Harvest Supper 2010
The ingredients for a great Swaffham Prior Harvest Supper for sixty five or so people seem to be: a team of four willing organisers, two excellent young washer-uppers, ten volunteer salad makers, numerous spontaneous table setters, clearers and putter-awayers, one barman, one barmaid, one auctioneer, one MC, one inspired table decorator, several generous spud, pumpkin and squash donors, a range of raffle prize contributors and to cap it all off one rousing pianist, singer and all round entertainer. Our thanks to all of you for whatever you did to make the evening such a success. Each year this event proves to be more of a collaborative effort than the year before and this is its strength; people want to be involved. Those attending commented that this was one of the best Harvest Suppers yet -and it was as profitable as it was enjoyable. Together we raised £300 for St Mary's Church and another £200 - from the raffle and auction of a meal for eight people cooked by the Harvest Supper organising team to be delivered to the home of the successful bidder on a night of their choice - for Practical Action for their imaginative floating field system in Bangladesh (see http://www.practicalaction.org.uk/our-work/ourwork_floatinggardens).
The current organising team are standing down now to make room for "new blood". There is a great deal of support for this event in the village - and from folk that used to live here and just love to come back to join in - it just needs a group of people to pull it together. We have enjoyed the planning meetings in the Red Lion as much as the event itself, so it really is no hardship to take this on. (We are prepared to offer as much or as little support as required -we can discuss this at a handover meeting in the Red Lion!) And it is not just one for the ladies; any prospective Jamies, Gordons, Nigels or Hughs out there -now's your chance!!
Thank you for your support over the last few years; looking forward to Harvest Supper 2011.