Jackdaw Chatter - The Quarterly Magazine about Stow-cum-Quy

Christmas Disco

A group of friends in Quy talked for months about organising a disco or street party in the village to get to know new neighbours and to share some fun time with old ones. We also thought it would be nice to raise some money for a deserving cause. We finally got our act together and arranged a Christmas disco in the village hall on 7th December. Terry Jones had just moved into the village and was keen to meet his neighbours and very kindly offered to provide the disco free of charge.
Tickets sales were a bit slow in spite of the numerous posters we put up around the village and we thought we might have to call it off. But we braced ourselves and went ahead We organised a raffle as a way of generating money for our ‘good cause’ and were delighted by the many donations we had from people in the village. We decorated the tables and put out some Christmas nibbles and Steve and Marion did the bar for us.
Well the night eventually arrived and we all waited to see if anybody would come. We were feeling a little despondent so had a little drink to calm our nerves. We shouldn’t have worried. People started to arrive quite early and before we knew it the hall was nicely full. The disco played any music we asked for so there was something for everyone and we all danced the night away. There was a fantastic atmosphere and everyone said how much they had enjoyed the evening and couldn’t wait for the next one. We managed to make enough money to donate £190.00 to the church so we all felt it was a great success. In fact so much so that we have decided to do it again in the summer, hopefully July. We will give you an update in the June Jackdaw Chatter and put posters up around the village again. So all of you that were too scared to come at Christmas give it a go in the summer. You never know you might just like it!
Very special thanks go to Terry Jones for the fantastic Festival Time Disco and to everyone that donated prizes for the raffle. We would also like to thank everyone that came along and supported us and who made the night a night to remember.

Julie White

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