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23rd March 2025, Tea Dance at Alderbury Village Hall -
Mickey Page
We had a really full house with 64 people plus helpers at our tea dance. In fact, we could really do with a bigger hall, but Alderbury is a good location for so many and not too expensive as they know we raise funds for our charity. We have increasing attendees from Netley Marsh which is lovely, plus our own clubs, so we really are up to full capacity for these events and I am aware some people didn’t get to sit where they would have liked, so will give this some thought.
Mickey Page was great, as usual, and sang a mixture of old and new dances. We had tea/coffee and cakes throughout the afternoon thanks to our wonderful kitchen helpers: Ann, Carol (who are currently doing our beginners’ course, so great chance to see what we get up to) and Lu and Chloe (daughter and friend of Emma). They worked tirelessly through the afternoon and even cracked the dishwasher which did several quick washes throughout the afternoon – most impressive.
Thank you to everyone who made cakes for us – as you know the first hot drink and cake was included in your ticket entry price, then after that (in line with other clubs we go to) we charged for additional refreshments which all went into the charity pot. It is pretty standard now at social dances to pay £8 or even £10 for tickets and that is without refreshments included, so I think we do pretty well and still make some money, if you want extras, for the charity fund. Thank you all for making this work so well.
Many of you come early; Fred, Silv, Jan, Pete, Em, Rose … and we are really grateful for the help setting up, plus the grand effort at the end tidying up and putting furniture away. There’s quite a lot of work behind the scenes putting on these dances, so it is so nice to have the support and positive feedback with several people saying how much they enjoyed it.
So, in summary, we were able to give £286 to the charity fund after expenses of the hall, insurance, singer, refreshments etc. Of this £150 was made from the raffle – thanks everyone for donating prizes and of course to Marg who sells the tickets. £34 was taken in extra refreshments. Some photos below, but several film clips to follow.
8th February 2025 - Mulepackers Social/Charity Dance at Laverstock Village Hall - Rob Montana
We held our first in-house social dance at Laverstock Village Hall on 8th February. RJ Montana (Rob) very kindly offered to sing for us - a last minute surprise gesture. Mike DJ's the first part of the evening; Rob then took us up to supper time and then closed the evening for us. We had a lovely American Supper, danced, ate, drank and chatted at the same time raising £60 for our charity. We welcomed Gwen and Mike to the fold - our latest members who are now doing the beginners' course. As this was a great success and Laverstock Hall (although smaller than Alderbury) is a great venue for our own members' dances, we will probably do a re-run. Thanks everyone for making it a great night - especially Rob for entertaining us. See photos below ...
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