Hello ladies, I think that Autumn is now with us and we are drawing the curtains a little bit earlier each week, so we shall soon be swapping sandals for boots! and I definitely would like a new pair, so if Santa gets a copy of our Newsletter please make a note will you?
When you get this Newsletter the quiz heats will have been held and the three winning teams from each venue will be ready to do battle on October 9th at Cresswell House. Thank you to all who entered this year. It was an excellent turn out and I hope you all enjoyed testing our knowledge in the heats.
In November we are going to Chatsworth House to experience Christmas there. This event has been very well supported so I know that we are going to have a wonderful couple of days down in delightful Derbyshire. We shall be doing a bit of retail therapy on the first day at The Meadowhall Shopping Centre (Sheffield) which is under cover. If the weather is kind on our second day, it will be a real bonus as the gardens at Chatsworth are marvellous.
The readers for this year’s ‘Christmas at the Cathedral’ have been chosen from the two WIs who celebrate being 100 years old this year, long with the very newest one to open, Longfram WI. I hope that they will enjoy the experience. Please remember to get your applications in for this wonderful event that starts the Christmas season so well for us all.
On Saturday 5th December we shall be holding our Christmas Cracker Day at Cresswell House. The entrance for this event is £5 per person – that includes a tea/coffee and something nice and seasonal to accompany the drink, payable in advance or on the day. One third of all the ticket money received will be going in “The Cracker” as first prize in the raffle. This year individual WIs can also “rent a table” for £15. Whatever they make will be for their own WI, so please get your applications in as tables will be limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. Let us know what you will have on your table so that there is a good variety of stalls for our members.
My final plea this month is to ask you all to read your Newsletter thoroughly because each Committee puts a lot of effort into events for you and we try to give you as big a variety as we can. As your Chairman I try to mention all the Federation events and all the other Chairs advertise their workshops, talks, demonstrations etc under their own piece in the Newsletter. Between all the Board members and their individual committees we cover so much that I am sure there must be something out there for each one of you. It would be lovely to think that every one of you will attend at least one event each year.
With that in mind and with some “big” things coming up I hope to 
see many of you in the near future.
Marj x
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