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Announcements - Thursday 11th December 2014

Thursday, 11 December 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THURSDAY 11th DECEMBER 2014

1.Today the Warm-up Yoga was conducted by Jayeshbhai Shah.  Many thanks to him from Kendra. It was observed that when the warm up Yoga started, many members simply continued talking loudly and did not heed to the requests by Jayeshbhai to kindly remain quiet.  This is not correct.  We request that those members who do not want to take part in the warm up should either remain quiet or go outside the hall for talking.

2. After lunch today we will have the Pre-Christmas Bazaar and at Tea Time, Kendra will provide tea and biscuits. Please note that tea will be served to you.

It seems that Christmas had really arrived for Kendra members.  Forget those Black Friday chaotic scenes at various supermarkets.  Many members had rushed to the sari stalls even before the actual time of opening (which was after lunch) - immediately after Yoga was finished to buy the items on sale.  Numerous announcements had to be made before there was some order and the sale was stopped.  The stalls had booming trade.

3.  Next Thursday – 18th Dec we will have Whist Drive, which has now become a popular game for members.

4. This is the last reminder to members to renew their membership before 15th December.  Already over 370 members have now renewed their membership. Those members who have submitted their renewal forms with payment should collect their receipts and get their Membership cards stamped for 2015.  We request those few remaining members to kindly renew their membership or kindly inform us that they do not wish to renew their membership for personal reasons.

5. This year Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on Thursdays and Kendra’s activities will be closed on both days, instead we will be meeting on Tuesday 30th December.  Please write your names if you are attending on the list at the Front Desk so that we can plan for catering. So far over 190 names have been received.

6.  We will be celebrating our 8th Anniversary and New Year 2015 on 8th January 2015 and tickets will be £1.00 for members and £15.00 for guests.  This will be a sit down lunch with whole day of music, which will start at 10.30am.  There will be no Yoga.
The small charge is to monitor attendance and ordering lunch from the caterers. Please remember that last minute bookings for attendance will strictly not be entertained, neither will be members who will turn up on the day without tickets.

7.  Everyone is requested to sign in the Register at the main Table including all guests.  Guests should ensure to obtain Guest Passes from the Front Desk.

8.  Jasuben announced that in the saris stall, there were new saris and Punjabi suits for sale at £10 each. The other stall was for foodstuff.  Members were requested to go to the stalls when requested to do so.

9.  We welcome back Vinodbhai Parekh from his holiday in India.  He announced that the stalls will open after lunch only.  Also volunteers were required for the grand programme on 8th Jan.