The Flower Club of Market Harborough

The club meets at Second Wednesday each month at 7.30pm in the Jubilee Hall Congregational Church Centre, Market Harborough

We are a large club 150 members.

Members must attend at least three meetings per year for membership to continue.

A maximum of ten visitors are allowed to attend any meeting with the exception of the November, December and April meetings when no visitors can attend.A charge of £3.00 will be made for each guest.

CLUB NEWS:

We started our year with an excellent Christmas dem. by Pattie Dawson and Kate Russell with ‘A Tudor Christmas’, followed by our own Christmas event ‘Christmas Carols’ which were depicted in members demonstrations, with accompanied singing ,seasonal readings/poems, a fun Christmas competition and of course mulled wine and mince pies.

February saw another popular workshop evening with dutch supper and our Annual Dinner was held n April with David Kent entertaining us with popular songs from the shows.

In June a group of our members spent a pleasant sunny afternoon arranging baskets of flowers for Market Harborough’s Carnival Queens float which we then decorated.

In August we have our Presidents Tea with Treasure Hunt and quiz.

We have enjoyed an outing to Belvoir Castle, and look forward to visits to Highgrove and Burghley House.

Members of the Club who helped to decorate the Carnival Queens float.

GOLDEN FANFAYRE WEEK

During the Golden Fanfare week the Club placed an arrangement in the Leicester & Alliance Building Society window, arrangers were Jane Mawby and Helena Lee.

Sally Collier placed an arrangement in the Harborough Clinic.

Vicki Tuffen and Joan Bootheway did arrangements in the Market Harborough Golf Club and Foxton Church, respectively, in celebration of the Anniversary week.

Golden Anniversary Arrangement by Jane Mawby and Helena Lee, the Alliance & Leicester Building Society window in Market Harborough

Golden Anniversary Arrangement by Sally Collier, the Cottage Hospital clinic

FEBRUARY "PINK WORKSHOP"

The Flower Club of Market Harborough was all in the pink in February as it held a 'Pink Workshop' in aid of NAFAS Charity of the Year Breast Cancer Care.

Members were asked to wear something pink and donate a £1 to the Charity for doing so.

The four workshops used shades of pink flowers and accessories

A 'bring and buy' sales table was also held which contained only pink items and the evening concluded with a Dutch supper.

A most enjoyable evening was had by all and in the process of having fun we raised £167 on behalf of the Charity.

Members busy at work and enjoying the Dutch Supper

Members busy at work and enjoying the Dutch Supper

Members busy at work and enjoying the Dutch Supper

Members busy at work and enjoying the Dutch Supper

A BUSY DECEMBER

The Flower Club of Market Harborough had a busy time in December with a bus trip to Chatsworth House to view the Christmas decorations and a Christmas event with a difference.

Six of our members,in pairs, did a 'Guided' flower demonstration.

The arrangers were blindfolded and their partners handed the flowers or foliage etc. to them, but could not help, only advise.

Amazingly the three arrangements looked superb when finished and went into the raffle.

The Harborough Movie Makers came along to give a preview of the film they had made of the Flower Club's Sapphire Anniversary Year, which included our Anniversary Dinner and Flower Festival. All the members were asked to wear a form of Christmas headwear and the evening finished with mulled wine and mince pies

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Programme 2010
11th Aug	President's Tea
8th Sept	Quelle Surprise - David Ryland
13th Oct	A.G.M.
10th Nov	In the Bleak Midwinter - Pat Dibbin
8th Dec	A Christmas Event