An old book and buttons for the craft activity
- A plant, plant cuttings, seeds or garden paraphernalia for our garden raffle this evening (you will be given a raffle ticket for your donation and collect your prize at the end of the evening)
Last few tickets for Canary Girls
Going, going, gone! Just a few tickets left for “Canary Girls”, a play written by Mikron Theatre. Mikron Theatre wrote, produced and performed the specially written “Raising Agents” show last year in honour of our centenary celebrations. Friends and family very welcome.
Full details are on the attached flyer. Canary Girls Poster If you are interested, please let us know how many tickets you would like (ignore the closing date): ticket requests to mhwimikrontickets@gmail.com (not the usual MHWI email!)
Friday 10th June at 7.30pm. Harborough Evangelical Church, 121 Bath Street, Market Harborough, LE16 9JL
Tickets are £12 full price, £10 concessions (student/retired/unemployed). Hot Drinks and Cakes will be on sale.
Just to tempt you even further, here is a little more on the storyline:
CANARY GIRLS:
Summer 1914.
Sisters Rose and Lizzie work as maids, a world of deference, bed-making and poor pay. When war breaks, adventure-seeking Rose becomes a shell worker, persuading her procedure loving sister Lizzie, to follow her to a world offering more money, exciting work and union activity. It seems like a new start.
But as the sisters discover the dangers of shell work, they realise their dreams are pulling in opposite directions.
As old and new worlds collide on the factory floor, each sister must ultimately decide, which takes more courage – following your dreams, or giving them up for the ones you love?
Funny, heartfelt and tender. Mikron presents a tale of two sisters well and truly at war.
Craft night – what to bring with you
Remember to sort out an old book and a few buttons for our meeting on Wednesday 25 May. After discussing the WI Resolutions for 2016, Leicestershire Craft Centre will be showing us to make these cute little flowers. (You can share an old book with a friend as you will not need all the pages.)
Seeds, plants, cuttings, garden paraphernalia needed
Spring is firmly with us and our monthly raffle for May will be for seeds, plants, cuttings and garden paraphernalia. We would like members to donate items. In return you will be given a raffle ticket and will claim your prize at the end of the evening. So, check out what you have at home and get potting up items to bring along on 25 May. Maybe time to have a clear out in the garden shed and bring in unwanted items?
Plants should be those that attract bees in line with the WI’s national bee campaign. You might also like to download this helpful leaflet from national WI on plants to grow in your garden that attract bees: FINAL_Bee_Garden
Support petition for more Home Fires
Members might like to support this petition: Home Fires petition
Become a national WI trainer
Check out this poster to find out how you can become involved in a number of training roles: National Trainers Flyer
What’s on locally and nationally
Check out the very latest news on what’s happening with the WI around the county and nationally:
Appear on Eggheads
Details of how you can apply to be on this popular programme hosted by Jeremy Vine: Eggheads, May 2016
Resolution night and craft night
A reminder that our next meeting is on Wednesday 25 May. We’ll be looking at WI Resolutions for 2016. For the craft activity, please bring along an old book and some buttons.
Calling gardeners and art lovers
The WI – inspiring women
National WI have just announced details of 2 exciting new events for gardeners and art lovers: Sustainable Gardening Day with Bob Flowers of BBC Radio Gardeners’ World fame in September and a day looking at Women in Art at the National Gallery in November (follow the link at the top for posters and booking forms).
Market Harborough WI 