For more information please contact Lyn Strong, Chair Portslade Community Forum

stronglyn@hotmail.co.uk

The Society was formed in 1973 and currently meets at the Swedish Folk High School, Locks Hill, Portslade on the 1st and rd Tuesdays of each month from September to June.

Meetings provide an opportunity to listen to a wide variety of recorded music, mainly classical, with programmes given by outside presenters and members themselves, as well as members of other recorded music societies.

We are a small friendly group who welcome new members and visitors. The admission charge is £1.50 for members and £2.00 for visitors, to include tea/coffee and biscuits.

Hon. Secretary: Miss D Gardner

01273 870508

dorothy.gardner@btinternet.com

View our programme online at

www.thefrms.co.uk/portslad.htm

Drama for Fun

Portslade's Amateur Dramatic Society

Drama for Fun is a non-profit community Amateur Dramatics group in Portslade. Our plays so far have been conceived and written by the group but we are thinking of also producing plays written by other playwrights. Drama for Fun used to be an adult education class at Portslade Community College taught by Saskia Wesnigk-Wood. Every year the students would say: "We want to do a play!" So eventually it happened and this group is the result. Lily and the Magic Book was our first production as an independent non-profit community group.   

Here is a list of the plays we have written and performed so far:

Ocean Liner (Hilarity on the High Seas; 7f, 4m),

In a Murderous Manor (9-10 f, 3-4m)

And our pantos:

Lily and the Magic Book (a topsy-turvy pantomime; 9-10 f, 4-5m, 2 children);

Lily's Magical Quest (9-11 f, 4-5 m (some doubling) 7 children in one or two scenes only)

Jim's Underwater Adventure (a fishy tale pantomime, 3 m, 7 f, some children)

George and the Dragon (a 10-minute narrated play, 4m, 5-10 f, some children).

All our plays are available for performance by other groups at a small fee. Drama for Fun is looking for new members, so if you are interested in acting, writing plays or helping back-stage, let us know. As we rehearse in the evenings, we cannot have children under 16 joining the group, though they may appear on stage in small roles if they are the children of group members. There is a £20.00 membership fee and a £5.00 monthly subscription. We have regular meetings, a constitution and a membership agreement form which you would need to sign.

Call us on 01273 430372

or visit us at www.drama4fun.com

Please contact us for further details

mail@drama4fun.com

Adults and children welcome.

Meets every Friday in term time from 10 to 11:30 at Downland Community Room, Stonery Road.

No experience necessary.

For more information contact:

Deli: adele.davidson@sky.com

Wendy: wgtmoore@btopenworld.com

Plot 57, Mile Oak allotmements between Gorse Close and Overdown Rise.

The North Portslade Community Allotment has been going for a few years. We are a constituted community group and meet regularly on our plot in Mile Oak. Right now we have 8 members, almost all with small children and we meet in the mornings and afternoons.

We are happy to welcome new members, especially those with young children - but every age is very welcome!!, So if anyone out there fancies digging, sowing vegetables with a prospect to eating them, finding slowworms and other interesting creatures and learning about nature and what fun it is to get your hands dirty and have a picnic in the sun, do come and join us. Please email saskiaww@uku.co.uk for details.
Saskia will also be running a fun cooking club "Vegetable Taste Sensations" soon. If you are interested in joining, please email the above address. It will be Tuesdays, the first two on September 16th and 23rd from 11:30 at Downland Court Community Room, Stonery Road in Portslade. Please let me know if you want to come.

We can always do with more helpers as we need to prepare the bads for next year. Do come and join us! There will still be cabbages and leeks eventually to harvest and if you look hard enough, there are still potatoes, beans and tomatoes to be found!

We don't just work, we always bring a picnic and sit down and chat. The allotment is such a good place to go to forget your stress and just breathe and commune with nature. The children love it there, they always find somewhere to dig, berries to eat and friends to play with, even if some of them are worms and beetles. Why not come and see if you'd like to join us.

How and when to find us: We meet regularly on Wednesday afternoons after school (usually 3:45 until 5 or later), but call me if you want to come first, tel 01273 430372. We are allotment number 57 at the Mile Oak allotments - just follow the path between Overdown Rise and Gorse Close in Portslade. Once in take the road to the right and look out for the willow dome (see drawing above) just past the turn off to the left.

For more information contact

Sophia on 01273 430372

saskiaww@uku.co.uk

Coastline Harmony is a local women's chorus singing four part harmony acapella style. 

We are a non profit organisation based in Portslade and rehearse every Thursday from 7.15pm to 9.45pm at Portslade Community College under the direction of our Musical Director, Debbie Hopkinson.

We are always pleased to welcome new members. The chorus, who love to entertain, sings a wide range of music for every occasion. We enjoy performing and sing at venues throughout Sussex entertaining local societies, clubs, rest homes, charities and special events. Our hobby gives us so much scope to sing, travel, have fun and make lots of new friends.

Membership:   Theresa on 01444 23614, or why not visit us on any rehearsal night to learn more – just pop in.

Performance:   If you would like us to sing for you then please call Pat on 01444 843671. 

www.coastlineharmony.co.uk