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Skittles evening – meal choices needed now!

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For those coming to the skittles night next week at Kibworth (Railway Arms) can you please let Evand Greenwood, Social Secretary, know if you are going to be eating.  She needs to let the publican know as soon as she can. You can choose from:
Veggie lasagne
Meat lasagne
Sausage and mash
Gammon (with EITHER egg or pineapple)
Shepherds pie
You can have either chips or jacket spud with your choice (apart from the saus and mash)
The food is usually around £5 and it’s lovely!
7.00pm The Railway Kibworth.
Reply in  the next couple of days to: evandacg@gmail.com

Magical Motown evening out

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Members and guests of Market Harborough WI danced to their heart’s content last night at De Montfort Hall, Leicester.  The touring show, Magic of Motown, provided non-stop entertainment and music to dance to from start to finish of the show.  We copied the dancers and singers as they performed (or tried to!).  We were whowed by their glittering costumes, too.

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Leicester Hedgehog Rescue

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Colleen Powell, founder of Leicester Hedgehog Rescue, enthralled members last night with a very amusing account of how she has grown to love hedgehogs and set up the rescue service.

Hedgehogs have been around for many thousands of years.  Today’s modern environment is still proving a challenge to these small creatures as they struggle to adapt.   I was going to list some facts that Colleen shared with us but have just stumbled across this link to some fascinating hedgehog characteristics that you may wish to check out.

Colleen delighted members by bringing along a hedgehog that is used to humans.

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She also brought along some hedgehog goodies and details of ones to sponsor.

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Change of plan for May meeting – felting

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The Committee recently took the decision not to offer felting at the May monthly meeting.  Constraints on the length of time it would take for members to make an item using felt unfortunately does not fit into the time available.  However, the good news is that we will be offering a wet felting session, led by Leicestershire Craft Centre later this year.  You will be able to book your place as normal with any event on our social programme.  Payment will be necessary by the monthly meeting in the month before.  More details to follow once finalised.

A May Day Bake is now planned for the May meeting – click the link above for more details.

Leicester Hedgehog Rescue – what’s it all about?

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hedgehog-w500-h500Join Colleen Powell from Leicester Hedgehog Rescue, on Wednesday 26 March, to find out how they are caring for these creatures in their gardens, some in their own hedgehog hospitals.  There’ll be a chance to see a young hedgehog close up.  You’ll also pick up tips on how to make your own garden a safer place for hedgehogs.

It’s official – it’s 10s all round with the Jerusalem Jammers

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Yes, it’s true!  Market Harborough WI members scored 10s all round when they joined in the dancing with the Jerusalem Jammers.
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tf the February monthly meeting last night, the Jerusalem Jammers, the only WI group in the country, entertained members with displays of their Morris dancing.  They were accompanied by their own small troupe of musicians.
This unique group has been running for 31 years and is based in Leicestershire.  The longest serving members have also been members for that length of time, joining at its inception in 1982.  They meet monthly to practise, as well as performing at many events around the county and country.  The group includes mother and daughter.
Many of the dances are now over 60 years’ old and originate from local villages, which is reflected in their names.   All dances performed were for female dancers, with the exception of the last one which was originally for men.  New dances are bought from the Morris Federation, of which the Jammers are members.
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Join us this week on Wednesday 26th February at 7.30 to find out all about the Leicestershire WI garland dancers, a female group formed in 1982.  They will demonstrate their Morris dancing and give us an introduction into the history of this English tradition.  Bring your soft shoes with you and have a go, too.  Check them out on:  Jerusalem Jammers

See you on Wednesday.

 

Help with WI committee

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join our crew-w500-h500Are you interested in joining the Market Harborough WI committee in September?  It is the invaluable contributions and time volunteered by current and former committee members that have helped make this new WI so successful.

If you would like to ‘try us out’ by attending a committee meeting to see what it is all about, maybe with a view to stepping up to the new committee in September, then do speak to any one of the current committee members at the next and forthcoming coming monthly meetings.  You can spot us – we wear the sashes!  Better still, monthly committee meetings are in a local pub with parking right outside.

A couple of the original committee members will be standing down this summer so we urgently need your help now.  You can also Contact us or call 0754 789 0756.

Can you sew? Help urgently needed for a charity

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Christine Lucas has over 1000 knitted squares that she needs sewn into blankets for the poor in Belarus.  Every year someone she knows takes a truck over with desks for schools and all sorts of other things that really help them out. The truck is going in March and she is overwhelmed with so many squares to sew. So it anyone is prepared to help her they can contact her on phone no: 0116 279874. From what she was telling a committee member, it sounds like a good cause