FEBRUARY 2015
Issue No. 206
Saturday 25 April Join us at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells for the seventh Annual Wonderwool Wales
Festival. It's your chance to enjoy a fantastic range of Welsh and British artisan products and an opportunity to meet the
wonderful people who made them. A great family day out with hands-on woolschool workshops and events showcasing the
best in Welsh and British wool and natural fibres. - See more at: http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk. Coach will leave Main
College at 9.00am and will return at 5.00pm. Prices will be £18 for Members, £22 for Non-Members and £13 for
Children. Please contact Heidi Bleach for Booking.
Saturday 25 April STRATFORD UPON AVON FOR SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY. The price is £14 for nonmembers, £10 for members and £5 for children under 16. No refunds. The coach will leave Main College at 8.30 a.m. and
leave Stratford at 5.00 p.m. Please contact Joan George for booking and payment.
Saturday 23 May GLOUCESTER TALLSHIPS FESTIVAL. The price is £14 for non-members, £10 for members and £5
for children under 16. No refunds. The coach will leave Main College at 9.00 a.m. and leave Gloucester at 5.00 p.m. Chance
to see variety of Tall ships. There will be plenty of stalls, food and drink, Gloucester Quays outlet, Cathedral and shops in
Town. All within walking distance. Please contact Ivy Walker Tel 20862065 or email ivycwalker@aol.com for booking
and payment.
Wednesday 24 June –7.30 p.m. Wales Millennium Centre – THE BODYGUARD – The Musical. Staff Association
Members £35.00; Non Members £37.00. No refunds. Cheques required by 27 February Booking now closed. Please send
payment to Ann Williams.
Wednesday 8 July – 7.30 p.m. Wales Millennium Centre – OKLAHOMA . Staff Association Members £29.50, NonMembers £31.50. No refunds. Cheques required by 15 May.. As refreshing and thrilling as the day it was written, Rodgers
& Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is the original feel-good musical. Celebrating the vigour of America’s pioneering spirit with
classic tunes and boot-stomping dances, we follow rugged cowboy Curly (Ashley Day) and the girl of his dreams, Laurey
(Charlotte Wakefield), as they travel down love’s highway on an extremely bumpy surrey ride. Featuring a live orchestra and
overflowing with well known songs like I’m Just a Girl Who Cain’t Say No and the rousing title song, this brand new
production from the award-winning producers of The King & I and Fiddler on the Roof brings its audience romance,
excitement and a score filled with sunshine.With Belinda Lang as Aunt Eller and Gary Wilmot as Ali Hakim. Please
contact Ann Williams for booking and payment.
Wednesday 22 July ROYAL WELSH SHOW Entrance to the Show and Coach Fare Staff Association Members £33, NonMembers £37 and Children under 16 £16. No refunds. Coach will leave Main College at 8.30 a.m. and will return at 4.30 p.m.
Cheques required by 30 June. Please contact Ann ~Williams for booking and payment.
Sunday 2 August to Monday 3 August CORONATION STREET - THE TOUR. Stroll down the cobbles of Coronation
Street on this acclaimed guided tour. Day One go to the beautiful city of Chester for shopping and then continue to our
overnight hotel arriving in good time for dinner. Day two after full English Breakfast we head to the Coronation Street tour.
The Price will be £115 and a £15 non-returnable deposit will be required by Monday 9 February. Please contact Ann
Williams for booking and payment. Please also note that there is a £25 single supplement.
Wednesday 12 August – 7.30 p.m. Wales Millennium Centre – BARNUM. Staff Association Members £35.50; Non
Members £37.50. No refunds. Cheques required by 11 May . This exhilarating musical follows the irrepressible imagination
and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America’s Greatest Showman, who lit up the world with colour, warmth and the excitement
of his imagination. Starring Brian Conley (Oliver!, Hairspray, Jolson) and Linzi Hateley (Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia!,
Chicago, Les Misérables), Cy Coleman’s wonderfully exuberant score includes the hits Come Follow The Band, The Colours
Of My Life and There Is A Sucker Born Ev’ry Minute. Please contact Ann Williams for booking and payment.
