Kendal Mountain Film Tour 2013

Each year the very best films from Kendal Mountain Festival are hand-picked to travel the world on the Best Of Kendal World Film Tour. Audiences across the UK and the around the world get to experience the essence and inspiration of Kendal with a selection of the hottest action sports films. This year the Kendal Mountain Film Tour was held in Camphill Milton Keynes and the Chrysalis Theatre with guest speaker, mountaineer Simon Yates.
Martina the Theatre manager has a passion for rock climbing and went to the Kendal festival last year, it was then she discovered it could go mobile like to the thetre in Camphill Milton Keynes.

Selling tickets.

A pretend cliff was put up for people to climb.

Snow Boarding.

One of the stalls on the grass.

Another one of the stalls.

Anna and Martina explaining what films will be shown.

Simon Yates.

A book I bought by Simon Yates.

My signed copy.

Alex Fox

Open Day Prize Winner

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Alex Fox

Desert Island Movie Night

The Chrysalis Theatre in Camphill Milton Keynes held a Desert Island Movie Night on Thursday 26th September. A different special guest will be invited each night to chat to the audience about their top 5 movies that they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island. The guest also decided which one of the movies will be shown.
For this night the special guest was Clarke Carlisle, an English former footballer who played as a defender and is the current chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. Born in Preston, he began playing football at a young age, taking inspiration from his father who played semi-professionally. Thanks to his Chairmanship of the PFA, appearances on BBC’s Question Time and an acclaimed documentary on racism in football, and the most recent Footballs Suicide Secret, Clarke Carlisle is renowned as one of the most eloquent and thoughtful sportsmen of today. There  was also a book signing session because he wrote a book called 'You Don't Know Me, But... A Footballer's Life'.
This night's film was 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'.

The big screen!

Anna and Clarke answering questions.

Signing books.

The book Clarke Carlisle has written.

My signed copy.

Scene from 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'.

Alex Fox

'Allo 'Allo 2 - The Camembert Caper

‘Leesen very carefully, I weel say zis only wurnce . . .!’

On 17^th September, the audience at the Chrysalis theatre could take a trip to Café Rene in war-time France to witness the trials and tribulations of France’s greatest, if unwilling hero, Rene Artois as he tried to deal with the resistance, the Germans, a pair of British airmen and the amorous advances of his serving girls.

Milton Keynes Theatre of Comedy’s production of the stage show of ‘Allo ‘Allo’ in 2007 was a great success and for several years had been keen to do more, but only one stage script existed.

All that changed, when David Pibworth (the director) was given permission by one on the original writers, David Croft, to write a stage play ‘sequel’.

The cast of this production were: Rene Artois - David Lovesy, Edith - Sue Whyte, Yvette - Melanie Best, Mimi - Michelle Johnson, Michelle of the Resistance - Vicky Amies, Monsieur Alphonse the Undertaker - Gary Martindale, Monsieur Leclerc - Jon Davies, Madame Fanny - Erika Benning, Colonel Von Strohm - Richard Duncombe, Lt. Gruber - Chris Tennant, Capt. Geering - Alex Taylor, Herr Flick - Sean McDermott, Helga - Tracy Butler, General Von Klinkerhoffen - Matt Perris, Officer Crabtree - Steve Clark, British Airmen - Keith Lennox and Neil Harrison, Assorted French villagers and Germans - Roger Widdecombe, Jen Barber, Emma Dell, Matt Bayfield, Sandra Cowling, John Hopkins.

Alex Fox

Camphill Milton Keynes (Open Day)

Camphill Milton Keynes had an open day on Saturday 14th September. It started at 2 pm and finished at 5 pm. There were several workshops that were open and these included art and crafts, food processing, the bakery, the tools repair workshop, the weavery and the gardens.

Stall in the foyer of the Chrysalis Theatre.

Stalls on the grass area

Helping to make bread

The Bakery stall.

Pressing apple juice.

Baskets

The tools workshop

Making baskets

The Weavery.

Playing games.

Alex Fox

Interview with Mark

Name

Mark

Age

69

How long have you lived in the community?

I came here in 1969, when it was just in Pennyland.

What house do you live in?

Willowwood

What workshops do you do? (Which one do you like the most)?

I did gardening and the tools workshop. I liked the tools workshop the most.

What activities do you do (like evening class or painting)?

I did cookery.

What responsibilities do you have in your house?

I do some cooking and cleaning.

What do you do at the weekends?

I go to TORCH (for blind people), sailing and riding.

Would you like to share anything with this newsletter?

No.

What did you do before you came to CMKC?

I was in Delrow. Before that, I ran a farm.

What are your hobbies?

Radio, films, painting.

Is there anything you do not like?

No.

Alex Fox

Camphill Good Food Book and the Nutrition Conference

Camphill Milton Keynes now has a specially made cook book to be used in the kitchens of the houses were residents and co-workers live. It is called ‘Camphill Milton Keynes Community Good Food’. The residents of Appleyard House chose the name of the cookbook. Lots of people were involved in producing it and they formed a working group who had meeting which were monthly and they lasted for a couple of hours. During these working group meetings there were discussions like about what recipes would be healthy. Some of the recipes came from people who worked or live in Camphill Milton Keynes while others came from the Grub4Life team who helped us to produce the cookbook. The people involved in helping to produce the cookbook were me, Asuncion Bacos, Csilla Leszl, Damian Zibu, Dominic Grant, Elaine Bradley, Jeremy Cooper, Julia Funge, Maria Matthaei-Hanak, Morgan Work, Shirley Owens, Thomas Craven and the Grub4Life Team. Grub4Life is a nutrition bases organisation which puts the application of good nutrition into practise across a wide spectrum of business areas. The Camphill Good Food Book has recipes, menu planning, example Eating Plans, Self Service Meals, Nutrition resources, Cooking Tips and Food Health and Safety. The idea of a cookbook came about because a lot of people have put on a lot of weight, so a cookbook could show people what is healthy.

On Tuesday the 3^rd of September, there was the Nutrition Conference and the launch of the Camphill Good Food Book. People who spoke at the conference were Shirley Owens who is a Camphill Manager and Nigel Denby who works for Grub4Life. There was a slide show which told people about healthy choices. We learnt about how we could cut down on fat, sugar and salt and that we need fibre. We received copies of the Camphill Good Food book and during the tea-break we had delicious and healthy snacks. It was suggested that a walking group starts twice a week and that people could walk around one of the lakes near Camphill Milton Keynes.

Poster

Nigel Denby

Shirley Owens

Photograph of the Conference

People receiving copies of the new cookbook

Healthy food

Alex Fox