TALKS IN PERSON AND ZOOM PRESENTATIONS (donations to charities to support Ukraine) Talks available on Zoom are with Powerpoint slides. ( I can host a meeting if required. I do not charge a fee, donations to a charity would be appreciated (currently supporting in particular The International Committe of the Red Cross and Unicef). A NEW TALK IS AVAILABLE. CHINA in the 1930's through the eyes of a prize winning War Correspondent. Also available are two talks: ‘EXTRACTS FROM ACCOUNTS OF DANGEROUS JOURNEYS IN BURMA WW2 WITH MANY HISTORIC PHOTOS’ and ‘SCARY AND STARTLING – WHAT I DISCOVERED ABOUT CHINA WHEN EXPLORING ACCOUNTS FROM MY FAMILY’. These last two talks relate to my books, extracts of which can be read on www.FeedARead.com and Amazon Kindle, and more details are on www.elizabethtebbygermaine.co.uk. What has always interested me are the human stories told against the backdrop of dramatic and dangerous years in the Far East. I inherited and was later also given significant material and photographs which relate to Burma and China, countries of great interest as we move through the 21st century. With the China talk I have discovered additional material since I wrote the book ‘Lives in Burma and China 1927 -1951’. ANOTHER TALK IS NOW AVAILABLE ON ZOOM (or possibly in person near where I live near Cheltenham, requiring bringing my stage piano) - MEMORABLE MOMENTS FROM THE CLASSICAL PIANO REPERTOIRE. The Zoom talk is from my music studio at home and I play a selection of extracts from famous and interesting piano pieces, with short but striking introductions. I am an experienced performer and have enjoyed putting this programme together. At the end I enjoy asking the audience what they might have included which is likely to cover many other pieces as the repertoire is so enormous! Also what they play themselves and I may mention my 3 books, PIANO BEYOND GRADE 5 which are full of practical ideas and based on many years of teaching experience. (extracts can be read on www.FeedARead,com) Reviews of piano recitals I have done are on www.elizabethtebbygermaine.co.uk

REVIEWS of previous talks

SEPT. 2017 Talk about the Burma books. Thanks to the U3A Travel Group for the warm welcome at the Guildhall Cinema Gloucester, and it was good to hear your stories that connected with Myanmar

From Dave and Sue Wright, joint speaker secretary, U3A Earlsdon, Coventry 'We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your talk on experiences in Burma. It was a fascinating talk regarding a very difficult time in history. It was even more poignant due to your personal involvement with the subject. I am sure it was appreciated by all members present and expanded all our knowledge of Burma and its troubled past and present. Thanks again.'

NOV. 2019 from C.J.Boyd - Probus Club member: “Elizabeth gave us an interesting and informative talk on China in the Second World War, illustrated with helpful maps. Her presentation also provided a valuable insight into the broader history of China in the first half of the 20th Century.”

NOV. 2019 from John Higgins, Newent U3A. "Thanks to Elizabeth for providing an insight into one of the little-known aspects of World War 2, the military and civilian evacuation of Burma following the Japanese invasion. This was all the more poignant due to her family involvement in the arduous escape. Illustrated with plentiful, and probably quite rare, photographs from the time. This was a talk to make many of us reflect on the horrors of that part of our history."

My history talks are illustrated with many striking, historic photos of Burma/Myanmar (and a few from China).