Lustleigh Village Hall

The Lustleigh Rifle Club
2023-09-19 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, Devon, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom
The Lustleigh Rifle Club, or to give it the full name: ‘The Lustleigh (Home Guard 1944) Rifle Club’, traces its origins back to 1944 and continues unbroken to this day.
Practices are every Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Winter Months at the Village Hall.
New Members are always welcome. Contact Len Harvey on 277572.

Meridianum Ensemble - An Evening Concert from LEAP
2023-09-16 19:00 - 23:30 | Entire Hall
The Meridianum Ensemble
Saturday 16th September at 7.30pm (doors 7pm).
Licenced bar
Tickets £12 from The Dairy in Lustleigh or
Ticketsource: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/lustleigh-entertainment-and-arts-project/t-rpaqjoy
The Meridainum Ensemble brings together musicians from the UK, Portugal and Morocco, playing a range of material drawing on influences from each member’s specialist area.
They combine expertise, unusual instruments and individual musical styles to create a new, unique sound.
Meridians are the lines of longitude on a map that link the North and South poles. By coincidence, the countries of Morocco, Portugal and the UK are roughly in a line.
Louis Bingham – Cittern, tambura, bass; Ricardo de Noronha – Percussion; Sofian Saihi – Oud; Griselda Sanderson – Fiddle & nyckelharpa; Nuno Silva – Persian Santur; Steve Tyler – Hurdy-gurdy
The instruments….
The Oud is a fretless lute and dates back to at least the 8th century. It is played with a long plectrum called a risha in Arabic.
The strings of the Hurdy-gurdy are sounded by turning a rosined wheel. A set of keys changes the pitches on the melody strings. It dates as far back as the 10th century.
The Nyckelharpa (meaning “keyed fiddle”) is a bowed instrument and is the national instrument of Sweden. It dates back to the 14thcentury.
The Persian Santur has its ancient origins in Mesopotamia and is a type of hammed dulcimer with a range of about three octaves. It is played with two mezrab, which are feather-light mallets.
The Cittern is developed from the medieval citole. It is a pear-shaped and fretted with four courses of paired strings.
The tambura is also a fretted instrument dating back to the 3rdmillennium B.C. It has a long neck, chromatic frets and a carved bowl-like body. Similar instruments are dotted throughout the Balkans and Middle East.

Badminton & Table Tennis
2023-09-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, Devon, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom
Taking place every Thursday at 5pm in the Village Hall.
New players are always welcome. Contact Martin Strudley on 277735.

LEAP Summer Lunchtime Concert in Lustleigh Church
2023-08-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, Devon, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom

LEAP Summer Lunchtime Concert in Lustleigh Church
2023-07-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-06-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Church, Lustleigh

Lustleigh Barn Dance - All Welcome - Friday 7th July
2023-07-07 19:30 - 23:30 | Entire Hall
Blue Jewel Ceilidh Band – one of the most sought-after ceilidh and barn dance bands in Devon – and Lustleigh Orchard Preschool present the Lustleigh Barn Dance on Friday 7th July from 7:30pm – 11:30pm in Lustleigh Village Hall.
With a fully-stocked bar of local tipples – Sandford Orchards cider, Papillon gin, Doom Bar and Tribute – and a barbeque by Michael Howard butchers in Moretonhampstead, the evening will support local businesses and raise money for Orchard Preschool.
The event is absolutely open to anyone living in – or visiting – the area and fancies a fun, informal evening stomping round the village hall to some great local music. Barn dance novices are very much welcome, as Blue Jewel will also have a caller running us through the dances.
Dancing aside, there will also be a prize draw to win a three-night £1,000 stay at St Michael’s Resort, Cornwall – ideal if you’ve yet to fix this year’s holiday plans.
Tickets:
Adults – £10; children – £5
Tickets in advance via pta-events.co.uk/lustleighorchardpreschool, the Lustleigh Orchard Pre-school Facebook group or at Lustleigh Dairy and Post Office.
Food:
The evening’s barbeque will be outside the village hall, alongside Lustleigh’s beautiful Orchard, and will include plenty of options for vegetarians. There will also be tea and cake served in the hall, alongside a full licensed bar.
Address:
Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, TQ13 9TA, Devon. Free parking available in the village (clearly signposted).

