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On January 15th, a group of Ladies walked off their Christmas and New Year excesses with a brisk walk along Otterspool prom on Wednesday 15th. the weather was fantastic, though cold, with a clear sky and sunshine. Next walk is on Wednesday 29th January, in Princes and Sefton Parks. 
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We have a number of regular groups meeting during the week, for members of WOW WI.
Walking group - walks once or twice a month organised by Margaret S. Craft and Natter - takes place at the Simpson Ground on the 2nd Tuesday of the month Tai Chi - takes place on Wednesday mornings at the Arncliffe Centre, Halewood. Quiz evenings - take place on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Simpson Ground Table Tennis - as long as there is enough interest, on Monday evenings at SFX. Book Club - monthly on Thursday evenings as long s there is enough interest, at the Simpson Ground Committee Meetings - take place on Monday evenings at the Simpson Ground. If there is anything members want to be discussed, please contact a member of the committee The classes for Calligraphy, Art and Ukulele have re-started this year. The Calligraphy was very popular and the group (now full) was formed from the 2 taster sessions held in the Autumn. There will be some beautiful writing coming from that group soon!
The Art group has been meeting regularly for a long time and really enjoy their time together. There is often scope for new members. If interested, ask at a monthly meeting. The Ukulele groups meet on 2 separate evenings each week. They are all learning well and thoroughly enjoy their music time. There will be some craft workshops for members coming up during the year. Look out for information at Members meetings and on emails. Our first meeting of 2020 was an inspiring talk by Yvonne Matthews about bees, beekeeping and her business involving bee products. Yvonne lives locally and is an enthusiastic beekeeper. The editor missed this meeting, but from all accounts, Yvonne was a very engaging speaker and the evening was most enjoyable..  n December, the ladies enjoyed a lovely evening with mulled wine and mince pies, entertainment from the Halewood Community Choir ............. and .............the debut performance from our very own........ * * WOW WI Ukulele Band! * * This groups of ladies (there were some absentees due to illness, holidays etc) have only been learning for a short time. They have been dedicated in their approach to learning and amazed the membership with their skills! Well done the band and we look forward to your next performance!  After many months of planning and organisation by Glenys and Sandra, this fantastic evening took place on Wednesday 6th November, in the lovely performance space at St Julie's High School in Woolton. The well known floral demonstrator, Diane Fair, came to show her expert skills. Look at the photos to see the high standard of work she produced for the audience. Some lucky ladies won raffle prizes - not a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates, but a fantastic floral display to take home. Ladies could have a drink and a yummy cake in true WI style, in the interval. Everyone who attended enjoyed themselves enormously and thanked Glenys, Sandra and members of the committee for a fabulous evening. here are some of the comments made on our WhatsApp group within minutes of the end of the evening! "What a fabulous floral extravaganza!" "Wonderful evening!" "Lovely night. Well done to everyone, who worked so hard, and Glenys and Sandra for organising such a brilliant evening." "Great night!". "A WOW of an evening!" "Thoroughly enjoyable and inspiring" "Wonderful flowers, cakes. atmosphere" On Tuesday 5th, while rockets and Roman candles were whizzing outside, we were entertained by Zara and Gill from Avon beauty products. They told us about the development of the company, having many products on display with some free samples which many ladies enjoyed. We could all go home with a catalogue and some ideas for our own beauty regimes. 4 lucky ladies won raffle prizes of Avon goody bags! A good night was had by all.
 Back in June, we had some work done on our garden near Brown's newsagents in Woolton Village. There has been a short delay in following up this work - but early in October a working party started to clear weeds and improve the look of the garden before the winter sets in. There has been another session by members and the garden is beginning to take shape. We were amazed to find an inscribed stone on the wall of the raised bed, explaining the presence of the tree in the middle of the bed. The Woolton Society, in their inaugural year, planted an oak tree there in 1973. Since then the Society has planted a new tree in the central reservation of High Street, to enable the tree to flourish with more space. The tree in our WOW garden has suffered storm damage over the years.  At our October meeting, we were entertained by Peter the Magician. He spoke about the 'science' behind magicians' tricks and demonstrated some of his own with some 'helpers' from the audience! He has produced some books of illusions, which were popular with members, as he was selling them on the night.  What an event this was! The members of Women of Woolton rose to the challenge, actively encouraged and organised by Judy, to submit over a huge number of entries for the show. We featured in many of the categories, including the children's and the novice section for members who haven't entered before. We came home with many 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and some Highly Commended. Many members entered to be a part of the whole show and to bring WOW to the attention of the rest of the county! We certainly did that! A coach of ladies went up to Garstang on the Tuesday night for the pre-show dinner and were able to see most of the entries then. The show is a lot of work for the Federation organisers with over 3000 entries in total, but also a lot of work for our own WI. Thanks to Judy, our Show guru and to members who coordinated the categories, drove up and down to Garstang to deliver and collect our entries and of course all WOW members who entered items for the Show. |
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