With
65 people attending our Cabaret and dinner at the Oaklands Events Centre I
would like to offer a sincere thanks to Mike Warren, Secretary of our
Committee, for the many hours he spent finding a venue, negotiating a menu,
arranging the entertainment, chasing up people for late payments and exploring
options for a bus service to take members and guests to and from the venue. Things
looked a bit grim on the Saturday afternoon when temperatures plummeted but
Mike made a quick call to Oaklands about extra heating and also organised a
motley collection of bathroom heaters so that by the time we all arrived the
place was warm and cosy. I always thought that Mike was a mining engineer but
as an event organiser he is turning out to be the new J.C. Williamson of the
Bega Valley. Greg Hunting made an excellent Master of Ceremonies and kept
things on time and on track for the evening and looked very much the part in his
long velvet jacket with its elaborately laced jabot and cuffs. I would also
like to say a big thanks also to Clive Roberts and Anh-Thu Stuart for their
work on the publicity for the event. Many thanks are also due to Kerry Hunting
for running the Raffle which contributed greatly towards the cost of the
evening’s entertainment. I would also like to say a special thank you to Eliane
Morel for her performance and her very informative presentation of each song which
helped the audience understand its context in the great saga which is Les Miserables. Could I remind
members of our coming French Film Night on Wednesday, 14 May, ‘The Student and
Mr Henri’ more details of which appear later in this edition. I hope to see you
there as it should be a lot of fun.
Cordialement, Rob McCombie
