50-plus help.

The Turkish Welsh Society is holding its Christmas party on December 4 at 7.30pm.

It is due to take place at the Mackintosh Residents' Association, Keppoch Street, off City Road, Cardiff.

Admission is pounds 6 and you are asked to bring food and a bottle.

For information contact Karen Hastings on 029 2048 2329.

A FUSION of music and cultures is set to celebrate the bond between Wales and Japan.

Following the rugby match between the two countries, international musicians are performing as part of Japan Week - to mark the rugby team's visit and the opening of the Wales Millennium Centre.

Fusion in Strings, a concert boasting koto and harp players, is on at the Gate, Roath, on Monday, November 29 - and the Japanese rugby team has been invited along.

Koto player Hiroko Sue, who was a hit at last year's sell-out concert at the Old Library, is performing alongside Celtic harp player Bethan Myfanwy Gwyneth Hughes and traditional harpist Mali Llywelyn.

Tickets are pounds 6 for adults and pounds 3.50 for children and concessions. The music begins at 7pm at the venue at Plasnewydd Square, off Keppoch Street.

For more information call the box office on 029 2048 3344.

A COMMUNITY centre will be providing information and advice for people aged fifty and over.

Severn Road Centre in Canton will be offering the service called 'Focus 50', between 11am and 2.30pm on Wednesday November 24.

People will be able to get advice on employment opportunities as well as benefits and pensions information.

The centre is above Severn Road Junior School.

For details call Sarah Duncan-Jones, community education officer, on 029 2023 1652.

THE Sound of Music is presented by Tic Toc theatre company at the YMCA theatre, The Walk, Roath, Cardiff, at 7.30pm from Tuesday to Friday.

Tickets are priced at pounds 6 for adults and pounds 4.50 concessions. For details, call 029 2021 8911.