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Shirley Franklin, President of New Barkby WI, welcomed everyone to the April meeting.
The speaker for the evening was Jayne Good, who demonstrated Wet on Wet oil painting.
From a blank canvas, which was first painted over in white, Jayne proceeded to build up a picture beginning with a sky of blue, with some crimson and black painted in too. By using a very large paint brush and palette knife, she was then able to change outlines and make the sky form the backdrop for mountains. These then surrounded a lake with trees and reflections by the bank side.
Members were informed that they could all manage to follow instructions and paint a picture. This form of art was based on work by an American artist and is shown on TV as ‘The Joy of Painting’. Jayne also runs workshops, so some members may be interested to have a go.
The vote of thanks was given by Mrs A Montague and the raffle was won by Mrs J Bishop.
The competition prize for an item beginning with ‘R’ was won by Mrs M Gamble with a model of a rat.
The tea hostesses were Mrs A Smith and Mrs J Smith.
Our next meeting, entitled Resolutions, will be on Wednesday 4th May at 7.30pm in Syston Community Centre. All visitors are welcome to attend.
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New Barkby March meeting took the form of a craft evening, when Mrs Ruth Green, from the L.and R. Executive Committee and Mrs Janet Kirk, Chairman
New Barkby W.I. January 2011 report
The first formal meeting of New Barkby’s W.I. of 2011 was an evening of historical fact and nostalgia, when Felicity Austine, suitably attired in a Victorian
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Dr. Audrey Matthews, a lecturer in Chemistry at De Montfort University, Leicester, braved the inclement weather, to talk to only a few members who attended New
New Barkby WI, November meeting report.
The November meeting of New Barkby WI was the Annual one. Shirley Franklin was elected as President to serve for the next year.
Committee members will be
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Mrs Joyce Lucas from Oakham, accompanied by her husband, visited us to address the October meeting. She spoke on ‘Portals’ - anything that can be viewed
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President Mrs Jan Hutton presided over our September meeting. The speaker for the evening was Mr Mal Trott, assisted by Lynette Watson and the subject was Puppetry.
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The August meeting was chaired by president Mrs Jan Hutton, when Mr Malcolm Darby, author and storyteller, visited accompanied by his friend Jim and together they gave us
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Vice president, Shirley Franklin, chaired the meeting. Mr Neil Head visited New Barkby WI to talk about his work as a bodyguard (working in groups of four
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Shirley Franklin, vice president, chaired the meeting held on Wednesday 2nd June. Before the business part of the meeting, members sang Jerusalem, followed by a one minute silence
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- May 20, 2012
- LOROS Cake Bake-Off SaleLOROS Cake Bake-Off Sale
Office staff at local hospice are to show culinary skills in time for special garden reveal. Staff at the Leicestershire & Rutland Hospice have challenged one another to demonstrate their cooking skills by arranging the LOROS Cake Bake-Off on 18th May. Tony Edwards and Ken Bools have challenged all LOROS staff members and volunteers at the Hospice on Groby Road to enter their culinary creations in two categories small or large cakes. The categories will be judged by two local professional chefs with the overall winner of the Best Cake of the Day receiving a three course meal, with wine, for two people donated by Entropy Restaurant on Hinckley Road, Leicester. All cakes entered will then be sold to visitors at the “Colour of Ribbons” event being held at the Hospice on Sunday 20th May. Visitors will have the chance to see the newly installed Garden of Light and Reflection and, in exchange for a donation, will be able to tie a coloured ribbon onto a designated area of the garden in memory of a family member, friend or colleague. Ribbons will be available in different colours to suit the person being remembered and there will be three time allocations available on the day; 10.30am, 12 noon and 1.30pm. Prior arrangements an a booking form is available on request from the hospice. Please note that limited parking will be available at the Hospice and access to the Chapel/Prayer Room will also be possible. All funds raised from both events will be for the benefit of LOROS Hospice, a local charity providing free palliative care to over 2,500 terminally-ill patients and their families every year. For any further information please contact the Fundraising Department on 0116 2318484. - Hungarton & Keyham W.I. Hungarton & Keyham W.I.
Plant Sale 12.00 noon – 4.30 p.m. Great selection-shrubs, perennials & vegetables including Bees, Butterfly and Insect attracting plants in the Scutts’ Courtyard, Old Farm, Main Street, Hungarton. LE7 9JR Homemade refreshments available all day (proceeds to the Air Ambulance). Entrance £1 including raffle ticket (proceeds to Denman College). - Biggest Clothes CollectionBiggest Clothes Collection
Between 1st and 30th april T.K.Maxx are collecting unwanted clothes at their stores to help raise money for Cancer Research. Step 1 Bag up your unwanted quality clothes. Step 2 Drop them off at t TK Maxx or Cancer Research UK shop. Step 3 Each bag could raise £30 for Cancer Research UK. If you gift aid your bag it is worth 25% more at no extra cost to you.
- LOROS Cake Bake-Off SaleLOROS Cake Bake-Off Sale
- May 21, 2012
- May 26, 2012
