Final names were being taken
in March for our outing to the Somerset Rural life museum in May and Mary was
pleased to announce that as this is an educational trip the cost of this for
members would be taken from WI funds which were currently at a good level. We
were also asked if we wanted to take part in the annual Tarmac Trophy quiz
taking place in the Hall on April 6th, although it was unclear how
many had volunteered for this. Before then our annual litter pick was due on
Saturday 16th March and members were encouraged to join in with this
and the refreshments afterwards.
Various events, including
these, were listed on a printout attached to our County News copies so do check
this if you are unsure of any dates. Looking ahead to the Resolutions for the
National AGM, it had been decided to have two topics, the first about the
decline in local buses and the second on fear about smear tests, so both would
need discussing.
Our entertainment was a
session of belly dancing led by Wafaa Powell.
She had held a similar evening 11 years ago which some of us did
remember. She told us a little about the background of belly dancing,
originally developed to improve health, not to entertain men as some think and
even now is mostly done amongst women. Those who could joined in and others sat
and watched while she built a simple routine for us by putting several moves
together. It was good fun plus some exercise at the same time. Finally she did
a demonstration dance to show us how it really should be done.
Our talk on 8th April is
called “Grumpy travels the Americas” .
