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Hi there,

Welcome to our latest edition of our NAAC e-alert. Please share our e-alert with your friends and family to keep them updated of all that's happening in and around Nottingham...and encourage them to join our mailing list for all future updates on events and activities.

It's been a fun filled and eventful few months as we have delivered many successful events; including Vaisakhi, International Day of Yoga & Eid. Our NAAC Music & Dance Academy students have also delivered outstanding performances at our City events i.e. Ay-Up Market Nottingham and Wollaton Arts Festival Finale.

We hope you were able to join us in the fun...but if not...please see some of the pictures captured on the days on our NAAC Facebook Page [ [link removed] ]...

NAAC has only been able to deliver a wide range of events for our communities with the help and support of all our partner organisations, students, tutors and parents/families...*THANK YOU to each and everyone of you for supporting us...*Also please let us know if you would like to volunteer at any of our events by contacting NAAC.

As some of you are already aware, NAAC has very limited funding but is working very hard with partner organisations to ensure that you do not miss out. It is really very important for you to encourage your family and friends to support all the events that we organise and if individuals/businesses can sponsor NAAC, then please get in touch with us.

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Yoga & Wellbeing at Wollaton Park &?Newstead Abbey

*Wollaton Park:*

Come and join us for Wellbeing at Wollaton each month in Wollaton Park!

*Date :*?First Sunday of each month...

*Time:*?10am ? 11.30am

*FREE ENTRY*?booking in advance required on a first come first served basis in line with venue capacity. In case of bad weather, the event may be inside on a first come first served basis only.?Find out more at: *[link removed]*

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*Newstead Abbey:*

We are also pleased to?confirm Yoga and Meditation sessions at Newstead Abbey on the dates below from 10.00am to 11.00am, followed by a 30 minute walk around the park.?

13th August 10am ? 11am

24th September 10am ? 11am

15th October 10am ? 11am

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NAAC Music & Dance Academy

*Please note that our?NAAC Music & Dance Academy?Autumn term classes will restart on Wednesday 6 September 2023 from 5:30pm-8:00pm back at Radford Academy, Denman Street West, Radford, Nottingham NG7 3FL.*

*We have started Bharatnatyam classes and are looking to start Folk dance classes (Giddha & Garba) as well as Fitness classes and would like all of you to please try and publicise the classes as much as possible. *

*Do let us know if you want the NAAC to provide any specific workshops and or events or if you are interested in teaching Bollywood dance; within reason and resources allowing, we will try to oblige. Hope to see all our current and new students back at the classes.*

*For full details, use this link to download the poster... [ [link removed] ]*

*Registration Form... [ [link removed] ]*

*September - December 2023 Term Dates... [ [link removed] ]*

*For directions to the Academy use this link...? [ [link removed] ]*

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Summers Here In Nottingham

(Source NCC My Nottingham News)

Beach

Summer must be here In Nottingham, with plenty of favourite events lined up to get underway in the coming weeks.

Nottingham Beach [ [link removed] ] will be back at Old Market Square this summer from Tuesday 25 July ? Sunday 3 September 2023. There?s a whole host of seaside attractions, food outlets and a beach bar for the whole of the summer holidays. The popular waterslides are back this year and can be booked in advance.

Riverside Festival [ [link removed] ] will be back at Nottingham?s Victoria Embankment from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 August 2023. Offering a wide range of entertainment, it?s the region?s biggest free festival, bringing live music, dragon boat racing, fireworks and all the fun of the fair to Victoria Embankment alongside the River Trent. *Achanak will also be performing at the Riverside Festival.*

And of course don?t forget that Nottingham Castle [ [link removed] ] is open once again, with a ?12 entry fee per adult for all-year access, while kids 15 and under go free. You can also purchase tickets for other people as a gift. There?s plenty to discover on the site, with the new Robin Hood Adventures and Rebellion Galleries, plus adventure playground, land train and Brewhouse Yard. Also look out for some great events [ [link removed] ] coming up on the site, including open air theatre which kicks off with Jane Austen?s Emma in a fortnight?s time.

