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London AT Friends Events

Summer Event: "Up" on Hampstead Heath

We are planning a leisurely walk and picnic on Hampstead Heath: a chance to talk with colleagues and enjoy the fresh air, then have a sandwich....a cream cake....a glass of chilled Chablis...!

Kevin Saunders has agreed to organise it and as soon as details are agreed they will be circulated to all Friends.

Future London Events

An ad hoc sub-committee has been meeting to plan a programme of activities in London from September 2008 to June 2009. They have also kindly worked on a new leaflet for the Friends. Dates and venues are yet to be finalised, but we are pleased to announce that a number of speakers have already agreed to give talks:

• Jean Clarke, one of our most experienced and respected Alexander teachers, who will speak about her five decades in the Alexander World

• Malcolm Balk, author of The Art of Running and Master the Art of Working Out

• Stephen Shaw, founder of the Shaw Method and author of several books including The Art of Swimming

• Professor Bryan Niblett, a long-term student and supporter of the technique who studied with many of the first generation teachers

• Peter Buckoke and Judith Klein, both professional musicians and experienced Alexander teachers, will give a talk on their work with young people

Other speakers and/or workshop presenters have yet to be approached, but we will have a rich programme of activities. Details will be published during the summer and sent out to Friends, who will have priority booking for all Friends events.

West London

Friends were invited to the May meeting of the West London Teachers Group.

Manchester

The Manchester group are planning their next activity and would be pleased to hear from participants who have suggestions. Please contact Lucy Ascham, preferably by phone (0161 226 8683 / 07949 522 655) or by email at lucyascham@hotmail.com

Switzerland

8th International Alexander Congress in Lugano

"FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION"

Directors: Michael D. Frederick, Jule Gartzke, Rosa Luisa Rossi & Judy Stern

From the Congress web-site:

"As of now more than 40 Workshops and Presentations have been submitted for this Lugano Congress. There are around 25 "Continuous Learning Teachers" representing a wide cross selection of Alexander Technique Teachers form around the world - from Japan to Israel, from San Francisco to New York, from London to Berlin and in between."

"The Opening Ceremony on Sunday evening the 10 August 2008 will start with a keynote speech by Marshall B. Rosenberg, founder of Nonviolent Communication, followed by an address by Elisabeth Walker who trained directly with F.M. Alexander in the 1940's. Many other special guest speakers are being contacted and updates will be listed on our website."

Registration for the Congress is now open. Congress Fee details and the Registration form can be found under REGISTRATION.

For more details go to: www.atcongress.com

Projects

An ongoing project is to form an "Alexander Orchestra", made up of musicians who are teachers or pupils of the Technique, which will perform at a Friends Event. Judith Kleinman and Peter Buckoke are beginning to gather together names of potential participants, so if you are a musician and would like to become involved please contact Judith at judeklein(at)blueyonder(dot)co(dot)uk