Delighted! Our target was a 100 tickets for this WI Centenary celebration and we’ve done it. Another first for Market Harborough WI.
Looking forward to watching A Royal Night Out next Wednesday and to celebrating with some Proseco.
Be an observer at the WI national AGM 2016
MHWI will not get a formal place at the 2016 AGM (we did so this year) but there is an opportunity for you to go as an observer. The meeting is on 10 May 2016, £20 and accommodation (shared or single) is also available. Interested? Email: marketharboroughwi@gmail.com or call 07547 890 756
Applications nationally by 11 January 2016
WW2 memorabilia anyone?
Hallaton, Billesdon and Oakham WIs are putting together an exhibition of WWI memorabilia at Oakham Museum on Tuesday 12 January 2016 and would like to know if members have any photographs of WIs/artefacts from the early 20thcentury to showcase.
If you have anything to offer, please contact Anthea Kenyon at anthea.kenyon36@gmail.com
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Free Denman day
Free Denman day on 23 November 2015 – Lowering sodium for long term health – Speakers include Dr Rosemary Leonard and reps from LoSalt. There will also be a cooking demo. Interested in attending? Then email: marketharboroughwi.com or call 07547 890 756 (our Secretary has the application form).
Volunteer reader needed WI group carol service
Medbourne WI are hosting the WI Welland Valley Group Carol Service, 7.30 p.m. 3rd December 2015. MHWI has been asked if someone can do a reading. Would you like to do this? Please email: marketharboroughwi@gmail.com or call 07547 890 756. We can also let you have the text which is in the form of short, modern poem.
Do the strictly – join other members of the MHWI
Fans of Strictly are invited to join other MHWI members to learn the 8 basic movements of ‘Do the Strictly’ and come along to the Old Grammar School where we will film ourselves (to be shared on social media). Interested? Email our Secretary, Isabel on: marketharboroughwi@gmail.com or call 07547 890 756
Special Armistice Day Concert in London
Click the link below for details of a special Armistice Day concert in St John’s Smith Square, London on Wednesday 11 November.
As part of the concert, the contribution of women to the war effort will be recalled and a song section will recall the songs sang by wartime entertainers.
For further information, please visit http://www.sjss.org.uk/events/concert-remembrance. Tickets can also be purchased through the box office by telephone at 020 7222 1061
Table top sale or be a stall holder?
County WI notice: Just a reminder that the Table Top Sale at Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley LE7 7PR is on Saturday 7 November, 10am– 12.30pm.
Join us and pick up some bargains and early Christmas presents. Entrance is 50p. Light refreshments available.
Alternatively, you might want to run your own stall for £12.00. Contact WI House if you would like to arrange this. Tel: 0116 2661342 Email: wihouseleics@aol.com
Amazing they were!
Alison Rockett certainly amazed us with the ease with which Acholi beads could be made. Members rapidly learned how to use cocktail sticks, long triangular pieces of colourful scrap paper and clear nail varnish to make unique beads. You can the results below and even more pictures on Twitter WomenoftheWI
MHWI members rolling and varnishing their own Acholi beads from colourful scrap paper
Alison is prepared with scraps of paper (left) and glitter, tiny beads, etc (right)
Samples of the finished Acholi bead items sold locally by Alison Rockett
Small scraps of paper which are rolled to make the beads
Sample necklace using larger Acholi beads. Card is used and these beads are usually made by the men as greater strength is needed
Alison also told members how she became involved with the Ugandan Acholi people when she taught out there in an international school. The Acholi tribespeople experienced racisim and struggled to make a living by digging small pits for stone to make gravel: also one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. With intervention by various parties, the opportunity to make and sell beads for exporting has enabled women not only to feed their families, but also to pay for education for their children. Her intermediary in Uganda is Josephine at Acholi Bead Craft – pictures below give more details.
Glam theme this evening
Hope you’re all set to make acholi beads this evening. Find out more about the Ugandan women who wear these beads.
Can you bring a prize for our hair and beauty raffle this evening?
Get one of the last few tickets for our film night on 11 November, only £7.50 each – A Royal Night Out.
Enjoy cooking? Put your name down to make some savoury finger nibbles for our film evening.
See you all later.
Market Harborough WI 