Committee Meeting – Monday, 1st December 2014
We met at Holly House to discuss matters, events and happenings with reminders about pre-Christmas activities. Christmas Tree Festival: Caroline is hosting an afternoon session for anyone who wants to help finish our tree decorations which will now take place at Holly House Manor Road Wednesday “2 – 4 pm ONLY” and “NOT 7 – 9 pm” as previously arranged. Christmas tree decorating will take place at 2pm on Thursday, 4 December for members who would like to come to the Church to help. It should not take long to dress our 4 foot tall tree! Visit the Christmas Tree Festival at St. Mary’s Church between 5 to 7 December, 2014. December meeting and Christmas Party: at The Institute from 7.30pm. We are looking forward to an enjoyable evening with Carrol Eaton’s delicious supper and member’s puddings, and to our Best Dressed Sprout competition with entries to be judged by our Speaker, Moira Byast. Donations for our BHYP Box will, as usual, be very warmly welcomed. Adderbury Christmas Market; A complete sell-out of member’s cakes, bakes and preserves with the stall finishing early, making an approx. £190.00 from our sales. WI Calendar: The Committee look forward to receiving your photo entries and more news at our next WI meeting on 8 January 2015. Book Group: Wednesday 10 December at Su Lutter’s (8 Sydenham Close 812127) for Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project. Needlecraft Group: Wednesday 17 December 7.30 – 9 pm at Janet Morgan’s home (please confirm attendance to – [email protected] Swishing Evening Charity Fund-raising event for February: we still need a sub-committee to develop this event and look forward to hearing from any member who would like to be involved with this event. ...
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A few more photos from Adderbury’s Christmas Market at St. Mary’s Church…. ...
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Christmas is upon us again with everybody making, baking, crafting and preparing so as to be ready for the annual Adderbury Christmas Market for which Market committee members have been busily organising and arranging all year. And now it was here and so was Father Christmas and, finally, every stallholder was standing by their beautifully covered and decorated stalls, once again delighted to be in Adderbury’s glorious St. Mary’s Church, for one of the best Christmas market events of the season. We were there too – our Adderbury and District WI members’ stall was in place with a mouth-watering collection of preserves, bakes and Christmas goodies all brightly enwrapped in Christmas paper, gift bags and ribbons. Here is our WI stall with a collection of our fellow Christmas Market stallholder’s festive goods. See my second post for general photos from the Adderbury Christmas Market and for those stalls with less well-documented details, please forgive my lack of attention! I thoroughly enjoyed the Market’s festive atmosphere and hope you did too. Margaret Halstead ...
Read MoreAdderbury Calendar Competition – Launch – 10th October 2014 – November Contact
Further to our article in October’s Contact, the Adderbury & District WI would like to invite everyone, young and old, to start sending in their photographs for the competition. As mentioned, the Calendar will be for sale in September 2015 and the categories are the four seasons. They can be photograph, of landscapes, buildings, local events or anything to do with our wonderful village. Pleased find below the relevant information: The deadline is 30th April 2015 With your covering email please provide: Name – including permission to use your name – this is optional Contact telephone number Season for which the photograph is being entered Title of the photograph – this is optional Please send all entries to the following email address: [email protected] Diane Danton – 814981 ...
Read MoreThursday, 6th November 2014 – Matters, Correspondence, Future Activities & Community Items
My report comes from the recorded notes of the draft Minutes of the WI meeting on Thursday, 6th November 2014. “4. Matters arising: WI District Meeting: Unfortunately no one from our WI was available to attend the meeting and no report has been received as yet. Further details of the baton transfer are awaited but we will need to plan an original means of transport. Details of the Norton group’s plans were outlined. PTA fireworks evening: Caroline had informed Caz that we were unable to help and in reply Caz had again expressed her thanks for our support at the fete. Christmas Market: The rota was on the table and members were invited to add their name to this. Produce for the Market should be delivered to Pauline or Trina or brought to the church early on the morning of 29 November. Christmas tree festival: Diane demonstrated her salt dough decorations and circulated instructions for making them, Caroline will host two sessions for decorating the items with glitter glue on 3 December at Holly House and will purchase the ribbon. Other suggestions for decorations will be kept in mind for future festivals. Trees will be decorated on Thursday 4 December. December meeting and Christmas meal: Carrol outlined the menu choices and asked for more volunteers to make desserts. She will provide recipes. The list of members able to help with cooking or serving was on the table. If anyone knows of other members who would like to come but whose names are not on the list they should email Carrol as soon as possible. Swishing evening: Caroline reminded members that a group is needed to organise this event in February in aid of Frank Wise School. Anyone interested should contact her. 5. WI Calendar: Diane reported that a further article is in the current Contact. The email address for photo entries is up and running. She has had an example of a calendar printed which she will bring to .a later meeting. She is impressed with the quality and pleased with the layout. 6. Correspondence/Communications: BHYP have sent a card thanking us for our donations. Members were encouraged to continue to bring items for BHYP. On a show of hands it was agreed that Diane would be our delegate at the NFWI Annual Meeting in the Albert Hall next June. If members wished to put their names forward as observers they should contact Caroline who will apply to OFWI. Places are limited. It was agreed that Adderbury WI should purchase a £10 ticket for the Oxfordshire 400+ club. The AGM of the club is on 24 November. Details of two weekends at Denman, one reserved for Oxfordshire members, were available. Margaret will be asked to contribute a short piece for each edition of Contact to inform the village of our activities. Sandra will investigate having copies of Contact available at our meetings for members who live outside the delivery area. 7. Future activities: In a change to the programme, our speaker in April will be Chris Windass who will talk about music in Adderbury and the Adderbury Ensemble. The book group will meet at 7.30 on 12 November at Tricia’s house to discuss Jeannette Winterson’s Lighthousekeeping (sic). The needlecraft group will meet at Maureen’s at 7.30 on 19 November. Caroline invited any member who would like to lead a winter walk to contact her or a member of the committee. 8. Community Items: Lucy Davidson is arranging a trip to Bath Christmas Market leaving from the Red Lion at 8.30 on Sunday 7 November. Tickets cost £20. Caroline has emailed Andy Green about our concerns over the state of the storage cupboard in the Institute. Enid is...
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