SHOWS IN 2012

SHOWS IN 2011-COWPIE SHOW

After a downpour overnight the weather slowly improved on Sunday 8 May at Betchworth when June Parrett and Elizabeth Fisher spent the day at The Cowpie Country show talking to visitors about WI and directing them to their local WIs. If someone new turns up at a WI meeting as a result, we are sure our members will make them welcome in true WI fashion.

Of course there was a display of craft and Edna Molyneux, assisted by Audrey Mackrell both of Sidlow Bridge, spent the day demonstrating sugar paste roses. Children were eager to have a go and all went away with a lovely rose they had made.  Based in the Craft marquee Elizabeth Fisher also gave some advice to one young visitor on how to crochet.(see above)

13 August has come and gone together with our biggest show of the year "Summer Celebration",on a day which turned out to be beautiful in spite of a damp and dreary start. Warm and pleasant, it was a very good day out.Below are some of the wonderful flower arrangements in the Epsom College Chapel - together with a collection of our banners with music to match - a simply perfect retreat from the busy and louder parts of everyone's day.

 The large pedestal arrangement under the "Greensleeves" title was put together by Patricia Short of Christmas Pie WI on behalf of the Wey Out Group.

 EDENBRIDGE & OXTED SHOW

Our theme this year was ‘A Village Show’.   What a super weekend we all had.  Entries flocked in on Saturday morning and our four judges had great difficulty in finding our winners from such a high standard of exhibits. Winners of our co-operative entry were:-

• 1^st -            Box Hill Evening
• 2^nd -            Pollards Oak
• 3^rd -            Sidlow Bridge

All nine classes of our individual competitions were well supported and the baskets and teacup and saucer entries were the centre attraction of our marquee.

Two local WIs who celebrated their 90^th birthday this year created displays for the public to enjoy.  Lingfield Afternoon had some of their extensive collection of archives on view and Outwood displayed a huge variety of superb items showing the diversity of their activities.

We had our usual children’s corner, where the youngsters made vegetable prints and decorated them with sequins etc to take home.  Young and old flocked to learn spindle spinning, lace making, sugar paste flowers and to help in knitting a scarf and entering the competition to guess how long the scarf would be at the end of the show.

Country Markets joined us again this year and visitors who came into our marquee later in the day were dismayed to find all cakes sold!!

Elizabeth Fisher

Federation Chairman