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Vice Chairman John Munro, 15 Brookside, Walton 01733 574939

Secretary Chris Rea 12 Peterborough Road Newborough 01733 810352

Treasurer Jean Goodman 34 East Delph Whittlesey 01733 350185

Committee:- Mike Pagella, Amanda Peart, Pat Middleton, and Elizabeth Rea

WEBSITE www.peterboroughrscds.org.uk

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER – 2009

Dancing Classes

The last Tuesday class before Christmas is on December 15th, which will be a Social Dance. Please bring along food to share and join in dances chosen, and called, by members.

NOTE:- EXTRA CLASS on Thursday December 17^th, for anyone who wants to join in assessing new dances, sent from RSCDS headquarters. The session will be led by James Williams, who has already been through some of the dances at the last Advanced Class. We look forward to as many members as possible, even if you don't normally attend the Advanced Classes.

Dancing in 2010 starts with the first class on Tuesday 5^th January, which will also be taken by James, as Maimie is away.

Advanced Classes

As James and Hazel have the boys both at school they naturally wish to avoid school holidays. Therefore the Advanced Classes are not necessarily on the third Thursday of each month, so check the dates overleaf.

Christmas Cards

As an alternative to the Christmas card exchange, or as well for those who wish, there will be a Charity Box provided on December 15^th. The chosen charity is 'Papworth Hospital', where Maimie's husband Jim received treatment and care.

Autumn Dance Review - Saturday October 17th

The last dance was not well supported, with the consequence that we made a loss of £53. However, members were very generous in providing raffle prizes, which minimised the loss.

New Year Charity Dance - Saturday January 16th

We again welcome back Ian Slater for our next Charity Dance at St. John's Church Hall. Dancing starts at 7:30pm prompt, so please arrive in good time if you want a seat with your friends. The programme of dances and cribs are available in class. Any profit from the dance will be added to the Papworth Hospital collection.

Income from the raffle will also go towards the collection for Papworth Hospital, so if you have any unwanted Christmas presents then the Committee would be pleased to accept them. If you are bringing raffle prizes on the night, please can you take them to Amanda, in the kitchen to sort.

St. Andrew's Meal - Tuesday November 24th

Thanks to Mike Pagella who made the arrangements at The Lady Anne's Hotel, where all enjoyed good food with excellent service. Entertainment by Vivien Moore and David Anderson rounded off a great evening.

RSCDS AGM at Perth

Chris and Elizabeth Rea attended the Perth AGM on the 7^th November, thanks to the hospitality of Rod and Rhoda Purcell. Financially the RSCDS is in much more professional hands, with budgets being set, and accountability in all areas, such as the Winter and Summer Schools. Despite the fall in investments and reduced membership there was a net positive income of £2,777. Through the use of experts, claims for VAT realised £95k (£70k net), with a further outstanding claim for £100k. Extra funds of £20k were required for website/database upgrade. To cover the cost of revamping the remaining books, plus issuing new recordings, £50k was taken from the Jean Milligan Fund, reducing it to £150k, but still above the minimum reserve level of £100k. The use of the fund for this was criticised by the Glasgow and Edinburgh Branches, but nobody else seemed bothered. There was to be no change to the membership subscription.

The only other item of dissension was an amendment to the Constitution, to give The Management Board powers to remove a member deemed to be not doing the job. This was approved, with limitations, through an amendment from Leicester.

DEMONSTRATIONS

We have again been requested to provide a demonstration team at the Deeping Show at the beginning of June. Would all those who wish to take part please put this above date in their diaries. Hazel will be in contact nearer to the time. Also, our auditor, Tony Davies, has asked for dancers to lead a Ceilidh Dance at the Wisbech Rotary Club, on January 26^th. Although this is a Tuesday it is felt that we must support him, and our numbers are such that the class can still take place as well. Please can I have an indication from those willing to help.

TUESDAY CLASS DATES

	2010	Times		Teacher			Times		Teacher
Tues	Jan 5th	8.00pm	10.00pm	JW	Tues	Mar 30th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC
Tues	Jan 12th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	April 6th	EASTER	No class
Tues	Jan 19th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	April 13th	EASTER	No class
Tues	Jan 26th	8.00pm	10.00pm	ano	Tues	April 20th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC
Tues	Feb 2nd	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	April 27th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC
Tues	Feb 9th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	May 4th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC
Tues	Feb 16th	8.00pm	10.00pm	ano	Tues	May 11th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC
Tues	Feb 23rd	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	May 18th	8.00pm	10.00pm	AGM
Tues	Mar 2nd	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	May 25th	8.00pm	10.00pm	Social & Food
Tues	Mar 9th	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	June 15th	8.00pm	10.00pm	Social Dance
Tues	Mar 16th	8.00pm	10.00pm	ano	Tues	July 20th	8.00pm	10.00pm	Social Dance
Tues	Mar 23rd	8.00pm	10.00pm	MC	Tues	Aug 17th	8.00pm	10.00pm	Social Dance

ADVANCED CLASS DATES

Thurs	Jan 21st	8.00pm	10.00pm	JW/HW
Thurs	Feb 25th	8.00pm	10.00pm	JW/HW
Thurs	Mar 18th	8.00pm	10.00pm	JW/HW
Thurs	Apr 22nd	8.00pm	10.00pm	JW/HW
Thurs	May 20th	8.00pm	10.00pm	JW/HW

FUTURE DANCE DATES

Peterborough and District RSCDS January 16^th with

Ian Slater

Huntingdon Caledonian Society January 23rd Burn's Night

 Dinner Dance

Market Harborough SCDS February 6^th Charity Dance

Peterborough and District RSCDS October 16th with

theChris Dewhurst Band

Chris Rea - Secretary