North Rocks Market is celebrating 40 years !  Come and join us on this special market day.

Sue is the Past District Governor for Rotary D9675, which encompasses the southern half of metropolitan Sydney, the Illawarra and around the base of the Blue Mountains.

Sue joined Rotary in 1995 in Adelaide, SA.  She was the Charter President of the RC Prospect Sunrise and the first female Charter President in the southern hemisphere.  On moving to Sydney, she joined the RC Sydney Darling Harbour.

Sue’s early career was in vocational training, business management & consulting.  She holds tertiary qualifications in those areas and ran her own Registered Training Organisation before moving to Sydney and joining the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.  She then moved into health regulation with the NSW Medical Board and AHPRA.  Sue is the Coordinator for the Southern Highlands Older Women’s Network and is a member of the OWN NSW Board.  She is on the Council of the University of Sydney’s International House.  She is also a funeral celebrant, emcee and a biographer.

Sue runs her own business, Grand Stories, where she records people’s life stories in either audio or video format.  Sue is married to Mike who is a retired architect, and they have a son, Simon, who is a medical practitioner and a daughter-in-law, Kendall, who is a veterinary surgeon.  They both live in Adelaide.

The Rotary Club of North Rocks is pleased to announce our next theatre night..............  

Castle Hill Players are pleased to return to 2023 with a great theatre for all to enjoy at: 

The Rotary Club of North Rocks looks forward to seeing you for a night of excellent theatre at the cost of $30 per person.  Cash payments will be collected on the night.

33 Variations by Moises Kaufman 

Directed by Jennifer Willison

A musical mystery, a meditation on mortality, an exploration of motherhood and a reflection on the power of art to illuminate. 33 Variations is about one woman’s passion for knowledge and one man’s passion for creation.

Katherine, a terminally ill musicologist, is driven to understand why composer, Ludwig van Beethoven, chose to spend precious years composing thirty three variations based on a mediocre waltz written by a lesser talent.

Why was Beethoven driven to complete these musical pieces whilst in declining health and facing almost total deafness?

As we join both these characters on their parallel journeys, scenes interweave between present day and the early 1800s. Wonderfully compelling and extremely rich in wit, pathos, warmth and music.

By arrangement with Music Theatre International Australasia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

We will be serving cheese and wine in the foyer before the play, as approved by the Board of the Pavilion Theatre.

The doors will be open from 7:30pm, with the play starting at 8:00pm.  As those who have attended previously will know, parking is extremely easy.  For those who are uncertain about directions, the theatre is in the Castle Hill Showground precinct, off Showground Road at Castle Hill.

Can you please let Fay Kitto know if you and your friends are coming by Thursday 25th May 2023?

We look forward to seeing you there!

Details to be advised by Dr Phuoc Vo

Join a walking tour of the Vivid Light Festival in Sydney CBD.  Socialise with our visiting delegates from the Rotary Club of Timog, Quezon City in the Philippines !

Fiona Pacey has spent quite a bit of time studying Australian political history, including doing her honours thesis on the role of Prime MInisterial wives in our political culture, and a PhD on health workforce regulation reform across the Federation. 

Fiona also used to sing in a choir with Trudy.

Details to come !

DG Mina Howard and DGE Christine Owen invite you to join friends and leaders from across the District to celebrate the service and accomplishments of Rotarians over the past year.

$60 per head.  Business Attire.

Crosbie Lorimer bio
Crosbie Lorimer is a Landscape Architect who came to Australia from the UK in 1989 for a year and never quite got back to England.
He is a volunteer speaker for Beyond Blue, a national organisation that works to raise awareness about anxiety and depression, reduce the associated stigma and encourage people to get help.
Crosbie became a Beyond Blue speaker because he felt the need to open up the conversation about depression and anxiety having experienced and recovered from both, and in light of his experience of depression, anxiety and suicide in his family.
Amongst other things in his twenty five years in Australia, Crosbie has married, become a Director of his company, raced yachts, wind-surfed, sung in choirs, played bad social tennis with his wife and become a volunteer for Sailability, taking disabled people sailing.

David has over 4 decades of experience in the technology industry, having worked in the UK, Holland, and Australia since 1978. He started on IBM mainframes and their competitors before transitioning to mid-range servers and lastly PCs.

Before his career in technology, David taught pure and applied mathematics at a high school in Malaysia for several years. He then spent a year traveling back to the UK through various countries such as Thailand, Burma, India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey.

Currently, David teaches at Macquarie Community College and manages their "Tech Savvy Seniors" program. He helps older individuals manage their Windows PCs, Apple MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets.

Adrienne McLean – Biography and Introduction

Biography

Adrienne McLean from The Speakers Practice has been running since September, 2009. The Speakers Practice offers Presentation Skills training program for business people , individuals, teenagers and groups. Adrienne is passionate about developing presentation skills and assisting others with building confidence and overcoming nervousness when speaking in public

Adrienne McLean grew up in a small business environment. After completing a Science degree, she had a corporate career as an Industrial Chemist, in research and development and management, then worked as a consultant for small business. In 2009, Adrienne took the brave step to become an entrepreneur which has taken her on an amazing journey with the establishment of The Speakers Practice.

Adrienne trained in both presentation skills and in marketing.

Adrienne has studied marketing with Michael Port - the author of four top best selling books including Book Yourself Solid and titled by the Wall Street Journal as a Marketing Guru. In March 2014, Adrienne travelled to Philadelphia to attend the program run by Michael Port as apart of being a member of his mentoring program.

Adrienne as apart of her presentation skills development has trained with Sue Gaulke, Successworks USA. Adrienne travelled to Portland Oregan in 2009 to become the first Australian Internationally Accredited SpeakersTrainingCamp Instructor. Adrienne is a member of Toastmasters International and is a Distinguished Toastmaster.  Adrienne also trained with Lucy Cornell for Voice and Mariette Rups-Donnelly for Presentation Skills along with competing Business studies.

Adrienne is the Founder of The Speakers Practice , a regular presenter , blogger and a contributing author in four recent business publications. Adrienne helps building confidence with presenting, developing methods to promote and build awareness with the goal to help build business.

Adrienne is to Les and mother to Paul, Andrew and Elizabeth and is a Primary Carer to her Father.

Introduction

Our guest speaker today is Adrienne McLean. Adrienne believes that delivering Confident Presentations will help you to connect with your client and build the trust needed to get that business.

 Adrienne is an Internationally Accredited SpeakersTrainingCamp Instructor and is a Distinguished Toastmaster. Adrienne has studied marketing with Michael Port the author of the Top Business and Marketing book – BookYourselfSolid.

Adrienne with her experience of growing up in a family business, working in the corporate and small business sector plus building her own business, gives an enthusiastic and practical approach to the benefits of presentation skills development, learning to promote yourself and building a successful business.

Please welcome Adrienne McLean –

Social Media links

Website:      www.thespeakerspractice.com.au

Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/adrienne.mclean1

LinkedIn:     http://au.linkedin.com/in/adriennemclean/

LinkedIn Group:  Innovative Marketing 4 Prosperity

Twiiter -     @AdrienneMcLean

Google -     https://plus.google.com/u/0/116485042424499790709

The SRC dinner at Carlingford High School has been rescheduled to Tuesday 25th July, 2023.