|
home
>
news > Pageant's 2010
Summer Party |
Pageant News 25 July 2010
The annual Summer Party day for Pageant
members was once more hosted by Ian and Pippa and it was Open House
to more than 60 members between 11.00am and 4.00pm on Sunday 11 July
2010. Despite an early morning panic when it rained(!) we had a
wonderfully sunny day again and the buffet lunch and drinks seemed
to go down well. We arranged things a bit differently this year -
everyone was seated for lunch at a long set of tables running across
the garden, shaded by a long gazebo and a couple of huge green
umbrellas.
We had decided to try our hands at Gambian
dishes this time - Ann's fish benechin and beef domada, Pippa's
chicken yassa and Franklin's beef surprise were on offer as well as
vegetarian quiches and a couscous with vegetable stew from Andrew,
potato and green salads from Tina and a Greek salad from Ian. It was
a really impressive spread - our grateful thanks to all who helped
with the food and with erecting, arranging and dismantling
everything that made that day go so well. A nominal charge was made
of £5 per head for lunch, with proceeds going towards the cost of
sending the next container of school furniture and materials to
Banjul in August. (For more about Gambian food see
Gambian Recipes or do a search -
there are plenty of recipes online)
Our Gambian visitor, Badara Bajo, is an
ecologist who has been the main driving force behind the reclamation
of areas of forest and mangroves in The Gambia. Pageant's Ethical
Gift Scheme includes gifts offered in partnership with the Gunjur
Environmental Protection and Development Group (GEPADG), which is
run by Badara. He was over in UK for an Ecology Conference in
Scotland and made the trip down from Edinburgh specially for the
Pageant party. He enjoyed the day and was very happy to meet and
talk to people who are interested in The Gambia. (more
information about GEPADG)
|
 |
We had two excellent prizes for our
raffle this year - a beautiful patchwork, which could be used
either as a bed cover or wall hanging, was made specially for us
by Pageant member Doreen and we were also given a very nice
David Shepherd print.
The raffle raised nearly £100, which will
be used for the purchase of mosquito nets - Badara drew out the
winning tickets, with Andrew winning the patchwork and Dave
carrying off the print.
<< Badara drawing the raffle tickets |
|
