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The Cheshire Show - Wi need you

23rd-24th June 2009: The Cheshire Show

The WI has a Marquee at the Cheshire Show. Christine (christine.hession@btinternet.com) has a booklet on it should you want to know more. It's been kindly suggested that, perhaps, as a new group we should help out in the marquee (refreshments, stewards, etc) and suss out the competition rather than enter a class. Though, if you are confident - please do enter as an individual and we'll be right behind you. Again, Christine will have the information. Watch this space.

Combined Co-operative
Class 1 Show Time: Create a combined exhibit to interpret the class title by depicting a musical, a ballet or an opera.
Class 2 Hit Parade: Create a combined exhibit to illustrate a tune or song, not necessarily a hit
Class 3 Picnic in the Park: An exhibit of 3 items of food to interpret the class title
Class 4 Harmony: An exhibit of 3 intems to interpret the class title, showing a knowledge of a variety of craft skills
Class 5 A Children's Song: A combined exhibit of 3 items to interpret the class title

Floral Art
Class 6 A Night at The Opera: An exhibit to interpret the class title
Class 8 Rhapsody in Blue: An exhibit of fresh plant material to interpret the class title

Art
Class 7 This Green and Pleasant Land: A picture in watercolour, gouache oils acrylics pastels or crayons

Produce
Class 9 Food Glorious Food: Make either a madeira cake, a pastry based fruit flan, three american muffins, any true preserve

Craft
Class 10 My Favourite Things: Create a single item of craftwork within one of the following classes: embroidery, fabric craft, yarn craft, hard craft

Photography
Class 11 Magic Moments: Take a photograph to reflect the class title

Co-operative
Class 12 Curtain Call: WI members encouraged to create a character from a Musical SHow

Confused? I was - then I looked at the Photos and all became clear. It looks like a good laugh. Pimms anyone? (Photos of the WI Marquee 2008)

Do let us know if you want to enter.

Honey Bees need you - Annual Council Meeting

The Bees Need You and We Need a Volunteer.

The serious Honey Bee Health Risk is a resolution to be discussed at the Annual Council Meeting of the Cheshire Federation. Held on 3 March at the Civic Hall in Winsford.

There will also be two guest speakers, Anne Mustoe 'The Pleasures of Travelling Alone' (Lesley told Christine she has travelled the world alone) and Colin Parry from the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace.

One delegate from each WI goes free guests will pay £3. Guest tickets need to be ordered by 19 February. Contact me or Secretary Christine for your place.

>Watch what the BBC says about the Honey Bee problem (3mins)

10 thinks you can do to help Honey Bees

Forward to February's Meeting

February’s meeting will give us all a chance to improve our domestic goddess skills as Sally Dyke gives us each a chance to make our own flower posy table decoration.

Please remember to bring some scissors or secateurs and
£1.50 to cover the costs of your flowers, etc.

Also, for those of you who need to pay your £29 annual subscription – don’t forget your Cheque book. Unlike me, do also remember a bit of change for tea/coffee/wine and cakes. It all goes to our funds.

It's now confirmed, the next meeting will be:
Thursday February 5th, Upper Emmanuel church Hall. 8pm.


See you then (or some of you with jobs on the 27th)

Sally

The January Meeting

Well, I thought the January meeting went very well. After a rocky start that involved minor intimidation of the Brownies we had an good meeting.

Julie Burns a magazine columnist and also from TV's Trinny and (ahem) Suzannah gave a good talk on vintage fashion and had quite a few items of vintage clothes and jewellery to sell. This went down well and also raised us £15 to our find (I'm tempted to say future wine fund). I hope some of you got good deals.

It was brilliant to see lots of new faces of all ages and interests. Hopefully we can accommodate everyone.

Lots of lovely volunteers signed up for roles in the new WI. Thank you all so much, there was more than enough at the end.

For all those ladies who now do have a role, there is a Kick Off Meeting on
8pm,
Tuesday 27th January,
The Didsbury pub, raised area.

In this meeting we will be probably having a tipple, a laugh and looking at your role, what part you can play each month and some ideas for shaping this WI.

We're still looking fir a venue for next month, if you don't hear different (watch this site, your email or the Didsbury Police notice board) it will be the same as this month but at 8pm so we don't have to frighten small girls again.

Do leave a comment here or email me direct if you have any questions (didsburyvillagewi@gmail.com)

See you next month

Sally

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