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WEA News
Tuesday
25 November 2008 saw the culmination of the
term's work for two classes run by the Workers' Educational Association
(WEA)
at Hurst House Adult Education Centre on Abercrombie Street,
Chesterfield.
(Members
of cast and tutor Andy,
gathered before the perfomance)
To an audience of fellow students, family and friends, students from
the
drama course at Hurst House performed 3 short plays written by the
script-writing course members. During the interval all enjoyed a
buffet
with the opportunity to watch the small screen version of the WEA
"Christmas at
Corrie" - a short piece this time not only written by but also
performed,
filmed and edited by the script-writing group. The evening was
enjoyed by
all and an excellent achievement for both groups over a short period of
time.
Enrolments are being taken now for January 2009, so anyone
interested in
signing up for either - or both - of these courses should contact Mary or
Julie at
Hurst House on Chesterfield (01246) 278623.
News
from the WEA Chesterfield Branch
· Our
Market Festival stall (Friday 31 October and
Saturday 1 November) publicising courses on offer went well, with lots
of
support from existing students and hopefully potential new ones.
· The
WEA Derbyshire County Forum AGM meeting took
place at Hurst House on Saturday 1 November, followed by talk on 'How
to read a
church' and an interesting visit to St Mary's Parish Church.
· Tuesday
4 November the WEA Chesterfield Branch
AGM took place at Hurst House and officers and committee members were
elected
for the coming year.
· Two
committee members represented the
Chesterfield branch at the East Midlands WEA Regional AGM and Annual
Conference
held on Saturday 15 November at Beaumanor Hall Conference Centre near
Loughborough. The morning business meeting was followed after
lunch by a
selection of fascinating workshops.
· A
new membership scheme has been recently
introduced for people wishing to support the work and charitable aims
of the
WEA.
· The
WEA is one of the founding members of the
Campaigning Alliance for Lifelong Learning (CALL), a new campaign for
the right
of everyone to access learning. For details see the website: www.callcampaign.org.uk.
· Matthew
Beresford, tutor of the course entitled
'From demons to Dracula' has just had his book published on this
subject .