What's On This Summer... [ [link removed] ]



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More Dates For Your Diary...

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Kite Festival Sunday August 13 2023

More details to follow...

Kite Festival
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Gujarati Dairo, Saturday 12 August 2023

We are pleased to announce this outstanding concert and Dairo coming to Nottingham on Saturday 12 August at Hindu Temple & Community Centre. Refreshments will be on sale by Seetal foods...Please book early as limited seats are available and will be sold on a first come first served basis. Many thanks to our National promoter Mr Pankaj Sodha for bringing this to Nottingham...

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Gujarati Dairo
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Nottingham Mela Week - 7 September to 10 September 2023 (Heritage Open Day)

mela

Nottingham?s South Asian Festival of Art and Culture returns this September.?

Nottingham Mela is an annual celebration presented by Nottingham Mela Network.?Nottingham Mela Network is a partnership between New Art Exchange, Nottingham Asian Arts Council and Nottingham City Council.

More details to follow... [ [link removed] ]

*STALLS BOOKING FORM [ [link removed] ]*


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Ganesh Festival - 28 September 2023

More details to follow...

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*Revisiting the South Asian Collections: *

*A Co-Curation Opportunity for the Local Community*

Nottingham City Museums are opening up elements of the World Cultures Collections to local communities over the next three years, starting with the South Asian Collections, as part of a formal project with Arts Council England. If you?ve every wondered what is included in the almost 400 items we have from this region in store, now is your opportunity to be part of a series of workshops to find out for yourselves and to help us understand these remarkable treasures.?

You may select objects you would like to investigate further, just because they intrigue you and you want to experience them at first hand, perhaps they remind you of something more modern which you are familiar with today, or you have a family story around similar objects. Alternatively, you have seen similar things in-situ while travelling in Asia and elsewhere, you might be interested in objects made at a particular workshop or linked to a particular donor, or you are a chess champion and want to see some of our unusual chess pieces!

If this has tweaked your curiosity, then we would love to invite you to join us for one of our workshop groups. Participants will need to commit to three consecutive weeks of workshops, held at the newly reopened Nottingham Castle, between 10am and 12.30pm, starting on Tuesday 12th September with the remaining sessions on 19th and 26th. If you would like to join us but Tuesdays are problematic, the subsequent groups have been arranged for different weekdays to cater for a wider audience. These are as follows: Group 2: Wednesday 4th, 11th and 18th October, Group 3: Monday 6th, 13th and 20th November and Group 4: Thursday 11th, 18th and 25th January 2024. Groups will consist of 5-6 people, in addition to museum staff and support volunteers, so do get in touch, or book up quickly if you are interested.

Some object choices of participants from the first group, will form part of a display at our off-site store for Heritage Open Days on 15th September, under the theme of ?Creativity Unwrapped.? So, your participation will have an immediate outlet for the wider public. There will also be opportunities to help us with a separate contemporary collecting project from January, as we work to create two loan box resources for Access Artefacts and collect items to reflect the local Asian Communities in Nottingham, for the Social History Collection.

To find out more, or to book on one of the groups, please email Ann Inscker, Curator of Human History at [email protected] ?I look forward to hearing from you.

Revisiting South Asian Collections
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NAAC Membership

NAAC occasionally organise events at short notice, in particular where there is a guest artist or performer from abroad and we try our hardest to publicise these events as widely as possible, but to ensure that you do not miss out please regularly check your emails from us, if you are a member! If you are not a member please consider joining us...

*Individual Membership* [ [link removed] ]

Membership Fee for 2 Years: ?10.00

Life Membership: ?100.00 Individuals ?150.00 Couples ?50.00 Over 60?s

*_Organisation Membership [ [link removed] ]_*

Membership Fee for 2 Years: ?20.00

Corporate Membership: ?1000.00

Any feedback on the e-alerts and suggestions on what you, our readers would like to see in future editions is always welcome?

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