With the wild camping debate raging around Loch Lomond, Ardentinny continues to have its share of campers who fail to leave the beach in the way they found it. These two photographs taken over a weekend in late July show a camp site (on the beach, opposite the phone box) and the rubbish left behind on the following day… plastic bags, bread, packaging, a partially opened tin of hot pot and even a copy of the tent instructions!
If you are planning to camp in the great outdoors, please respect the environment and take all your rubbish home with you.
There was a second beach clean on Sunday 11 April in order to finish off the last section which could not be completed on Easter Sunday. 9 bags were collected by beach cleaners Pauline and Jimmy Gordon; Sandra and Brian Tweddle, Eileen Connell, Margaret Greenhalgh and her visiting grandson Fraser Downs. The bags were kindly disposed of by Ian Adams of the Forestry Commission.
It was with no small amount of dedication, 10 volunteers, accompanied by two National Park Rangers, gave up their Easter Sunday morning to clean Ardentinny beach. 15 sacks were filled with unsightly and damaging litter and all was recorded for the ‘Adopt a Beach’ statistics.
A big thank you to all those who gave up some time and took part in the Beach Clean on Sunday. The participants were, Jimmy Gordon, Brian Tweddle, Sandra Tweddle, David Hall, Cathy Riordan, Claire Stone, Eric Stone, Dennis Gower, Roger from Strone. Also thanks to Jo Wilkinson and Margaret Robinson for having the tea and goodies ready at the village hall and David for immortalising the proceedings on Ardentinny.org.
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Also to Jim Downie from National Park who provided the picks, gloves etc. and disposed of the 15 bags of rubbish we collected. This may sound a lot but each time we have a beach clean there is less and less to collect so all the hard work by all the volunteers is paying dividends in making the beach a better place as well as helping to protect the marine life visit https://www.buymyhouse7.com/.
Thanks again from Eileen and Pauline
Park Ranger Jim Downie records the vital statistics.
If you’ve got a couple of hours to spare on Sunday 4 April at 10.30am, why not join the community for a Beach Clean at Shepherds Point, Ardentinny.
Help us help keep the Ardentinny shoreline clean and safe, and protect our marine life. Following the beach clean, free tea and biccies will be served in the Village Hall!
All will be made most welcome.
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I’m Sue Garton, a flute teacher who loves teaching flute lessons and sharing the joys of making music, right here in Champaign-Urbana, in person and/or online. FluteKeys welcomes flutists and aspiring flute players from ages 7 through adult.
Whether you want to elevate your flute skills to the next level or you’ve never played flute before, I invite you to join me on your flute lessons journey.
Private flute lessons and ensembles at FluteKeys Studio are just the beginning of a series of motivating and enriching musical experiences. I’d love to meet you and discover your flute interests.
Welcome to FluteKeys Studio, where private flute lessons are just the beginning of a series of motivating and enriching musical experiences.
FluteKeys Studio is located at 1202 Devonshire Drive in Champaign, just a few minutes from the University of Illinois, Urbana and Savoy. Private flute lessons are offered to individuals by flute teacher Sue Garton. Students range from second grade through adult. A free trial flute lesson is encouraged, and parents are always welcome. Click here to read more about FluteKeys policies.
National Flute Conventions
As an active member of the National Flute Association (www.nfaonline.org) I attend their national conventions each August. Over the years I have met and heard several great flute musicians that I have mentioned during private and group sessions.
FluteKeys Resources
There are so many resources available, it is hard to keep track of them all. Here are a few categories that you may find helpful. If you know of a good resource that should be listed, please get in touch.
Useful articles on flute practicing, playing, and maintenance
Flute Playing and Learning, including
Tools and Techniques
Fingering Chart & Flute Mechanics
Well-Known Flute Players & Instructors
Summer Music Camps
Tips on buying a flute, related articles, some well-known flute sellers
Upcoming Releases
Resident composer & arranger Roland Garton occasionnaly provides pre-publication samples of upcoming new releases.
Flight of the Wood Sprites. a spirited journey for flute quartet (four C flutes with two doubling on piccolo) and lightweight, affordable percussion (minimum two semi-skilled performers).”
Click here to play MP3 file, or right-click and select “Save Link As” to download
What do area band directors want?
What do band directors in the Champaign vicinity like to see in their flute students? Click here to find out what many area directors find most important in their flute students.
