Dear Settlement Members and Friends,
I hope you are all well! With the half-term break imminent (Monday 28th October – Sunday 3rd November) when the Settlement will be closed (except for the odd special arrangement) it is surely time to talk about Christmas at the Settlement 2024!
Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair
The Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair for 2024 is set for Friday 29th November, 2-7pm. Admission is FREE.
Please visit during the afternoon to see the various arts & crafts sellers in the hall, and enjoy tea and cakes in the main building. An essential Settlement event! Look out for this year’s raffle tickets and make sure you buy lots of them!
If you have any items for our hampers (for raffle prizes),tombola, or Settlement stall (which will sell virtually anything non-electrical!) do please bring them to the office from now onwards! Many thanks indeed for anything you might be able to donate.
If you are able to make cakes for the event please do so! These will be very much appreciated. Please being them in nearer the time. Thank you.
A Christmas Carol – A Reading
Living Theatre, the group that stunned the Letchworth Festival earlier this year with their performance in Howard Park, is set to appear at the Settlement in the Kincaid Hall on Friday 13th December, 7- 9pm (end time is approximate).
With two actors taking inspiration from Charles Dickens’ famous public readings, Living Theatre presents A Christmas Carol – A Reading. Tickets £12; under 16s £8) here:
AChristmas Carol – A Reading – Letchworth Settlement
Classic Albums – Christmas Special
Saturday 14th December, 10am – 1pm
Stephen Barnard and Christopher Budd reveal the stories behind two of the most familiar and top-selling Christmas records ever made – Elvis Presley’s Christmas Album (1957) and Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift for You (1963). A festive session of fun, stories and music! Book here:
Pete and Mike’s Christmas Cracker
Peter Chapman (voice) and Mike O’Neill (piano) put away their Flanders and Swann act, get out their tinsel and, on Saturday 14th December, 3pm, will entertain us with Christmas songs both contemporary and traditional. To get into the festive spirit, we will be serving tea and mince pies. £12.50. Book here:
Peteand Mike’s Christmas Cracker – Letchworth Settlement
Sunday 24th November Workshops
- Create your own Christmas Wreath with florist Helen Allen, 9:30am – 12:30pm: ChristmasWreath – Letchworth Settlement
- Make Straw Stars: Traditional Scandinavian Decorations with new Settlement tutor Donna Davies, 9:30 – 11:30am: Strawstars: Traditional Scandinavian Decorations – Letchworth Settlement
- With Hazel Godfrey, make a contemporary-looking willow Sustainable Christmas Tree complete with star, 10am – 4pm: SustainableChristmas Tree – Letchworth Settlement
- Personalise your tree or make a wonderful gift with hand-crafted Fused Glass Christmas Decorations. Tutor: Jane Ducarreaux; 10am – 3pm: Fused Glass Christmas Decorations –Letchworth Settlement
- Tin treasures: Embossed folk art decorations: learn traditional hand crafting techniques with new Settlement tutor Donna Davies; 1.30 – 4pm: Tintreasures: Embossed folk art decorations – Letchworth Settlement
- Create a beautiful, long-lasting festive Christmas Table Centrepiece with florist Helen Allen; 1:30pm – 4:00pm: ChristmasTable Centrepiece – Letchworth Settlement
Monday 9th December Workshop
- Create lovely Willow Christmas Decorations – Angels, Stars, and Reindeer with Hazel Godfrey, 10am – 3pm: WillowChristmas Decorations – Angels, Stars, and Reindeer – Letchworth Settlement
Don’t forget this week James Willis will talk about, and illustrate, The Art of Architecture (17th Century) on Thursday 24th October, 7:30 – 9:30pm. Book here:
TheArt of Architecture – 17th Century – Letchworth Settlement
There are some fantastic courses starting after half-term! From Opera to Greek Myth; from the Wright Brothers to Five Remarkable Women… I could go on! Wafa’s Middle East Journey departs, and did you see that Christopher Woolston is back? Fossils: The Key to Life in the Past – Letchworth Settlement
Check all COURSES here:
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WORKSHOPS here:
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EVENTS here:
Nick
