Cookery - Delicious!
Craft Activity
Result!!!Street Dance
Saturday 21st March was a day for local talent. There is background to this activity. Our adopted charity for this year is "Nijera Shikhi", a self-help charity in Bangladesh. Literally "Nijera Shikhi" means "Let's Teach Ourselves": those who can read teach those who cannot, and it can also extend to other self-help activities. The founder of the movement, Rev. John P Hastings, is the late father of the wife of our minister.
In support of this charity, there have been various fundraising activities through the past six months, and this culminated this weekend in a service (reported elsewhere) when the money raised was offered for the charity. In line with the theme of "Let's Teach Ourselves" we organised an afternoon of "Each One Teach One" with sessions on craftwork, poetry, biscuit and cake making, street-dance and drama, and they attracted a good crowd. Then in the evening there was a talent show - all church member talent - and it included singing groups, dancing groups, ballet, piano solos and duets, poetry reading, guitar items and a magician. There was even an excerpt from Educating Rita and a performance by "The Spice Rack" (emulating - guess who)! Performers covered all age groups; the event was very well attended, and was judged a great success. The funds raised by this "Talent Day" were added to the total raised by the other activities. Such an occasion seems likely to become an annual event.
In support of this charity, there have been various fundraising activities through the past six months, and this culminated this weekend in a service (reported elsewhere) when the money raised was offered for the charity. In line with the theme of "Let's Teach Ourselves" we organised an afternoon of "Each One Teach One" with sessions on craftwork, poetry, biscuit and cake making, street-dance and drama, and they attracted a good crowd. Then in the evening there was a talent show - all church member talent - and it included singing groups, dancing groups, ballet, piano solos and duets, poetry reading, guitar items and a magician. There was even an excerpt from Educating Rita and a performance by "The Spice Rack" (emulating - guess who)! Performers covered all age groups; the event was very well attended, and was judged a great success. The funds raised by this "Talent Day" were added to the total raised by the other activities. Such an occasion seems likely to become an annual event.
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