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Calling all home-bakers!
A reminder that it’s the Garvald Flower Show on Saturday 25th August. We’d like to make the usual request for donations of home-baked cakes and biscuits so we can provide afternoon teas at the Show. Please bring along your baked goodies to the Village Hall on the day.
Thank you!
from the Garvald Horticultural Society Committee
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Save the time and date: 7pm on Monday 27th August!
A local fitness instructor is keen to begin staging “dance fitness” classes in the Hall. To gauge interest and raise awareness, she is proposing a “taster session” on the evening of Monday 27th August at 7pm. Pop the date and time in your diaries just now. And keep checking here as the details will be posted as soon as we have them!
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The All New 100 Club …
As promised, details of the new and improved Garvald Village Hall 100 Club – with its £100 Grand Christmas Draw! Download the flier here.
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August 100 Club …
The August winners … <drum roll> … are … Tim Flynn and Anne Rait!
Congratulations to you both!
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Hogmanay …
Yes, Hogmanay. I know it seems a VERY long way away, with summer only just beginning and all that. But time flies, especially when the sun shines …
Would anybody be interested in helping arrange the annual New Year’s Eve ceilidh? For those who have not been before, it’s an informal family gathering in the Hall with a simple supper, a few drinks and lots of dancing. Drop us a line if you’d like to help. There will be a quick preliminary meeting very soon, and planning will go from there …
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Garvald Flower Show 2012
August has arrived and now is the perfect opportunity to plan your 2012 Flower Show exhibits. Check out the competition classes in the 61st GHS Show 2012 Programme.
Children can start preparing their entries now, before school restarts.
Here’s the competition classes for children:UNDER 5 YEARS OLD
- ‘My family’ A4 artwork
- Model animal (e.g. playdough, papier mâché)
- 2 slices no-cook style traybake
- A bunch of flowers in a jam jar
AGE 5 TO 8 YEARS
- A ‘monster’ made from vegetables and plant material
- 3 home-made sweets
- Musical instrument made from household junk
- A miniature garden, maximum size 600x600mm
- A greetings card
- A collage depicting a tree
- Hand-writing. Two verses from a song of your choice
AGE 9 TO 12 YEARS
- Miniature garden, maximum size 600x600mm
- An ‘animal’ made from vegetables and plant material
- Sock puppet
- Jam sponge sandwich
- A windmill
- Compose a poem about ‘holidays’
- Nature photograph
TEENAGERS
- Chocolate cake, using the recipe of your choice
- Design a coat of arms for Garvald
- An exhibit of vegetables of your own growing
- Compose a rap!
- Home-made pizza base and topping (maximum 210mm in diameter)
- A drawing or painting ‘At The Disco’
Good luck to all!
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Morham website now available
Local website news:
Morham village website is now up and running at www.morham.co.uk. The website will be self-funding, using an annual village event to raise funds.Morham also has a Facebook page (Morham Parish East Lothian). These sites will be developed in the coming months with more news, photos and information.
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Inspired by the Olympics?
Whilst it would be hard to row (or even canoe) down Papana Water, and the hills out of the village might even challenge Wiggo’s thighs, do remember that the Village Hall has a top of the range ping-pong table for hire! Have a look here for more details. And enjoy …
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July 100 Club
Congratulations to this month’s winners: 50, Liz Leather; and 61, Ross Donaldson. Cheques are on their way …
… As of August, the club is being renewed and improved. Watch out for flyers with the details. And, of course, blog posts here!