Metheringham Village Hall, your Winter Wonderland 2011

We would just like to remind you that you are on an icy slope if you have made an enquiry about a date but not paid the deposit and completed a booking form. This means that a subsequent enquiry can take that date if they have paid and completed. Most of us are in danger of letting things drift but please, if you want to hold a one-off event that clashes with a regular booking, please have the courtesy to contact that group in plenty of time to explain why they are being asked to cancel or find an alternative venue. They are usually very co-operative when given time to rebook elsewhere or to cancel but less so when taken for granted.

It is now six months since our chairman and treasurer threw out the snowball that they would be stepping down from their roles at the 2012 AGM and we are still hopeful that someone will feel that they can come out of their igloo and help keep the hall running. There are responsibilities and duties involved but also the fulfilment of seeing our hall well used and appreciated by a wide range of people in the community and the camaraderie of working with a gritty focused team.

Please come and join us for the Christmas Party on Friday 16 December (6.00 pm) when we can thank everyone for their patronage with festive fun, food and frolicking for all ages. There is also a quiz available for those whose grey cells need some sparkle. Don't forget to keep thinking who would make a good job of guiding the sleigh? Get Rudolph's nose to light up with anticipation by pushing them in our direction. There won't be a frosty reception for enthusiasm. Don't be thinking - if only I'd said yes.......

Dot Howes

A prize will be given at the Christmas party for the first person to present me with a list of the 12 seasonal words hidden above.