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Barmouth News - 23rd August, 2009


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Medley of Mediums

On Thursday 27th August at the R.A.O.B., Barmouth. There will be a Clairvoyant Evening with a Medley of Mediums Extravaganza. Doors will open at 7pm, everyone will be welcome. Tickets will cost £6 and be available on the door. There will be a raffle. Also available on the night for an additional fee of £10 Private Readings, Tarot Readings. A host of International and National Mediums will be there. Proceeds will be going to a local cause.

Y not Coffee morning

The Y not Drop in will be holding their first ever Coffee Morning on Thursday 3rd September from 10am till 1pm at the Dragon Theatre. They are eager talk to people about the Drop In and to welcome anyone who would like to make use of the facility.. Also at this event Craig Dobbins will present a cheque to the Drop in Treasurer Dawn Robinson for the amount of £152 that he raised in a recent sponsored walk at Bala Lake. There will be a raffle and a tombola stall and home made cakes along with Fair Trade tea and Coffee

R.N.L.I. Flag Day

The annual Flag Day was held, this year, on August 6th when £1300 was raised. In Barmouth and District the total was £1066-46, at Shell Island £233-54 was collected. Many thanks are sent to the collectors and to everyone involved in creating a good flag day.

Buffs

A Sea Fishing Competition has been organised for Saturday 26th September. It will be held at the end of Barmouth Promenade and will run from 8am till 3-30pm. Admission will cost £4for Adults, £2 for O.A.P’s and children. There will be three prizes on offer. The competition is being organised to raise funds for the Shooting Star Appeal at Wrexham Maelor hospital. More details are available from Richard who can be contacted on 01341 281339 or at the Buffs Club.

Sign up Now

Many have asked for the return of the Sign Up Now days where local people can book places on courses to be run in Barmouth this autumn and Winter. Most of the courses will be delivered either in the Dragon Theatre or Ysgol y Traeth and offered by Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, Coleg Harlech or Aberystwyth University Extra Mural department. In addition Gayle Hudson from the Open University will be on hand as there is considerable interest in their courses this year and the U3A will be present to show what is available for current and potential members. The event will be held at Communities First in Station Road on Thursday 3rd September from 3pm till 6pm so that people who work will have a chance to get there. Prospectuses are available from the Communities First office any day.

No more Council accommodation

If you are a tenant in a Gwynedd Council property your landlord will change, from April 1st to Gwynedd Community Homes. The new organisation has promised to deliver improvements to the properties. If you would like to hear the latest news on the transfer of ownership, or to take part in the decision making about what is to be done with the properties in Gwynedd you are invited to a meeting to be held in Parlwr Mawr at the Dragon Theatre on Monday 7th September at 7pm. Arnold Phillips the Independent Tenant Advisor will be talking with tenants about how and why they need to get involved in the future of their homes.

Dragon Theatre

The two plays running at the Dragon this summer have attracted big audiences, people were being turned away at the door on Wednesday because all seats had been sold. There is still time to catch the Vicar of Dibley on Wednesday’s and Barefoot in the Park on Monday’s as they run till the end of the month. There will also be an extra performance of the Vicar of Dibley in the Barmouth Arts Festival in early September.

The Catrin O’Neill Trio also had a sell out performance in the Arts Room at the Dragon last Thursday. Catrin is known locally through her performances in town and rewarded her audience with a lively foot tapping mix of music and songs that will guarantee her a good audience if she returns. There has been an increase in the use of the Arts Room as a cabaret and informal performance space this year; it is a venue that is gaining popularity for the comfortable surroundings that it offers and the flexibility of the space available.

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