Diary Dates 22 April 2016
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WEDNESDAY, 20 April: Birdlife Port Natal outing to Amanzimtoti Bird Sanctuary at 8.30am. Meet at the parking area by the gate. Tea and sandwiches will be available at very reasonable cost. Call Lesley on 083-231-3408.
TUESDAY, 26 APRIL: Grosvenor Girls’ High School annual senior citizens’ tea party from 10am to noon. All senior citizens over the age of 65 years are invited to RSVP by calling Janet at the school to book their place before Wednesday, 20 April. Call Janet on 031-467-3614.
TUESDAY, 26 APRIL: Annual senior citizens tea party at Grosvenor Girls High School from 10am.
All senior citizens over the age of 65 years are invited to attend. Call the school on 031-467-3614 before 18 April and speak to Mrs Offer to book a place.
SATURDAY, 30 APRIL: Birdlife Port Natal hosts a bird course at Paradise Valley. This half day workshop entitled ‘Communication between birds by sound and other means’ is from 9am to 1pm, with registration from 8.30am. Cost is R80 for members and R100 for non-members. Take along a note book and binoculars. There will be refreshments on arrival and at mid-morning. Take along a picnic basket for afterwards. Call Rowena for bookings on 074-495-2406.
SATURDAY, 30 APRIL: Izandla Zethemba Hands of Hope holds a fundraising dance at 6pm at the Pigeon Club, next to the Dutch Club on Tara Road, Bluff. Cost is R70 per ticket. Tickets are limited. Take your own drinks and snacks. Music by DJ Mike and MC is Pops. Enjoy lucky draws, auction, best dressed couple. For tickets, call Bernie on 031-466-5998 or on 084-888-8040.
THURSDAY, 12 MAY: KwaZulu-Natal branch of the South African Military History Society will meet at 7pm for 7.30pm at the Murray Lecture Theatre, Department of Civil Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College campus. There will be two talks and the topics will be ‘a historiography of World War I’ by Dr Mark Coghlan and ‘Three Scouts of the Anglo-Boer War and their exploits’ by Alan Townsend. Visitors are welcome. For more details call Roy Bowman on 084-951-2921 or Ken Gillings on 031-702-4828. Find the society online at https://samilitaryhistory.org
SATURDAY, 28 MAY: Interested writers can join the South African Writers’ Circle’s one day seminar on romance writing at Augusta Estate, Hillcrest. Joss Wood, official writer for Mills & Boon, Penguin and Tule will be the keynote speaker. Cost is R180 per person which includes lunch and tea. Call Brigitta Simpson on 071-681-8378 or email southafricanwriterscircle@gmail.com.