Lustleigh Parish Council
2023-06-15 19:30 - 21:00, 2023-01-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom
Parish Council Meetings take place every second Thursday in the month, except in August when, tired out by their efforts (which the Council think go mostly unappreciated) they take a holiday. Sheep in the Orchard, planning issues, blocked gullies, potholes, trees, parking and a lot more are discussed at these meetings, so if you have a problem, or are simply otherwise unoccupied on the second Thursday, then come along. This is your opportunity to barrack your Councillors, who will otherwise be delighted and overjoyed to hear from you.

Yoga with Zoe
2023-05-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-05-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-04-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, Devon, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom

Lustleigh Parish Council - Rescheduled Date
2023-05-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom
NOTE: THIS MEETING WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 11 – CHANGED TO MAY 19 – THE FRIDAY
Parish Council Meetings take place every second Thursday in the month, except in August when, tired out by their efforts (which the Council think go mostly unappreciated) they take a holiday. Sheep in the Orchard, planning issues, blocked gullies, potholes, trees, parking and a lot more are discussed at these meetings, so if you have a problem, or are simply otherwise unoccupied on the second Thursday, then come along. This is your opportunity to barrack your Councillors, who will otherwise be delighted and overjoyed to hear from you.

CANCELLED - The Lustleigh Society presents...Romans in Devon: Ipplepen: the impact of Rome on the native community in South West Britain
2023-05-17 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit
CANCELLED
The Lustleigh Society:
Wednesday 17th May 2023 – 7.15 for 7.30pm.
Romans in Devon: Ipplepen: the impact of Rome on the native community in South West Britain.
Speaker – Dr Christopher Smart.
This talk will present a review of ten years of excavation at Ipplepen and show how life in this rural community persisted through the Iron Age, Roman and early medieval period.
Our meetings are held at Lustleigh Village Hall,
Please come and join us for a sociable glass of wine before the meeting.
Non-members welcome.
Please contact Lynn on 07852 998153 for more information.

Lustleigh May Day Celebrations
2023-05-13 13:00 - 17:00 | Entire Hall
Lustleigh May Day Celebrations.
If you’re looking for a traditional English May Day, you probably couldn’t beat Lustleigh’s celebrations on Saturday, May 13th 2023. Spectacles include maypole dancing by the children of the village, a brass band playing and a display of Morris dancing. The highlight will be a procession through the pretty village with the May Queen being crowned in the village orchard. Further distractions to keep visitors occupied include stalls, games, a raffle, face painting, and traditional Devon cream teas.
The fun begins at 1pm.
The Parade starts at 2:00pm
An excerpt from ‘Legendary Dartmoor’:
Today, probably the most famous May Queen celebrations can be found at Lustleigh. Here the May Day traditions had lapsed until in 1905 Cecil Torr revived them. They have been held on the first Saturday in May ever since and initially the ‘crowning’ took place on a hillside above Wreyland. Here there is a huge granite boulder where the ceremony took place, the boulder has inscribed upon it the names of all the May Queens up to 1954. Then the celebrations were moved to the Town Orchard where the Queen’s throne was erected on a rock. Like its predecessor this rock has the names of the all the May Queens inscribed on it from 1954 to 2000, the rock is known as the May Day Rock. In the May of 2000 a new throne was unveiled at the May Day celebrations. The throne was cut from granite from the nearby Blackingstone Quarry, it was designed by Doug Cooper and carved by Warren Pappas, on it is inscribed ‘MM’. The crowning celebration begins early in the morning when the ladies of the village make a grand canopy of flowers. Then early in the afternoon the Queen is escorted by four bearers who carry the canopy and a procession is led around the village. The Queen’s crown of fresh flowers is carried alongside the retinue. The procession then stops at the church steps where the queen is blessed by the rector and the village children sing songs. The May Queen is then escorted to ‘The Orchard’ where she is crowned on the May Day Rock and then the villagers dance around the May-pole. During the afternoon teas are served, brass bands play and Morris Dancers ‘clog’ their jigs and dances.
To read more of the History of Lustleigh May Day and see some historical photographs visit:
Lustleigh May Day – A History

The Lustleigh Society presents... “Dartmoor Search and Rescue”
2023-04-26 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit
The Lustleigh Society presents…
“Dartmoor Search and Rescue” .
Speaker – Alan Pewsey –Wednesday 26th April 2023
Alan Pewsey, a Hill Party Leader at the volunteer charity will present and an entertaining and informative talk on the work of this important service. He will include film footage from behind the scenes and callouts.
Do you know how a Search Dog finds a missing person? Did you also know that the volunteers at Dartmoor Search and Rescue Ashburton respond to over 30 callouts a year to assist the Police and Ambulance service treat the injured, and find the lost, missing and vulnerable not just on Dartmoor, but across Devon and to Major incidents nationally.
Please contact Lynn on 07852 998153 if you would like any information.
Our meetings are held at Lustleigh Village Hall at 7.15 for 7.30
Please come and join us for a sociable glass of wine before the meeting.
Non-members welcome.

