I am not one who makes New Year Resolutions.
I can’t say that 2018 was a wonderful year for me. What I can say is I am looking forward to enjoying good health and happiness in 2019.
I have enrolled in U3A – A University of the Third Age . Learning for Leisure and Pleasure for Seniors.
It’s a place where you can learn new skills , make new friends, stimulate your mind and keep active. There is a wide range of activities to choose from.
The activities I have chosen are :
- Art School – Beginners. Two hour fortnightly classes. Some of my readers already know that art is one of my passions. The classes advance on to Intermediate, Advanced and Master Class.
- Choir. I love singing and wanted to join a choir. There are two choirs Kumbartcho Singers and Concordia Choir. Kumbartcho Singers cannot take on any more members just now because they go to Aged Care facilities to entertain and are restricted on room. I was sad that I couldn’t join but there was another option the Concordia Choir which requires a basic audition. I made the necessary enquiry and so far have been accepted for an audition on January 21st. I have been in choirs at church in the past and also in a musical. I didn’t tell them about karaoke because this choir is serious stuff and does four part harmony. Apparently this year the Concordia Choir is going to be doing something different – I will let you know when I find out. I am so excited. The choir meets twice a month.
There are numerous other activities that I could have enquired about. If the Art School goes well and I get accepted for the choir that will mean that I will be occupied for four days a month and each session is two hours. That will leave me plenty of time to go to one-off activities and also the movies and lunch meetings with my bestie friend.
Ally's Notebook 
That is wonderful news, Ally! I can’t wait to hear all about your new activities – enjoy every moment! ❤️😎
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How awesome to challenge yourself and try something new 🙂 Enjoy, it’s surely going to be great fun.
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I am really looking forward to my new challenges in life . It will be fun for sure 🙂
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Choirs are great fun! I’m in one called loud mouth women x and we are!
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Wow that sounds cool. What type of songs does your choir sing ?
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A capella songs anything fron zulu to traditional British folk. Usually we learn from repetition then sing without song sheets.
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Capella songs are great, it takes skilled singers to do that. They seem to have a good variety of songs, I am so glad you enjoy being in your choir 🙂
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I’m actually in two! The other one is called clay chorus. We will be “Wassailing” next weekend…
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Great picks! Your 2019 is off to a good start.
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I had never heard of ‘Wassailing’ so I checked Wikipedia. It sounds interesting, I hope it goes well and everyone enjoys the singing 🙂
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Cool! Enjoy yourself.
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Thanks. My choir audition is next Monday.
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Thank you for following my blog. I look forward to reading yours.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Best wishes for your audition for the choir. I hope you will be accepted because singing is something you enjoy( I do too!) and I think it is a great thing for lifting our spirits.
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Thanks Anne – I was accepted , am so happy about that . 🙂
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Great! Thanks for letting me know!
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wishing you joy & success with all your endeavors 🙂
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Thank you.
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