The Events Page
The Tinsel and Turkey Party
Well now, where do I begin? (Hmmmm, sounds like the title to a song)
Let me tell you folks, the Annual Tinsel & Turkey party went just great!
During the early part of the day, several of the Club Leaders and friends
put a lot of work into preparing the hall and the food for the occasion.
And there certainly was a LOT to do. Not only clearing the hall
to make room for the live band and disco, but also for the buffet-style
refreshments, the tables and chairs for the members and the raffle prizes!
It would be difficult to mention everybody who helped on the day
but I think a special mention MUST be made of Sandra Hall who
put on a dazzling and most delicious range of food. I know, I went back
for seconds, thirds, fourths and I think I had to be stopped at ninths!
Later in the day, we all helped to set up the sound equipment
for the band and the disco. Terry, of Batman and the Traumatics fame
gave us his usual extremely skilful vocals and guitar work and
Sean did a fantastic job with the disco. Thanks Guys!
At the appointed time the members started to arrive and it seemed
that in no time at all, the Club hall was packed and everybody
was in a fine, festive mood.
It wasn't long until the fun and games started and of course, we had some
traditional Christmas Crackers on the tables. Mind you, there were also some
"Crackers" sitting AROUND the tables. Wooooooo Hooooooo!
(We do seem to attract the loveliest girls to our Club)
Once the ice had been broken and the food was being consumed at
an alarming rate, things became very relaxed indeed. People started
dancing and we all began to have a thoroughly good time.
The daughter of one of the Club Leaders and her young friend did a
sterling job of selling raffle tickets and we made close on £200.00p
Thank you Harriet and Becky for selling the tickets
and a great big thank you to everyone who bought them.
Of course, the best part of ANY raffle is seeing if YOU have won a prize.
Well, I am sure you will all be pleased to know that my luck was running
true to form and I won absolutely NOTHING!
(So no change THERE then!)
But prizes WERE won and the winners loved it.
Very late in the evening we all reluctantly had to call it a night
and start to wend our way home. The Club Leaders tidied up and
put the Club hall back into its normal set up and we all left.
To everyone who turned up, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did
and to everyone else I would like to say, I hope you enjoyed reading this little
article and hopefully, we will get to see YOU here next year for the
The Tinsel and Turkey Party 2004
PS. I did take some pictures with my little digital camera
but the flash is not very powerful on it and the pics were not as good as I
had hoped they would be. If anyone wants to see a couple of them
I will put them on a page here. So send in those e-mails of post a message
in our Guest Book (Go to the bottom of the Main Menu page)
and if you want them, I will post them.
And now with regards to you all and a wish that you all
enjoy safe and happy riding, it's Goodbye from Us
and it's Goodbye from Them.