SPORT, EXERCISE & OUTDOORS

All Age Learn to Skate Classes: Upper Hutt Rollerskating Club Rink, 4B Railway Ave, first lesson free, Tuesdays, 5.30pm-6.30pm, phone 528 9127. Arthritis Exercise Group: Upper Hutt Cossie Club, gentle exercises specifically designed for people with arthritis, meets on the second and fourth Thursday each month, 10.30-11.30am, $3 per session, contact irene.james@paradise.net.nz. Beginner Mountain Bike Orienteering: Two courses on easy trails for beginners and groups of any age. Ordinary bikes will do. Family maximum $20. Harcourt Park, Upper Hutt at riverside carpark, Norbert St, 10-11am, Sunday, September 11. Orienteering Hutt Valley, tel 5289722. Exercise for Seniors: St Peter & Paul Church Hall, 60 Knights Rd, kick-start your week by joining an exercise class for mature people, Mondays, 10-11 am, $2 per session. Inquiries to Frank, 566 1742. Music and Fitness sessions: Awaken Church, 1048 Fergusson Dr, Upper Hutt, movement and music sessions, Tuesdays, 10am. Not Strictly Tai Chi: StMark’s Church, 58 Woburn Rd, fun public sessions of exercise based upon Tai Chi, Tuesdays 10-11am, Thursdays 11am-noon, $8 per session, info 021 153 2508. Public Rollerskating/ Rollerblading for all ages: Upper Hutt Rollerskating Club Rink, 4B Railway Ave, Upper Hutt, skates and Rollerblades for hire or use your own, 3pm - 5pm, Saturdays. TaiChi and Qogong: Senior Citizens rooms, Westfield Towers 45 Knights Rd, suitable for all ages, Fridays at 10-11am (12-30pm on the third Friday of each month); Tuesdays 2-3pm at St Davids, Seddon St Naenae, ph Jane 577-1044. Walk It Out: Moera Community House, 107 Randwick Cres, walking group leaves Tuesdays at 11am, free, info Lorraine Dick, 568-9836.

THEATRE, FILM & DANCE

English Country Dancing: St Margaret’s Church, Silverstream, Monday afternoons, 1pm to 2.30pm, ph Stella 972 0783 or Ruth 528 8332. I Love You Because: Up-Stage Theatre, 26A Moonshine Rd, Upper Hutt. Amodern-day musical love story. It is a sweet and funny romantic comedy about contemporary dating in New York City. Oct 5-Oct 15. Tickets 04 5272168 or Operatunity: Hutt City Church, Monday, September 12, 11am.

Dancer Serena Hendry joins fiddler Marian Burns, pianist Paul Carnegie-Jones and singers John Cameron, AlexMilligan and Lynette Martin. . Menopause The Musical: Expressions, 836 Fergusson Dr, a show about four women who meet at a lingerie sale, packed full of oneliners about hot flushes and memory loss, September 17 and 18, tickets from $69.90. Chamber Music Hutt Valley: Villani Piano Quartet. Little Theatre, Civic CentreLower Hutt, Monday, September 12, 7.30pm. The quartet will present quartets from the Romantic Era, by Mahler, Schnittke and Brahms. Tickets: Adults $38, members $25, students $10. www.cmhv.org.nz Grand Upper Hutt: Gillies Group Theatre, Expressions, recital by Upper Hutt Concert Grand Piano Trust award winner Louis LucasPerry, Sunday October 30, 1pm, tickets $15. Hutt City Lunchtime Concert:

MUSIC & COMEDY