Heartbeats Cardiac Support Group Meeting Thursday 8th October, 10am
Heartbeats Takapuna meets this Thursday 8th October at 10:00am to 11:30am at Mary Thomas Centre, 3 Gibbons Rd, Takapuna (behind the Takapuna Library).
Heartbeats is a community-based cardiac education and support group that meets on the first THURSDAY of each month to:
- help each other and partners, with long term personal rehabilitation and cardiac management
- provide a better understanding of heart disease among members
- connect with a broad base of cardiac healthcare providers
At each of our meetings we have guest speakers from healthcare professionals: doctors, cardiologists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, dietitians, heart health counsellors etc.
All meetings are INFORMAL and there is no membership fee, It is completely relaxed and friendly.
COME ALONG, join a local Heartbeats group, share your experience and learn from others who are 'on the same journey'.
Poll: Are quality products on the decline?
Gift-giving looks a lot different these days when you can pick up super-cheap goods made overseas. But do they last?
Do you have any old items like appliances, electronics or clothing that have stood the test of time? Share below!
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90.1% Yes
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8.4% No
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
Christmas Carols- A brief history
Hello,
As we head into Christmas and the long holidays, the unmistakable carol music of Christmas will be heard. From shopping malls to radio stations to homes where tree decorating missions are underway not to mention seeds of an argument that reaches it zenith on Christmas Day!
But where did it all originate ( not the argument!), the carols?
Here at the Flea FM, each week we will post a few short snippets* we have curated so that you can appreciate when you hear a carol, a little history about the simple Christmas carol. Enjoy.
* attributes provided at last post.
In medieval times, the word ‘carol’ referred to a round dance with musical accompaniment (‘carole’ in French). It later developed into a song form of verses and a refrain. Not all the original texts had Christmassy words but many were associated with Mary, Advent and Christmas. The term has since come to be applied to all Christmas songs, whether or not in carol form.
Christmas Carols were introduced to formal church services by St. Francis of Assisi.
‘One of the oldest printed English Christmas carols is the Boar's Head Carol, sung as the traditional dish is carried in on Christmas Day at Queen's College, Oxford; it was printed in 1521.’ (Oxford Dictionary of Music)
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