W E L C O M E

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Ashtead   Peace Memorial Hall 3rd Tuesday  10.30 am

Betchworth  Betchworth Village Hall  3rd Monday  2.30 pm

Bookham Old Barn Hall  4th Tuesday  7.30 pm

Cheam  St. Andrews Church  3rd Thursday  10.30 am

Chipstead Banstead Community Hall  1st Wednesday  10.30 am

Cobham & Oxshott 

Oxshott Village Centre  2nd Wednesday  2.30 pm

Dorking Dorking Halls  2nd Tuesday  10.45 am

Epsom Epsom Playhouse  1st Wednesday  10.30 am

Horsley East Horsley Village Hall  2nd Wednesday  10.45 am

Leatherhead  St. Mary's Parish Church Hall  2nd Wednesday  7.00 pm

Limpsfield   St. Peter's Hall  Last Wednesday  2.30 pm 8.00 pm

Lovelace  East Horsley Village Hall  3rd Wednesday  10.30 am

Reigate  St. Mark's Hall  4th Thursday  2.00 pm

Walton-on-the-Hill  Riddell Hall  3rd Thursday  10.45 am

SOCIETIES

The 14 Societies organise a Programme of Lectures

… and visits

..tours in the UK

Dorking DFAS in BarcelonaLeatherhead DFAS in Libya

Ashtead DFAS in Romeand overseas Bookham DFAS in

Petra

and celebrations!

EAST SURREY AREA TEAM:Chairman June Robinson Treasurer Tony HoareDeputy Chairman David Hanson Church Recorders Janet GullandEducation Pamela WatlingDeputy ACE Lyn SladeArea Trainer Andrea GabbHeritage Volunteers Jane BerthoudYoung Arts Liz Meikle

This would have been a picture of the

Area Team’s Meeting

but it snowedand snowed!

NADFAS House staffTop Floor:

Finance

Promotions & Marketing

Second Floor:

Education

Communications, Societies & Membership

Chairman’s Office

First Floor:

Volunteering

Office Administration

Chief Executive’s Office

Ground Floor: Patricia Fay Room & Reception

Basement:

Kitchen, Post Room, Archive, Britcher Furlong Room and Zena Walker Room

NADFAS - THE EAST SURREY AREA YEAR

AREA VISIT TO LIVERPOOL FOR AGM

Plus the Lowry Centreand

Imperial War Museum North

CONCERTS AT THEROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

DIGITAL INFORMATION DAY

Sound Systems Day

E D U C A T I O NArea Coordinator for Education: Pamela Watling

Directory Meetingat Kensington

Paul Atterbury: Life and Art in Victorian Britain

CELEBRATION LECTURE MORNING AT EPSOM PLAYHOUSE

“Bring a Friend” Celebration Lectures at Epsom Playhouse

Valerie Woodgate: Looking at Portraits – A Very English Taste

David Bostwick:The Dissolution of the Abbeys and our Cultural Heritage

Tom Duncan: Islam and the Mosque

CHURCH RECORDERSArea Representative: Janet Gulland

VOLUNTEERS

CHURCH RECORDERS INFORMATION DAY

Leatherhead DFAS presented their

Church Trail

More Societies’ Trails are in progress

In May there will be a “Walk round London Churches” for the Church Recording groups.

HERITAGE VOLUNTEERSArea Representative: Jane Berthoud

VOLUNTEERS

COSTUME PROJECT AT POLESDEN LACEY

Penny modelling a fetching toile (made from her son’s old duvet cover)!

THE POLESDEN LACEY VOLUNTEERSWILL BE VISITING THE

ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK AT HAMPTON COURT

A group of 17 Limpsfield DFAS volunteers worked for 220 hours and successfully completed the cleaning of the beautiful reredos at Tandridge Parish Church in November. There is more work to be done, which has to wait until the Church has funds available.

Area Trainer: Andrea Gabb

Area Trainers’ Meeting at NADFAS House

YOUNG ARTSArea Representative: Liz Meikle

VOLUNTEERS

YOUNG ARTS

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS EXHIBITION

This painting, part of a triptych by Stephen Rawlings, a pupil at The Howard of Effingham School, was seen at a Mole Valley NADFAS Young Arts Exhibition at Denbies and subsequently chosen to be hung at the Mall Galleries in London in May 2008.

Stephen is completing a foundation course at The Chelsea School of Art.

“CREATE A NADFAS POSTER”Competition organised by

LIMPSFIELD DFAS

ASHTEAD DFAS SPONSORED A MOSAIC AT GREVILLE

PRIMARY SCHOOL

PUBLICITY

Reports of Society events in local press

HERITAGE OPEN DAYS

Holy Trinity Church, Westcott

Slyfield House

FINANCE

Area Treasurer: Tony Hoare

DONATIONSWatts Gallery Compton

Copy donated to Surrey Libraries

Limpsfield DFAS donated £500

towards securing Titian’s

DIANA AND ACTAEON

for the nation.Photo: The National Galleries of Scotland.

Titian, 'Diana and Actaeon', 1556-9, bought jointly by the National Gallery and National Galleries of Scotland with contributions from The Scottish Government, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Monument Trust, The Art Fund and through public appeal, 2008.

Coming in 2009

…. more concerts at the Royal Festival Hall

Friday, 6 March Sarah Lenton: ‘Staging the Orient’

Friday, 1 May

Suzanne Perrin:Japanese Art and Culture from the 10th Century

Followed by a tour to Japan in May 2009

Saturday, 12 September

Andrew Davies: Guided walkThe Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and the River Thames.

On Friday, 6 November“Bring a Guest Free” Morning – at Dorking Halls

Oliver Everett: King George III Patron of the Arts, Art Collector, Friend of America and Family Man

Linda Smith: James Gillray, Father of British Political Satire

POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND

NEXT AREA MEETING HOSTED BY HORSLEY DFAS

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

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