming social organisation for retired and semi-retired people. There is no age limit. Meetings are on the third Friday of each month. Time 10am – approx. 11.30am, on the second floor of the New Plymouth Club. Contact – President, Allistair Reid, Phone: 06 7586930.
LIONS MEETING: Bell Block & Districts Lions meet at the Fred Tucker Hall, Parklands Ave, Bell Block every second Thursday of the month at 6pm for dinner and speaker) and fourth Thursday at 6.45pm for a business meeting. For more information please contact Mark on 755 2376 or Margaret on 769 9405.
FRIENDSHIP CLUB: Meets at Fred Tucker Hall, Parklands Ave, Bell Block on the second and fourthth Tuesday of each month, from 12.50pm3.30pm (first meeting for 2018 is January 23). Come and enjoy a round or two of social indoor bowls, cards or rummikub, followed by a cuppa, in a relaxed, fun and friendly environment. Beginners and newcomers are most welcome. For more information, phone Ivan McCracken, 755 2088.
BELL BLOCK PUKETAPU LIONS: We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at the Fred Tucker Hall. For further information please contact Doreen Copeman 7552694 or Gay Harvey 7550046.
ROTARY CLUBS: NP Rotary meets at the Bellringer Pavilion, Pukekura Park, each Thursday at noon till 1.15pm. Visitors are welcome. Phone 0800 476 827. Nga¯ motu Rotary: Meeting every second and fourth Monday with guest speakers at The Auto Lodge 5.15pm mix and mingle, followed by 5.45pm dinner. Meeting closes at 7.15pm. Contact president Murray Gillespie Ph: 0279244281. NP West Rotary: Meeting every Tuesday evening at West End Bowling Club. 5.30pm mix and mingle, followed by 6pm dinner. Guest speakers each week. Meeting Closes 7.30pm. Contact president Vicki Ingles Ph 021 633 194 INGLEWOOD LIONS: Every second and fourth Monday of every month at the Inglewood Club, Moa St, Inglewood with fellowship at 6pm followed by tea meeting at 6.30pm. For further information contact
Peter Winter 7520167 or Dwayne Schimanski 0278865933.
BONSAI CLUB: Meets twicemonthly at Blind Foundation Hall, 131 Vivian St. Second Thursday at 7pm, last Sunday at 2pm. All welcome. Contact 7537552.