The Jazz Café - 22 November 2019
Abbotskerswell Twinning presented the Jazz Café on the 22nd November 2019 at Abbotskerswell Village Hall from 7:00pm.
What a success it was, featuring the Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra, the evening included a light supper and a licensed bar.
We were pleased to announce that we raised nearly £1,000 for hosting future visits from our French visitors and our thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the setting up of the village hall, cooking and serving the food and to the wonderful musicians who entertained us so well and to their parents.
The Pictures of the write up in Abbtalk are below
Garden Party June 2019 - wood fired pizzas!!
Quite a number of Twinners were away on holiday in July which was a pity because they missed probably the best meeting of the year. We were the guests of two of our members, Lindsey and Gary Wills, and were treated to a do-it-yourself pizza afternoon. Lindsey and Gary have a large outdoor pizza oven which they lit in the morning and by the time of our arrival at noon the log-burning had raised the temperature to over 500 degrees. After Lindsey had rolled out the pizza bases we chose from a huge selection of toppings prepared by members. Gary then slid the pizzas into the oven for a cooking time of around 90 seconds. Time then to tuck in, washed down with some of Gary’s award-winning cider. After puds and cheeses there were garden games to keep us occupied.
We have a break now until September, but anyone interested in finding out more about Twinning give our chairman, Julie Arrow, a call on 01626 356877.
Pop up French Café June 2019
£150 raised for Church House with a little je ne sais quoi with Abbotskerswell Twinning on 15 June 2019
Running from 2:00pm until 4:00pm to raise funds for Church House in its Centennial year since it was given on trust for the village, we enjoyed teas, crêpes and cakes in Church House where the launch of a booklet on its history, courtesy of assistance from Abbpast, took place.
The French theme was also enhanced by tasting some cheeses from the Calvados region of France from whence Twinners had recently returned. Folks were able to buy some cheeses too.
May 2019 - Visit to France
What a great time we had - you have to forget diets when with your hosts in France! We were wined and dined in real style, but there was a poignancy to the visit which co-incided with the preparations for the 75 years commemoration of the D Day landings.
For the full gallery of pictures of the visit, pop over to our Facebook site or see the video on YouTube.
May 2019
May's Twinning Association meeting in Church house took the form of a Race night. Not the usual horse racing - ours was Crab Racing!
Firstly the members tucked into a delicious Thai curry made by Jenny Eyles and Julie Arrow, fortunately they had made plenty and second helpings we very much appreciated. this course as followed by the usual selection pf puds made by members and finally cheese and biscuits followed by tea and coffee (all for five pounds including a welcome drink - how good is that?).
Now down to the serious business of the night - the Crab Racing. We must point out that no animals were injured or even involved in the entertainment. The crabs were clockwork. Members placed their bets using the currency of tiddly wink counters and the wound up crabs had to scuttle along a table racecourse lined with shells to make them feel at home. At the end of the evening, Di Reed was declared the winner having accumulated a fortune of 72 counters.
April 2019
The Beetles were not part of the repast on Saturday the 13 april, instead, we had a lovely lamb moussaka with salad and bread (veggie option of course for those that requested it). But we did have fun with beetles in an unexpectedly hilarious beetle drive, run by andy and Celia Rose.
It was enormous fun, and those that attended enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
