Please Support My Race Night in aid of Stroke Association
- 11 February 2012 18:55152902It is a very worthy cause so good luck with this evening hope it all goes well,
your grandmother certianly was a very glamorous looking lady. 
- 11 February 2012 18:58152904Good Luck, hope all goes well. "My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
- 12 February 2012 08:44152988Sorry we couldn't come along Claire - can you let us know how it went ?
As promised, I've put a donation on Just-Giving.
Roger - 12 February 2012 09:15152993Thank you for lovely evening it was grand
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred - 12 February 2012 10:51153029Thanks sooooo much to everyone who came to my Race Night last night, and those who couldn't come but have still donated. We had a fantastic night and once I have recovered will give more details and photos. xxx
- 12 February 2012 12:30153070great to hear it was such a success claire.
- 12 February 2012 12:37153072I am glad it all went well, a bit like banging your head off a wall though...wonderful when you stop.
Well done Claire.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 12 February 2012 18:00153141I've been having trouble uploading the photos but managed to get this very important one up so far.
Or you can have a look at my Facebook album, I have made it public:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3228734318243.2162181.1263146334&type=1&l=c6a7abe864
It's too small to see it written on the cheque in the photo above but as of 11pm last night we had made a whopping £1080 after all costs were paid, consisting of £744 cash made on the night, and donations received. This brought us to £980, just under £1000. Absolute Graphix owned by my husband Rick Jones (who is an absolute star!) very generously topped it up by £100 to bring us up to the £1080!!!! As I already had £215.00 in donations on my Justgiving page, this will bring it up to £1295 against my £2000 target, so making a real dent in it. Donations are still coming in from people who wanted to come but couldn't so the final total could be higher yet!!
A great night was had by all. I was expecting 71 and every single person expected turned up. Feedback has been all highly positive so far. I am just putting a video together of the evening, the main feature of which will be the speech made by our Mayor at the beginning, and then a selection of the photos to music. I will then add it to my Justgiving page. I will be making a disc of it all for my grandmother, who I am sure will be so proud of everyone's efforts to raise the money.
There are so many thank yous to make - to all the sponsors, to all those who donated raffle prizes, to all those who attended and to all those who couldn't come but still contributed and to all those who helped with the publicity. You are all stars. . I will make a final list and publish it here in the near future. Going for a lie down - couldn't sleep last night as my mind was still whirring from it all. It was wonderful but I am glad it's over now! I thoroughly agree with Tom's comment above #67. - 12 February 2012 18:14153144It certainly looks as though everybody had a whale of a time and not the least sign of left-over fish 'n' chips.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 12 February 2012 19:13153157It looks a fantastic night , everyone seems to have had a lot of fun
- 12 February 2012 19:54153172Sorry we couldn't come last night, Claire.
Glad it went so well.
Have made a donation through your Just Giving page. - 13 February 2012 00:57153212Thank you Sue, Roger and Reg for your recent donations, they are really greatly appreciated.
Here's a video I have made of the evening, mainly a montage of the photos, set to Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, one of my grandmother's all time favourites, but with our Mayor's speech in the middle, with her permission.
[URL][/URL] - 13 February 2012 08:53153221A pleasure Claire.
Watched the clip.
Glad everyone enjoyed themselves - looks like your Dad won a bottle of something there. Look forward to seeing him again on Tuesday evening.
Ronnie's always a good, Down-to-Earth Lady and Mayor.
Roger - 13 February 2012 16:32153313Yes he did, a bottle of scotch!
Ted I am glad you enjoyed it, it was wonderful that you could make it. Thank you so much. Did you see the picture of you, I think you were collecting a winning jockey or owner prize!
Most people were able to say they had at least won something even if they left with less than they came with. The big winner of course was The Stroke Association, and that's what it was all about. - 13 February 2012 21:55153395hi claire here are the pic,s.
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred - 13 February 2012 22:36153399
Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred - 15 February 2012 09:06153594Thanks Ted - that one of me taking a photo of you didn't come out quite as expected, haha. I obviously moved before you could snap it. Not the most flattering one of me! The rest are great, thank you.
Would you be able to email me the full size versions please, much appreciated. clairejjb@me.com - 15 February 2012 09:07153595Now up to £1345 against my £2000 target. I will now be planning my next fundraising activities, so watch this space. In the meantime donations are always welcome
- 15 February 2012 14:16153652Excellant news there Claire - well done.
Roger
