Saturday 29 March TWTFA AGM, to be followed by a buffet lunch
11.45 for 12.00, St John’s Church Centre, St John’s Road, Tunbridge Wells

4 – 6 April 2008 Claus Rönsch, Chairman of the Tunbridge Wells/Wiesbaden-Vereinigung (our partner organisation in Wiesbaden) and colleagues will be visiting Tunbridge Wells to discuss joint sporting events here later in the year. We’ll keep you posted!

Wednesday 9 April “Alice in den Städten”, prize-winning film by well-known German director Wim Wenders. In German with English sub-titles. Tickets £7 (advance booking is recommended). 8.00 pm, Trinity Theatre, Box Office 01892 678678

Sunday 27 April Concert by the Sevenoaks & Tonbridge Concert Band together with the Heusenstamm Stadtkapelle playing a mixed programme of classical German music and music from the shows. (Heusenstamm is twinned with Tonbridge.)
7.30 pm at the Aisher Hall, Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks (free parking available). Tickets £6 (£5 concessions) – to book call 01689 826586

Tuesday 27 May Book launch by Denise Barnes, a local estate agent for 17 years who sold her business 3 years ago to concentrate on her new career as a writer. Denise will introduce her recently published book, “From Bad to Wurst: Bavarian Adventures of a Veggie Cook”, a light-hearted look at German cuisine and her adventures at a Bavarian health clinic. Copies of the book will be available and Denise will also bring along some of her German recipes. This promises to be a very entertaining evening – don’t miss it!
7.30 pm at St John’s Church Centre, Amherst Road, Tunbridge Wells
Admission free – refreshments (including Wiesbaden wine) will be served.
Click HERE for more details

16 May – 1 June Royal Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival
Details from Festival Office, Tel. 01732 863630

Sunday 1 June Concert at Kloster Eberbach, near Wiesbaden, by the orchestra and choir of Wiesbaden’s Music Academy who will be joined by three young musicians from Tunbridge Wells to play “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by English composer Karl Jenkins. TWTFA has been instrumental in finding the 3 local musicians and will be supporting their trip to Wiesbaden. If any members would be interested to travel to Wiesbaden over the long weekend of 29 May to 2 June and attend this concert, please contact Michael Holman, 01892 523013.

Saturday 14 June Piano recital at Trinity Theatre by the young Lithuanian pianist and TWIYCA winner 2006, Martyna Jatkauskaite. Tickets £15 and £12 from Trinity Theatre, 01892 678678. (Programme to be announced.)

8 -13 July Return visit from the girls’ team of Wiesbaden Hockey Club to play various matches here in Kent, including a team from Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School on Wednesday 9 July and a series of round robin matches at Tonbridge School on Saturday 12 July (when it is hoped the Mayor will be in attendance). Details from Robert Gibson, Tel. 01892 544057

17 – 20 July Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition 2008
For details contact 01892 616844 or email info@twiyca.org
Appeal: The TWIYCA organisers are always looking for volunteers to help
with the running of the competition, either as ushers or as helpers at receptions, or as host families to the young musicians. If any of our members would like to help, please contact Iain Hamilton on 01892 532654.

7 – 11 August We are hoping a small group of members will go to Wiesbaden to visit this year’s Wine Festival (as in 2005). The group would fly to Frankfurt and would stay at the Hotel Oranien (details and cost yet to be finalised). Wiesbaden and the surrounding area are beautiful in summer, and the chance to sample the delicious local wines should not be missed! If you would be interested, please contact us by 30 April.

Wednesday 29 October
‘Ightham Mote – Life Upstairs Downstairs’ , an illustrated talk about the National Trust property and the people who have lived there over the centuries by Heather Woodward, a former teacher at TWGGS and now a much sought-after speaker for the National Trust.

St John’s Church Centre, Amherst Road, Tunbridge Wells, 19.30.
As this talk is given for charity, there will be a charge of £3 for members/£4 for non-members which will include refreshments. Payable at the door.

14 November
Nikolausabend organised by the Heusenstamm Freundschaftskreis

Hildenborough Parish Hall, 19.30.
For further details contact Eileen Best on 01732 353937

18 November
“Britain and Germany: Truth and Lies in Two World Wars”,talk by writer, journalist and broadcaster Richard Milton in which he gives a fresh perspective on the 100-year love-hate relationship between the two countries and a fascinating study of the black arts of propaganda.

St John’s Church Centre, Amherst Road, Tunbridge Wells, 19.30.
Admission free. Refreshments will be served.