Sir Mike Squire

Guests to a club social should now know it will always be a night to remember and so guests were greeted with an ‘Italian Champagne’ or fresh orange juice at the door to be then seated in a loose semi-circle.

The bar was manned by Terry and Rob and a full buffet prepared by Rita and Brenda awaits to graze on over the night.  Whilst settling down the groups had a little word game to indulge with three possible answers. Do you know what ‘weesquashing’ means?

Thirty adults then engaged in ‘pass the parcel’ but with a twist as when an object was unwrapped it had to be worn. The winners were the one with the most things on and the finder of the crown.  The photos speak for themselves as do the smiles.

On to the Two Minute quiz of three rounds to win a mystery team prize.  Players have fourteen categories such as tool, city, fruit, etc to complete with a given initial letter.  The two minutes start and furious scribbling and debate ensues.  The scoring system is 0 for a wrong answer, 1 point if the same as another team and 2 points for a unique answer. If the initial letter is ‘D’ there may be several alternative answers e.g. for city we had Dublin, Dubrovnik, Dusseldorf, etc but if there is any doubt about an answer all the players vote for or against, much to the dismay of some players and the winning team whose prize was sardines and apples.

With an hour to go before midnight we played whiteboard Pictionary with the chance to choose from easy, medium or a hard category.  Unflinching confidence led most teams to chance the hard category with appalling results as seen from the pictures. Richard Luscombe’s volcano and Brenda’s Martian will become legendary.

Richard’s    Volcano. ???                      Rita’s       Squirrel???                    Brenda’s  Martian????

Don led the crowd in a standing circle to sing Auld Lang Syne to bring the night to an end,

These events do not happen without a huge team effort and so I have to thank the gang for rolling up the carpet, setting out the furnishings and of course putting it all away. A special thanks for Trudi for sourcing items for pass the parcel and organising the Christmas quiz.  Rita and Brenda worked together for hours to prepare, make and set out the buffet as well as all the washing up and cleaning down. Terry and Rob worked wonderfully to keep the drinks flowing and special thank you to Terry who helped me clear up the next day ready for the carpet to go down again.

It should be noted that 90% of the waste and packaging has been recycled from this event.

Mike Squire – Event Coordinator and host