Just a brief report to let you know we had a really good time at the dinner. Three of us went in a taxi and arrived to find several hundred of us, probably nearly 300 chattering at fever-pitch. We sat at circular tables and my hostess was past Chairman Diana Springall, who won the £1,000 cheque for embroidery book of the year. Alice Kettle won the award for Embroiderer of the year. We had a good entertainment of Ready Steady Sew. Two teams of two people had a bag of things to embroider in 15 minutes. One had a large size bra and embroidery threads, etc, the other a pair of Y-front pants. The results were hilarious. Also a nice Pass the Parcel, everyone had a small embroidery thread, needles, pins etc as a prize.
The after-dinner speech was given by Barbara Lee Smith from USA. She said all the things that Jeri had said in her letter (which by the way I printed out and gave to the Chairman, Chris Berry) it was a really good speech. Our taxi was waiting for us and we got home safe and sound after a lovely evening. Angela in Sunny Worcestershire UK. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
