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Regular Events

• Every Tuesday 10:00 am to noon
  Scrabble board game - Free
• Every other Wednesday 10:30 am
  Coffee Morning - Tea, coffee, homemade scones, cakes and biscuits. £1.50/person
• 2nd Thursday of month 2:30 pm
  Talk - Guest Speaker - £2 donation

Above BDRA Events are held in the Residents' Clubroom and all Residents of Brentford Dock are welcome.

February

• Wednesdays, 8 February: Coffee Mornings - £1.50 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
• Wednesday, 8 February Ealing National Trust Association - “Charles Dickens - Circle of Stage Fire” - Frances Hughes. (ENTA members free, visitors £3, pay at the door) Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall, at 2pm.
• Thursday, 9 February: Thursday Club - £2 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2.30 p.m. Illustrated talk by Doris SHerwood..
• Friday and Saturday, 17 and 18 February: Spring Market at Brentford Market Place – from 10.00 a.m.
• Wednesdays, 22 February: Coffee Mornings - £1.50 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
• Thursday 23rd February: Neighbourhood Lunch Residents club room at 12.30p.m. £4.Soup and roll, cake, and tea or coffee. All homemade and suitable for vegetarians.

Free Lunchtime Concerts: All concerts Tuesdays at 1.05-1.55 p.m. at the Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate EC2.

• 7 February – Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists – Ashley Riches (baritone), Marek Ruszczynski (piano).
• 14 February – Grand Dèsir – Anne Marieke Evers (mezzo-soprano), Marc Lewon (lute), Elizabeth Rumsey (voila d’arco).
• 21 February - The Eric Falk Award Concert – Kristine Balanas (violin), Colin Scott (piano).
• 28 February – Lara Melda (piano) – BBC Young Musician 2010

March

• Wednesdays, 7 and 21 March: Coffee Mornings - £1.50 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
• Tuesday, 13 March: Ealing National Trust Association - “Stage Whispers” (a glance behind the scenes, unusual theatres, show business personalities and anecdotes) – Mavis Wright. (ENTA members free, visitors £3, pay at door) Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall, at 7.30 p.m.
• Thursday 8 March: Thursday Club - £2 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2.30 p.m. “Look at Life, 1950’s and 60’s” – an illustrated talk by Christine Diwell and Peter Downes, The Isleworth Society.

Free Lunchtime Concerts: All concerts Tuesdays at 1.05-1.55 p.m. at the Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate EC2.

• 6 March – Endymion Ensemble – Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Clara Biss (violin), Asdis Valdimarsdottir (voila), Jane Salmon (cello), Michael Dussek (piano).
• 13 March – Royal College of Music Wind Ensemble – Simon Channing (director)
• 20 March – Mark Bebbington (piano).
• 27 March – Fournier Piano Trio – Sulki Yu (violin), Pei-Jee Ng (cello), Chiao-Ying Chang (piano).

April

• Wednesdays, 4 and 18 April: Coffee Mornings - £1.50 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
• Wednesday, 11 April: Ealing National Trust Association - “London in the First World War” – David Evans. (ENTA members free, visitors £3, pay at door) Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall, at 7.30 p.m.
• Thursday 12 April: Thursday Club - £2 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2.30 p.m. Reading, Writing and ‘Rithmetic – school memories by The Questors Reminiscence Roadshow.
• Thursday, 19 April: BDRA AGM and Social – in the Residents’ Clubroom at 8 p.m.
• Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 April: St George’s Day celebrations at Brentford Market Place.

Free Lunchtime Concerts: All concerts Tuesdays at 1.05-1.55 p.m. at the Bishopsgate Institute, Bishopsgate EC2.

• 3 April – Martyna Jatkauskaite (piano) – winner of the Jacques Samuel Intercollegiate Piano Competition.

May

• Wednesdays, 2, 16 and 30 May: Coffee Mornings - £1.50 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
• Tuesday, 8 May: Ealing National Trust Association - “The Fighting Temeraire” (Facts and fiction behind Britain’s most popular painting) – James Taylor. (ENTA members free, visitors £3, pay at door) Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall, at 7.30 p.m.
• Thursday 10 May: Thursday Club - £2 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2.30 p.m. “Story of the Q Theatre” – an illustrated talk by Andrea Cameron.
• Thursday, 17 May: Quiz Night in the Residents’ Clubroom at 8 p.m. Price, including supper, to be announced on the day, £2 quiz only. Book supper with Jennifer Corbin (8568 1146 or jpcorbin195@btinternet.com) Before Monday, 14 May, but pay on the day and bring your own drinks. Please remember we need to order a minimum of 20 meals otherwise we have to collect.

June

• Saturday, 2 June: Party to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2 p.m. Details to follow.
• Saturday to Tuesday, 2 to 5 June: Queen’s Jubilee and Waterside Festival.
• Tuesday, 12 June: Ealing National Trust Association – Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Gill Rakes from the National Trust. (ENTA members free, visitors £3, pay at door) Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall, at 7.30 p.m.
• Wednesdays, 13 and 27 June: Coffee Mornings - £1.50 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
• Thursday 14 June: Thursday Club - £2 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2.30 p.m. “Palaces of London” – an illustrated talk by Margaret Collins.
• Friday, 15 June: Brentford Dock Singers’ Summer Concert – in the Clubroom at 8 p.m. There will not be a charge, but a donation to the piano fund would be appreciated.

Download 2012 BDRA programme as a pdf file.

The next BDRA programme will be distributed in July 2012.