Spooky goings on...

Hopefully, all you blog followers will already know about this but for the occasional visitor this is an announcement for you!

Thursday 28th October is the important date to remember for our Halloween Themed quiz. Taking place at the Hereford Welsh Social Club in Hinton Road, Hereford, this is an evening to test your brain cells, have a drink and have some fun! It's £1.00 per person to enter with quiz teams being a maximum of 6 people. There is also optional fancy dress! So, come along, have a drink and a giggle and maybe even win a cash prize!

Drop me an email at herefordgands@gmail.com for any further information.

See you on the 28th!

Yours spookily,

'Dame' Hannah

And the winner is....

Many apologies for the late announcement of the winner of our second Caption Competition - sadly work has got in my way recently!

So, without further ado; the winner of September's competition is Dr Ian Roper with "Gordon - I know carrots help you see in the dark but there's no way this parsnip will improve your hearing!"

Second place goes to Mrs Alison Auty with "Sex bomb, sex bomb, you're my sex bomb!" and Mr John Hyde comes in third with "You'll have to speak much louder, this thing is full of ice-cream!"

Chocolatey prizes will be available at Tuesday's rehearsal.

So, the next picture to test your thinking skills is this one: (I'm running out of comedy pics - I might have to bring my camera to rehearsals... :-)

Any ideas for a witty caption, either add them as a comment or email herefordgands@gmail.com and I'll upload them.

You have until the end of October, so good luck,

'Dame' Hannah

A New Chairperson

Last Tuesday night, the first rehearsal for Ruddygore and Trial by Jury, saw the hand-over of power from Peter Dooley, the outgoing Chairman, to Mary Benson, our incoming Chairwoman.

I think I speak for all of us when I wish Mary all the best for the coming year!

Sky Arts and Gilbert and Sullivan

For all you G & S fans with Sky TV, next week sees the start of a new series called Gilbert and Sullivan: A Motley Pair. This series explores the success behind the operas and is presented by Simon Butteriss, a singer and actor who has performed many of the comic roles written by G & S.



The link below will take you to the official Sky TV page with further information.



http://www.skyarts.co.uk/opera/article/gilbert-and-sullivan-a-motley-pair/?DCMP=EMC-Sky-ArtsEmail_BI



Tune in on Wednesday 8th September at 8pm on Sky Arts 2.



TTFN

'Dame' Hannah

We have a winner!

I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the first ever Caption Competition is none other than our very own Musical Director, Mr Alan Durman with a winning entry of 'Three Little MADS from school.' He wins a chocolatey prize which he will receive next week at the FIRST REHEARSAL (Tuesday 7th September, 7.30 - bring a friend!!), well done! Mr Cliff Spooner receives a 'Highly Commended' for "...with cat-like tread...grrr...". He wins a slightly smaller chocolatey prize! Mr Graham Jones was runner-up with "give us back our cauldron, or else..." (Sorry, Graham, I only saw your email after I published this post - oops!)

There were, sadly, no other entries so August's competition can be counted as a warm up.

Take a look at September's Caption Competition and add your caption as a comment below the post (or email it to me if the comment box is playing up!!).

Best of luck (and apologies to Wendy and Gordon this time...)

'Dame Hannah

A lovely review from the Hereford Times

I wasn't aware of this review of our last production, The Sorcerer, until Alan emailed me the link to the website. Follow the link below to see what lovely things the Hereford Times had to say about us - http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/reviews/8101695.The_Sorcerer_at_The_Courtyard/

More soon,

'Dame' Hannah

Competition time!

Inspired by the old show photos that Laura has put on the group Facebook page and a chance comment by Cliff, I would like to introduce you to the first ever Society Caption Competition!

There will be an exciting prize for the best entry (can't tell you what it is yet as I haven't bought it!) and you have until the end of the month to come up with something fabulous. Add your entry to the comment space or email it to herefordgands@gmail.com

So, without further ado, thinking caps on and off you go! (Apologies to Chloe and Debs, for the choice of photo!!!)

'Dame' Hannah