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Wear It Fashion Show – do you have your tickets?

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Fashion show-w500-h500It’s not too late to buy your tickets for the fashion show on Friday 1 March 2013, starting at 7.30 pm at the Congregational Hall, Bowden Lane.  Members will be modelling the outfits, so come along and give them your support.
Clothes are being provided by Daisy Chain and will be hosted by Wendy.  WI models will have an exciting time being made up for free by Kara and 3 of her colleagues, who are coming along from ‘The Beauty Manor’, whilst Paula from Randall Harrison will be doing their hair.   Oh how exciting to be made up for free!!!!
Buy your tickets this Wednesday at the monthly meeting (£3.50) or £5 on the night or contact us.  See you there!

Fashion Show posters now available – can you help?

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Market Harborough WI Fashion Show posters are now available.  If you can display one near to you, then do print a copy off or ask a committee member for a copy (or copies!) at the next monthly meeting.  Alternatively, contact us.

January monthly meeting – a couple of things!

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Egyptian dancerDo join us for a fun and friendly evening of Egyptian Dancing on Wednesday 23 January 2013.  Rose Metaxa will demonstrate and there’ll be a chance to have a go.  So checkout your wardrobe for that floaty scarf with coins you’ve always wanted to wear and didn’t dare, and bring it along.  You could be the star of the evening!

Membership fees – these are now overdue.  Do remember to bring along your cheque book or some cash.  It’s £33 but where else can you have 11 nights’ out for £3 each?  Not only that, you can meet new friends and try out new things.

There’s an exciting social programme too, so remember to check out the noticeboards when you come along and put your name down.  Again, have some spare cash with you to put down a deposit when booking.

Christmas presents-w500-h500If you have any unwanted gifts that you can donate to our monthly raffle, then pop them in a bag and bring them along and give to any commitee member.

Book groupFinished reading your Christmas books?  Then bring them along and donate them to the book box so someone else can enjoy them, too.  You can browse through the box and for a small donation to MHWI fund raising you can even take away a book of your choice to while away these dark winter evenings.

Christmas gets off to a get start!

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WI members enjoyed a festive end to the year by celebrating in style!

Market Harborough Choral Society set the scene by singing a range of new and traditional carols in the Congreational Church, WI members accompanying them on old favourites.
A Dutch supper followed.  The tables were laden with a whole range of seasonal foods – moe pounds to burn off in the new year!  Top marks though to Patsy’s husband’s Millionaires’ sortbread – delicious!
Teams then competed in a Christmas quiz.  Team Totally Crackers just (only just though) won, completing rounds on 2012 Headlines, Christmas facts and Pictionary.
Finally, the winner of the Christmas bunting competition was announced and the raffle was drawn.

Christmas raffle

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Do pick up your book of raffle tickets at the November meeting.  We have a hundred books, so there’s one for every member to take and sell to friends and family.  This is our major fund raising event for 2012, and will set us up for funding our future programme of events, such as paying for the venue and visiting speakers.  (Out of the £33 annual subscription, a proportion goes to the Leicestershire and National Federations of the WI, leaving us with £14.80 per member.)

Don’t forget, too, to bring in donations for the hampers – local food and drinks would be very welcome.

Christmas raffle prize donations – please help with fund raising

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Can you donate a raffle prize for a food hamper?  If so, bring your donation (do check the sell by date!) to the October or November monthly meeting.  This is our big fund raising event this year for our WI and it’s your chance to help now.  Printed tickets will be £1 each and will be available later this year for sale to members, friends and family.