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Queens Jubilee Drawing and Painting Competition 2012 Open to all residents of the Llangadog area to celebrate HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. To mark 60 years of HM The Queen’s reign, the Diamond Jubilee will take place in Llangadog on Sunday, 3rd June 2012. As part of the celebrations, The Last Gallery invites you to take part and respond to the Diamond Jubilee by entering this wonderful competition. Draw or paint the Queen. Prizes in each category: Adults (over 16 yrs old) 1st prize Highly commended certificates People's Choice Children (9 – 16 yrs) 1st prize Highly commended certificates People's Choice Children (under 8 yrs) 1st prize Highly commended certificates People's Choice All work will be exhibited without names for judging. A prize giving ceremony will be held on Sunday 3rd June during the celebrations. Work should be no larger than A3. Mount your entries on card to enable ease of display with pins or blue-tac. No frames or canvases please. Closing date Friday 25th May 2012. For further information and images of The Royal Family visit: http://www.royal.gov.uk Download Entry Form

 

Jubilee Tea Party

Sunday 3rd June 2012, 2pm, Queens Square, Llangadog. Jubilee Tea Party, everyone welcome, donations and help appreciated to set up and make the tea! Family fun activities and entertainments all day in the village, please see blackboards and shop windows for more details.

Llangadog WI

On Thursday 3rd May Llangadog WI will be given an insight into the resolution 'Employment of More Midwives' by our WI Adviser, ahead of the National AGM in London at the end of May.

The monthly letter from County WI Office announces forthcoming events, including a circular walk from Cilycwm visiting Cwm Rhaeadr Waterfall on Saturday 19th May, a Jubilee Lunch in June and a challenge to walk or swim 209 miles by l6th September!

Our speaker, Marylyn Haines-Evans will take us back to Victorian times and the competition is for a Victorian item, so seek out your treasures of yesteryear. If you would like to find out more, come along to the meeting in the YMCA Hall, Llangadog at 7pm or contact Gwyneth on 01550 -777676 for further details.

Llangadog Gardening Club

On Wednesday 30th May Llangadog Gardening Club will meet for a demonstration of Willow Weaving by Peggy Beer of Cwmdu at the YMCA Hall at 7.30pm, followed by a raffle and refreshments. Come and 'try your hand' or just enjoy the demo. For further details please contact Gwen Evans on 01550-777813.

Llangadog WI

On Thursday, 5th April Llangadog WI will welcome Amanda Cooke to talk about the work of the WRVS at 7pm in the YMCA Hall Llangadog. We are expecting some wonderful creations in the Easter Bonnet competition, followed by refreshments and raffle. New members are always welcome at our meetings held on the first Thursay of each month. For further details please contact Gwyneth on 01550-777676.

Llangadog Gardening Club

On Saturday, 21st April Llangadog Gardening Club are organising a Coach Outing/Shopping Trip to the Royal Horticultural Show, Cardiff, leaving Llangadog Community Centre Car Park at 9 am. Cost per person of Show/Coach £17.50, Coach only £10 payable when booking. Members and non-members are most welcome. Please contact Gwen Evans on 01550-777813 as soon as possible to make bookings.

Cadog Film Club

Cadog Film Club has arranged an additional film this season - The Iron Lady, directed by Phylida Lloyd, and starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Richard E Grant. This is a look at the life of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with a focus on the price she paid for power, with an Oscar-winning performance by Meryl Streep. The showing will be on Saturday, 28th April at 7pm for 7.30pm in Llangadog Community Hall. There will be a buffet (please bring a plate of food) and bar as usual. Admission is £5 (non-members £6). Please book in advance by ringing Irene Hayes on 01550-777657 or emailing cadogfilmclub@aol.com

Cadog Film Club Reminder

Following the last minute change of programme in February you are reminded that Mao’s Last Dancer will now be shown at our next Film Night on Saturday, 3rd March in the Llangadog Community Hall. This has been described as “a charming....visually and emotionally stirring film...not to be missed”.
Film Nights are usually the first Saturday of each month and start at 7.30pm in the Llangadog Community Hall (bookings required). Supper (please bring a dish of food to share) and bar. Admission £5 (members) or £6 (non-members). For bookings and further information ring Irene Hayes on 01550-777657 or email cadogfilmclub@aol.com

Cwrdd a chawl

Seion Baptist Chapel, Llangadog extends a warm welcome to everyone to join them in a short service at 6pm on Tuesday, 8th March, and to share cawl and welsh cakes afterwards,

WI St David's Day Celebrations

Llangadog W I will celebrate all things Welsh on St David's Day, 1st March, with poetry, history and song provided by Bonny Bullock and Doreen Lloyd in the YMCA Hall, Llangadog at 7pm followed by typical Welsh refreshments and a raffle. Myddfai WI have been invited to join us. Anyone who would like to come along will be most welcome or please contact Gwyneth on 01550-777676 for further details.

Llangadog Gardening Club

Are you interested in growing Hostas? Keith Brown, renowned local gardener of Cilgwyn Lodge, Llangadog, will give an illustrated talk on the many varieties of this attractive plant on Wednesday 28th March at the YMCA Hall, Llangadog at 7.30pm, followed by refreshments and raffle. To find out more, come along to the meeting or ring Gwen Evans on 01550-777813 for further details.

Cadog Film Club - STOP PRESS

Unfortunately the film we were to show on Saturday, 4th February (Mao's Last Dancer) has not arrived.

But, by special arrangement, we are able to show you Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy instead. Mao's Last Dancer will hopefully be available next month for 3rd March.

