Exciting News from Sandra’s Ceramics Studio!
They are now online! Yes, you can find all of their beautiful handmade ceramic giftware at your fingertips & make your purchases online. The items range from stylish homewares including decorative & functional vases, plates & bowls to colourful outdoor pieces for the garden like their quirky frogs & geckos. The all-important web address is […]
Galston Concerts – Brave New World
It’s definite – not the news we wanted but the wiser, cautious option: The Galston Concerts final program for 2021, the Galston Gala, scheduled for 21 November in Galston Uniting Church, has been postponed. Public health constraints until 1 December and hesitancy to return to ‘crowd scene’ concerts too soon, apparent from an audience mini-survey, […]
Galston Concerts and Crowd Scenes
The Galston Concerts team knows their audience is missing the COVID-postponed concerts in Galston Uniting Church – because fans write in to say as much. Not just missing the music and performers but also those ‘crowd scene’ post-concert afternoon teas, as in our photo from ‘down memory lane’ at a concert in 2018. It’s not […]
Probus Ponderings – The brainy bunch and a fake birthday cake
With a touch of déjà vu, the Combined Probus Club of Cherrybrook returned to hold its August meeting via Zoom. This meeting also saw the celebration of the club’s 22nd Birthday and the second time it was held remotely following a similar experience in August 2020. Once again the fake Birthday Cake made an appearance […]
Galston Concerts – Worth the Wait
The Galston Concerts have ‘gone national’ while they await the post-pandemic return of their popular music afternoons in Galston Uniting Church. Galston joined prestigious presentation partners offering prizes to Musica Viva Australia’s Strike A Chord national championships which attracted over 100 school-age Classical music ensembles, over 400 students. The partnership came full circle when judges […]
The Orange Blossom Festival 2021
The much anticipated start of the 2021 Orange Blossom Festival has fallen victim to the current COVID spread with the iconic Lights, Beats and Eats Festival planned for Castle Hill Showground on August 28 cancelled. The decision to postpone the community celebration was announced by Hills Shire Mayor Michelle Byrne yesterday. No new date has […]
Galston Concerts Winning Formula
The Galston Concerts have scheduled another ‘best and brightest’ winning combination for Sunday 25 July in Galston Uniting Church: top-notch professionals plus young performers – a fast-rising local star included. The one-hour(ish) main concert, starting at 2 pm, features Three’s Company, Sydney-resident but international performers – at least in pre-COVID travelling years. Their soprano-clarinet-piano trio […]
Galston Concerts: Best to Book Soon!
Crowds are back for The Galston Concerts: a full house, a waitlist and others regretfully turned away for the concert by the Sydney Balalaika Orchestra in late May. Relaxed COVID Plan rules and growing public health confidence allowed a capacity audience to relax and enjoy the Balalaikans Russian flair. Book soon seems good advice for […]
The Galston Concerts…From Russia With
The Galston Concerts are up and running again following their successful restart of live performances in late March. Russian folk flair – in costume – will feature on Sunday 23 May, starting 2pm in the Galston Uniting Church, with a return by popular demand of the Sydney Balalaika Orchestra, a highlight of the concerts in […]
Castle Hill Art Society
ART DEMONSTRATION – Wednesday 5th May Julianne Ross Allcorn “Watercolour & Mixed Media on Board” Julianne Ross Allcorn has been a practicing artist and art teacher for over 20 years. She works on birchwood panels painting very detailed insects, birds, flora and fauna usually using pencil and watercolour. Come and learn from this fascinating style. […]
