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A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

‘Rucksack Music’ at Jacksons Lane, Highgate. Drop-in music classes for babies and toddlers (0-4 years) and their grown-ups/parents/carers. Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am £4.50 (3.50 for siblings.) No need to book, just come along and join in the fun. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling and just having a good time. The class will be led by singer/guitarist and Jazz musician Faye Patton.

About Rucksack Music: We have been running affordable drop in music classes for babies and toddlers (0-4) and their grown ups for over 15 years. We run classes in North and South London. The company has been filmed by the BBC and ‘London Today’ and we use a unique, tried and tested ‘rucksack’ formula. Relaxed, guided music sessions with nursery rhymes, rounds, tongue twisters and live guitar accompaniment, with small percussion instruments to experience and enjoy. Our sessions include a break for biscuits and a chance to chat and connect. Our experienced and diverse tutor line-up includes professionals from the world of theatre, Kodaly, jazz and sound healing. We are also a popular choice for children’s events and private parties.

Term begins on 15th Jan, running every wed for 13 weeks. Please note there is a half term break on Wed Feb 19th as Jacksons Lane closes that week for other events. For news and info find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rucksackers and  Facebook.

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

Housed in this landmark church in an instrument of international importance. the grade 1 listed Hill organ of 1898 has been described as “a symphony orchestra”, “a cage of fire-breathing dragons” and “England’s answer to the great organ of Sydney Town Hall”. Although proudly dominating the west gallery, the unique instrument was not designed for this church, or for liturgical use; these recitals provide an opportunity to hear the organ fulfil its original role as a world-class recital instrument.

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer!

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

Be warmer at home!

Brrrr – the house is cold and draughty and heating costs are going up.

• What can you do NOW to be more comfortable?
• Who do you get to do it?
• Is it expensive?
• And might there be some financial support?

Our expert speakers have plenty of answers – and there will be time          to chat with them over a cup of tea.

2.00 pm – doors open
2.15 pm – Sarah Harrison, a home energy consultant, will talk about ‘Where your heat is going, and easy ways to stop it!’
2.35 pm – brief introductions from our other guests:
Tom Ruxton of the HEET Project (a not-for-profit organization with a team offering us very low-cost draughtproofing and other
measures to keep the house warm, plus whether switching to other suppliers can help cut costs)
John Sleeman, local heating engineer specializing in energy saving John Rudge, local window restoration/draughtproofing specialist
Julie Oram of Camden sustainability team: energy-saving and how Camden can help
2.50 pm – the chance to chat over tea with our expert guests about YOUR concerns, what to do next, and whether they may be able to help
4.15 pm – close 

     For more information phone us on 07790 870712  

or go to  www.highgatesociety.com

(click on  ‘sustainable homes’ and ‘events’)

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

This eight-week program will help you to:

• improve your focus and concentration levels

• lower bodily stress and increase relaxation

• explore how your mind works

• explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry 

• help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods

• achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting your internal reality and the world around you

• work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions

• achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness

• grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

• develop compassion for self and others

This will be particularly helpful for those people wishing to lean to relax or, experience stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

As an introduction to our 175 anniversary series of talks Highgate Cemetery Trustee and Historian to The Royal Horticultural Society Dr Brent Elliot gives an introduction to the development of Victorian Garden Cemeteries.

When the movement to create large-scale nondenominational cemeteries arose in the nineteenth century there was no tradition of cemetery landscapes in this country for designers to follow. The first cemeteries copied the different styles of country house gardens, ranging from the informal park (Norwood) to the first signs of a return to formal design (Kensal Green and Brompton).

In the 1840s John Claudius Loudon called for cemeteries to be laid out on a grid pattern, planted with conifers; and his, the only book on cemetery design ever published in England, was available for local authorities to use after the Burials Acts of the early 1850s. Every large town or city in the country has a cemetery in the Loudon style.
In the later years of the century a reaction set in with a partial return to informal landscaping and the use of deciduous trees. The arrival of cremation at the century’s end reinforced the trend to informal landscaping and allowed the fashion for the Japanese garden to enter the world of the cemetery.

