Community Association

Treasurer’s Report

Our Treasurer’s report has revealed that the events held in 2009 were a great success and while it must be said that although fund raising is not the purpose of the Community Association, it has resulted in a surplus of £200 which we are pleased to announce will be donated to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance Service.

Thank you again to everyone who has contributed to the successful planning, execution and attendance of the St. Lawrence Community events and thereby made possible this charitable donation to a very worthwhile organisation.

The St. Lawrence Community Association Christmas Party and Variety Show

It was a SELL OUT with 61 tickets!   After many hours of preparation, practising of dance steps, repetition of scales, throat clearing, mince-pie baking and wine tasting, the Variety Show took off on Friday 18^th December and what a wonderful variety of talents and skills the audience enjoyed.   The evening started with a selection of home-baked seasonal fare and a glass of robust wine and the mingling of guests.

At 7.30pm the show started with everyone singing heartily ‘Deck the Halls’ and ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’.   Versatile Mary Thomas gave two monologues:- ‘The (w)hole story’ with a dulcet Welsh accent and ‘She washed out an undie on Sunday’ with a beautiful lilting Scottish accent!  Debbie Comber and Tony Ridley coaxed us into a wonderful by-the-fireside Christmassy mood with their harmonious rendering of ‘Baby it’s cold outside’.   After more community singing followed a shimmering, colourful, veil waving and hip swaying vision as the “Bellybabies” sashayed and swivelled across the stage to great applause.

The Interval consisted of more mingling, festive food and wine followed by an encore of eastern promise with the Bellybabies.  Tony Simpson and Joan Robson created a wonderful scene of nostalgia with their tender duet, ‘Yes, I remember it well’.

  Mo Latham and Dave Eldridge took to the stage in classy black and red trimmed outfits and then took our breath away with their ‘Sizzling Salsa’ which included some spicy moves, pretty fancy footwork and agile turns and twirls.  Lithesome Rita Leonard displayed another piece of glittering footwork with her delightful ‘42^nd Street’ tap dancing.

 Before our final community sing-a-long, the X-Pheonix members gave us a beautiful harmonious rendition of ‘In the Christmas Mood’ – and so we all were!

Our Treasurer is yet to give us exact figures but it is thought that the evening’s profits are in the region of £300 and will be divided between our own funds, the Village Hall and Barnardos.   Exact amounts will be anounced as soon as possible.  On behalf of the St. Lawrence Community Association I extend a big “Thank you” to:- all the talented individuals who took part in the show, every member of the audience, all the enthusiastic ‘back-room’ boys and girls, all the excellent bakers of mincepies and savouries and cakes and to each and everyone who contributed to making the evening so successful.