Wildhern

Friday Evening

On Friday evening, the hall will be open from 7.30pm for a get-together. A chance to chat with friends, play some music and sing some songs.

Saturday

Walk to Enham Alamein
A gentle wander across the fields to the charity shop and café at Enham Alamein. Led by Mike at a time to be confirmed on the day.

Afternoon Tea meets Bake Off
At 2.30pm, bring along a home made cake, a sweet or something similar to share, for a just-for-fun competition for best sweet treat, and an excuse to eat cake and have a cuppa!

Ceilidh
Starting at 7.30pm in the hall, an informal evening of folk dance interspersed with song, poetry or music. You can bring your own refreshments, although tea and coffee is provided in the interval

Sunday

Maypole Dancing
At 11.00am we will gather on the field for a cup of coffee, followed by our annual “dance around the maypole to music” session.

Penny Fair
This starts at 2.30pm on the field (weather permitting). Come and play a range of games, some skilful but mostly silly. Make a £1 donation to our charity and you can play as many games and as many times as you like.

Ceilidh
Starting at 7.30pm in the hall, another informal evening of folk dance interspersed with song, poetry or music. You can bring your own refreshments, although tea and coffee is provided in the interval

Monday

Maypole Dancing
At 11.00am we will gather on the field for a cup of coffee, and “dance around the maypole to music” again to unwind the maypole

All Weekend

Music Sessions
All weekend there will be ample time for impromptu, or slightly more organised, music sessions on the field as and when musicians wish to gather.

AGM & Members Meeting

The Wessex Area AGM will be held on Saturday 29th April, starting at 2pm in the hall on site, with signing in commencing at 1.30pm. Please remember your membership cards. The AGM will be followed by a Members Meeting.

This is a chance for you to have your say in how Wessex is being run, ask any questions or make suggestions for what you would like to see happen.

There are six vacancies on the committee. The retiring officers are Stella Callow, Peter Mullens, Richard Perry and Sarah Perry, all of whom are willing to stand for re-election.

If you plan to attend the AGM, please contact Mark Callow (Wessex Secretary) on secretary@wessexfdsg.org for a copy of the paperwork.

Nominations for the Committee, signed by the proposer, seconder and nominee, should be submitted to the Area Secretary before the commencement of the meeting.

Scarecrow Competition

To help decorate for Harvest Supper and for fun we’d like you to make a scarecrow. It can be traditional or not!

No problem if you’re not camping bring one along to the hall. Judging will be at the supper and there’s even a prize. I can hear the sharp intakes of breath, ‘a prize’ I hear you cry. So over to you – time to be creative.

Wessex Area Harvest Supper

Our annual Harvest Supper is being held on Saturday Evening in the hall on site starting at 5.30pm.

More information about the meal options and other arrangements will be available nearer the time.

We will provide jacket potatoes with a choice of fillings:
– Chilli Con Carne
– Tuna Mayonnaise
– Coronation Chicken
– Coronation Butterbeans
plus a side salad. We also ask that you bring a dessert to share with the group.

Please send an email to info@wessexfdsg.org to reserve your place and make your menu choice.

Cream Tea

After the meetings are done, we are going to have a cream tea! This should be just the ticket to recover from all the valuable discussions that we had during the meetings!

Ceilidh

We will be holding a ceilidh on Saturday evening in the hall on site, starting at about 7.30pm after we have finished supper.

We will be having two ceilidhs this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday evenings, both starting at 7.30pm in the hall on site.

This is an informal evenings of folk dance interspersed with song, poetry or music. You can bring your own refreshments, although tea and coffee is provided in the interval.

There will be a raffle for our nominated charity for the year, which is The Castle School near Newbury.

Tea and coffee will be provided, but please bring your own refreshments for the evening.

Maypole Dancing and Penny Fair

On Sunday, we will have our annual “dance around the maypole to music” session, along with our Penny Fair!

The Penny Fair will take place on the field (subject to weather), so if you have some games that would be good for people to have a go at, please bring them along. Please also bring £1 per person as a donation to our charity – this is the “Penny” bit of the Penny Fair – but allows for inflation!

We will definitely have old favourites such as Horseshoes, “Guess the Sweets in the Jar, and “How Many Marbles Can You Get into an Upside Down Flowerpot with a Fork” – plus anything else that you might like to bring along.

There may also be some prizes for the absolute winners at these games!

Monday

On Monday, we will need to “dance around the maypole to music” again to unwind the maypole.

There will also be ample time for impromptu, or slightly more organised, music sessions on the field.