Wednesday 19 August – 7.30 p.m. Wales Millennium Centre – DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. Staff Association
Members £33.50; Non Members £35.50. No refunds. Cheques required by 17 April . One of the biggest new musical
openings to grace the West End, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a rare chance to return to ‘an all but lost era of musical comedy’
(The Guardian) and relive the golden age of the classic musical. Based on the classic comedy film starring Sir Michael Caine
and Steve Martin, you’ll be transported to the French Riviera and its decadent underworld, as two seasoned swindlers attempt
to hoodwink a millionaire heiress. As the pair compete in the true art of the con, they discover there is only room for one of
them. Multi award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell (Hairspray, Legally Blonde) leads a creative team
which includes the comedy duo who gave us TV’s Mad About You and West End hit musical The Full Monty. Sophisticated
and suave with a good dash of mischief, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is set to be one of the finest nights out of 2015. Please
contact Ann Williams for booking and payment.
Saturday 22 August TRIP TO LONDON ZOO. The price for bus and zoo ticket for Staff Association Members will be
£23, for non-members will be £30 and for children will be £15. If you would like to just join us on the bus to London the cost
will be £12 for Staff Association Members, £16 for non-members and £5 for children. The coach will leave Main College at
7.45p.m. and leave London at 5.30 p.m. Please contact Helen Jones for booking and payment on 02920874897 or email
on joneshm2@cardiff.ac.uk
Wednesday 26 August –7.30 p.m. Wales Millennium Centre – ANNIE - The Musical. Staff Association Members
£31.00; Non Members £33.00. No refunds. Cheques required by 22 May. Annie, one of the world’s favourite family
musicals, is coming to the Centre starring the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood as the tyrannical
Miss Hannigan. Set in 1930s New York during the Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery and
torment at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. Determined to find her real parents, her luck changes when she is chosen to spend
Christmas at the residence of famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. But spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a
plan to spoil Annie’s search. With its award-winning book and score, this stunning new production includes the unforgettable
songs It’s the Hard Knock Life, Easy Street, I Don’t Need Anything But You and Tomorrow. You can bet your bottom dollar
that you’ll love it. Please contact Ann Williams for booking and payment.
Saturday 19 September TRIP TO CLARKS VILLAGE. The price is £14 for non-members, £10 for staff association
members and £5 for children under 16. No refunds. The coach will leave Main College at 8.30 a.m. and leave Clarks Village
at 4.30 p.m. Please contact Joan George for booking and payment.
Saturday 28 November – A XMAS MARKET TRIP TO BATH. The price is £14 (£10 for Staff Association Members) and
£5 for children under 16. No refunds. The coach will leave the Main College at 8.30 a.m. and depart Bath at 4.00 p.m. Please
contact Ann Williams for booking and payment.
Saturday 12 December - 2.30 p.m. ALADDIN. The New Theatre's annual pantomime has become an unmissable family
tradition and for 2015-16 the adventures of Aladdin will be brought magically to life by a super cast (yet to be
announced). Packed with all of the traditional pantomime ingredients of comedy, stunning scenery, beautiful costumes, plenty
of boos and hisses and an Aladdin's cave full of surprises, Aladdin offers a world of magic, mystery and mayhem. So hop on
your magic carpet and get your tickets to Wales' favourity pantomime. If you ask your genie for just one thing, make it a trip
to see Aladdin! Staff Association Members: Adults £26, Children £15. Non-Staff Association Member: Adults £28. Seats
are in the stalls - rows H, J, K and L. Tickets to be paid for by 30 September. For booking and payment, please contact
Janet Sullivan.
Wednesday 16 December – 7.00 p.m. Wales Millennium Centre – SHREK - The Musical. Staff Association Members
£40.50; Staff Association Members Children £35.50 and Non Members £42.50. No refunds. Cheques required by 22 JUNE
. Based on the award-winning DreamWorks animation, Shrek is the perfect family show for Christmas 2015. Join our unlikely
hero and his loyal steed Donkey as they embark on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona
from a fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Add the diminutive Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairytale misfits, and a biscuit with
attitude, and you’ve got the biggest, brightest musical comedy around. Featuring all new songs as well as the cult Shrek
anthem I’m a Believer, Shrek The Musical brings all the much-loved DreamWorks characters to life, in an all-singing, alldancing extravaganza. Please contact Ann Williams for booking and payment.
THE STAFF ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN AND Ann Williams
NEWSLETTER
EDITOR
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TREASURER
Ivy Walker
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SECRETARY
Sharon O’Neill
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MEMBERSHIP
Jean Loudwell
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ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS
Heidi Bleach
Janet Sullivan
Julie Halse
Joan George
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CUSA Website
Helen Jones
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Cardiff CF23 7DG
HUMRS X 79386
Joneshm2@cardiff.ac.uk