Successful Barndancing event held
November 30th, 2009 by Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh
Last Saturday, 28th November, a Barn Dance was held in Evington village hall, Leicestershire.
More than 25 families and friends, totalling 100 people turned up to dance the do-si-do, strip the willow, the g-lord gordon and other traditional dance moves. Children as young as 4, and big children as young as 70 all joined in!
The event was organised by Philippa and Vendela (over a few cups of tea!), and their families did a great job of getting everything prepared and set up.
The evening started round 17:00, the caller and the live band performed many songs, and by 20:45 everybody was tired! tidying up did not take too long afterwards, so plenty of time for a relaxing beverage afterwards.
A ploughmans’ supper was provided to all, and there was a choice of ham, cheese, humus and vegan bread. For desert were (not enough…) scrummy brownies.
Dennis gave a brief speech to introduce the cause, thank all participants and volunteers, and with the help of Vendela drew the raffle tickets. All the prizes were kindly donated by well-wishers.
The bar did good business selling fruit shoots, hula hoops and J2O, and a stall with Nepalese jewellery and information about the Nagajuna Trust had a proud place in the main hall.
All in all a great event, which was enjoyed by young and old. Thank you to all whom attended, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
And the best thing of all: we made £172 for the Nagajuna Trust!
If you attended the dance, and are interesting in supporting our cause, or want a link to all the photos of the evening, get in touch!
