Unwanted Christmas or birthday gifts?

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Christmas presents-w500-h500Unwanted gifts?  Then put them to good use.  We can use them for monthly raffle prizes.  This is an excellent fund raiser for your WI.

Bring them along to the next Market Harborough WI meeting and give them to any Committee Member.

Make a pork pie night – deposits needed

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pork pie-w500-h500On Thursday 13 February, there will be  another visit to Waterloo Cottage Farm, Great Oxendon, starting at 7 pm.  The first visit was very successful – members made sausages!    This time members will find out how pork pies are made and be able to have a go at helping to make one.  The cost is £20, to include a pork pie to take home,  £5 deposit needed by Wednesday 22 January 2014 (to Evanda – Social Secretary or Val or Sarah, Joint Treasurers).

Dance the night away – Magic of Motown

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Members and non-members are invited to join us to dance the night away on Friday 28 March, 7.30 pm at De Montfort Hall, Leicester with the Magic of Motown. 

Touring show from the USA.  I have seen them before and can’t wait to see them again, intending to dance away all night this time!  36 back-to-back massive Motown hits.  Five-star performances authentically reviving the style and sophistication of all the Detroit legends – the Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie and more. Dazzling dance moves, glittering costumes galore and – tighter than the Funk Brothers in their prime – the incredible Magic of Motown band. Don’t miss the show of the year… just call its name and you’ll be there.

Cash or cheque for £18.75 per person to Helen Salisbury Committee Member or Valerie Hitchcox, Treasurer by the next monthly meeting, Wednesday 22 January 2014

Christmas raffle success and winners

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images-w500-h500We are delighted to announce that our Christmas Raffle raised £154.56.  Well done to all members and their friends and families that supported us. 

All prizes were from local organisations, some we sourced ourselves and several others which were very kindly donated by businesses.  Congratulations to the winners of the first 3 prizes: alcohol gift hamper – go to Mr Walker (husband of Lynda), meat hamper – Emma Morris and Emerson & West hamper – Kim Stanford.

The Christmas snow(wo)men have arrived!

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All snowmen-w500-h500The highlight of this week’s Christmas meeting just had to be the toilet roll snowman competition.  A member from each team stepped up and the rest of the team used toilet paper, hats, scraves, carrots, straws and pens to decorate their model.

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Two Spirits, a new, local distillery supplied samples of gin, vodka and absinthe, with the chance to buy some last minute Christmas presents at a specially discounted price.

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The supper table was laden with all sorts of exciting foods to sample.

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All Christmas raffle prizes were from local organisations.  Some had also generously donated prizes.

Winners - play dough nativity competition

Winners – play dough nativity competition

Santa - who's that?

Santa – who’s that?

Playdough nativity competition-w500-h500

Overall winners - Crackers1

Overall winners – Crackers1

Decorate a bauble

Decorate a bauble

Crarckers team - overall winners-w500-h500

Best and cheapest mincepie

Best and cheapest mincepie

Teams had great fun all evening playing ‘Chrisolympics’.  Games included making a nativity scene from play dough (click for recipe), blindfolded sampling to decide which was the best or cheapest mincepie, guessing the names of stars dressed in Santa outfits, millionaire drop and Christmas Pictionary.

Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year to all our members.