Holiday activities
Events arranged for children during the school holidays include:
Building Centre, Cashel Street: Tropical and cold water fish show, daily. Cashmere Ice Skating Rink: Monday to Friday, 2.45 to 4.45, and 7.30 to 10.
Maggie Burke Dancers: Holiday courses until Saturday. Junior Jazz, 10-13 years class daily. Phone 66-488 between 4 and 5.30. Canterbury Children’s Theatre: Heidi at Repertory Theatre. Tonight until Saturday. Matinee, Saturday. Orana Park: Pony rides, trampolines, kangaroo walk-through area. Lions fed daily at 11.30 and 2.30. Cobden Riding School, 274 Russley Road. Pony and horse rides, 10 to 5.30, $2.90 per hour. Phone 585-278. Tuition by arrangement.
Ferrymead Historic Park and Transport Museum: Open 10.30 to 4.30 daily. School special, children 50c. parents free if a group party is pre-booked.
Y.W.C.A.: Activities include museum tour. General Foods tour, films, swimming and games at Queen Elizabeth II Park, visit to Orana Park. $l2 per week. Phone 63-063. Holiday camp at Spencer Park (August 28 to September 1). Enrolments being taken; $3O per week. Canterbury Public Library: Today, Indian Day. 11 to noon. Tomorrow, Spring Day, 11
to noon. Thursday: A visit from the policeman, 11 to noon. Friday, films, 10 to noon.
New Brighton Library: Today until Thursday, story hour, 2.30 to 3.30. Friday. Dinosaur Day, 2.30 to 3.30.
Papanui Library: Today story hour, 2.30 to 3.30. Tomorrow a visit from the policeman, 2.30 to 3.30. Friday, story hour, 2.30 to 3.30.
Spreydon Library: Today, Space Day, 2.30 to 3.30. Tomorrow, story hour, 2.30 to 3.30. Thursday, making dolls’ house furniture, 2.30 to 3.30. Friday, illustrate a story, 2.30 to 3.30.
St Martins and Sumner Libraries: Colouring-in and genera) activities. Fendalton Library: Story reading every day at 11. Today, stories read by Miss Yvonne, from Romper Room. Competition to make a kite. Entries close tomorrow. August 30. Winner announced Friday, September 1.
‘ Redwood Library: Today. 11, game. Tomorrow, story reading, 11. Competition to make something out of junk. Entries close Tuesday. August 29. Winner announced Wednesday, August 30. Bishopdale Library: Tomorrow. story reading with Neville Wakem. 11.
Hornby Library: Each dav at U. Today, story telling. Tomorrow, story reading and folk music.
Thursday, puppet show. Friday story reading. Halswell Public Library: Today, 11, play reading for older children, Phone 227-233 for details. Tomorrow, 2.30 to 3, storytime for smaller children, 3 to 3.30, folk music and folk tales for older children. Thursday, 2.30, puppet show. Northlands Shopping Mall: Colouring competitions every day, 9 to 5. Gnome competition. Meet Siggles the Bear and Cookie Bear each day at the Mall.
Haywrights: Activities in theatrette in conjunction with the store’s Asean Exhibition. Today, Indonesia. Malaysia. Friday. Thailand. Colouring in competition, Flags of the Nations in exhibition. Animated displays at theatrette. Riccarton Mall: Today and Friday at 2.30, Magic Shows. Thursday Crichton Jobbers Gym Club performances, 7.
Canterbury Court: Industries Fair. Children 40c admission. Free circus every day. 1.30 to 4. Meet Poggle the computer controlled man: talent quests, competitions.
Shirley Community Centre: Storybook Theatre. Plays, verse and song for children of all ages, every night at 7. Saturday matinee only, 2 p.m. Admission, 50c.
Bishopdale Community Centre: Woodcarving,
every day this week, 10 to noon. 14 years and over, cost $6. Macrame, today, and Wednesday 9 to 11, cost $1.20. Bring ball of coloured crepe cord and 6 to 12 beads. Leather work. Tomorrow and Thursday, $3.50, 10 years and over. . Colouring contest, today, tomorrow, Friday, 1 to 3, groups, 5 to 7 years. 8 to 10 years, 11 to 12 years. Bring own , pencils, paints. Board Games, today and Thursday, 10 to noon. Cost, 20c. Drop In Centre, every day, 10 to noon. Pool, table tennis, darts, games, etc. Cost 20c. War Games, today, 1 to 3. Cost 20c. Slot Cars, today and Thursday, 1 to 3. Cost 20c. Sports Coaching, badminton, 10 to noon, 11 years and over. Every day this week. Cost $1.20. Volley Ball. Fendalton Hall, 1 to 3. Tomorrow, Thursday, Friday. Cost 70c. Recreation Centre, Sockburn: Squash coaching, 10 to 13 years. Today until Friday, 9.30 to 11.30. Cost $4. Table tennis competion. Juniors, 8 to 10 years. Finals, Friday, 10 to noon. Intermediate, 11 to 13 years. Thursday (heats), 10 to noon. Finals, Friday 1 to 3. Seniors, 14 years and over. Heats, Thursday, 1 to 3. Finals, Friday, 1 to 3. Table tennis — Drop In. every day, 10 to noon and 1 to 3 (except tomorrow). Cost 20c. Films, 1.30 to 3, Friday. Cost 40c. Country Musi? Concert, 1.30 to 3, Wednesday. Cost 40c.
Bush Craft Awareness to Lewis Pass: For boys and girls, 14 years and over. Cost $l6. Ring 598-330. Canterbury Skateboard Championships: Heats, today, Rollerdrome, Friday, Bishopdale Bowl. 1 p.m. each day. Cost 20c; 50c non members. Redwood Community Centre: Arts and crafts today, 10 to noon. 8 years and over. Cost 20c. Jazz and Disco Dance, today. tomorrow and Thursday, 8 years and over, 1 to 2. Cost $1.50. Claywork, tomorrow 10 to noon, 7 years and over. Cost 20c. Board Games, Thursday, 7 years and over. Cost 20c. Canterbury Horticultural Society: Floral Art Circle. Classes for children, aged 9 and over. Today, 10. Phone, 841-822 or 293-392. Queen Elizabeth II Park: Learn to swim. Cost $B. Ring 886-079. Kite-making morning, tomorrow 9 to noon. Aranui Activity Centre: Every day 10 to noon and I to 3 for children aged 6 to 12 years. Cost 30c per day. Cowles Stadium: Volleyball tournament, today, and tomorrow. For secondary school children. Phone 886-079. Indoor Basketball, Thursday and Friday. 10 to noon and 1 to 3. For girls and boys, aged 10 to 12 years. Cost 50c per day. Kite Flying Day: South Hagley Park, Sunday, 10 am.
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