Village fundraiser a huge success!

On Saturday 5th September people gathered from far and wide in the Village Hall in Carbrooke to help raise nearly £3000 for the Humanitarian Concern Centre in Kathmandu. Prior to the day Terry was hard at work publicising the event, selling raffle tickets and organising a series of fun quizzes for the day while his wife Anne took on the onerous task of cooking over 100 curries!

The event kicked off with a tea dance in the Hall which attracted local people as well as residents from a nearby old people's home. While the tea flowed and delicious were eaten cakes, several nimble dancers took to the floor to put on a fine display for those not quite so fleet of foot to sounds provided by local DJ Edith Cramm. Not just strictly come dancing, the afternoon also had an Asian theme with opportunities for people to don some traditional dress including saris.

After a short breather the second event kicked off at 8.00 with an evening 0f 50's and 60's music. Dress from the period was encouraged and it was great to see so many people dressed for the part - including Terry whose psychedelic shirt and fantastic moustache would not have looked out of place at Woodstock. Half way through the evening Anne and her intrepid helpers begun serving the curries (a mean feat in itself giving the Hall only has a micro wave oven!) which were wolfed down by the ravenous hoards. All in all the event was a huge success - and culminated in the prize draw a couple of days later which saw the TV going to a lady from Caston and the DVD player to someone from Yaxham.

You can see all of the photos from the event HERE

At the time of writing Terry is now out in Nepal visiting the Orphanage - so watch this space for his updates from Kathmandu!