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28 February 2016

HPBC Variety Show 2016


A Variety Show Spectacular took place last night at Huron Park Baptist Church. A goodly (or should I say godly) crowd attended.
Performers included:
Sue Balint – video
Children's choir
Marissa Hall – poetry
Dave Steenburg – original song
Dana-Lynne Endersby – 'A Hundred Words'
Mark Massecar – original folk song
The Three Monks – acapella
Dani and Alex – original song
MC – Rappers Delight (Andrew Morden aka Sean Connery; Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elvis Presley)
Devon and Ryan – original guitar music
Dana-Lynne and Carolyne Endersby – skit
Lillie Wong's friends – piano music






Children's choir

Marissa Hall recites poetry

Dave Steenburg

Mark Massecar 

The Three Monks




Devon and Ryan

Dana-Lynne and Carolyne

Mark and Dave

The Pianists

13 January 2016

Trivia Mixture



Name the superhero played by Paul Rudd

Star Wars first appeared in what decade?

Gareth Mallory is which Bond character?

Tom Hardy played which twins in Legend?

Michael Fassbender played which entrepreneur in a 2015 film?

Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor Who. Name the actor who played the previous incarnation.

Glastonbury was praised as a ‘festival of people, not governments or politicians’ by which spiritual leader?

Who made the following quote: I’ve had my right shoulder reconstructed, my right knee and left knee operated on and my thumbs hurt! 

30 December 2015

26 December 2015

Pop Charity Records



Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir’s A Bridge Over You secured the UK’s official Christmas No 1 spot.
Proceeds from the NHS choir’s single will go to health charities including Carers UK and Mind.
Another charity song released by Ferry Aid in 1987 made No 1 in the UK chart. However, what was the name of the song they covered?

Do You Know?


What are Pixy, Alfred and Farmingdale types of?

A Greek Mythology DYK?


Midas was given what by Apollo for judging Pan to be a better musician than him?

A fact that you will be itching to know




The flea belongs to the order Siphonaptera of which there are 1600 species.

A pop DYK?


The Searchers, the UK pop group who had three No one hit singles in the 60s, was named after the John Wayne film.

The bells ring out


Children perform Silent Night at the Church of the Epiphany Christmas Eve service.




https://youtu.be/SZ-n3bpmT6o

21 December 2015

Middle Ages


DYK?


In the Middle Ages, there was a job named, 'Groom of the King's Close Stool' given to one of his most trusted advisors. The groom wiped the King's bum.

In the Middle Ages, moss wrapped in a napkin was used as a sanitary towel.
In the Middle Ages, women were known to take extensive care of their skin washing their faces every day with urine because of its antiseptic qualities.

Can you work out this maths problem?

6+4 = 210

9+2 = 711

8+5 = 313

5+2 = 37

7+6 = 113

9+8 = 117

10+6 = 416

15+3 = 1218


30 November 2015

DYK?


A garden snail would take 95 years to slide around the world. Garden snails move at a pace of ½" per second.

Polar bears can smell humans from 20 miles (32km) away.

A snail produces such a thick layer of slime that it could crawl over a razor blade without damaging itself.

Moles can dig 75' (22m) of tunnels in a day.

Each head of a rare two-headed snake can fight over food.

A Hamster is able to carry half its own body weight in food in its cheeks.

Using its antennae, a bee can locate an apple tree three miles (five km) away.

Bees cannot fly when it rains.

Net-casting spiders spin a web of thick silk which they use as a net to throw over their prey.


Can you find it?

  There is a 15-letter word hidden within this grid. Can you find it?