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WEN Abundance has a stall at The Ealing Community Fayre next Saturday 11 October at St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Rd in South Ealing. The aim of this event is to show how Ealing is a thriving suburb of creativity, inspiration and self sufficiency. Hope to see you there.
We’ve got some great free, fun cooking activities for all the family at the SoundBite Festival in Dean Gardens on Saturday 13th September.
Kids Tent: Come and join the fun with children and parents cooking together:
13.00 – 13.45 Veggie wraps
14.00 – 14.45 Crumble-in-a-bag
16.00 – 16.25 Making a simple curry paste from fresh ingredients
Cook Tent: For adults this time, some simple, budget-conscious and healthy meals to cook for yourself and your family:
13.00 – 14.00 Chicken and vegetable stir fry with rice/egg noodles
14.30 – 15.30 Lamb and vegetable kebabs served with couscous and spicy sauce
16.00 – 17.00 Chicken and vegetable stir fry with rice/egg noodles
Full details of the event are on our website
Follow us on Twitter@SoundBiteEaling
This year’s SoundBite Festival in Dean Gardens is looking good. We’re concentrating everything in Dean Gardens this time round. The event starts at 12noon and the music runs through until 10pm. Get ready for a great day out.
Music
Children’s activities:
• Funfair rides
• Steel band workshops
• Family cookery classes
• Pedal-powered smoothie maker
Cookery demonstrations
Craft stalls including local honey, Abundance produce, hand-made fragrances and silver jewellery
Community information stalls including local history exhibition, Dr Bike, Neighbourhood Forum
Hot food stalls and beer tent – hog roast from Grasmere Farm (from farmers’ market), jerk chicken from Café Silva and sushi, noodles and more from Sumo
Find out the latest at www.soundbitefestival.org
Roller-skating is coming to Dean Gardens from 16th – 29th August
Then come 7pm it will transform in to a Roller Disco. Over 12 themed nights the Rolladome comes alive with a selection of West London’s finest DJs playing great music for you to rollerskate and dance to.
Find out more – www.facebook.com/W13getsrolling
The Chariot Festival is by far West Ealing’s biggest annual event. We have about 10,000 people attending this event from all over Europe and it transforms Dean Gardens and the surrounding area.
This weekend of 9/10th August sees the annual Shri Kanagathurkkai Amman Temple (SKAT) festival come to West Ealing once again. The festival culminates on Sunday with the Chariot procession leaving the Temple around 9am, and then returning at about 12pm via Mattock Lane, Culmington Road, and the Uxbridge Road. Dean Gardens will be full of stalls with Tamil food, lassi drinks, and selling bric-a-brac to fundraise for the Temple’s activities. It’s a great day out for everyone with lots of amazing sights, sounds and tastes.
Are you interested in volunteering with me on the W13gets rolling project? You don’t need to skate (unless you want to) you just need to be available for a couple of weeks or until the end of August and want to be part of an exciting and innovative project.
We need people now to help with the preparations (including some admin and contacting traders, event management and sponsors etc) and also on throughout the days/evenings to help with stewarding etc.
We can’t offer a wage but we will look after you in terms of refreshment and expenses and a reference and it would be good for any CV!
We are also still looking for
1) traders,
2) people wanting advertising space,
3) businesses (ideally in W13 but not exclusively) that want to offer
a) special offers throughout the W13getsrolling period (16-29th August) that would be featured on our special offers board to encourage local shopping
b) discounts that would be part of a voucher book for each ticket purchase to encourage return custom to the area
Please contact jackiesear.cdw@live.com ASAP
Northfields Avenue Funday on Saturday 12th July from 12noon.
There will be stalls from The Forester to Devonshire Road including jewellery, fragrances, wooden furniture and carvings, Jaipur cotton quilts, games, cycle repair and much more..
I’m always surprised just how much is happening in and around our neighbourhood. Here’s a couple of local activties and events that give just a hint of what’s going on locally:
Irish Dancing
The O’Sullivan School of Irish Dancing has places now available. Classes for children from 5yrs . Classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
All standards welcome, (Beginners to Champion)
Contact: Deirdre O’Sullivan, 07956 346383
deirdreosullivan@hotmail.co.uk
Plant Swap at The Quaker House on Sunday 1st June 1-3pm
Lots and Lots of Plants in Pots
17, Woodville Road
W5 2SE
Sunday, June 1st 2014
1.00pm–3.00pm
Sow some–Grow some
Bring some,
Take some home.
An exciting new music project in Ealing. AN ALTERNATIVE ROCK GUITAR ORCHESTRA! With drums, bass and keyboards. DEVELOP YOUR GUITAR SKILLS AND GET EXPERIENCE PLAYING WITH SESSION MUSICIANS: Then perform and record what you’ve learnt. Playing various musical styles including: rock, blues, soul, well known tunes and original material.
Rehearse once a week for 10 weeks, then perform and record in the Ealing area.
*Mandolin, harp,banjo, double bass, electric bass and uke players also welcome; as are any other instrumentalists.
LAUNCH MEETING: Saturday 24th May. 2pm until 5PM
If you’re interested in finding out more about the guitar orchestra, there will be a meeting on Saturday 24th of May. Bring a guitar with you and join in with the music. There will be a discussion and Q and A session about the summer season of rehearsals. Most importantly there will be a chance to make some music with other attendees/orchestra members and the orchestra leaders; Nev Hawkins and Richard Carter. If you’d like to attend, contact Nev Hawkins.
Rehearsals start on Saturday 31st of May, 2pm – 5pm. Then continue every Saturday until the 26th July.
Performance date: 26th July.
Venue: Contact Nev Hawkins for venue details.
If you’d like to attend, contact Nev Hawkins for venue details and more info.
tel: 07906 328 273/ 0208 621 3336
email:nevhawkins@yahoo.co.uk
Recording session date: TBC
*for intermediate to advanced players.
Membership Fees for summer season: £200
Just giving a final shout out about our Charity Fundraiser Barn Dance… NEXT Saturday… ALL welcome, come alone, come with family/friends, colleagues… Great band, Raffle, Homemade Cakes… you can bring your own drinks (alcohol allowed). Tickets can be purchased on the night… so just come and join us for a great evening! & Support a local charity helping Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (1 in 4 girls & 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused during childhood)… our charity is SO needed and we need support to keep us going.
