Page 34 • The HERALD • 1st June 2023 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v BEGINNER SALSA CLASSES Every Friday 3pm – 4.30 pm £5 per class No partner required Book now or just turn up!! 07818 589545 MARCHWOOD VILLAGE HALL, SO40 4SX COFFEE & CHAT Every Thursday 10am until 12noon ALL WELCOME Hampton Lane, Blackfield SO45 1XA OUT & ABOUT SASSY SALSA FOR SENIORS! by Pauline Gilbert, Salsa Student Yes... Salsa has arrived in the Waterside! I started learning in February this year, and am loving it! A er 23 years of teaching, Salsa expert Isobel and her co-star Lorraine, have turned their attention to the Waterside and started classes for the over 50’s (well the under 50’s can’t have it all their way!) Sessions are held on Friday a ernoons from 3pm to 4.30pm at Marchwood Village Hall. For those who are worried that they have missed so much that they won’t be able to catch up… you need have no fear. Isobel starts every class with the absolute basics of Salsa, building up gradually to some snazzy moves. Originating in Cuba and Puerto Rico, Salsa is a fusion of many music and dance styles from the Caribbean including the Cha Cha Cha, Rhumba and Mambo. So if you enjoy upbeat and upli ing music, go along! With a pay as you go strategy, and teaching style that’s fun, entertaining, yet thorough, and with no need for a partner, there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain! Forest Militaria e next New Forest Militaria Fair will be on Wednesday 7th June from 7pm to 9.30pm in the Colbury Church Rooms, Deerleap Lane, Colbury (near Ashurst) SO40 7EH. ere are stalls o ering a variety of militaria items, and these events are an ideal venue for dealers, collectors and enthusiasts to get together to buy, sell, swap, exhibit and talk about all aspects of militaria. All are welcome and admission is £1. Anyone who would like to pre-book a table at £6, should call Dave Curtis on: 07903 600865 or: 023 8178 1324. Waterside Woodcarvers holds fortnightly carving workshops in the woodwork room at Noadswood School, during term time, and quarterly socials at St Andrew’s in Dibden Purlieu. Next workshops take place on Thursdays 8th, 22nd June and 6th July, 6pm to 8pm. For further information please visit: www.watersidewoodcarvers.co.uk or phone the chairman on 023 8084 5787. WATERSIDE WOODCARVERS Kray Twins Hythe Townswomen’s walking group is starting up again. eir Knit and Natter is once a month on a Monday afternoon, making things for charity. Skittles every month on a Friday morning at e Ship Inn at Redbridge. ey will hold their next meeting on Thursday 8th June for a talk by Paul Stickler titled ‘Kray Twins’. ey meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at St Andrew’s Centre, Dibden Purlieu from 2pm to 4pm. Everyone is very welcome. Go along and enjoy interesting talks, and a friendly chat with a cuppa and biscuit. For more information contact Yvonne Mulvenney on: 023 8084 4768 or email: yvonne@ mulvenney.plus.com New Forest Artist in Residence finds ‘Common Ground’ with New Exhibition An art exhibition exploring relationships to nature through the culture of commons, land stewardship and folklore is open at spudWORKS in Sway until 3rd June. e showcase ‘Common Ground’ is by Beccy Mccray, the second New Forest Artist in Residence – a programme launched in 2021 by the charity SPUD and part funded by the New Forest National Park Authority. e work aims to amplify the collective wisdom and community knowledge of local land stewards from commoners, ecologists, and conservation volunteers to artists, Travellers, rangers and ramblers. e materials used in the exhibition, include locally and sustainably sourced hay, oak, sheep’s eece, wild clay, charred hazel coppice and heather, give meaning to the ancient Forest Common Rights: pasture (grazing), mast (pannage), sheep, marl (clay), estover (wood for fuel) and turbary (peat). Pasture and mast still play a critical role in the biodiverse New Forest ecosystem today. All materials, in their composting state, will be returned to the land a er the exhibition, for example hay bales will become animal feed, the heather bales used for river restoration, the charred hazel to improve soil and the marl clay bricks into insect lodgings. More information can be found on the artists’ website: www.beccymccray.com/ or on Instagram: @beccy_mcraycray Artist Beccy Mccray with artworks, by Kieran Short An Exciting New “Fairy Door” Art Trail Created by Artists and People with Learning Disabilities is Coming to Furzey Gardens Visit Furzey Gardens this summer and be thrilled by this unique trail for all ages, which consists of 30 four-foot ‘fairy doors’ designed and decorated by local artists. Pick up a trail map and seek out door designs ranging from mermaids and dragons to fairies and space animals. Enjoy doors that are three dimensional, and those that depict local themes relating to Arthur Conan Doyle, Alice in Wonderland and the seaside. Amongst the distinctively decorated doors, 24 are by local artists, three have been designed by people with learning disabilities, two have been created by local schools Beaulieu Village Primary and St John’s Primary School and Nursery, and another by children of Fostering Hampshire Children as part of their #OpenYourDoor campaign. ese enchanting new doors will appear throughout Furzey Gardens and at ve locations across the New Forest: • New Forest Heritage Centre, Lyndhurst • Cyclexperience, Brockenhurst • Hythe Pier • Rosie Lea House, Brockenhurst • Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Totton. e wooden doors themselves were made by people with a learning disability in one of Minstead Trust’s workshops. e Trust runs Furzey Gardens and supports over 300 people with learning disabilities along the south coast to learn skills and live more independent lives. Throughout the summer visitors can bid to own one of the doors themselves, or simply vote for ‘ e People’s favourite’. All money raised will go towards supporting people with learning disabilities who work in the gardens and beyond. Artists’ Fairy Doors at Furzey Gardens is kindly supported by Beaumont Water Heaters and Fostering Hampshire Children. e trail is on until Sunday 3rd September. Furzey Gardens is open seven days a week, 10am-4pm. Book your visit to Furzey Gardens this summer www.furzey-gardens.org, pre-booking online is essential at peak times. It is always interesting when Hythe & Waterside Rotary have a speaker evening, where someone shares their enthusiasm and expertise with club members. A recent Monday evening was all the more special because the speaker was former Rotarian, Brian Pain, who gavve a talk about ‘Independent Custody Visiting’ which consists of members of the local community who volunteer to visit police stations unannounced to check on the treatment and welfare of people held in police custody. Brian gave the members great insight into this service, which helps to enhance the safety and e ectiveness of custody for everyone. CUSTODY TALK Brian Pain (left) being thanked by Rotarian Tim Parsons
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