Lustleigh Entertainment and Arts Project and Villages In Action present: "PANTA REI DANSETEATER - MAKE ME DANCE!"
2023-04-16 19:00 - 23:30 | Entire Hall
Lustleigh Entertainment and Arts Project and Villages In Action present:
PANTA REI DANSETEATER – MAKE ME DANCE!
Lustleigh Village Hall
Sun 16 Apr 2023, 7:30PM
Doors open 7pm
Tickets £12.00 from Ticketsource https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/lustleigh-entertainment-and-arts-project and Lustleigh Dairy
Make Me Dance is a choreographed concert. Through movement, sound and text, three dancers and one musician look at why they became professional artists. Make Me Dance is a performance about the choices we make and the small, universal stories that shape us as human beings.
We are delighted to welcome back our friends from Panta Rei for their third performance in our hall.
The performance lasts for approx. one hour and there is no interval.
Light refreshments are available (tea, coffee and soft drinks).
Quotes:
“This is a piece not only about dance as a passion, but about how any kind of passion is important to give life reason”.
– Mari Johnsen Viksengen, Ringeriketsblad, Norway
“Make Me Dance” is so important. They tell you what can happen if you get involved in life”
– Eva-Maria Magel, Rhein-Main-Zeitung, Frankfurt Germany
“I would recommend anyone to see the show. Make Me Dance fills its audience with energy and joy”,
– Teaterungdom.no, Norway (young audience voices website)
“Are you fond of dance? Then you should see Make Me Dance … Amazing dancers with raw energy and an infectious enthusiasm for dance”,
– Arnhild Staal Pettersen, Managing Director DansiT, Trondheim

Lustleigh Rifle Club
2023-04-11 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-03-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, Devon, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom

Village Hall AGM
2023-04-05 19:30 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom
Lustleigh Village Hall AGM
19:30 in the Meeting Room
All Welcome

Lustleigh Garden Society presents the...2023 SPRING SHOW
2023-04-01 14:00 - 16:30 | Main Hall/Kit
THE 2023 SPRING SHOW
Saturday, April 1st 2023 at 2.00 pm in the Village Hall.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL SCHEDULE
Admission – Adults £1.00 Children under 16 – Free
TEA and LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PLANT SALE
JUDGES
Flowers and Vegetables: Mrs G Liddy Bovey Tracey
Floral Art and Handicraft Mrs. S.Oliver Bovey Tracey.
Home Produce : Mrs.Ann Brooks, AvetonGifford.
Limerick and Photography Mr Kevin Bunclack
Bovey Tracey.
NOTES FOR EXHIBITORS
Exhibitors must be members of the Society or resident in Lustleigh Parish. New members are always welcome.
Exhibitors’ Entry Forms and Exhibit cards must be delivered to Lustleigh Dairy by 12 noon Wednesday. March 29 th or the Show Manager, Pauline Arnold, Middle Cross Cottage, Lustleigh, TQ139TW. no later than 12 noon Thursday March 30th.
There is no fee for exhibiting.
Exhibitors must supply their own vases / containers, except for classes marked v.
Exhibits are to be staged between 8.30 and 10.30 a.m when Exhibit Cards will be available.
No exhibit is to be removed before 4.00 pm but must be removed by 4.30pm.
Presentation of Awards will take place at 4.00 pm.
A raffle will be drawn immediately following the presentations.

The Lustleigh Society presents... “The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters”
2023-03-29 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit
“The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters”
Speaker Dr Helen Wilson – Wednesday 29th March 2023
The Pinwill sisters, Mary, Ethel and Violet, worked as woodcarvers in Ermington and then in Plymouth from about 1899. They set up their own company ‘Rashleigh Pinwill & Co which is ranked amongst the best in the West Country. By 1957, when the business folded after the death of Violet Pinwill, their carvings featured in over 185 churches in Devon and Cornwall.
More about the Pinwill Sisters…
Click Here
Our meetings are held at Lustleigh Village Hall at 7.15 for 7.30
Please come and join us for a sociable glass of wine before the meeting.
Non-members welcome.
Please contact Lynn on 07852 998153 if you would like any information.