We are so sorry for causing you inconvenience and disappointment, but if you still choose to come we're sure you'll enjoy your evening. It's our chance to show a main-stream film soon after it is released!

A brief review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
This film, nominated for several BAFTA awards, is a new adaptation of John le Carré's classic spy novel. It is a brilliant portrayal of the compromise and cynicism of the cold war spy game. George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a disgraced British spy who had been forced into retirement, is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by a rogue agent that there is a mole working for the Soviets in the British Secret Intelligence Service, aka MI6. The evidence points to one of four senior figures in the service. It is Smiley’s task to uncover which one of these respected and trusted men is in fact a double agent.

Llangadog Gardening Club

The History and Making of Walking Sticks will be the subject of interest in a talk to be given by Gareh Enoch at the YMCA Hall, Llangadog, at 7.30pm on Wednesday, 29th February, followed by refreshments and a raffle. Everybody welcome - just come along to trhe meeting or ring Gwen Evans on 01550-777813 for further details.

Steaming through Llangadog

Look out for "The Heart of Wales" run through Llangadog on Monday, 7th May, and "The Central Wales Explorer" on Saturday, 12th May. Both runs will be steam hauled and should be in the early afternoons.

PAINTING FOR PLEASURE

This course, at Llangadog Community Centre, is suitable for both beginners and more advanced artists. Develop your skills as a painter in a friendly, supportive environment. Bring any materials you have to the first session on Wednesday, 11th January 2012, 1pm-3pm. Tutor: Julie Ann Sheridan. 10 sessions £55 (booking essential). Contact Julie on 01550-777933 to book

CADOG FILM CLUB

Winter/Spring Programme 2011/12

Cadog Film Club have announced their programme for the second half of their new season of films.

18th January 2012 #
The Namesake (2006) Cert 12 122min.
Dir. Mira Nair. Cast incl. Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan and Tabu
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family’s unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

4th February 2012
Mao’s Last Dancer (Australia, 2009) Cert ? 117min
Dir. Bruce Beresford Cast incl. Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood and Kyle MacLachlan
At the age of 11, Li Cunxin was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. He managed to defect in 1981and went on to perform as principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as principal artist with the Australian Ballet. “A charming....visually and emotionally stirring film...not to be missed”

15th February 2012 #
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Sweden, 2009) Cert 15 147 mins
Dir. Daniel Alfredson Cast incl. Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace and Lena Endre
Film sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.

3rd March 2012
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) Cert 15 127 mins
Dir. Tomas Alfredson Cast incl. Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons.

21st March 2012 #
A Separation (Iran, 2011) Cert PG 123 mins
Dir. Asghar Farhadi Cast incl. Peyman Maadi, Leila Hatami and Sareh Bayat
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision, to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s.

14th April 2012
Hugo (2011) Cert U 126 mins
Dir. Martin Scorsese Cast incl. Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. “...if you love the cinema and magic then I highly recommend this masterpiece. Hugo is really something special...”

18th April 2012 #
Of Gods and Men (France, 2010) Cert 15 122 mins
Dir. Xavier Beauvois Cast incl. Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin
Under threat by fundamentalist terrorists, a group of Trappist monks stationed with an impoverished Algerian community must decide whether to leave or stay.

5th May 2012
Annual General Meeting followed by My Week With Marilyn (2011) Cert ? 99 mins
Dir. Simon Curtis Cast incl. Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl. “Michelle Williams [is] the one reason to see this film and in itself she’s reason enough”.

16th May 2011 #
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) Cert 15 112 mins
Dir. Lynne Ramsay Cast incl. Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly and Ezra Miller
The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief - and feelings of responsibility for her child’s actions. “Lynne Ramsay’s film is a tour de force of economy....It’s not an easy watch, although there is no sensationalism. It is, however, always poetry.”

Film Nights are usually the first Saturday of each month and start at 7.30pm in the Llangadog Community Hall (bookings required). Supper and bar.

Buff Nights (marked #) are usually the third Wednesday of each month and start at 7pm in the YMCA Hall (no bookings necessary).
For bookings and further information ring Irene Hayes on 01550-777657 or email cadogfilmclub@aol.com

STOP PRESS
The Iron Lady
The Film Club hopes to include this as an additional film in this season’s programme, probably in April or May. Full details to be announced later.

Llangadog Angling Club

Llangadog Angling's Annual General Meeting will be on Friday, 27th January 2012 at 7pm in the Community Centre. This will be followed by a buffet and prize giving at the Goose & Cuckoo. If you wish to attend please phone the Secretary on 01550-777296 by Sunday 22nd January.

Llangadog Thursday Afternoon Group Can you Sew, knit or crochet Cross-stitch, make rugs, patchwork, make cards, etc .... or would you like to learn? If so, come along to the Y.M.C.A. Hall on a Thursday afternoon, and we’ll share our crafts over a cup of tea and a chat. We meet every Thursday afternoon, from 2 pm to 4 pm. For further information ring Catherine Berry on 01550-777980.

A new plan for the Llandeilo Provisions Market?

There will be a public meeting - a People's Assembly - at the Rugby Club, Llandeilo on Thursday 19th January 2012 to consider the formation of a co-operative of small businesses to bring the Provisions Market back into use as a hub for Llandeilo’s community. This initiative follows on from the Save Llandeilo’s Future campaign against the proposal for a branch of Sainsbury’s on the outskirts of the town, launched at a previous assembly.

Llangadog Gardening Club