It is 'Summer Solstice' (longest day), so putting this CST activities page out there again ...
We asked members to attend in hippie dress if they could, or at least their summer t-shirts and hats, to remember and celebrate 'The Summer Of Love' in 1967.
We started by asking members what they like best about the summer?
Have they a favourite place or beach to visit?
Has anyone got a memorable summer holiday they wish to share with the group?
Is there anything which is not so great about summer?
As usual, we had a series of pictures and questions for members, as well as some summer songs to sing along with.
IDIOMS ABOUT THE SUMMER
We asked members to complete these well known phrases, by way of a SHOUT OUT ...
'Evil Under The SUN'
Come rain or SHINE
High SEASON
Midsummer MADNESS
One Swallow doesn't make a SUMMER
Little ray of SUNSHINE
Make hay while the SUN SHINES
Sun BURN
Summer HOLIDAY
The dog days of SUMMER
Duty FREE
Holiday PACKAGE
Not a cloud in the SKY
Head in the CLOUDS
Chasing RAINBOWS
Fair weather FRIEND
Brighten up your DAY
Indian SUMMER
Summer FLING
'Like a cat on a hot tin ROOF'
Hot air BALLOON
Hot under the COLLAR
It's a SCORCHER
MUSIC & PICTURE QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. What is the proper name for 'Midsummer's Day', which is on 21st June this year?
2. How many hours and minutes daylight are there on the longest day (nearest guess)?
3. Which vitamin does sunlight give us?
What mineral is also needed alongside it for bone health?
4. What group of people worship at Stonehenge on Midsummer's Day?
5. What is an outdoors swimming pool called?
(Has anyone ever taken a swim in one of them?)
6. What was the hottest ever temperature recorded in the UK, in Cambridge Botanical Gardens on 25th July 2019?
7. Our first song was 'Summer Holiday', sung by Cliff Richard.
Link here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxuapKdqIZw
Where were they headed/where did they end up?
8. What was the name of his backing group?
9. Where was the TV sitcom 'Fawlty Towers' set?
10. Where was Manuel from?
11. What was the holiday camp in the TV sitcom 'Hi Di Hi' called?
12. What part did Ruth Madoc play?
13. What was the name of the hotel in the TV sitcom 'Benidorm'?
14. What was the name of the hairdresser?
15. Name this TV detective and actor from the TV crime drama 'Midsomer Murders'?
16. How many deaths have there been in or around Midsomer since the show started in 1997 (nearest guess)?
17. Name these four characters from the TV sitcom 'Last Of The Summer Wine'?
18. Who is this? She hosted the TV holiday show 'Wish You Were Here'?
19. Our next song was 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On', from the musical 'Me And My Girl' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Rf849MUaE
We asked members to name as many hats as they could whilst this song played. (A point for each listed.)
20. True or False. You should wee (or someone else should) on a jellyfish sting?
21. True or False. When a bee stings you, it dies? If a wasp stings you, it does not?
22. It is said that lighting never ....... ..... what?
23. St Swithin's Day is on 15th July. What happens if it rains on this day, according to legend?
24. What are the three star signs of summer?
(Does anyone follow their stars?) (Maybe read a couple out if you have a newspaper?)
25. True or False. Dock leaves take the sting out of a nettle rash?
26. Our next song was 'The Floral Dance', sung by who? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlH1af4siKQ
27. What type of dancers are pictured in this photo?
28. Which American state is called 'The Sunshine State'?
29. What is its capital city?
30. Which four summer sporting events take place every year in the UK?
31. In which year did the British Summer Olympics take place?
32. Name the five sports heroes in this photo?
33. What fruits should you put inside a 'Summer Pudding'?
34. What do you call a hot and dry period in the autumn?
35. What is the name of the farm in Pilton where 'Glastonbury Music Festival' takes place every two years?
(Has anyone ever been, or does anyone fancy going?)
36. Which city and district was the birthplace of the 'Hippie Movement'?
37. During the next song, list signs and symbols associated with hippies?
38. Our next song was 'San Fransisco', by Scott McKenzie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPy1JBlxcI
Which fault causes the earthquakes in and around San Fransisco?
39. Our next song was 'Summer Nights', from the 1978 movie 'Grease' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z49FiY-TyI
Name both the actors and the characters in this photo?
40. SONG. 'Sunny', Mavin Gaye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkUsGkxZSvM
Marvin Gaye helped to shape the sound which genre of music?
41. Our final song was 'Good Vibrations' by The Beach Boys -
List some other Beach Boys songs ...
PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
Maybe paint some summer scenes on pebbles collected from the beach?
Or have a game of 'Pass The Balloon' and shout out something nice about the person next to you, the town where you live or about Summer in general.
We have made tie dye t-shirts before now, which was great fun. Here's a video link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3QsQWWFy8
NB. If you want some more summer songs to play during practical activities, here is my Spotify Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6gFfBVrWyvssZTrjHSIk7n?si=c162a8c1c2d34dde
ANSWERS
1. Summer Solstice
2. 16 hours, 38 minutes
3. Vitamin D, Calcium
4. Druids
5. Lido
6. 38.7c
7. Greece
8. The Shadows
9. Torquay
10. Barcelona
11. Maplins
12. Gladys Pugh
13. Hotel Solana
14. Blow & Go
15. DS Tom Barnaby / John Nettles
16. 480
17. Foggy, Norah Batty, Compo & Clegg
18. Judith Chalmers
19. Some hats ...
Trilby
Pork Pie
Beret
Baseball Cap
Fez
Deerstalker
Tamoshanter
Panama
Cowboy
Wide Brim
Turban
Stetsun
Fascinator
Boater
Pill Box
Bobble Hat
Helmet
Bear Skin
Crown
20. False. Urine can aggravate. Also, you smell of pee!
21. True. Most bees will die after stinging you. Most wasps will not
22. Lightning never strikes twice
23. If it rains on St Swithin's Day, it will rain for the next 40 days
24. Gemini, Cancer & Leo
25. True. But it is likely the effect of cooling rather than a chemical reaction
26. Terry Wogan
27. Morris Dancers
28. Florida
29. Tallahassee
30. Wimbledon, Royal Ascot, Lords Cricket & The British (Golf) Open
31. 2012
32. Nicola Adams, Greg Rutherford, Mo Farah, Chris Froome & Jessica Ennis-Hill
33. Raspberries, Strawberries, Redcurrants, Blackcurrants & Blackberries
34. Indian Summer
35. Worthy Farm
36. Haight Ashbury district, San Fransisco
37. Signs and symbols of the 'Hippie Movement' ...
Flower Power
Flowers
CND logo
VW Campervans
Sandals
Long Hair
Beards
Kaftans
Dungarees
Afghan Coat
Josticks
Smiley Face
Tie Dye
Free Love
Recreational Drugs
38. San Andreas Fault
39. Olivia Newton-John / Sandy Olssen & John Travolta / Danny Zuko
40. Motwon
41. Some other 'Beach Boys' songs ...
Surfin' USA
I Get Around
Help Me Rhonda
Barbara Ann
Sloop John B
God Only Knows
Good Vibrations
Then I Kissed Her
Heroes And Villains
Darlin'
Do It Again
I Can Hear Music
Breakaway
CottonFields
Lady Lynda
Wipeout
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