This hoe down was a bit of an end of an era. The caller, Cyril, who we have used for the last twenty years or so had decided to call it a day, so this was his last hoe down for us. Also because this was to be the last hoe down organised by the Group Executive Committee of Mike, Irene and Maureen who are also retiring from the Group next year after nearly twenty years hard work with fund-raising activities.
The evening went very well with the majority of people initially getting the dances hopelessly wrong, but generally getting the hang of things.
After the traditional pie and pea supper, Mike presented Cyril with an engraved cut glass vase as a thank you. He was very surprised!
At this point we sprung a surprise presentation on Mike, Irene and Maureen. Jop got up to do a little speech and then I presented the ladies with some flowers, while Michelle presented Mike with a bottle of Glenfiddich. Carol then took our photo. Everyone was very please and impressed that we had managed to keep everything quiet.
In all we had a great evening and made over £100 in the process.
Finally, once again thanks to Mike, Irene and Maureen.
Written by Nick
