2 April 2017
Message from President
The end of the first term has arrived, and I hope you
have all enjoyed your courses. We love to get your
feedback so please contact me if you have anything
good or bad to say about your class. We will always
follow up.
I have really enjoyed Writing for Pleasure. It has been a pleasure to meet new members
and hone my writing skills.
Thank you to all the Leaders who put so much effort into the classes they run.
Demystifying Legal stuff for Seniors has been cancelled for the next term, but hopefully
if we get good numbers we will run it in the second semester. The feedback from this
course was very positive as the legal implications of getting old can be quite a mine field.
Family History, which is very popular, will be running next term. There will be some new
courses so keep an eye open for the announcements.
Don’t forget we are looking for a new president so if you believe you are interested please
feel free to contact me.
Please enjoy your break and have a chocolatey Easter. We will see you all again at the beginning of May.
Wendy Pearson
Invite your friends to join Maitland U3A. Send them this newsletter! You can also
access the newsletter from our U3A website http://u3amaitland.org.au
To contact U3A Maitland you can Write to the Secretary of Maitland U3A PO Box 502, MAITLAND 2320
OR Call Wendy our President on 49306972.
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Photoshop
As promised here is the winning image in the recent portrait shoot.
This image is from Ann Grant and features a dog
portrait and I know how difficult it can be to photograph these animals so well done Ann.
The Data taken from the Image is: Apple Ipad at
1/100 sec at f2.4 at 32 iso and most importantly,
there was no flash used.
You will notice the black colour around the dogs
face and eyes has not been lost. If it was still there it would look different if the use of flash
was allowed.
You can see on the metadata when Anne worked on this image and the version of photoshop
she used.
I had equally good images to view as well but there was no metadata with the image which put
these images into question.
Ian Goodman
Human Anatomy
Please note that Human Anatomy will run in Term 2 and begins at 2.00pm at the
CWA Hall (and not at 1.00pm as in the Program).
Jill Slatter
U3a Web Address
The web address for u3a Maitland has been incorrect in our Newsletter. Would you please note
that the correct address is u3amaitland.org.au/.
Backgammpon
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games known. It is a two-player game involving strategy and luck where playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. A player wins by removing all their pieces from the board before their opponent. You need some knowledge of the
game.
Course Leader: Sue Long Class Limit: 12
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Don’t Dress for Dinner by Marc Camoletti
adapted by Robin Hawdon
Mistress mayhem by the author of Boeing-Boeing
Directed by Christopher Briggs
April 26 to May 13
Performance Dates/Times:
Evenings at 8pm - April 26, 28, 29; May 5, 6, 12, 13
Matinees at 2pm - April 30, May 7
Doors open 30 minutes before performances*
About the play:
Bernard plans a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted
French farmhouse while his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He’s arranged for a cordon bleu cook to
prepare gourmet delights and has invited his best friend Robert, too, to provide the alibi.
It's foolproof, what could possibly go wrong?
Well... Suppose Robert turns up not realising quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert
and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently decide that Jacqueline will not leave for
the weekend. Then, suppose that the cook must pretend to be the mistress and the mistress
is unable to cook.
When everyone's alibi gets confused with everyone else's, an evening of hilarious confusion
ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.
Not too late to see
“What we did on our holiday”
"What we did on
our holiday"
Starring Billy Conolly
10:30 am on 5th April 2017
A DAY OUT WITH Maitland U3A Friends to a
“QUIRKY THEATRE” at STOCKRINGTON.
RSVP : to Patricia Taylor. Email [email protected]
Phone 0414 689 346