December

  

On Monday 14 December we held a Party Zoom evening as we were not able to have either a Christmas Meal or Christmas meeting in the Hall.  

All members had received a Goody Bag last week with some fun and festive gifts inside, including items for tonight or make at home if unable to join in.  Members had been encouraged to raise their glass this evening to us all.

We'd been invited to suggest one of our favourite Christmas Carols or Songs, which was also used for a "Beat the Intro" Quiz.  It was amazing how many songs we 'knew' but couldn't think of the title or singer!  We also had a go at signing "Away in A Manger" – several practice sessions and then we did it to music

With guidance we all made a Scandi Felt Basket.  Not as easy as it looked!  But we were all delighted with our efforts.  This was followed with a Hand Massage – using the cream and instructions from our bag.  We all decided that it was lovely to have some pampering time.

 A party wouldn't be the same without a "Raffle" – everyone was a "winner" and prizes will be distributed over the next few weeks.

We also did a quick Food Quiz – which a number of us found easier than the Music Quiz!  Time then for some final chat and also to wish everyone a Very Happy Christmas. 

A Big Thank You to Mary and everyone else involved in creating such a lovely end of year for our WI.

Autumn News

 

We were able to arrange just one meeting of 6 members in the Village Hall before the second lockdown started but will plan to restart this at an appropriate point. Meanwhile we are keeping in touch with all our members (from Leigh and other villages) as best we can – by phone, email or saying hello as we cross paths when walking around the village. We will not be holding formal meetings in the Hall for the time being and will review the situation again for the New Year. We are running events via Zoom; in October we enjoyed sharing stories and pictures of our Dream Holidays and on another evening talking about what autumn means to us – with a wide range of stories and items shown. We booked a speaker for our November meeting, Francis Borroughs.  He has been Church organist for over 70 years and recounted some of his more amusing experiences both locally in Yeovil and also whilst he was in Oxford.  Our second Get Together was on Tuesday 24 November at 7.30pm.  11 ladies took part and we enjoyed a good chat, swapping stories of past and present times.  It's a lovely way to get to know each other better, with either a cuppa or glass of something to hand!  We are looking forward to our Christmas Party Zoom on 14th December. Look out for more details!

We have been treated to some fabulous speakers through Somerset Zoom events – author Rachel Winn and the “Yorkshire Shepherdess” Amanda Owen as well as several short online courses attended via Zoom from our training college Denman. For the first time our County AGM was held on-line.

We look forward to when we will be able to meet up again in person either in small groups or larger meetings

Meanwhile, if anyone is new to the village and would like to get to know a range of ladies from the area or maybe you are now working from home and miss chatting to colleagues, you are welcome to get in touch and join our email list and Zoom sessions. You can then get to know us before we are able to all meet in person.

If you are interested, give us a call - contact Mary on 01373 812415.