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Sat, 11 Oct 2008

Dads, Lads & Lasses Football

Venue: Creswick Primary & Nursery School, Sir John Newsom Way, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 4TP.

Date: Saturday 11th October

Time: 11.00am to 12noon

This fun session, with Tottenham Hotspur, will include warm-ups, games, football skills and inflatables! £2.50 per person (no unaccompanied children or adults!)

The contact is : Julie Cunningham
Daytime tel : 07983223676
email :

Mon, 27 Oct 2008

Camp Gosling

Venue: Gosling Sports Park, Stanborough Road, Welwyn Garden City.

Dates: 27th-31st October.

Times: 9.15am-4.00pm.

Ages: 2-15 years:
Junior Base Camp (4-7 years);
Base Camp (8-10 years);
Gosling Sports Camp (11-14 years).

Multi activity sessions. Early drop-off and late pick-up facility (8.00am-6.00pm).

Choose from tennis, skiing, gymnastics, football and trampolining. Tennis courses suitable for beginners to advanced. Junior Gym for 12-15 years. Fun rings for ages 7+ years. Slide down the ski slope for an hour of furious fun. Soft play for younger children.

The contact is : Gosling Sports Park
Daytime tel : 01707 384324
email :

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:30 ‑ 15:30

Half-Term Football Course

Venue: The Orchard Room, Peartree Primary School, Peartree Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 3XW.

Date: Monday 27th October, Tuesday 28th October and Wednesday 29th October

Time: 9.30am to 3.30pm

A fun football course with Premier Sport.

Learn new skills, play games and have fun!

Price: £9.95 per day if booked early. Optional: 'Extra Time' To start at 9.00 and finish at 4.00pm will cost an additional £5 per day.

Further information on website www.premiersport.org

The contact is : Jason
Daytime tel : 07843460552

Mon, 27 Oct 2008

October Half Term Skates

Venue: Roller City, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BX.

Dates: 27th-31st October.

Times:
11.00am-12.30pm 12 years and under plus parents;
2.00pm-4.00pm all ages.

£4.20 per session (+ £1.30 skate hire).

The contact is :
Daytime tel : 01707 357117

Thu, 30 Oct 2008

Goldilocks

Venue: Campus West Arts Centre, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BX.

Date: Thursday 30th October.

Time: 2.30pm.

Ticket prices: £10.50 and £8.00 inline at www.welhat.gov.uk

The contact is : Campus West Arts Centre
Daytime tel : 01707 357117

Sun, 02 Nov 2008

Swan Lake

Venue: Campus West Arts Centre, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BX.

Date: Sunday 2nd November.

Time: 2.00pm and 5.00pm.

Contact the box office for prices, 01707 357117.

The contact is : Campus West Arts Centre
Daytime tel : 01707 357117

Tue, 11 Nov 2008

Family Guitar Course

Venue: Swallow Dell Primary School, Blackthorn Road, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 3JP.

Date: Tuesday 11th November

Time: 6.00pm to 7.30pm

Learn how to play the guitar with Herts Music Service. For all parents, carers and children aged 8 – 90 (no unaccompanied children or adults!) Previous experience unnecessary.

Cost: £9 per family.

The contact is : Julie Cunningham
Daytime tel : 07983 223676
email :

Tue, 11 Nov 2008

Winter Show

Venue: Campus West Arts Centre, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BX.

Date: 11th-15th November.

Times:
11th-14th Nov 7.30pm;
15th Nov 2.30pm & 7.30pm.

Tickets £9.00; £7.00 concessions.

The contact is : Campus West Arts Centre
Daytime tel : 01707 357117

Sat, 15 Nov 2008

Oliver Twist Illustration Workshop with Marcia Williams

Venue: The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EU.

Date: Saturday 15th November

Time: 1.00pm

Join children's author Marcia Williams for a lively art workshop based on one of the best-loved stories in the English language, Oliver Twist.

Marcia Williams hs illustrated and rtetold many literary classics for children with her disctinctive cartoon-strip style. Described as breathing new life into the classic stories, capturing the tone of the original tales, but rendering them vivid and fresh, her innovative mix of comic style frames, decorative technique and gorgeous colour palette is bound to delight.

There will be the opportunity to buy a book for signing at the event.

Price: £4 (no concessions). Suitable for ages 8+

The contact is : Box Office
Daytime tel : 01707 281127
email :

Sat, 15 Nov 2008

Family Film Club: Wizard of Oz

Venue: The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.

Date: Saturday 15th November.

Time: 10.00am-11.40am.

This one-off Saturday morning family film club proudly revisits this timeless fantasy of flying monkeys, dancing scarecrows, talking trees, wizards and witches.

We invite you to travel along with Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her companions: the sensitive Tin Man, the cunning Scarecrow and the not-so-Cowardly Lion, through the shimmering land of Oz to the Emerald City in the hope of returning home to Kansas City.

Fleming’s magical picture has fans old and new and now with the recent revival of the story in hit West End musical Wicked! (adapted from Geoffrey MacGuire’s novel) this digitally re-mastered presentation reinstates The Wizard of Oz’s enduring charm and proves that there really is ‘No Place Like Home’!

Price: £4 full price / £3 concessions

Age Suitability: U (film contains mild fantasy horror).

The contact is : UHArts
Daytime tel : 01707 281127
(Evening tel : 01707 281127)
email :

Sat, 22 Nov 2008

Shift:East - Herts Junior Dance Company Auditions 2008

Venue: Chauncy School, Park Road, Ware, Herts SG12 0DP.

Date: Saturday 22nd November

Times: 9.30am to 11.00am, 11.30am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 3.30pm.

Dance Herts is thrilled to announce auditions for the launch of the new Hertfordshire Junior Dance Company for the east of the county, HJDC Shift:East in January 2009. The company will meet regularly to create and rehearse new dance works alongside professional dance artists. The company will perform at events across the county during summer 2009.

Shift:East
Open to young people who live or attend school in the districts of Welwyn Hatfield, East Herts and Broxbourne. The company will meet regularly, during term time, on Monday evenings from 4.30pm to 6.00pm at Chauncy School in Ware. If you are aged between 8 and 11 years old (years 4, 5 & 6) and love dancing come along and audition for the company. You may apply to attend ine audition only. An application form will need to be completed before your child can audition. Please contact Dance in Herts for further details.

The contact is : Dance in Herts
Daytime tel : 020 8953 3681
email :

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