Skip to content

Author: admin

Published on

Dear HNCA Friends
I hope you are in good health and enjoying the arrival of summer. It seems ages since we had our classes in the Highgate Newtown Community Centre in Bertram Street, and while the centre is being re-developed activities have been devolved to a number of different venues under the name Highgate Newtown Community Partners, with the lunch club now in two locations.
Tamar's Pilates Classes, are still going strong. This page shows the current venues: www.highgatenewtown.org.uk/contact/#map. A link to our own HNCA website is here: www.hnca.org.uk/wp/ - updates to follow.
If you have information to share or would like to publicise other local events to HNCA friends - or even arrange a get-together - do send us details. Meanwhile, friends in Transition Kentish Town have invited us to join them for this Saturday's "Nature Connections Midsummer Ramble" - full details are linked below - so we are extending this invitation - no need to book - just turn up - but if you would like to let me know you are there you can text me.
Looking forward
Mary Fee - 07966 216891
www.camden.letslink.org/system/uploads/TKT_NatureConnections_240629.pdf

Published on

Dear Friends
You are invited to our North Camden Chorus end of term Party - tomorrow - at All Hallows Church, Savernake Road NW3 2JP - which is not far from Gospel Oak overground.
No need to book - we will be starting with supper - bring food & drink to share - then singing just four very different songs (not sure of the order): 
"Funiculi, Funicula" by Luigi Denza, a Bruckner song (in Latin) called Graduale, a John Rutter song "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho", then George Weiss & Bob Thiele's "What a Wonderful World". 
Hope you can make it - let me know.
Best wishes, Mary Fee
https://ncchorus.org.uk

Published on

Dear HNCA Friends
Apologies for short notice - more walks to follow.  Today on Wednesday 1st May 2024 (5-6.30pm) we are all invited to connect with nature on the 'Urban Greening' walkabout, led by Transition Kentish Town. We'll be learning about the pockets of green space in a variety of spaces, from a GP surgery to a fire station, and catching up over soft drinks and nibbles at the end. Meet at 5pm at Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road, London, NW5 2BX. More soon - Mary

Published on

Members of the North Camden Chorus have been rehearsing this since term started after Christmas and now the concert is happening very soon - on Saturday 16th March from 7.30pm at St Mary Brookfield Church, Dartmouth Park Hill, NW5 1SL. The music is very rousing and includes the famous "Hallelujah Chorus". We will be joined on the night by professional soloists and orchestral players. 

For full details here is a link to the poster: https://ncchorus.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/spring24-concert-poster-a4.pdf.

Wine and nibbles (donated by choir members) will be available afterwards! Tickets will be cash-only on the day - £15 - but are available in advance online at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/north-camden-chorus-spring-concert-tickets-843992613627

Spring Concert – tickets now on sale

Published on

Dear Friends
Friends of Highgate Library (FOHL) is going strong, offering performances in the school next door, as the Library itself is undergoing refurbishment.  For me, next Tuesday's event is particularly interesting, as it's my brother co-presenting a performance of his poems, inspired by famous paintings:

Joe Treasure is the author of three novels. "Out of the Frame" is Joe’s first collection of poems. Art from six centuries brought dramatically to life through the imagined voices of the artists, their models and the figures they represent. Hear the thoughts of a trio of disdainful goddesses, a couple of WWI veterans and a woman hurrying to meet her lover in 19th century Paris. Zimmy Ryan trained at LAMDA and worked as an actor before becoming a
psychotherapist.

There is no need to register – just arrive at 7pm for 7.15-9pm at Brookfield Primary School, 101 Croftdown Road London, NW5 1HB. Below we link to the FOHL event listing and a poster with more details.
Looking forward
Mary Fee (020 7607 7852 - 07966 216891)
https://www.fohl.org.uk/event/out-of-the-frame-joe-treasure-and-zimmy-ryan/
https://hnca.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FOHL-JoeZimmy-Out-of-the-Frame.pdf

Published on

Dear Friends
It was lovely to meet an old friend from Highgate Newtown Community Centre at the North Camden Chorus concert last Saturday - at least one person got the message in time….

