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Pavilion Theatre Ticket Winners – December 11
One of the winners of a family ticket to see The Magical Adventures of Peter Pan was so thrilled, she sent us a thank you note: “Thank you so much. We were over the moon to win tickets to see Peter Pan at the Pavilion Theatre. We had an amazing time, our seats were perfect in the front stalls, the sets and special effects were superb, the costumes were colourful and glittery and all the actors and dancers were absolutely wonderful. It was a lovely start to the Christmas season and we can’t thank the Pavilion and Primary Times enough for this wonderful opportunity to see this fantastic show”. From Francesca Rowney, Lisa Currie and Adam Stewart all age 11 New Monkland Primary School, Glenmavis.
Eubha Akilade
Eubha Akilade (far left) successfully auditioned for a part in The Magical Adventures of Peter Pan at the Pavilion Theatre. She played the part of one of the Lost Boys in the pantomime which finished on 21st January and said she had a great time alongside Jim Davidson and Dean Park. Eubha, 13, has attended the Sandra Harrington School of Dance since she was 4 years old.
St Angela's Surprise
Thirty youngsters from St Angela’s Primary School in Glasgow and their teacher Mrs McCue visited Hamley’s magical grotto after winning a Glasgow city-wide council schools competition. The children who had to paint or draw their favourite things about Christmas, were chosen from hundreds of entries from primary schools desperate to meet Santa. They each spent time with Santa, told him their Christmas wishes and then enjoyed a special Santa tea including Christmas tree pizza and macaroni cheese sprinkled with fairy dust! Bailie Jean McFadden, Executive Member for Education said: “This was a lovely way to begin the countdown to Christmas for these lucky children and the school.”
Wiseman Welly Walk
Scotland’s first ever Wiseman Welly Walk will take place on Sunday 4th March supporting The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow - an opportunity for all the family to come together, enjoy a great day out and support their local hospice. All sponsorship monies and entry fees will go straight to the Hospice to help them continue their tremendous service to the community of Glasgow. Participants can take part wearing Wiseman’s famous cow print wellies, which are available as part of the £15 entry fee for adults and £10 for children. Group entries will be offered a discount. We welcome entries from anyone who is able to complete the 5km course. To take part visit www.ppwh.org.uk/welly to register, pay online and download your entry pack.
Avenue Competition
Congratulations to the Avenue Shopping Centre colouring competition winners. The winners are: Alexandra Liddell, Barry Scott, Zoe McGurn, Stan Ward, Sophie Lennox, Erin Mair, John Hamilton, Callum Sinclair, Charlotte Angus, Sky Thomson, Rachel Laidlaw, Georgia Barry, Cameron Mennie, Leah Fullarton and Ben Buchanan who all won tickets to see Sleeping Beauty at the Kings Theatre on Friday 30th December. Well done and thanks to everyone who entered. You can view the winning pictures on the Aveue’s website: www.avenueshopping.co.uk and click on events (events archive, colouring winner 30/12/11).
Fruitful Schools
Fruitful Schools www.fruitfulschools.com inspires schools to create orchards and fruitful lives for pupils and the wider community. We have experience of developing school orchards and food growing projects for a wide variety of schools. Planting fruit trees has proved a really good way of starting schools growing their own food. It’s simple, practical, is a gift to the future and is fun. We are keen to encourage parents and schools to help, share information and support each other. We have therefore developed the idea of “daisy-chaining” where we help the first school to plant a school orchard, on the understanding that they will help the next school in the chain to plant their orchard. We are trying to create fruitful schools and fruitful lives for all our children. We can’t do it all ourselves, but with daisy-chains we can unleash the power of fruit for all forever. Tree planting season lasts until end of March – so there is still time for your school to get an orchard pack from us, and get it planted this year. If you’d like more info – or to order one of our orchard packs email John@fruitfulschools.com
Glasgow’s Got Talent
Auditions to be held on Sunday 26 February. To register a place log onto www.signupgenius.com and enter Colum’s e-mail address (columcharityconcerts@hotmail.co.uk). Click “Glasgow’s Got Talent” link and “Sign up” A valid e-mail address is required. If you don’t have e-mail, phone Katie or Clare on 07547159839 to register. Winners will perform at the Kids of Kenya Charity Concert on Saturday 21 April.