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

‘Rucksack Music’ at Jacksons Lane, Highgate. Drop-in music classes for babies and toddlers (0-4 years) and their grown-ups/parents/carers. Wednesdays 10.15-11.15am £4.50 (3.50 for siblings.) No need to book, just come along and join in the fun. Lots of singing, stomping, clapping, wriggling and just having a good time. The class will be led by singer/guitarist and Jazz musician Faye Patton.

About Rucksack Music: We have been running affordable drop in music classes for babies and toddlers (0-4) and their grown ups for over 15 years. We run classes in North and South London. The company has been filmed by the BBC and ‘London Today’ and we use a unique, tried and tested ‘rucksack’ formula. Relaxed, guided music sessions with nursery rhymes, rounds, tongue twisters and live guitar accompaniment, with small percussion instruments to experience and enjoy. Our sessions include a break for biscuits and a chance to chat and connect. Our experienced and diverse tutor line-up includes professionals from the world of theatre, Kodaly, jazz and sound healing. We are also a popular choice for children’s events and private parties.

Term begins on 15th Jan, running every wed for 13 weeks. Please note there is a half term break on Wed Feb 19th as Jacksons Lane closes that week for other events. For news and info find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rucksackers and  Facebook.

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer!

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

Performed by Bunbanter’s Young Theatre Company, a modern and abstract theatre production of Caryl Churchill’s short play ‘THIS IS A CHAIR’.

For an alternative experience this Valentine’s day, follow our Young Theatre Company through a series of surreal sketches, using ensemble based theatre. Our production takes us from the daily into the unspoken and abstract; highlighting societal issues hidden behind our everyday lives that many of us can ignore. A group of young people, who are possibly guiltier of this willful ignorance than many, explore with us the connectedness of the world and the things that may not directly affect us, the ‘Big Picture’.

 If you’re looking for something different on Valentine’s 2014, the day to come together, watch what tears us apart. Gripping our audiences from the beginning, ensuring we have your attention and delivering this sharp and punchy play, we’ll close the theatre doors and leave you on the street, with a closed mouth but an open mind.

Ages 1 to 7

Rubberface the Clown rides again in The Happy Hoo Ha, a hullabaloo of puppets and song with tricks that go wrong. For the young at heart. Enjoy.

Two shows at 10.00 and 11.30. Shows last 45 mins.

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

Our Spring season kicks off with Jon Robyns, who is known for his performances in the original casts of Avenue Q, Road Show and Les Miserables for whose 25^th anniversary he also performed at London’s O2. Other credits include Spamalot in the West End and on tour, Miss Saigon UK tour and Rent in Frankfurt.  www.jonrobyns.co.uk

As soon as she’d graduated from Mountview last Summer Annie Kirkman headed off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to play Fay in a new musical, A Body To Die(t) For. Since then she has appeared as Sofia in Days of Hope at Ye Old Rose and Crown and in I Love You Because at Theatro Technis as well as several workshops including ShellShock which runs at the Waterloo East Theatre in April.

Join the Latin-inspired dance fitness party with a native dancer!

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .

This eight-week program will help you to:

• improve your focus and concentration levels

• lower bodily stress and increase relaxation

• explore how your mind works

• explore how your mind habitually creates unhealthy thought processes and worry 

• help you to prevent the arising of depressive moods

• achieve a robust and healthy mind, accepting your internal reality and the world around you

• work towards acceptance of unhealthy emotions

• achieve a deep sense of calm, patience and stillness

• grow and mature as a true human being and explore what it means to be ‘me’

• develop compassion for self and others

This will be particularly helpful for those people wishing to lean to relax or, experience stress, depression, anxiety, attention problems or any condition involving a fast-thinking anxious mind.

A safe, fun, exercise to music class , including some seated and some floor work , all abilities welcome . No classes over the Christmas and Easter period and normally a six week break in the summer .