At 4pm on Thursday 3rd December, Etheldred will be turning on their Christmas lights. After such an uncertain year they will be lighting up their gardens with Christmas lights & decorations for the residents & the community.
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Santa’s Christmas Eve Jingle
HI Friends are inviting us to ring jingle bells on our doorsteps for 2 minutes at 6pm on Christmas Eve to help Santa’s sleigh fly high and bring some Christmas cheer to our villages.
They are producing ‘make your own’ jingle bell packs that will be on sale for £2.50/pack. All proceeds will go to HI Friends to continue to support activities in our villages.
Jingle bell packs will be ready by 3rd December but can be pre-ordered online by emailing info@hifriends.org.uk quoting your name and address. We are also hoping to set up stalls around the village in the coming weeks (COVID dependent) so look out for updates on where we will be on here.
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Imagine how magical it would be to hear jingle bells ringing throughout the villages on Christmas Eve. There are things we can’t do this Christmas, but we can do this!
Follow the Advent trail
Sunday, 29 November to Tuesday 5th January, 5pm – 8pm
A new Advent Window will be opening each day in the run-up to Christmas at a location somewhere in our village, creating a growing Advent Window trail to follow. Some windows will be decorated as ‘Stained Glass’ and others in different creative ways, each revealing an image from the Christmas story or its themes of hope and joy.
The Advent Trail map with a list of addresses where you will find the windows will be posted on the St Andrew’s website from Friday 27 Nov.
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7.30pm on Wednesday 16th December there will be a virtual quiz held on a Christmas theme over zoom from the comfort of your home.
To enter a team of up to 6 please contact Neil on 01223 232514 info@hifriends.co.uk who will send you all the details.
Guitar Recital
This coming Saturday, 14 November, at 7pm, professional guitarist Valérie Hartzell is giving a live, online recital. Valérie performed for IMS two years ago. Tickets are £3 for a wide ranging programme of music, including Eleanor Rigby, the famous Spanish Romance and the rather exciting Spanish piece Asturias.
The full programme is:
– Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Hartzell
– Eleanor Rigby Lennon/McCartney, arr. Hartzell
– Spanish Romance Anonymous
– Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)
– Dawn at Ynys Goch Mark Houghton (b. 1959)
– Los Pajaros en el Mercado Susan McDonald (b. 1965)
– Tango Ten Ten Pie Susan McDonald (b. 1965)
– Novembre (world premiere!) Thierry Tisserand (b. 1956)
– Nothing Else Matters Metallica, arr. Soren Madsen Valérie Hartzell (b. 1974)
– Story of Us Valérie Hartzell (b. 1974)
– Aurora Borealis Valérie Hartzell (b. 1974)
– Asturias (Leyenda) Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), arr. Segovia/HartzellAnyone booking a ticket gets a link to a YouTube channel where the concert will take place; click on that link on Saturday evening shortly before 7pm to attend the concert. Not a real life concert experience, of course, but at least it is live music and supports a professional musician.
To book, go to https://www.valeriehartzell.co.uk/events
BIG TIDY UP – December
Our formal quarterly litter picking event is on Saturday 5th December. As this is a form of outside exercise it is viewed that it is safe to litter pick, observing the Social distancing rules, not picking up litter by hand and wearing gloves provided. Wearing of face-masks is up to the individual.
Existing members who have their own patch and litter pick throughout the year, but new members who would like to help on the day are asked to contact Cedric Foster by email (cedric.jl.foster1944@btinternet.com). This is to allocate a road or area prior to the event and to give Health & Safety advice.
On Saturday 5th December, Cedric will be in The Village High Street Car Park (opposite Tylers Estate Agents), to hand out equipment and PPE from 9.00 to 9.30 am.
Diabetes and Covid-19 Virtual Meeting
What does the research say about risk?
7-8.30pm on Thursday 12th November
A talk by Eddie Johnson, Research and Communications officer, Diabetes UK
- Severity of Covid-19 in people with diabetes:
- Statistics from a paper published in June 2020
- What the increased risk for those with diabetes actually means:
- Difference between relative and absolute risk
- Diabetes UK response to the pandemic
- Research being funded to help reduce the impact of Covid-19 in the future
All Welcome. Contact mike@hidiabetes.co.uk for a link
- Severity of Covid-19 in people with diabetes:
Defibrillator Training
The Community Heartbeat Trust will be providing training on the use of the newly installed Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) at 11.00am is now scheduled for Saturday 30th January 2021 at the Baptist Church.
There is no charge for the training, which will take just over one hour, and anyone in the Histon and Impington community is welcome to attend. With the current Covid19 restrictions the numbers will be limited to 15 people.
The church has Covid secure measures in place for groups currently using the church buildings, which would include the AED training. To book your place for the training, please contact George Voyias on either 01223 560255 or ‘g.voyias@ntlworld.com’.
While people may feel more comfortable having training on how to use one, this is not a requirement and in an emergency all you need to do is turn it on (usually by just opening the lid) and follow the voice instructions. It is impossible to harm a casualty using a public access defibrillator as it only shocks them if they have a medical need for it.
Quiz Night at the Red Lion
Quiz Night is back. Teams of six maximum.
Call The Red Lion on 01223 564437 to book your table.
Join the hunt for Treasure!
The PTA at Histon & Impington Infants School have arranged a treasure hunt around the village, which you too can take part in any time over the half term holiday.
The PTA thought it would be a great idea to involve the community outside of the infants school to have some fun too.
To get involved and to get a copy of the treasure hunt emailed to you, please donate what you can (suggested donation £5) to the Paypal pay pool: tinyurl.com/InfantsPTA
The hunt will then be emailed to you from the PTA and you can complete the hunt over the half term holiday! Answers can be emailed back to the PTA to be submitted into a draw for a bundle of books.
All proceeds raised from the treasure hunt will go towards buying new books for your local school.
