Hello, all.

Having discussed it with the committee, I am proposing to organise a coffee morning +/- sandwich lunch in Kirkcudbright on May 27th.

I have made a provisional booking of St Andrew and St Cuthbert’s church hall for the day. The hall, a smaller room off the hall, and a fully equipped kitchen are available to us for the day for £60. The hall is a bright modernised building, extremely clean (I’m on the cleaning rota!), and May 27th is both the tail end of the Spring Fling, and Bank Holiday Monday. There should be lots of tourists around, so I would anticipate a good turn out.

In order to go ahead with this, I need to know how many people can help, and in what capacity. We need at least four people on the day to run a coffee morning, probably six or eight people who will do some baking the previous day, another two on the day if we are also going to serve sandwiches, which must be freshly made for safety’s sake.

It would be good if we could rustle up some turning to sell as our “lump of wood” competition turnings won’t be ready till June. Even better if we could have a turning demo in the smaller room, or possibly have-a-go penmaking? Maybe an exhibition of our best efforts (not for sale).

Any other suggestions gratefully received.

Please let me know if you or your better half can help in any way. I anticipate the event running from 10am till 2 pm, with an hour to set up beforehand and an hour to clean up after. Even if you can only be there for part of the time, you’re still welcome. Parking is freely available, and I can give directions to anyone who needs them.

Judith