With it being the holidays the group was smaller than usual, but we were all focused on celebrating the 15th IIFAs.
Before getting into the festivities we had a number of
points of action to discuss, these mostly focused on our centenary celebrations,
including our food bank donations, random acts of kindness and our upcoming
picnic with the ladies from Roundhay WI (see the Centenary page for more details). Maia provided an update on the Armley Wool
Festival which has now be renamed to the Leeds Wool Festival. We will discuss this more at the next
meeting, focusing on the catering elements needed.
Following this it was time to draw the winner of our Denman
Bursary. Maureen (as our first official
member) did the honours and I’m very pleased to announce that Val’s name was
drawn. She had a quick perusal of the
brochure and will let us know in due time what course she is planning on
attending. Some of us suggested a baking
one, hoping that she’d bring back lots of goodies to share.
Following this we were joined by Chiragi
Solanki, who introduced herself and talked about how she became a
choreographer and dance teacher. She
currently runs a number or dance classes, along with working in a number of
schools, choreographing her own dance troop and being an active member of the
Hindu Mandir in Leeds.
After hearing about her many adventures on
stage and TV, Chiragi treated us to a performance. She showcased a number of moves that we were
to learn later in the day. Her
performance was fun and energetic; we were all shattered just watching.
Thank you so much Chiragi.
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