Sadly "On Bouge" is holding its last session tomorrow Friday 8th December in the basement of the Baptist Church, 84 Heath Street, NW3 1DN. The nearest Tube Station is Hampstead - turn right out of the station and it's a 5 minute walk up the hill. Doors open 7.15pm.
Organisers Caroline and Chris Shaw (Duo Mistral) will be joined by regular musicians John Offord, Dave Chatterley and Peter Kanssen, Deux Sans Frontières and The Famous Five Fiddlers. Their old friend David Heath is also turning up to play. and there will be CAKE and BUBBLY to toast the wonderful 30 years of On Bouge. Please bring booze and Christmas snacks to share. No need to book - this time there will be a bucket to put in whatever contribution you want to make!
Chris adds: There are other clubs that do French dance, but we have concentrated more on traditional dances as they are done in their pays, whether Bretagne or Auvergne, Gascogne or Béarn ou n'importe où en France. The aim has been to dance the dances correctly but always with fun. They hope in the future to organise occasional weekend events. To keep in touch please email: Chris@gigcb.com.

Tamar's in-person and zoom Pilates sessions are still going strong - for details see: https://hnca.org.uk/wp/classes/pilates-thursdays-9-30am/. At today's zoom session, one of the members, Nicole, told us that her choir "Eclectic Voices" are holding a Bach Concert from 5pm on Sunday 10th December at the Union Chapel, 198 Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN, near Highbury & Islington station. For full details and booking form see: https://eclecticvoices.org.uk.

Let us know of other events you would like publicised.
Best wishes to all
Mary Fee (LETSlink) 07966 216891
https://hnca.org.uk

Published on

Dear Friends

Join us for a festive evening of music from our community choir and orchestra

on Saturday 2nd December at 7.30pm at St Mary Brookfield Church, Dartmouth Park Road, London NW5 1SL

North Camden Chorus and orchestra will be performing:

  • Joseph Haydn – ‘Maria Theresa’ Mass
  • Francesco Manfredini – Concerto for two trumpets
  • Christmas carols by Darke, Rutter and local composer and friend of the choir, Philip Godfrey

We’ll also be inviting some audience participation for some old carol favourites and enjoying some drinks and nibbles afterwards:

Tickets on sale for our Autumn concert

Published on

This is a regular event, held on second Fridays of the month.
It's worth just listening to the music and it's a bonus being able to join in 
the dancing.  Some of the pieces require advanced levels of skill but most 
are accessible to ordinary folk like us. Latest message:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Subject: [on-bouge-announce] On Bouge Friday 14 April:
Duo Mistral, aka Chris & Caroline Shaw
Date: 09-04-2023 23:10
From: Chris Shaw <chris@gigcb.com>
To: On Bouge Announcements <on-bouge-announce@googlegroups.com>
Reply-To: on-bouge-announce+owners@googlegroups.com

It's time for On Bouge again, chers amis/ chères amies, and this month
we have the wonderful, the dynamic Duo Mistral. We'll be doing a variety
of dances from all over France again, from BalFolk to Breton and
Bourbonnais, Auvergne to Limousin, Gascony and Béarn. We'll be revising
the Bourrée Planière too. We also have our lovely On Bouge musicians.
Please bring booze and snacks to share.

It's at Heath Street Baptist Church, 84 Heath Street NW3 1DN London.
Please email me at chris@gigcb.com for more information.
Doors Open: 19.15  - Dancing from 19.30 until 23.00

The cost is £10 if booked in advance or £12 on the door.  Details are on
our We Got Tickets page:  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/578410/ and
also our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/589794629846156/
Cheers, Chris & Caroline Shaw

Published on

Dear Friends
https://hnca.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Come-and-Sing.png:
So soon after the amazing performance of "The Armed Man" by North Camden Chorus comes another local church concert, this time it's an invitation to join the Fleet Singers at both rehearsal and performance of Mozart's Requiem, from 1.30pm to 8pm, with a break for afternoon tea, at St Anne's Church Highgate - tickets £20.
Booking essential - full details here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/106-highgate-west-hill/st-annes-church/come-and-sing-mozart-requiem/e-edmarx
or here: www.concert-diary.com/concert/1761312771/Come-and-Sing-Mozart-s-Requiem-with-Fleet-Singers - Attending the concert from 7pm-8pm is free, no ticket needed but donations welcome.

Published on

Another event for our calendar - Channing School for Girls - https://www.channing.co.uk - which is at The Bank, Highgate, London N6 5HF - is holding a Communitea - meaning a "Communi-Tea" - to which we are all invited.

The advert in the Camden New Journal says "Join us at Channing School for free tea, sandwiches and cake, get help from our digital leaders with your device, and enjoy some music while you're here!" It's from 4.15 to 5.30pm - see you there!