Lustleigh Parish Council AGM
2023-03-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Meeting Room, Lustleigh Village Hall, Lustleigh, Devon, TQ13 9TA, United Kingdom
The Parish Council’s famous annual meeting where all village organisations are invited to speak for three minutes on their activities over the past year.
Members of the public can ask any questions they like to each of the reporting organisations.
Visits by honoured dignitaries are also expected, with perhaps a speech detailing their activities over the year. With local elections taking place in May 2023, perhaps you can expect rather more ‘speech’ than would be normal.
Wine and cheese is served after the meeting, for those who have stayed the course.

Lustleigh Society presents...“JMW Turner in the West Country”
2023-03-08 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit
The Lustleigh Society – Wednesday 8th March 2023.
“JMW Turner in the West Country”
Speaker – Professor Sam Smiles
Professor Smiles is Britain’s leading expert on JMW Turner. He will discuss how Turner captured the “Essence of the charm of Devon’s unique landscapes”.
The presentation will take place at Lustleigh Village Hall – 7.15pm for 7.30pm.
Please come along and join us, and enjoy a glass of wine before the presentation.
Non-member’s welcome.
Please call Lynn on 07852 998153 for further details.

Pop-Up Pancake Shop
2023-02-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Main Hall/Kit

The Lustleigh Society presents...TEN AMAZING DAYS
2023-02-22 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit
The Lustleigh Society
Speaker – Clive Charlton
22nd February 2023 – 7.15 for 7.30
The “Ten Amazing Days” was the short but dramatic period the “fallen emperor” Napoleon spent in Plymouth Sound in the summer of 1815, following his surrender to the British in the wake of the defeat at Waterloo. The talk will include Napoleon’s surrender, his journey from Rochefort on board HMS Bellerophon, the excitement, controversy and tensions of his stay in the ship just off Plymouth, and his departure into exile on St Helena. There will also be coverage of the career of HMS Bellerophon, by 1815 a battered and much travelled man-of-war.
Please join us Lustleigh Village Hall.
Come and join us and have a glass of wine.
Contact – Lynn Bartlett – 07852 998153 – jackchi4@gmail.com

Lustleigh Drama Group presents... 'A SCHOOL FOR SERVANTS'
2023-02-16 19:00 - 23:00 | Entire Hall
LUSTLEIGH DRAMA GROUP PRESENTS…..
FEBRUARY THURSDAY 16TH, FRIDAY 17TH, SATURDAY 18TH AT 7.30. PM.
AT LUSTLEIGH VILLAGE HALL.
The World Première of:
‘A SCHOOL FOR SERVANTS’
Written by Alexa Romanes with Music by William Carnell
A rollicking, tuneful comedy set in the mid-eighteenth century and inspired by the satire of Swift and the art of Hogarth, the play reveals the lives, loves and low-down plots of those ‘Below Stairs.’ While Butler, Cook, Lady’s Maid, Footman, and Chambermaid teach the new servants how to lie, cheat and line their pockets, their Master and Mistress have no idea of how they are being manipulated….
TICKETS: £10 ADULTS, £5 UNDER 16s from THE DAIRY (available after the 13th January).or online from ticketsource. If you wish to attend a particular performance it is wise to book in advance.
Click here for the ticketsource direct link

Lustleigh Garden Society - Companion and other Planting Styles by Nicky Scott
2023-01-27 14:00 - 17:00 | Meeting Room/Kitchen
LUSTLEIGH GARDEN SOCIETY
CHANGE OF DATE !!!!
Due to unforeseen circumstances our talk, on Friday 20th January
is postponed.
Our Speaker Nicky Scott, who gave us the fascinating
talk on composting, will now give his new illustrated talk on:-
Companion and other Planting Styles
in the Village Hall on Friday 27th January at 2.30 p.m.
Non-members are also very welcome at these talks for a small
contribution. Tea and cake is always good! And time for questions.

Lustleigh Society presents.....General Lawrence and His Tower - A talk by Sue Knox, an Exeter Redcoats Guide
2023-01-25 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit

LEAP presents...Lustleigh Film Night - Fisherman's Friends : One and All with a Cleave Fish & Chip Supper £21.95
2023-01-13 19:00 - 22:30 | Main Hall/Kit
