With a spring in
their step Malagowers arrived ready for an evening of style tips and
image-boosting with Karen Lowe, only to find, instead, local JP Bob Bennett, as
Karen had to cancel at the very last minute!
So with a quick
switch to our mind set, from clothing and fashion, to crimes of passion
(ahem!), the energetic Bob quickly won us over with an
insight into the role of a magistrate, followed by a mock crime which, through filmed
interviews with the victim and suspect, encouraged us to question our attitudes
and perceptions as the case progressed.
An interesting fact of the evening: Bristol has the
highest number of female magistrates in the country, go us!!
Huge thanks to Bob
who stepped in at the eleventh hour and we’ll be seeing Karen at our February 2014 meeting.
On to this month’s
meeting, Sue
Duggan from the wonderful Teach Me Sugar Craft will be inspiring us with her crafty cake
creations.
She will demonstrate how to decorate our
cupcakes before letting us loose on four of our very own
to take home…or eat in the break. They may or may not look something like the wonderful picture above - but that's really down to you!
Sue is a
font of knowledge when it comes to cake decorating both large and small scale, and
will be happy to answer any of your decorating questions or queries, she'll also be bringing some decorating paraphernalia which will be for sale so you may want to bring some extra money with you.
We will
provide everything you need to decorate the cakes, but you might want to bring
an apron just in case, or our fabulous Malago WI aprons will be on sale for you
to purchase on the night for the new, reduced price of £8.00.
For those
who took a WI Spring bulbs catalogue at the end of April’s meeting, please make
sure you bring your order form and either a cheque for the total amount payable
to ‘Malago WI’ or cash, so we can make the order before the beginning of June.
As a committee, we've begun thinking about our programme for 2014 meetings and would love to have some input from our members, so we'll be looking for your suggestions this month.
We will
have an anonymous suggestions box in the hall, and suggestions slips on every
table. Malago is your WI and we really value any ideas you have for
meetings. If you know anyone who might be willing to run a meeting or maybe you
have a skill that you would like to share or a topic area that you'd like to see included, then this is your opportunity to let us know.
Finally,
we are looking for new members on the committee, so if you are interested or
would like a bit more information about what being on the committee involves,
please speak to any of us during May’s meeting and we will be happy to tell you
more. We will all be wearing blue name stickers on the night so you can spot
us!
See you soon,
MWI x
