White Court Dance Update

White Court Dance

I expect most people in the village know about the dancing school which is held on a Tuesday at Great Notley Community Centre and Saturdays at White Court School. It is for children of all ages including the Adult tappers who meet at the community centre at 8.45pm.Do contact Miss Margaret on 01376 331 647 for details.

I would like to tell you of the results of the exams we did in November.The children from 4 to 17years took a total of 196 exams with the International Dance Teachers Association in Ballet, Tap, Freestyle, Jazz and Gymnastic Dance.There were exactly 100 pupils achieving "honours" with our local Billy Elliott who is 10 year old Mitchell Day who was awarded 96%. This is the highest mark ever given to anyone at the club in twenty four and a half years. This mark was for Gym but he also got 88% for ballet, 87% for tap and 85% for freestyle! The club cups and awards were presented at the Christmas party and the results were as follows

Club Champion - Sophie Cunningham
Runners Up - Emma Heaver, Jordan Clarke and Indiana Miller
Gym Champion - Amy Hammond
Freestyle/Jazz Champion - Sarah Timms and Francesca Cushion
Tap Champion - Jamie Dent
Ballet Champion - Kelly Sturgess and Gregory Bennett

A special award was given to the Green sisters who achieved outstanding results with Rebecca gaining 87% for Tap and Jacqueline 90% for Gym.

The party was a great success as the older children enjoyed magic skills and fun with Michael Fitch and the younger children had a conventional party with silly games and lots of sweets and cakes.

This term is Festival term and the children will be competing against the other dancing schools in the area. This year it is at the Institute on Saturday 14th to Tuesday 17th and we welcome anyone from the local community centre to come along and watch. It is wonderful entertainment for a couple of pounds all day and who knows you may see some stars of the future.

The teachers have had a wonderful time recently by dancing over the New Year in India and Miss Jo is going on tour to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia shortly. We are very pleased to have Miss Rachel back for a while but I expect she will be off to rehearse for Summer season soon.

We have lots of fun at dancing and there is always a goal to reach. Come and join us.

Posted Monday, January 12, 2004, 7:54 GMT by greatnotley

Dr Paul Hughes - Home-Run

Dr Paul Hughes - Home-Run

One stop domestic service from laundry, ironing, dog walking, pet-sitting, gardening to a full concierge service such as birthday or wedding planning.

Email here
or call 01376 329681



Posted Friday, October 31, 2003, 13:05 GMT by greatnotley

Broadband in Waltham

Broadband in Waltham


I wanted to bring it to everyones attention that the Waltham area is looking for just 2 more registrations to have their exhange activated to receive BT Broadband

The leader of the campaign, Steve Purkiss beleives the areas comes towards this way and wanted to spreah this news. He is in Great Waltham and needs anyone with a phone number starting 01245 36.....?

More details at the following site: www.ConnectTheWalthams.org.uk website
Posted Friday, October 31, 2003, 11:07 GMT by greatnotley

FELSTED DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY
is part of
The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts

NADFAS is an Arts based educational charity with over 300 societies and 85,000 members world-wide. The Association has as its objects “The promotion and advancement of the aesthetic education of the public, the cultivation, appreciation and study of the decorative and fine arts, and the giving of aid to the preservation of our national artistic heritage for the benefit of the public”: Our aim is to LEARN about the decorative and fine arts; to GIVE by joining a local Church Recording Group, Heritage Volunteers or helping with a Young Arts group, to STUDY by taking part in study days and to experience FRIENDSHIP through our shared interests. The joy of learning and the knowledge that the volunteer activities are repaying the Arts for some of the enjoyment members are experienced creates a warm bond whenever NADFAS members meet. NADFAS is a world-wide association based on a love of the Arts and a sense of comradeship founded on a shared journey of discovery. Our founder, Patricia Fay, said "ABOVE ALL, NADFAS MUST BE FUN".


FELSTED DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

Would YOU be interested in coming to any or all of the lectures shown below? They are held on the last Wednesday of each month at The Felsted Music School, Stebbing Road, Felsted. 7.30 p.m. for 8.00 p.m. We also arrange visits to art galleries, the Globe Theatre, country houses and gardens plus a summer supper in June and a lunch time lecture in October. We have a membership of 128. If you are interested in any or all of the following then please contact The Chairman Telephone No: 01371 820828 for further details. The current annual subscription is £30 per head (each lecture costs £3.00 per member). Guests are always welcome at £4.00 per lecture.

THE PROGRAMME FOR THE REST OF 2003


29 October “Flights of Fancy”
The Development Barbara Peacock of the Staircase

26 November “Australian Aboriginal Art”
Michael Macleod AGM at 7.30 p.m.

11 December “Decking the Hall”
Dr James Bettly
The Floral Decoration of Churches”

THE PROGRAMME FOR THE BEGINNING OF 2004

28 January “Stained glass of Canterbury Cathedral”
Lt Col Dick Bolton

25 February “Women as Painters“
Viv Heffernan

31 March “It will never show” -
Film, TV and Theatre costume
Ms A Buruma

Any Questions to Kitty Drury (Mrs) on 01371 820444
Posted Sunday, September 28, 2003, 17:43 GMT by greatnotley

Blackout Blues

This poem was submitted by a resident this week.

Sunday night, no light in sight not to warm not to bright,
Cold and sad, feeling bad,
I’ve got the Blackout Blues.

Monday night, still no light, down to the gym for a shower and swim,
Pizza for tea, bed is cold for me,
I’ve got the Blackout Blues.

Tuesday morning, day is dawning still no sight candles alight.
Mum on the phone, she begins to moan.
Takeaway for tea, electricity we have no.
I’ve got the Blackout Blues.

