Saturday Night Club

Saturday Night Club is back... hopefully bigger and better. The Saturday Night Club is for the young people of St.John’s Church and their friends who are in Primary 6 and above. It meets in the Centre on selected Saturday nights between 7pm and 8.30pm. Let’s look at the programme up to Christmas.

20 September Pizza Night Everyone will be all together at the start and for Pizza in the Forum Cafe. Sit at a table beside your friends. Games at the end of the evening will be split into groups. If you are in P6-7 there is the MEGAMIX before the SNC. It is between 5 and 7pm and is a fun event for the churches in the area. You will get fed at it too. Why not make it a big night out and go to both.

4 October Salsa Night Absolute Salsa dance instructors will lead the whole group. If you have two left feet then bring them both and enjoy your night.

25 October Your Choice You can choose what activity you want to participate in, sport, art or music.

8 November Museum Night Everyone meets at the Hamilton Low Parks Museum, it is being opened especially for us. The SNC will split into groups and you will go around with your friends.

22 November DVD Night Why don’t you give us some ideas for suitable DVD’s. They must only last 90minutes at most!

6 December Pantomime Night We all will visit the Hamilton Youth Theatre Pantomime. If you are interested in going please contact Tom or Fiona Anderson and make your payment of £5.00 per ticket. The tickets have to be ordered now so you must make up your mind and pay your money now. We will not buy extra tickets.

Saturday Night Club Blog

Saturday September 6

Bat Walk

What could be more fun than being out at night with your friends in the dark with high frequency receiver bat detectors? It was a beautiful night although perhaps just a bit windy for the best conditions for finding bats. John Hawell, Head Ranger with South Lanarkshire Council, had kindly agreed to take a group of us for a walk around Chatelherault Country Park at dusk, to discover whether we could detect and see some bats. John brought along bat detectors that allowed us to “hear” the bats when they were around. We walked from Chatelherault House down to the Old Avon Bridge and regularly “heard” and saw the bats. John educated us in the different types of bats, their feeding habits and life cycle as we walked around. He even had a little dead Pipistrelle bat for us to see just how small they really are. We were fortunate that we did see quite a few bats and everyone enjoyed the excitement of hearing the clicks on the detectors as one approached. A great evening with friends, exercise and fresh air also contributed to a successful event. A big thank you to John for coming out on a Saturday evening to be with our group, we really did appreciate it. As a “thank you”, we donated our subscriptions that evening to the Bat Conservation Trust. If you are interested in knowing more then look up the following website. www.clydebatgroup.org.

Always a firm favourite, our first night in the church this session gave us the opportunity to meet new members and outline the programme up to Christmas. We are also looking to let S2 and above have more independence in what they do within the group.

“Absolute Salsa” dance instructors Chris and Geri came along to give us a Salsa lesson – it was a night that everyone will remember. They had us all up dancing and moving to the Salsa beat. Even those rhythmically challenged managed to get down and Salsa! It fairly drums up a sweat and proves to be a good form of exercise. It was great fun and something a wee bit different!

The SNC would like to thank Joyce Brown, Curator of Low Parks Museum, for giving up her Saturday night to specially open up to allow the group to experience “A Night at the Museum”. Unfortunately, unlike the movie, there was neither a flying dinosaur nor a woolly mammoth in sight. Troublesome monkeys – well that’s a secret! Joyce interestingly gave a guided tour around the museum informing the group about the museum building itself; life in Hamilton in the past; the history of the Hamilton family and their renowned palace, as well as kindly answering the many questions posed by the group.

Thanks also go to David Stark who came along to play his bag-pipes and give a brief historical overview of the Cameronian Regiment.

More information on Low Parks Museum can be found on the South Lanarkshire Council website – but it is well worth a visit!

17 of our group had a fantastic evening at Hamilton Youth Theatres production of Aladdin…oh yes we did! There was a great atmosphere as it was the closing night and the cast responded to a full house.

The SNC is for Primary 6 to Secondary 4 young people in St Johns church and their guests.