Tuesday night bed by candle light, cold and grey for another day.
I wish the Blues would go away,
When all of a sudden I hear a cheer, the lights are on, is Christmas here.
Warm and snug as a bug in a rug,

No More Blackout Blues.

Jennie.



Posted Saturday, November 2, 2002, 13:08 GMT by greatnotley

Chelmsford to Clacton Motocycle Run

The Chelmsford to Clacton Motocycle Run.

In aid of Essex Air Ambulance, and in Association with Essex Goldwings.

Sunday 13th October

Meet at Boreham Airbase between 0800 and 10:30.

Leaving for Clacton from 11:00

Entrance fee £3.00 per Bike.
Posted Friday, September 27, 2002, 9:38 GMT by greatnotley

Citizens Advice Bureaux Comes To Notley !!!

From Thursday 6 September 2002 there will be an CAB service at Notley Green Surgery:

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday morning
From 10 am to 12 noon

Appointments can be booked - ring 01376 553234

Or simply drop in.

This is a general CAB service - information about consumer problems,
benefits, maternity rights, other employment issues, money problems, etc, etc. Also access to some specialist services - eg welare rights and debt.


Posted Tuesday, September 3, 2002, 11:48 GMT by greatnotley

PARC Update

Hi there,

Pat Thompson, Secretary of PARC.

Just a couple of things for your information and assistance if possible.

We have now relocated to the Discovery Centre so I wonder if you could update our address and telephone number on your website as follows:

Play and Resoure Centre (PARC)
Discovery Centre
Great Notley Country Park
Great Notley
CM7 8FS

Tel: 01376 528999
Fax: 01376 348767

Also, Braintree & Bocking Carnival Committee are holding a sponsored footpath walk on Sunday 9th September starting at 9.00 a.m. from Riverside Pool car park. Anyone wishing to join in can raise sponsorship for a charity of their choice. If anyone wishes to raise funds for PARC we would be delighted. Can you incorporate a plea for us? We were successful in getting a marathon runner earlier in the year thanks to your efforts and fingers crossed, we could repeat that success.

Thanks very much.

Let me know if you need any more information.

Pat
Posted Saturday, August 18, 2001, 19:10 GMT by manicmonday

PARC Update and Thanks.

Website Plea works for PARC.
Back in March the Great Notley Website published cries for help from PARC to recruit London Marathon runners. This excellent media resource came up trumps when local villager Paul Stevens responded directly to our plea.
Paul joined two other runners from the Springfield Striders who together raised over £1000. This will go towards the building of the outdoor adventure playground and indoor resource centre for children with disabilities on the Great Notley Country Park.(Click here for more
details)
So THANKS:
..to the Webmaster for putting our site together and promoting the PARC project
..to Paul for choosing PARC as his charity (& next year too!)
..to all the villagers who donated to our collection outside Tesco's last Saturday (2nd June) and came to talk to us.

& here's to securing enough funding to start building the centre in the near future.

If you would like to get more involved with PARC - do a parachute jump, hold a coffee morning or get your employer to donate skills, sponsorship or choose us as their charity for the year - then please contact Vanessa Conder on Tel:(01376) 552525 x2353 or email vc@parc-essex.org.

Thank You
Posted Friday, June 8, 2001, 7:26 GMT by manicmonday

Citizens Advice Bureaux

Do you want a varied and interesting challenge ?

The Citizens Advice Bureaux in Braintree, Halstead and Witham require volunteer advisors.
No qualifications are needed. We are looking for lively, intelligent people who want to help people with problems.
Full training is given and you will acquire new skills.

Also required, Volunteer Computer Support Worker for the Braintree Bureau. To update and maintain the computers in our local
network and to ensure that the programmes we use are up to date and running smoothly across the network.

We are particularly keen to hear from people in groups that presently under represented in the Bureaux - young people, disabled people, and people from ethnic minorities.

If you are interested in volunteering, or would like more information contact:

Sue Wood for Braintree & Halstead on 01376 553234
Anne Squires for Witham on 01376 515235
Posted Monday, April 23, 2001, 21:21 GMT by manicmonday

Parking in the village.

It has been requested that I re-produce the following list as a reminder to residents.

Highway code rule 217. DO NOT park your vehicle or trailer on the road where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users. For example, do not stop

• near a school entrance
  
• anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
  
• at or near a bus stop
  
• on the approach to a level crossing
  
• not to stop opposite or within 10 meters (32 feet) of a junction,
• except in an authorised parking space
  
• near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
  
• opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction)
• another parked car
  
• where you would force other traffic to enter a tram line
  
• where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users
  
• in font of an entrance to a property
  
• on a bend
  

Residents Association AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the GNGV RA has been arranged for the 1st February, 2001, in the Main Hall of the Notley Green Community Association at 8PM

AGENDA.
1. Chairman's opening remarks.
2. Treasurer's report.
3. Secretary's report.
4. Election of officers.
5. Date and place of next A.G.M
6. Close
Posted Friday, January 19, 2001, 9:33 GMT by manicmonday

Residents Association Newsletter

A newsletter from the Residents Association will be delivered between Monday and Thursday of next week, as it contains issues that only affect the village area of Great Notley it will not be delivered to areas outside the village. BUT.... you will be able to read the newsletter (number 14) on the GreatNotley.com site. It will be available from Monday and a link will appear in these news pages.

Posted Friday, January 12, 2001, 17:44 GMT by manicmonday

GN Kids

We've added a few links for the kids - should have been done sooner, what with the holidays nearly over !
If you have any ideas for links, send them to us, at the moment, they are mainly 'character' links, but we would love to hear some recommendations for educational ones.

Posted Sunday, December 31, 2000, 11:14 GMT by manicmonday